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December  23 2005.

That was the last " flat four air-cooled  "  VW MOTOR PRODUCED. 

In. Sao Paulo Brazil. 

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The VW is the only motor that has stood the test of time ! .

1938 ish to 2000 .

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Well !.

One microlite flew into an ' airshow/flyin ' i attended , ( Rylsone )

Looked good , but a little small for standardAustralian heavier bodies. 

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Not quite right.

Truckies often run red lights,  but , do Not get fined . ( 0.04 second for me $ 480 fine ).

Only those hidden camera's get them .

Discresion by they police for ' Profesional drivers ' .

Was the reason

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The END of !.

LITiGATION .

Do like NZ , were they made it illegal to SUE .

Simple ! , even thro I lost out . By their gross incompitance .

They refused to put a lock on a door , containing ' boiling salt ' .

Or to put said door at a differant place , to leave an escape for the worker .

NO compensation at ALL .

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BUT ! 

Why must a property owner " own " the aircraft flying on his land ? .

I have been offered a NT property  ( north of " Gemtree " ) to look after the house-property.  

AND fly too my hearts content .

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Answer 

I have tried three " jumpstart " packs .

As answered " hook it up & crank the motor,  thats were the excess current heated the cables,  & disconnected by melting the soldered terminals .

The third one I do not " crank the engine " with it connected. 

Only top up the couple of volts in the ' starting batteries ' from the 8 amp ( 8000 mah ) jumpstart .

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Lithium jump starter packs are good ,  If you buy Quality ,

Thats the problem , hook-up your jump-pack then watch the 'power cable detatch by the heat meltiing the 'soft soldered ' connections .

The way to work them is to ' charge the leadacid battery ,  then start the motor .

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A ' lead-acid ' , Accumulator is 2.2 volt ,

A bank / Battery , of 6 accumulators will give you 13,2  volts .

Simples.

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When I started! ,

ALL CARS had the ' winder-key ' through the " bumper " , ( staring-handle ) to start the motor whenever the battery power was low .

Most aircraft could be ' hand- started ' , 

SO ! What is needed now ?, perhaps a , " super-sized " jump-starter !.

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AND THEN ! .

There's that useless poison they will keep addind to our drinking water , ' fluoride ' .

Most of Europe have banned it , " as it Does Not improve water quality and safety " .

Proven to damage brain cells , or so the opposition tells us .

It's a byproduct of aluminium production .

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I watched a doco about those same ' world trade centre' having structural problems because of Rust in the steel columns due to welders removing the lagging , then not painting or anything to prevent corrosion .

And no way to demolish the building. 

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Will that be with Batteries, 

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I know of someone, who imported a container load of American cars , then engineered them to ' left-hand drive ' to make a Big profit .

It should be easier with those electric cars cars , no clutch, or emissions to worry about .

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aro said .

'' Or they could create a new CAO copied from CAO 95.10, change the weight etc. to reflect FAR 103 and delete the stuff about RAA. '' .

Don't forget that ' wing loading rule ' .

to let the Hummle Bird aircraft back into 95-10 category .

Then a little more weight for more power & we'll be ' soaring like an eagle . LoL

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Excellent ,

I & my soninlaw  would love to do a similar trip.

IF, only I could get him to get a passport .

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We use ' Eastern Australia ' 

And that doest exist either  .

Perhaps the word should be ' warmer Australia ' . As it's cold here in the Eastern Australia. 

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RAA only uses ALL UP WEIGHT

Including fatter pilots !.

Not a lot of 63.5 klgms Australians left in the over 40 age group .

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In 95 -10 you have to comply with their ' wing loading rule ' .

I believe it is their only class with this rule .

As most Australians are getting heavier  , so 95-10 needs a workaround to accommodate heavier pilots .

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Part 103 

Maximum speed 55 mph ! .

RAA 

Minimum speed 40 mph ! .

Blooody hard with only 15 mph flying envelope .  And will they be limited to 300 ft ! , as were the first AUF aircraft. 

A deadly hight ! , it was determined. 

Will CASA even allow a more dangerous aircraft to even fly .

RAA WANTS bigger,  heavier, and safer aircraft,  ( General  Aviation) , ' At the expense of the smaller  exAUF aircraft they inherited. 

So leave the smaller more economical aircraft to other's .

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Kasper wrote " it would look like this " .300 klgm Mtow , ! .

Two of my grand daughters  , partners would be heading for 300 klgm IN THEIR CLOTHS .

They are much larger than my 100 klgm , Makes me look puny when beside them . LoL

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Why such a low weight of airframs AND pilot . . 300 klgm.

RAA are forever pushing for higher weights , why not start at the maximum or Average Australian weight per age bracket .

It Is very hard to Reduce what years have piled on our waistline. 

Remember AUF  were trapped for years with a dangerous low hight restriction  ( could be 300 ft ( to low for a parachute)) .

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SO !.

Just how do the Americans manage their 103 class oof Aviators  ?.

I have met One microlight aviator at the Rylstone flyin .

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The' Sydney Recreational Flying Club does,  hire it's aircraft ! , but only to club members .

So . Join the club and hire the aircraft at club rates. 

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The Oaks airfield only has a helicopter,  !. Occasionally practising landings . Besides you as you take-off or land .

Makes for a sudden crosswind. 

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