RossK
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You may have missed this in the report "The previous owner of the aircraft, a flying instructor, advised the ATSB that at the time of the pilot’s purchase of the aircraft, the pilot declined familiarisation training with the GTN650 unit as the Aera 500 would be used." Also "Two smartphones and a tablet computer were recovered from the wreckage. Neither smartphone contained an electronic flight bag or other aviation application. The tablet computer was found packed in an overnight bag indicating that it was not used during the flight. Date-expired air navigation charts for the area encompassing the flight were found stowed in a flight bag indicating that they were not being used at the time of the accident. No paper flight plan or other flight planning notes were located in the wreckage" See the trend. -
So a non current pilot departs with no charts, no EFB, no weather information, no flight plan lodged. Purposely decends into IMC (not IFR tained either) and flys into the ground. And it's ATC fault?
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I disagree with this bit. In VIC kids have to do 120hrs to be eligible to sit their test, 20 of which is night driving. Can you imagine being told you have to do 120hrs to get your RPC 😲 Both my kids had to do their 120 hours and really the last 50 or so, I was very comfortable with their driving. They are now 25 and 27 and the only bending of panels has been the result of a roo doing what roos do. She did well though, drove straight into it under heavy braking, didn't swerve or veer, just straight into it, as taught. I reckon I had less than 10 hours when I got my license to drive - and had bent 2 cars by the time i was 21: one by being a stupid teenage male and the other one pure inattention.
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Opening post was about turns in the circuit, at low speed. Your points are valid though, I've come across RAA pilots who have no concept of weight and balance, but that's for another thread.
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Yes, but of the 2 activities I posted above, I know which one makes me a better pilot. I think this thread would be better with less of the deep theory and more of the practical realities of piloting an aeroplane in the circuit. I gave an example earlier where I felt least comfortable in the circuit and got some great practical responses, without the maths to go with it.
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This thread has too much of this^^ and not enough of this
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Forced Landings - The distillation of our knowledge.
RossK replied to old man emu's topic in Student Pilot & Further Learning
Go to a quality flight school and take note of what they do. A lesson plan formulated from an internet forum - what could go wrong? -
Or maybe lurk around in the sky - at a safe distance and outside of Controlled airspace. Ie, if the Air Armada is cruising across Port Phillip heads at 2000 AMSL, it would be a pretty spectacular view from 4000ft.
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Not open to RAA pilots.
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Aviation classifieds down to 13 aircraft
RossK replied to pmccarthy's topic in AUS/NZ General Discussion
Norton and McAfee are basically self installed viruses. -
I'm thinking you'd be better plumbing into the header tank and using the Aux tank first, that way if there is a problem with the Aux tank/pump, you still have the full wing tanks to get you somewhere.
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Yeah, it's just one of those situation where your senses are lying to you, particularly when still climbing, ie still full power, so still require some right rudder. Trying to turn left, raise the right wing and then feel like I'm trying to hold it down so it doesn't overbank. The sensation is I'm putting in a little right aileron down, and still on the right rudder (just), but trying to turn left 😬. The brain and the senses are saying this is all wrong, but the instruments confirm I'm turning left a balanced turn.
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answering OMEs orignal question, where I'm least comfortable in the circuit is turning downwind from crosswind on a windy day. Typically I'm still climbing or have just reached circuit height, so still slow and doing a climbing turn. The wind gives the sensation of trying to pick up the upwind wing and flip the plane whilst the crosswind on the tail seems to slow the rate of turn, so I feel like I want to kick in a bit of left rudder, but the ball says I don't need it. I feel I could easily end up overbanked in a skidding turn if not paying attention. Ross
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Did you know that Supermarine started out as a boat manufacturer, who moved into float planes before the Spitfire. The Spitfire was actually their first aircraft that was designed as a land based aircraft.
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Thanks for the info guys. And whilst i may agree with waht you've said, I'd be there with my wife, trying to make it as enjoyable for her as possible. So easy, hassle free access is what I'm after. And if it cost me $100/year, so be it.
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Thanks, but we'd probably want to get through the gate. ie a visit to Kangaroo Island(Kingscote Airport) or Merimbula.
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So, as the title says, if I fly into a security controlled aerodrome/airport and I have an ASIC, does my passenger need one also? Thanks
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Nope, a J230 at 750kg sounds overloaded to me
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Need to check with Jabiru on the VH MTOW. more recent builds are still limited to 600kg even when VH reg. Would need to be a J430 technically to get the 760kg. ie it needs to come from Jabiru as a J430.
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Std Garage floor is 100mm or 4 inches for metrically challenged. Our factory floor is 150mm - ie takes pallet racking and forklifts etc. Not sure on the mPa ratings on either though.
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So we started talking about sailing ships and we're onto the orbit of Mercury 🤪
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Touch sensitive aren't we? Nobodys 'Boo Hoooing", some of us like to fly within the rules, some dont, that's all. I sincerely hope it keeps getting off the ground for you. Youtube is full of videos of peope who had the same hopes.
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631kg in a 540kg rated plane is something i would not admit to on a public forum.🤐 Not something I would do either 😬
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Just saying,
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Hmmmm, Force is measured in Newtons. The scale in your above example converts the force applied to Kg so you don't have to do the calculation. If the scale reads 2.35kg the object is actually applying a force of 23.05N to the scale.
