I am the 3rd~told Mike Burnes that 30yrs ago enough was enough on metal(belly hook,wheel brake cable&base of fin internal cracks .
2/3rds of Jabiru problems is being set up correctly in the first place+10% being ahead of game on servicing. I had to go thru recertification of a Jab in a falke and took 2 years to meet the requirements (JAR22 sectH)~it is now a match for Dimona h36 in crosscountry cruise~amaizing Ian Mcphee -----Original Message----- From: DMcD <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, 9 July 2011 12:20 To: [email protected]; Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Gliding Australia! >>and fairly easy to maintain Does this need some qualification? I know people who have handed in their form 2 ticket for metal aircraft based on working in Blaniks. While a Blanik may not be technical, it requires a lot of time consuming maintenance compared with say a K21 perhaps 10 times the amount in hours. If you have a maintenance person with a lot of time on their hands, this is OK. But in a club environment, it's a killer. Nice to fly, maybe, but o for my money, melt them down for saucepans. They have no place in a modern club. D On 08/07/2011, Grant Davies <[email protected]> wrote: > Interesting comment Mike. The Jabs do seem to have a problem with engines > stopping so some gliding and forced landing practice should be mandatory for > any Jab student...lol > > The Blanik is a good trainer and fairly easy to maintain. I cross hire my > Twin Astir and we use that too. We did have a single CS but now own half a > Pilatus. Since the Blanik got grounded the only other aircraft we could > afford was a K7. The grant I have in is for a new ASK 21. Not sure if we > will get it but hey, gotta try with anything with a bank balance like ours. > > Kindest Regards > Grant Davies > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike > Borgelt > Sent: Friday, 8 July 2011 1:56 PM > To: tom claffey; Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. > Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Gliding Australia! > > At 12:43 PM 8/07/2011, you wrote: >>I would suggest your major problem is the Blanik, the glider >>equivalent to the 1961 VW beetle. >> >>The weather you cannot control. >>Tom > > They are in Bundaberg, home of the Jabiru. There's a RAAus flying > school at the airport that uses Jabs. How about a little lateral > thinking and having people do some basic training there and then > glider conversions? If they stay flying Jabs they weren't going to > stay flying [The entire original message is not included] _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
