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  1. Kyle Communications
    Mike..tie the aircraft down and set your pitch for 5500 wide open throttle on the ground. This is a good starting point. The ultimate aim is to get 5500rpm WOT in the air straight and level. Setting it like that on the ground will get you fairly close
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    Thuraya is not positioned well for a lot of parts here in OZ..Iridium is ok but be prepared for no comms if you are in a valley or gullies....Inmarsat is the pick of the bunch. it is geostationary like Thuraya but much better position for australia and the look angle is far higher. It all goes back to cost and some usability. I personally like the Inmarsat for portable ops and the plans now at least are sort of reasonable you dont have to maintain a yearly subscription you can just do a month etc I have been into sat comms since Aussat more than 30 years ago then Optus Mobilesat then of course the rest of these ones now. As a side point I just setup Starlink at my farm last night...it is super impressive and fast and literally 2 mins to setup...incredible stuff now
  3. Kyle Communications
    I was quoted over a year ago around $5500 for RANS S-21 TD with little experience and 90k hull insurance My sav was $1900 for 60k hull insurance
  4. Kyle Communications
    Yes He is very happy with it..even though he has not set it up as he should have. I have urged him to set it up as per factory instructions and he said he will when he gets some time. He has set the prop at 5800 WOT..this is not the way to set the prop. You set it up to 5500 WOT. The reason is that it is NOT a CSU it is a fixed pitch ground adjustable so its performance curve is very different to a IFA. For the same cruise RPM he should be 5 to 8 kts faster "Hi Mark The Eprop is performing really well on my Highlander, I’m very happy with my decision. I’ve set the pitch fine to give max hp on takeoff and climb. Takeoff roll is noticeably shorter and climb is better by 200fpm better than my old warp drive, cruise is similar seeing 85kts at 5300. The best thing is the 5kg weight saving and smooth running it gives. Rotax gearbox should last forever."
  5. Kyle Communications
    I just received the nose dragger bits for my S-21...originally ordered as a TD but insurance is very high especially as I have no TD time. So will build and fly it as a nose dragger but only takes less than an hour to convert to a TD..best of both worlds 🙂
  6. Kyle Communications
    No.... RAA aircraft are allowed
  7. Kyle Communications
    I like the Tailbeacon X if you can swindle the 50% subsidy that would be great. Brings it back to $2500 I have a SE 2 I was going to use in Mabel but thinking of applying for a Tailbeacon but using it in the RANS when I get it done. You can only claim for a aircraft that is registered. I have a rego number for Mabel but it wont be my end game. The S-21 will be the one I keep but cant get a subsidy for it yet. Even getting one for Mabel will be a bit dodgy as she isnt flying yet but now far off Mark
  8. Kyle Communications
    Just got a email about the subsidy says it opens in 75 days Details below follow the check eligabity link https://www.uavionix.com.au/?mc_cid=94320d6cfc&mc_eid=9b6b4b3753
  9. Kyle Communications
    Pulled the mold off this afternoon. It took a few hours but eventually I got it free after destrying the frame it was built on. Seems reasonable so need to clean up the main part of the lower cowl then look at where the graft will sit and make the new cod piece
  10. Kyle Communications
    Danny Leach came over this morning to give me a hand to make the mold for the lower cowl piece. I have coated the section in wax and sprayed a coat of release agent over the section then a thick coat of brushed white gelcoat. Today there are 3 layers of chopmat over the gelcoat then sections of coremat and another layer of glass over the top. The coremat gives the mold some strength but still allows some flex if you need it. I will leave this now for 3 or 4 days then try to separate it from the cowl. That will be the interesting bit.
  11. Kyle Communications
    That is what CASA are doing now...they want responses about why the 45kt limit should be lefted
  12. Kyle Communications
    Done
  13. Kyle Communications
    There are plenty in Europe with them on. The factory obviously allow them on in Europe. You just need to get the factory approval....note I said FACTORY approval NOT the local guy approval Mark
  14. Kyle Communications
    Thats because CASA has in its charter to be as obstructive as possible no matter the cause
  15. Kyle Communications
    Its going to be a while..a lot of the documention is done apparently but there are a few sticking points that they are trying to get sorted so CASA doesnt reject it straight off..well thats what they are trying to do. But CASA is CASA...
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    its the same thing. The spec has been set by the maker and the MTOW is the gross weight it can be flown at
  17. Kyle Communications
    Yes a guy in WA has one...He loves it I lost all my emails on this computer for some reason back to march 2020 I will email him .. I am not sure if he is on this forum Mark
  18. Kyle Communications
    https://www.radialmotion.com.au/ Apparently originally designed in SA for aircraft but seemingly getting put in cars and bikes. I have a call tonight asking me about them and I had to go and look it up. Very interesting 35k for a engine 75kg weight up to many hundreds of HP but around 100 to 150hp for aircraft
  19. Kyle Communications
    That connector as a add on clip connector is not available. The next size up is. I got a couple of the 24 size I think it was ...but too big. There is no coax tail for that one. Only the test port plug which they use to push in when they test the unit. The easiest way will be bypass the connector on the pcb with some micro surgury with your own coax tail. Thats what i am going to do with mine. I havent done it yet and I dont have a aircraft finished yet to fly but hopefully soon. Its just another add to my long list of jobs 😞
  20. Kyle Communications
    Any freight from the USA is expensive...UPS or Fedex..non std box size is always expensive. But go online and see the UPS site. Sometimes it can surprise you
  21. Kyle Communications
    Finally had a little bit of time to work on Mabel's lower cowl mold. Filled and sanded many times and a couple of coats of spraybog then sand and fill what I could see that needed it then more sanding and a little more shaping. Almost ready for another coat of spray bog and that should be it so I can start to make the mold and get it done. This has been a bigger part of the project than I thought it would be. Once thats done and it is grafted onto the remainder of the lower cowl then I have to so some small cutting and welding mods to the exhaust system to fi better that it is now. Then I am finishing off the avionics wiring then setup my dual controls and I can think about moving her to the hangar.
  22. Kyle Communications
    The C172 has a cockpit width of 40 inches the RANS S-21 that I am about to start building has a cockpit width of 46.5 inches It will be in Group G with the Rotax
  23. Kyle Communications
    When all this was proposed I read somewhere that CASA had done their numbers and of aircraft on the register there was only a possibility of 210 aircraft going across to Group G All because they maintained the 45 kt stall speed...they knew what they were doing It has though of course opened up for anyone building or wanting to build something in the lighter experimental category it wil or should slip into Group G easily
  24. Kyle Communications
    You can get high tensile bolts pretty long...I would try that first
  25. Kyle Communications
    Well there is the usual one here..but I didnt pickup on the second one 🙂
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