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From the CEO h Hello and welcome to the 2015 Edition of the Australian LightWing Catalogue. Published by the Hughes Group of Companies & Twig Bird Productions. Issue 1: Summer 2015 ALW Catalogue is a bi-annual publication. It is designed to support and promote the diverse range of products and services offered by Australian LightWing and connect our aviation community. If you have any enquiries, thoughts or orders, please email: fly@lightwing.com.au
Photos: Shelly Brown Printing: Hughes Group Cover Image: Shelly Brown The Aboriginal people of this area are the Bundjalung. This country is sacred to them and we urge you to respect their land, culture and beliefs.
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Welcome to this fresh new look at our fabulous Hughes Group of Companies! I am a very proud supporter of Australian aviation, and this catalogue aims to present you with the ways in which we design and manufacture the light sport aircraft, the Australian LightWing range of aircraft, but also the wide range of other parts and home builders supplies we have available. In the pages of this catalogue you’ll also find features on some of our leading products, profiles on some of our fabulous team mates and a calendar of the years events. Just like our company itself, the catalogue will excite and delight you. Enjoy reading the contents and more importantly, contact us with your order, and we will assist you in obtaining your exact requirements with speed and pleasure.
Howie Hughes, ALW CEO
Twig Bird Productions is very excited to introduce this new vibrant catalogue to our aviation community. With so much on offer from Australian LightWing, the Catalogue is the perfect medium to share experience, profiles and products and community news with you. Australian LightWing is in the midst of a major revitalisation program that has been building over the past few years, with the SP Range, the VIP Prop and the Road-E Electric car vehicle projects taking shape, just to mention a few. Our strategy to provide our community with more variety and encouragement to shop locally will continue, with an increase in the number and diversity of events and products on offer. Australian LightWing continues to delight with the wide range of products available- from pilot supplies, aircraft accessories, spare parts and advice and of course, the safest Light Sport Aircraft in Australian skies, The GR-LSA. So I encourage you to take time to find out a little more about our companies heart, goals, products and services. I can assure you, you will be pleasantly surprised.
Shelly Brown, ALW IT Manager & Twig Bird Productions
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The GR-LSA The SP 2000
The Australian LightWing’s sleek body & flying surfaces have been designed with style, class & exceptional aerodynamics in mind; from the performance enhancing body curves to the Australian LightWing signature tail section. Based on the GR-912 (of which there are over 170 built), the GRLSA features a high wing, tail wheel configuration, with large window doors for maximum visibility and options available for the VIP Propeller, Glass Cockpit, and as a four seat kit.
The SP2000 Range is the low wing stream of the Australian LightWing aircraft. With options for seats, undercarriage and power-plant configurations, we are undoubtedly bound to be able to provide you with the perfect aircraft for your recreational, training or farming needs. The GR-LSA body is sleek and To date, our most popular SP aerodynamically clean, resulting Aircraft is the low wing, nose in less power being used to pro- wheel aircraft (pictured bottom pel the aircraft, resulting in less left), featuring the ALW gull fuel burn (15 to 18L/hr), longer wing doors, VIP Propeller and range and lower operating costs. Glass Cockpit for computer aidThe GR-LSA is stable and easy ed navigation. to fly with our two thirds span wing flaps being highly effective The cockpit layout has been and allowing for easy direction- optimised for Flight Training al control, particularly in cross with the elevator and aileron wind landings. side sticks separated to the sides for student and teacher and The GR-LSA cruises at approx 75 though the throttle and trim are knots at 75% power with a solid common, there will be no need rate of climb of 750ft per min. for the instructor to touch the In terms of teaching students, student’s hands during most the main controls have a central flight training exercises. stick. Both the pilot and co-pilot seats are adjustable.
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Cruise Speed: 75-85 knots Climb Rate: 800ft/min Take off 50’ Object: 350m Stall Speed: 40 knots Range: 5 hrs @ 75 knots Tanks: 110 Litres Consumption: 14/20 Litres p/hr Useful Load: 230 kgs Max Gross Weight: 600kgs Empty Weight: 370kgs
Specifications Overview: Cruise Speed: 110 knots Climb Rate: 700ft/min Take off 50’ Object: 500m Stall Speed: 40 knots Range: 5 hrs @100knots Tanks: 120 Litres Consumption: 18/25 Litres p/hr Useful Load: 202 kgs Max Gross Weight: 600kgs Empty Weight: 398 kgs 7
Standard Australian LightWing Aircraft Features include: • Ultra strong fully welded safety protection frame, providing roll-over protection and an ultra rigid aerodynamic platform that is capable of loads way beyond that which you would experience in flight; • Four point harness seat belts; • Options for paint job colour and highlight options; • Leather Upholstery; • Completely Australian Made with backup, friendly service and quick repair, • Three decades of design experience, dedication and passion in the Australian Aviation Industry.
