FlyBoy1960

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I am not talking about a zephyr I am talking about the Cobra when I mentioned empty weight. The Cobra is one of the heaviest ways to make an aeroplane out there and very primitive by modern vacuum bag techniques.

I think the market is supersaturated with low wing, side-by-side aircraft. The instant gratification of buying something used, (that is also certified and proven) has a big appeal against building something over many years for most people. 20 years ago, maybe but people have changed and they no longer accept a job that may take 10 years or more a rather spend the dollars now and go flying tomorrow. The EAA recently published information about the number of kits currently being built and it was less than 1/5 of what they were building 20 years ago

So if somebody quotes “280 kg empty,” it is probably technically possible by using advanced manufacturing techniques that are not consistent to the models manufacturing. 280 kg is not representative of any real owner aircraft flying around Australia today. A very realistic “honest” empty weight for a normal Cobra Arrow with a Rotax 912 and practical avionics is around: 315–340 kg empty rather than the often-advertised 280 kg.

Those numbers in the specifications are, well, dreaming. 200 kts max speed, no way. Most owners couldn't get above 120 knots in a dive. The weight was also over 340 kgs empty. Let's just make it all up.

I was recently up at Laura on Cape York and revisited an Aboriginal rock art site that I first visited when I was about 15 years old, many years ago. This time, the local Aboriginal group had installed some photographs, a shelter, and a strongbox with signage stating that payment was required — I believe it was around $20 per person — to walk approximately 500 metres up the hill to view the rock art. The night before, however, the local publican told us that although the signs suggested payment was required, it was apparently only intended as a contribution and that they had no real authority to charge people to visit the site. He described it more as an attempt to encourage tourists to donate money. Based on that understanding, our small group decided to visit the site. In the end, we did not even stay long enough to see the rock art properly because a storm started coming through and we turned back before even getting to the site. About six weeks later, we unexpectedly received notices in the mail and fines issued by an Aboriginal Land Council for allegedly failing to pay the fees. It appears they are recording vehicle number plates and somehow obtaining registered owner details through the Queensland Government in order to contact people afterwards. What surprised me most is that if people entered my own private property, there is absolutely no way I would ever be given access to vehicle registration details or home addresses by the government in order to pursue payment afterwards. Just my two cents’ worth.

they seem to be after every dollar and sent they can get. private pilot's license annual fee equals zero dollars commercial pilot's license annual fee equals zero dollars REOC (drone) pilots license annual fee equals $480 per year. so, the drone industry was going gangbusters so they figured they could charge everybody $480 a year to have a license. Only about 30% of these are being renewed and everyone else is just ignoring the charge and doing what they want. Before too long a PPL and a CPL will come at a fee. Of course it is only going to be an amount that will "cost recover" and nothing more! just wait, if they are going to charge for aircraft registration, they will certainly charge for pilots licensing

Guessing, blue skies and tailwinds. We all get old.

Whatever happened to spacesailor ? His last post was 10 months ago ?

they are flying them every day in places like Shanghai and have been for quite a few years. Do a quick Google search and you will see that they are already in operation publicly. You can fly for the equivalent of about $5 Australian per kilometre which is really very cheap. They are completely autonomous although they do have a pilot on board which kind of negates the word autonomous but he is really just there as a backup

Or maybe its just being held every second year. Nothing to see here, move along.

Is who a member ? Not sure what you are asking

Fire hose, look at the other photo with the fire engine, same as that

These are legacy ones. The fight at the moment is with the drone industry, why can't they go there and fly to 1500 feet AGL just like a model aircraft can especially when they are multiple he more sophisticated in technology. My guess is all of these will be wiped out in the coming year as soon as CASA gets around to doing it and they will be back to 400 AGL unless it is an approved rocket launch area https://queenslandrocketry.com/ "the only launch site in the Southern Hemisphere which allows flights up to 120,000 feet (36 km)." Well there you go! From their website

Thats a drone category < 25 kgs. and unless its a CASA approved test site there will be no chance over 400 ft agl

The only way they would give approval is for rocketry operations. They would not get approval for model aircraft to fly above 400 feet except by application to CASA, NOTAM etc... Cost = $$$$'s Rocketry operations are really the only exemption that you can get but they must be approved in very small windows, Notam etc. required. Rocketry is very different to model aircraft. note: there may be some legacy approvals in place as you have mentioned above, but I know since all of the new regulations were introduced it is not going to happen now.

What the feeling locally in Goulburn ? Burn him at the stake or a tragic accident ?

Please say hello to Richard for me !

it's what 99.999999% of Australia knows as "Fraser Island" before we became politically correct

there are lots of differences in the fuel numbers in the way they are measured around the world and many people get confused 1. RON (Research Octane Number) Mild test conditions Higher number 2. MON (Motor Octane Number) More severe test (high speed, load, temperature) Always lower than RON 3. AKI (Anti-Knock Index) — used in the USA This is the average: AKI=RON+MON2AKI = \frac{RON + MON}{2}AKI=2RON+MON That’s why US fuel numbers look lower: US 87 ≈ Australia 91 RON US 91 ≈ Australia 95–98 RON this means when you look at a number in the manual you need to make very sure whether they are talking US numbers or Australian numbers! not being able to work this out properly could mean that you are using a lower fuel grade than your engine manufacturer stipulates

you can further the grade the engine performance slightly in this situation by turning off one ignition circuit. It's not much but it helps

Nice Drawing.

Maybe Amp Meter ? How much power he is pulling from the system. Just a guess.

warm it up (the thermostat) with a hairdryer/heat gun until it's nice and toasty and then add your oil ??

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