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  1. Thruster88
    The published stall speeds are very unrealistic for an aircraft with 800kg MTOW and only 110 sq feet of wing. Could it lead pilots to fly at unsafe airspeed during manoeuvring?
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    Tool was made of plastic, most likely to prevent engine damage.
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    I have always just used my Samsung phone charger for the SkyEcho2. 2 amps at 5 volts out put. I only charge it at home.
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    One way to know for sure if your transponder is transmitting adsb is to disable to transmit function on the SkyEcho2 and go flying. If your SkyEcho2 can't "see" your aircraft then you don't have adsb working. In my RV with the uAvionics tailbeacon X / av30c combo and SkyEcho2 set to receive only I can see my aircraft call sign and altitude displayed constantly confirming correct operation of both the in and out function of adsb. Very nice.
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    If the hydraulic fluid is lost due to leak the manual backup on those is as useful as an ash tray on a motorbike. Gear cannot fall free. Cirrus got it right with fixed gear.
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    What Zonsen says is irrelevant. It would be a good idea to check the legality for different classes of RAAus a aircraft, private, flying school, LSA, experimental etc with RAAus. It is a question potential customers will be asking you.
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    Will be interesting to see how RAAus handle these engines. MARUP? Buyers would need to do some checking. As the unicorn circuit would say "is that even legal".
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    Nearly all mid air collisions occur in the circuit, there is no vertical separation if QNH is set correctly.
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    I did my last Aeroplane Flight Review, AFR in the RV6 to cover both VH and RAAus. I told the instructor who doesn't let anything slide that I would be using my tablet because that is the way I fly now, he said no problem as long as you can demonstrate competence.
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    FullRiver HC20 battery is a good cheap alternative to the odyssey. Have one in the RV and it cranks the 5.9 litre lycoming no problem.
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    RFGuy and I will most likely be there.
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    We don't know if it wasn't. Comms can fail. The nay sayers like to point out that traffic on a screen can fail, that is true as well.
  13. Thruster88
    It would appear that both aircraft were in the oaks circuit intentionally and became aware of their proximity. Once the turning started only one of the three pilots would have had any chance of seeing the other aircraft.
  14. Thruster88
    I love Thrusters and don't want to sound like a Debbie downer but getting a Thruster that is flying school compliant, big ask.
  15. Thruster88
    I disagree about being able to see a cross wind. If you fly a wings level approach countering the cross wind with a crab while maintaining the extended center line the angle of the crab which we can all see will be proportional to the cross wind. Big angle big cross wind.
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    For day Visual Flight Rules single engine aircraft, never allow the aircraft to stall spin even when there might be some distraction from say an engine failure, sick passenger or a moose on the ground. Don't fly in cloud. Don't hoon, low flying etc. That would cover 90% of all fatals for this class of aircraft. Airspeed is life. I suspect the accident at Baccus is a stall given the position of the wreckage relative to the runway.
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    Lucky to get out of that. AirTractor 504 is a somewhat rare 2 seat side by side model with dual controls.
  18. Thruster88
    Pilot debrief, one of the best channels on YouTube, did an episode on the C90 King Air sky dive aircraft that was in the above video. Did not go so well second time.
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    The differences between owning and operating a CASA or RAAus regulated aircraft appear to be converging. Make it to hard and people's will buy a motorbike instead. RAAus registered aircraft numbers are in a slow and steady decline over the last 4-5 years. Would be a risky move putting a lot of work into an old aircraft and then trying to get a 51% approval from the regulator.
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    Just checked the report. Neither aircraft had any type of adsb receiver. One pilot had avplan, this was said to be unreliable in that area at that altitude. In a two pilot situation it would not be onerous for the pilot monitoring to keep an eye on traffic using an adsb receiver and tablet.
  21. Thruster88
    Once you have removed and reinstalled the wings twice you will be over it and be making excuses not to go flying. Cheapest way to fly is join an aero club that has an LSA. Cowra has a brumby for $150 per hour wet, we only make a modest profit and the aircraft is flying a lot more hours than a typical privately owned so our fixed costs are spread over many more hours. Pay as you go. Only cheap aircraft is a $5k thruster kept in a farm shed😎
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    Simple folding wind aircraft are usually high wing with struts. Kitfox, Glastar etc. Strut supports wing at all times. Spar has no carry thru. Would not be feasible on a cantilevered wing. Quick remove like the RV12 is an option for cantilever wing types.
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    Relative to ex military or current military aircraft RV's are cheap.
  24. Thruster88
    Bathurst 1000 2024 | Bizarre scenes as plane carrying the Peter Brock Trophy hits the wall at Mount Panorama WWW.NINE.COM.AU Despite pilot's extensive experience The crowd that the damaged aircraft took off towards can be seen in the vid. Not sure how this was ever got approved. Not a good look for general aviation.
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    Extra 300 delivering the Peter Brock trophy to the track landed on mountain straight and hit the wall quite hard with the tail while turning around. I said to wife, they will have to find a parking spot for that but no, it took off with no check. Unbelievable.
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