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The SP6000- The 6 Seat Australian LightWing (Currently in production)
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The combination of aluminium wings & a welded steel frame that encloses the pilot & passenger in a protective cocoon is unmatched in the industry. ALW Autumn Catalogue 2015 - P a g e
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news Delivering the New GR-LSA
Delivering the second GR-LSA during the first week in July, 2014, was an extremely enjoyable exercise for pilot Howie Hughes, as the Hughes Engineering Team haven’t undertaken a delivery of this length for some time. Most purchasers simply pick up their aircraft from the factory in Ballina, in Northern New South Wales, and depart from there.
Part of the exercise for this flight was to assess the effectiveness of the OzRunways Navigation application (available for iPad & Android), which in turn, proved its worth within ten minutes of the wheels leaving the ground at Ballina.
coast to Caloundra, with the OzRunways App, this was an extremely easy navigational exercise. Flying out over Chinchilla I got a bird’s eye view of what coal seam gas is all about as this place really is a chemical nightmare with gas wells, pipes, dams, and roads criss-crossing what was obviously beautiful farm land. I gained a new appreciation of what the local Bentley blockade and the demonstration’s against coal seam gas were all about.
Heading now north-west for the last leg, I was now in the real outback, marvelling now at the beautiful colours of the vegetation and the rocks below. I flew out over Cork Station, and then After a very short time into the on to Old Cork Station, out over flight I rapidly realised it was cold, the Diamantina and felt I was the day was getting cooler, the taking a step back into the histowind was getting bumpier and the ry books with John Williamson’s mountains were looking extreme- voice wafting, Redgum’s song in ly unfriendly. So with not too the back of my brain “…and the much thought I swung the aircraft rain never falls on the dusty Dianorth and headed up the mantina, and I won’t be back till
the droving’s done…” Landing at my destination was the end of an extremely enjoyable two day trip. I was very happy with the performance of the GR-LSA as well as OzRunways. I found OzRunways a joy to use, particularly in the outback where it’s possible to enlarge the maps to the highest possible magnifications to pick out the smallest tracks in the outback, which assisted with the extra visual cues needed to ensure you know exactly where you’re going. All in all, a great fun trip. 7 Read the complete transcript of Howie’s trip at the ALW Diary Website https:// australianlightwing.wordpress.com/
Pictured Above: The GR-LSA in Flight & Below: The Diamantina National Park from 5,000 ft
We are proud to be such a diverse company and to continue to feed this passion back in to our community via supporting local schools, festivals and projects. We currently have, and have had, a diverse and enthusiastic team of work experience students,
from high school to post graduate level studies, working alongside our in-house team, developing, building and learning about the manufacturing techniques involved in the processes of bringing aerodynamic shapes such as boats and aircraft to life. Perhaps it goes without saying, our products are built in Australia, with our sweat and energy deeply invested in making great things.
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about fifteen years ago, and has recently undergone a major facelift. Sailing and boating was The Cat has taken a step forward one of our earliest passions here with work progressing at a great at Australian LightWing. We berate with the guys in the new Lengan as a boat building company in nox Head shed. The wood work, West Ballina. And as we grew and kitchen and hull development has changed, so did our focus towards been coming along and the mast designing and manufacturing sits waiting to be raised. aircraft, and then on to electric cars, flight simulators, computer This was a major project for us programs to aid small businesses and much more.
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Length: Mast height: Sleeps: Engines: Max. Speed:
38’ ft 40’ ft 3 couples Twin 30hp Diahatsu outboard 4 stroke 15 knots Ketch with 2 twin wing masts. 1’ ft 5’ ft (retractable)
Pictured above: The Cat nearMast Config.: ing completion in the shed at Lennox. & Left: The Cunning Cat’s wing Draft: mast, 450mm circle wing section Centreboard: increases the sails efficiency by approximately 10% 7 www.lightwing.com.au
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Nick Hughes
Co-Director;
Chief Store Man (parts & supplies)
All-round good guy.
