[aus-soaring] GFA membership numbers

2003-07-30 Thread Jason Jemima Armistead
Can anyone put a finger on the current GFA membership numbers ? I had a look through the 2003 AGM/ACM papers and reports and couldn't spot the numbers there. For those that haven't looked yet, they are now on the GFA web site under What's New. I tried looking through the PDF and DOC files

Re: [aus-soaring] GFA membership numbers

2003-07-30 Thread Mark Newton
On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 10:26:51PM +1000, Jason Jemima Armistead wrote: Can anyone put a finger on the current GFA membership numbers ? http://www.gfa.org.au/members/ Download a.htm thru z.htm instead of all the club listings to avoid duplicates. - mark

RE: [aus-soaring] Tow hook

2003-07-30 Thread Phil Behnke
Bob, Are you interested in a Tost retractable system which has only done about 25 tows? (Or anybody else - price negotiable, at around 50%of new price.) We removed it from the Super Dimona to provide a (very useful) 10kg payload increase. The standard hook meets our needs given that we

[aus-soaring] New Rotax V6 engines

2003-07-30 Thread Ian McPhee
Perhaps this is our next engine for towing 220HP and 300HP Turbo!! Rememberthe 220HP will be equ to about 235hp Lyc because of lower prop speed with reduction. The present Rotax have been increased from 1200hrto 1500hr TBO. Extract below from Aerokurier Ian McPhee New Rotax aero

Re: [aus-soaring] New Rotax V6 engines

2003-07-30 Thread hartr
On 31 Jul, Ian McPhee wrote: New Rotax aero engines Rotax is expanding its aero engine programme. A liquid-cooled V6 with 3104 cc engine capacity is at an advanced stage of development. This will be offered in a normally aspirated and a turbo version,. The type designations are V220 and

Re: [aus-soaring] New Rotax V6 engines

2003-07-30 Thread Mark Fisher
Tell me.I'd like to know. At 08:53 AM 31/07/2003 +1000, you wrote: And what would the equivalent price list be for a Lycoming overhaul? [EMAIL PROTECTED] 31/07/03 8:39:09 Sounds interesting, but apart from lower fuel consumption (maybe) , I wonder if this engine would indeed be

RE: [aus-soaring] Tow hook

2003-07-30 Thread Jason Armistead
Bob Why not visit www.tost.de and I'm sure the people there can give you the right info. Jason Bob, Are you interested in a Tost retractable system which has only done about 25 tows? (Or anybody else - price negotiable, at around 50% of new price.) We removed it from the Super

Re: [aus-soaring] Tow hook

2003-07-30 Thread Roger Druce
GFA member Malcolm Bennett in Melbourne makes a tow release which has satisfactory release characteristics. We havefitted on one of our Pawnees look like fitting same item to our other Pawnee provided I can find Malcolms address! Roger Druce - Original Message - From:

RE: [aus-soaring] New Rotax V6 engines + Lycoming O/H Cost +Motoglider with Muscle!

2003-07-30 Thread Phil Behnke
O/H COSTS - Our (Caboolture) Pawnee 235 engine cost approx $45k to overhaul about 18mths ago with new genuine cyl kits. Fitting and ancillary costs were on top of that. TBO is a significant factor in doing an apples vs apples cost comparison. For the record a BRAND NEW REPLACEMENT 912S

Re: [aus-soaring] Youth in Gliding

2003-07-30 Thread Dave Boulter
Right On Andrew. At SCGC I have started discussions with the AAFC people in our Club. We have the idea of putting together a group of instructors in SCGC who are familiar with the AAFC trg that happens a few times per year at Bathurst. This way we get the student converted to the SCGC trg

Re: [aus-soaring] New Rotax V6 engines

2003-07-30 Thread Dave Glenys Sharples
The Rotax is a very good engine but why all the sudden interest, Autotug has done it all, can someonetell me what's wrong with the concept or why no interest in Autotug. The following are some figures. 1. The engine (an automotive V6) is now fast closing in on 500 hours. 2. It is fitted