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  1. robinsm
    at 300 plus an hour I would never have started flying, would you not pay that and go GA in a 172, 182 etc. Seems the term recreational means rich...
  2. robinsm
    Unfortunately, although Bolly props are good, the price is a problem for the average working pilot. Does the "plastic props" refer to the original brolga props, the 3 blade I use has fibreglass blades, dont know where the "plastic" came from...???
  3. robinsm
    can someone tell me where the old surplus went and why are we now running at a loss. Obviously progress is an expensive step.
  4. robinsm
    On the subject of both organisations, I hope the ELAAA gets up and running soon because the way RAA Aus is increasing fees etc it wont be long before it becomes cheaper to register everything GA experimental and save some dollars.
  5. robinsm
    Wire in a 12V cigarette lighter into the dash then use the usb charger for your Ipad etc. Never has a problen in 5 years.
  6. robinsm
    take off the air filter, get someone to slowly operate the throttle (with the engine NOT running) and see if they are opening at the same gap.
  7. robinsm
    Not bad for a girl born in country Australia eh. born Goulburn, NSW 1952. From Greenwich park just outside Goulburn.
  8. robinsm
    Why would you want to coat the brolga...the resin does not wear, if you want it shiny, use a car polish designed for resin coats. Balance problems with clear coating.
  9. robinsm
    done and sent. There may be 2 organisations but I dont think EAAA are operational yet are they? Where are their manuals for us to look at? Sorry Keith, at the moment RAA are the only organisation we can use and untill the other comes fully on line, we have to deal with it. Unfortunately, the manuals are in and not a great deal we can do about it, as we have no current point of comparison.
  10. robinsm
    A casa satisfaction survey would come under the heading of Oxymoron surely...
  11. robinsm
    Where is the email and when was it sent<
  12. robinsm
    Came across an sapphire aircraft a couple of years ago where the pilot found, on landing, that the covering for his elevator had disappeared. The cloth had departed the aircraft and the pilot did not notice much difference in the handling. True story, makes you think. I think the loss of the rudder would present a real problem...no fine directional control, could make landings and take offs interesting...lol
  13. robinsm
    What was the caution for on a previous comment...did you not like the truth...
  14. robinsm
    So we make something up...not very mature or intelligent.
  15. robinsm
    And What? My Xair had the same type of braking performance, I dont get your point...
  16. robinsm
    Figuring it out is all very well but what is the evidence, who serviced it. was there as medical issue, how long is a piece of string? Any assumptions you arrive at will be of necessity flawed and possible plain wrong. RAA Aus may provide the answer if they find it out otherwise...? Specualtion helps no one and creates rumours that can be at the best wrong and at the worst damaging in the extreme. Common sense and INFORMED comment seems to be the order of the day, but hey, what do I know.
  17. robinsm
    What lessons, we dont know what happenned?
  18. robinsm
    And the experts start speculating again, amazing how armchairs give expertise without even seeing the evidence. What is the point of having an enquiry when you guys have it all sussed. Remember someone is dead, your opinions matter not at all because you dont know untill the evidence is in.
  19. robinsm
    Just reviewed my photos and video footage of this aircraft and the pilot. Very sad.
  20. robinsm
    Damn, lovely bloke. Sad.
  21. robinsm
    If this is the drifter from the oaks I hope the pilot is not the man name starting with S?
  22. robinsm
    The empire building proceeds apace...
  23. robinsm
    Remember the subs income actually paid for the organisation AND A MAGAZINE, before some bright spark had a brain wave and decided they knew better. The organisation was founded to be about Recreational aviation, not empire building, I realise that times and issues change but a what cost. The organisation seem to be supporting all sorts of semi GA activities now that are not within the purview of the basic owner built rag and tube flyer who just wants to get into the air and fly. Not battle 747's, passenger planes or other commercial flyers in our major cities. CASA runs GA, not Raa Aus. If they want to do that, go and form another organisation and leave the weekend flyer alone. Maybe someone can explain how the organisation used to survive with members and a paper magazine? Progress is not necessarily good for the sake of progress alone.
  24. robinsm
    Sorry Jetr, sent items and stories over the years after it was subcontracted out, nothing got published, looks like the advertising won and the manufacturers endorsements beat a rag and tube interstate flight with photos etc any day. Maybe it is time for the self interest back patting mag to go.
  25. robinsm
    Sport pilot went west when the magazine was sub contracted out and recreational pilots lost control of it. The magazine seems to concentrate on the high end money spenders of the sport with only token acknowledgement of the actual "Ultralight" members. Don't bother with it any more since the classified ads have disappeared to commercial interests, members post have become few and far between. It seems to be a vehicle for the aggrandisement of the current RAA Aus management and as such is not really worth while any more. The removal of the the free magazine was a blatant money grab by the organisation at the expense of the members. If the costs had been maintained and not blown out with perks, salaries etc then the organisation would have retained its friendly family atmosphere but, hey, maybe that's progress, money as opposed to people count...
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