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Nic, the excuse using globalisation is a cop out. The regulators, no matter which brand is in power, are looking after the large end of town not the people on the street. Australia was a country that had less than 5% unemployment all the time. People found work and did a great job. They were paid a fair days pay for a fair days work. Yes, the union were allowed to get away with a lot but that is being rolled back now and common sense is starting to surface. To compare a wage rate of $6 per hour is plainly ridiculous. The cost of living in this country makes the higher hourly rate essential. We see that 2 income houses are now commonplace and in some cases these are needed to afford housing etc. It is large companies wanting bigger profits, cheaper product and bigger bonuses taht drives the manufacturing overseas to poorer countries with high subsidies from Govts to manufacturers. If you are prepared to let your lifestyle disappear down the gurgler because the managing director wants a bigger car and bug..er the worker then thats fine. There is nothing wrong with profits, that is what makes the world go around but its how that profit is obtained that is the problem.
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Sorry Nic, just because some overseas country funds the hell out of their industries and keeps their workers on the poverty line does not mean that we should do the same. Bex is correct with his figures. If the level playing feild was actually level, and the govt was serious about keeping industry in this country and no appeasing the pockets of shareholders at the expense of tghe australian people then maybe we could survive. Globalisation is a very good excuse for maximising profits at the expense of people. Unfortunately people dont seem to matter any more, its all about profits etc.
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No, I bought a new 3 blade composite Australian made in Queensland (brolga) but the manufacturer was bought out by Bolly. I believe there is nothing wrong with the wooden ones, I just have never owned one (but a mate had one on his single seater pup for a while.
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The only disadvantage I found with wooden props is the bad habit wood props have or turning into paddlepop sticks when flying through rain squalls. Composite props dont have that problem, but if wet weather flying aint going to happen then the new wooden one could be interesting.
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Instead of carrying on for or against, how about waiting for all of the official announements and the realease of the proper material before calling out the revolutionaries. Geez, I wouild like to see all of the paperwork and realeases and and then give an INFORMED opinion, not a knee jerk reaction. I thought we were a grown up group of intelligent aviators, not a "lets assume and make comments without the facts" group.
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RAAus AGM member resolution - request for proxy
robinsm replied to kasper's topic in Governing Bodies
Don, I for one, agree with the staged inspections. When I built my aircraft I had the L2 inspect it at my cost to make sure everything was ok... Silly if you dont. This was not the thrust of my post. -
RAAus AGM member resolution - request for proxy
robinsm replied to kasper's topic in Governing Bodies
It seems to me that RAA Aus is rapidly turning into a bloated semi CASA style organisation that will surely make all of the reasons it was started (freedom to allow the average person access to affordable flight, simplification of rules to allow people to build and operate their own aircraft, at their own risk with basic safety controls) a thing of the past. I can see it being over regulated and aimed at the money end of the market with a CASA mentallity and a big brother bent. Maybe akin to another overregulated GA style enterprise. Another case of shortsightedness removing a lot of personal freedoms and trying to remove personal responsibility from the equation. Sorry ALDO but I think you have missed the point about why the organisation was started in the first place. -
If you have built your own minimax, you aint second class dude, you rock...great little aircraft.
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Stop playing semantics, you said to include you in the previous post from PMcCarthy, so by inferrence you agreed and endorsed his comment.
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Maybe if the criticism is aimed in the correct manner and an appreciation taken of the hard work, sweat and tears given by the owner of the site is taken into account then the result may have been better, but what is seen as a a dismissive attack on him then the reply you got, I feel, is appropriate in the circumstances. If you dont like it, pack up your bat and ball and depart. Your choice.
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Do you carry on like this when ford or holden release a new model? Time for a little adult behaviour people.
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100% Neil, This site is about all flyers, not just the few precious ones who think they have the only opinion worth following. Dont let the negative, self seeking, comments of the .0002% of proclaimed self important members (hopefully ex members) of this site detract from this wonderful resource. supported by the other 99.0098%. May you go from strength to strength. This site is a valuable resource that enhances the safety and knowledge of all of us, more so than the "big brother site" that seems to stagger from poor to abysmal.Where else can many of the basic recreational flyers go for advice and a chat if not to this site. Nil carborundum Ian, (dont let the Bas..ds grind you down).
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I have built the raspberry Pi one, connected to Ozrunways and works a treat. Dont knock it or the purchasers until you have tried it or made a better one.
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It appears that apathy is still alive and well in the organisation. If you voted then complain all you like but if you didn't vote then accept it because you abrogated your right to do so by your apathy.
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Sorry Coljones, where is your evidence. Statements like that are all very well if backed up by evidence but the rank and file never saw it and REID has been elected by those of us who bothered to vote. Democracy may suck but its the best we have at the moment.
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Yep I do...
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Tumut/New york, great places both. Good rap re tumut, might make the yanks envious
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I forsee some medical problems? Upside down for that length of time...blood flow etc?
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How many cirrus does that make that have failed and needed to rely on Parachutes etc. Methinks if they fixed the problems with the plane, the parachutes would become redundant.
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Can I assume from this link that all financial members will actually receive a paper copy of the August magazine (as stated on the website) and it will contain the voting papers? Nothing received here as yet?...
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G'day from Raglan, New Zealand. Jodel D18 flyer.
robinsm replied to Noel B's topic in Just Landed - Welcome
Giday Noel, beautiful place Raglan. Have a sister in Pirongia and a brother living next to Max Beards old strip at Te Kowhai...welcome. -
If the Xair is a 19 registered aircraft, the builder is the person who specifies the MTOW. Mine was registered after discussion with RAA Aus as 544kg MTOW. The manufacturers rating, I believe applies to factory assembled aircraft only. Not those built under the 51% rule. The issue at hand in this discussion can easily be solved by running it past Raa Aus technical manager and getting a ruling as to MTOW. All of the discussion on this thread is so much hot air untill this happens.
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Note...health standard required, not actual drivers licence.
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Brave man Ian, wife reads this, HMMMMM!!!
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There are less and less public funded aviation facilities available these days, the councils of this country have discovered a fund called airports and seem to be flogging them off to all and sundry. Sort of brings it back into the "right" and not "priviledge catagory?
