Where I Fly.

[SkySteve]

Hey, Paul, how about sand and/or gravel bars? Do you guys ever tag those? They look pretty interesting.

[Rooster]

Foxy Feet is out of commission!!!

I did a little bush flight the other day, and on starting and flying out of the remote strip, the bendix didn't disengage!

I removed the skytec starter, and am not happy to put it back , as the bendix (I am told ) in the sky tec F12 ST1 has been known to disintegrate and wreck the ring gear/Flywheel in the Franklin 4A 235 B31 Motor, demanding a tear down and repair.
So now I am looking at buying the Sky tec F12 ST2, which replaces it and is good for the Franklin, and that costs $ 795.00, which is 11 000.00 of ours (Rands).
This is a heavy burden on this non-sodbusting Farmer from the bush.
That is the value of a whole cow in calf right now!

I will post on the wanted to buy that I need the starter, but the worst is that my brother is flying is Nellie off almost every afternoon in our FANTASTIC Autumn weather!
So, Ross and others, enjoy your weather, and once I am up and running again, I will once more fly to interesting landing spots and report.

Darn!!

[Esser]

Time for the Armstrong Starter!

[Ramos]

What's going on over there, Rooster? Not poking fun at the price on the starter but, a 700 weight steer alone here would cover it. Well, nearly. We were right @ $110/hundred.

[Rooster]

Ramos Wrote, "What's going on over there, Rooster? Not poking fun at the price on the starter but, a 700 weight steer alone here would cover it. Well, nearly. We were right @ $110/hundred. "

Well, Ramos, I have just sold my steers on a Video Auction....
http://www.sheard.co.za/index.php/au...aner-sale-2017
We Got R 33.80 per kilogramme for them. That's just on $ 2.53 per kilo.

At 7.5 Pounds for the starter, it comes in at R 3162.00 per Kilo ($ 233.82 Per Kilo)

I've been paid, so will take the plunge and buy the skyTec!!

[Ramos]

Heck, Rooster, you beat us by nearly five cents on every pound. As depressing as the price has been the last two years, I still would not recommend looking at your aviation expenses on a per pound basis!

A brand new factory built Kitfox is in the neighborhood of $150.00/pound.

[rosslr]

We just got back from a week away in the Simpson Desert and Lake Eyre
region of central Australia. Here are a few pics to give you the idea.
will post more later with a bit of a story. But the Kitfox performed very well!

cheers
r

[kitfox2009]

Went over to Nelson on Tuesday. Still quite a bit of snow melt left to come down. I hope it comes slowly!!
BIG WHITE. BUGABOOS. ARROW LAKE.
Have fun
Don
C-FOXK Vixen 912 UL.