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ONE set of plans gives you the right to ONE serial number and the right to construct ONE aircraft. I am going out on a limb about this....... The purchase of a set of plans entitles you to a serial number and the right to construct one aircraft as defined by the plans as well as product support and the right to purchase components from the company that designed the aircraft and sold the plans. It also entitles you to define the aircraft you construct as a "Zenith CH701". If you do not pay for your individual set of plans and instead copy a set already used by another person to construct a serialised CH701, and use them to construct an unserialised CH701 then two things will happen: 1. You will be a thief, a felon. You have taken someone's intellectual property without payment. it is no different from copying and selling videos and it does not matter if it is used to manufacture one aircraft or a thousand. You will be a thief. 2. The aircraft you produce is a bastard. it is NOT a CH701. it is NOT entitled to product support. it is NOT entitled to be registered by RAA, SAAA or CASA. Any subsequent purchaser who does due diligence won't touch it and furthermore, you won't get insurance, or if you do get a policy, it will be voided by the insurer if you try to claim. I have personally seen this happen with boats cars and aircraft - its why you can rebuild an aircraft from its fireproof stainless steel data plate or a Ferrari from its log books. Any smart purchaser will walk away from a bogus product and curse you for wasting their time. The blueprints serial number and manuals cost USD 425. If you cant afford that amount, you have no business building an aircraft in the first place. I assume you are saying this all in jest.

So are you going to scratch build without paying Zenith a cent?

I own two diesel land cruisers. I am quite happy to have an electric version in future provided two things are dealt with: 1. Range. I can currently travel melbourne - sydney without refueling, or Melbourne - broken hill, or broken hill - arkaroola, etc If I can’t have the same range, electric is no use to me.’ 2. Charging time and available infrastructure. Exactly who is going to provide charging infrastructure in outback Australia and how are they going to do it? Think - ten to twenty camping caravanning or trailer rigs per day requiring 1500km + charges. - and that’s just for arkaroola or innamincka and suchlike.

………and suing RAA is a waste of time. Furthermore, members are not liable for any more than the balance of their current subscription. In any case, Bristell would have to prove that the alleged action was ordered and approved by the Board and was not the action of some wilful employee….. ’’ How much is in kitty anyway? Not enough to keep Bristells lawyers fed, it won’t happen.

The “Y” is the country designator.

CASA was just kidding. From AOPA:

Flew yesterday doing scenics for the neighbours. I had five potential conflicts during 70 minutes flying. Four resolved by radio, one by ADSB - IN. Only one of the five confirmed visually. ……and this is at a “quiet” country airstrip! The unalerted see and avoid, no radio crowd are just accidents waiting to happen because they don’t even know they have had a conflict. ‘’You need the lot! ADSB, radio and a good scan.

DO NOT add moly or any other friction modifier to oil if your rotax has a slipper clutch. If you do, your clutch will probably start slipping and require replacement. Sorry to be a wet blanket, but rotax has a service letter on fluids.

Don’t use anything unless it’s approved by Rotax or you are now a test pilot. You have no idea what the effect of this cleaner will be. For example what if it “works” and liberates a mass of dirt and decayed contaminants into your fuel system - when you are at 6000ft over tiger country?

Oil accounts for about 39% of australian energy consumption. Coal, gas and renewables the balance. (source: energy.gov.au). ‘’Let’s assume all of that oil is used in transport fuels and neglect the gas component. Now that figure is energy consumption, so efficiencies don’t come into it. Assume the balance coal and gas are used for electricity production. Renewables about 7%. So you want to phase out liquid transport fuels - find 40% more electricity. Then distribute 40% more electricity. ‘’Want to use renewables - multiply current production by 6 times and distribute it. Want to phase out coal and. gas - multiply renewables by eleven or twelve times - and distribute the electricity.

Damn good question - but one better directed at CASA - since they ae banking on GPS availability by allowing sole-means GNSS navigation for IFR in IMC with no backup! The USA, China, Russia, Europe, wouldn’t dare to turn off their GNSS systems without CASAs permission and your GNSS receiver isn’t allowed to fail for the same reason..

You probably need a certified and approved lead. 😛

To Monitor: observe and check the progress or quality of (something) over a period of time; keep under systematic review. And the regulation states that the radio must be " continuously monitored. So you are required by my reading to maintain continuous situational awareness, that is why the word is "monitor" and not "listening watch".. Yes, you might miss a transmission but if it's the vital one you are in trouble if it changes the situation. Since it is a strict liability offence, it doesn't matter if there was intent. So changing playlists on your phone is not an excuse. This strikes me as a catch all provision for the next time there is a mid air or near miss.

My concern is that the next time f there is a separation incident involving RPT and a light aircraft, if there is a missed broadcast involved, then CASA will hang the light aircraft pilot out to dry. In addition, if you listen to area (AS I do), you will frequently hear ATC trying to get in touch with non responsive aircraft. Each one of them is a potential prosecution under 91.640 IMHO.

But seriously, this means that in any interaction and perhaps conflict with another aircraft, for example an RPT arriving at a CTAF at the same time as yourself, and there is some sort of reported incident, you run the risk of being charged under 91.640 if it is alleged that you missed a radio call…..and it’s strict liability, it doesn’t matter why you missed the call. The protection you have against such an allegation is to sing like a canary on area frequency and CTAF, if you think that there is another aircraft within a hundred miles. As in “Melbourne Center, xyz, were you calling me? No? Well I’m listening just in case”. Yet more frequency congestion as pilots automatically demonstrate they are on listening watch. ‘’Can’t you just here it “xyz, the active runway is now 18 not 36, weren’t you listening ?” ‘’In other words silence brings the possibility of a charge.

If you have a radio, and for some reason miss a call (it matters not why because it’s strict liability) you are potentially a felon and up for thousands of dollars in fines. The simplest solution? Remove radios. This is the new part 91 rules.

The A bomb and the Russians gave the Japanese Government peace faction the strength to overcome the “war to the last civilian” faction. In other words, the Bomb and the Russians gave the Japanese Government the excuse they needed to overcome the Bushido faction who wanted everyone to die fighting.

That’s the whole idea, when the converter is locked it isn’t slipping, therefore no losses. Losses are greatest when torque multiplication is greatest. That is generally when the converter is almost stalled.

Because of unacceptable power losses.

Queens Birthday Honors : Shane Patrick CARMODY ACT For outstanding public service to modernising air safety regulations and drone pilot licencing.

Be sure that the cases are post 2002? Before then, cases had a habit of cracking near the gearbox at higher powers. There is an SB about it.

Gadfly, I’ve seen that engine too, but the problem is going to be cooling that rotor when it’s generating 100 + hp! ….and remember we are talking continuous power here, not an automotive duty cycle. ‘’For example a commodore requires just 19hp to keep it rolling at 60mph. The engine is not designed to produce 100 + hp for most of its life, unlike an aircraft. ‘’Marine motors are closest to aircraft duty cycles. The Duke and similar variable displacement engines are called “swash plate “ engines that rely on changing the angle of the plate to vary compression and/or displacement. ‘’NO ONE has solved the problem of bearing loads and vibration on a swashplate engine. The main bearing has to support the entire swashplate and piston assembly and ALL the combustion loads - and due to geometry the loads are not spread evenly about the bearing. You can fit the biggest fattest roller or plain bearing you like and it will be pounded into bits in a few hours.

In my experience, dogs are less likely to go berserk in an aircraft than humans - with the exception of happy things like cavoodles, shi-tsu, bichon-fries, chihuahuas etc. These little dogs also have a bad habit of getting stuck under rudder pedals and in throttle quadrants. A friendly Labrador in the co pilot seat can provide a calming influence on an excited pilot. A Border Collie or Kelpie makes an excellent co - pilot since they understand much more about physics than pilots. The only problem with these working breeds is that, left to themselves, they will round up any other aircraft they find and make them fly in formation. As for dogs loose on an airstrip - agree they are a disaster waiting to happen. Not only are the owners risking a canine beheading but the cost of an engine rebuild from the prop strike. ‘’However I do recall the late Reg Ansett photographed by his helicopter - with a yellow Lab perched on the back seat.

Way back in the 80’s, I wrote the “experts report” for the IPO of a new engine on the ASX. ‘’All I can say is that a new engine type is up against an engine that has has a hundred+ years to get the wrinkles out. It isn’t easy to compete with that. There is a HUGE difference between a test bench pampered performance and the actual performance after an engine has been sitting unused and neglected in a hangar for a month and is required to reliably produce full rated power after a ten minute warm up……and to do this month after month and year after year. Good luck to the alternative engine builders! You are going to need it.

Ape name - it’s “Decalin Runup” that is the additive