“ I fee l a g rea t s e n s e of f reedom in the diversity�
How did you come to work for Hughes Group? Being the boss’s son, I finished school and then I chucked myself in the deep end, straight to working at LightWing. And now I pretty much do anything and everything in the office and workshop. Do you have your pilot’s license? Most definitely; I got my Ra-Aus license before I started working here, in my early teens, as a kid, after school. Do you go through the Ballina High School Aviation course? Yes I did. I already had my license by then, however, during year 9 and 10, I was one of the first grades to start working on the GR 912 (80 hp tail dragger) kit LightWing aircraft that the Ballina High School aviation course constructed. What’s you favourite part of working here? The fact that I am capable of doing nearly every part of the business and construction, I feel a great sense of freedom in the diversity.
converted over to the faster low wing and I love that too! I would be more than happy to jump in either and go for a blat any day. I enjoy taking friends and potential customers for an introductory flight, to show them our beautiful area and demonstrate just how great our aircraft perform. If you bought a plane today, which would you buy? And what would you choose for your custom paint job? I would buy the SP2000 for its versatility and range. To travel long distances comfortably for weekend getaway’s. For a paint job, I like the red one! And I would choose black as the contrast colour. If a spare part is ordered today, what would be the turn around time? There is a large range of parts that I keep in stock, but if it has to be made, depending on the size and item, I turn it round within a week or so. What is the most frequently asked question from customers? The most faq is “How fast?” And the answer is: The SP2000 cruises at about 100/110knots ((170/1280kms), and the high wing LightWing’s cruise at 70/75 knots (120kms/hr).
What’s it like working with Howie Hughes? We have our ups and downs and a couple head butts and arguments, but other than that he is Where do you see Australian generally really quite good. We seem to get on LightWing heading in the future? really well with each other and check each other’s I would like to see it diversifying and growing work and accentuate each others positives. and continuing on the amazing path it’s on. We proudly cater to a great many parts of the AustralWhat’s it like working with ian aviation industry with your father? fantastic training aircraft, He is an extremely amazing kit aircraft, our affordable and smart man and I have farming workhorse. big shoes to fill being his son. It’s a very diverse company! What else do you want Is that exciting? to diversify towards? Yes and daunting! The Six Seater is a very exciting project. I feel there is Do you have a personal a market for an affordable, preference for high wing or sleek and luxurious aircraft. low wing? (laughs) I have no favourDo you like getting your itism. I did my training in hands dirty? the high wing, which is a I’m a “hands on” learner. So great little aircraft, then yes, I love it. h ALW Autumn Catalogue 2015 - P a g e
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Aileron Push-rod: Suited to the GA or GR Australian LightWing Aircraft. Painted: White, Made in house Air filter (Conical)(Image #1): Fitted to the carburettors, filtering the intake air. 50mm. Aluminium: Available in a variety of options including: angle, bar, flat bar, plate, sheet, tube. Also available in a variety of grades (5005 Marine grade, 6061 T6, 2024 T3 etc). Battery’s: 14 amp, 18 amp, battery parts, supplies & more.
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Cabin air vents (Image #3): (linked to NACA ducts), Plastic, Colour options available. Cables: Stainless steel cable by the metre for brakes, electrical, wing stays & more. Cable Accessories: Clamps, saddles, ties etc. Carbi Heat Exhaust Shroud (Image #4): Welded aluminium, carbi & cabin heat, made in house.
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Doors: Raw or painted. Door Accessories: Pins, hinges, locks, handles, wire, struts, etc. Dopes & Thinners: Fabric, dope, MEK thinner, UV silver dope etc. Engines: Call us today for advice on the wide range of aircraft engines available. Engine Mounts for various engines including the Rotax 912: lower sub, upper sub. Engine mount parts: rubbers etc. Engine parts, service & advice.
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Fabric: By the metre. Tapes available in various sizes, pinked and bias; per roll. Fibreglass Fairings: Bonnets, bungee covers, engine cowl, roof, spats, spinners, wing struts & windscreen cowls. Fibreglass Components: Resins (polyester, vinyl-ester, epoxies), acetones &catalyst.
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Filters (Image #10): For oil and water. Glass bowl fuel filter water trap, filters condensation and water built up in the tank. Made of glass and aluminium.
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Fuel Accessories: Bowl, drain, filler neck, tanks, Multi-tool fuel tester (Image #23), Fuel pump - In-line Fuel 12 volt Pump (Image #9). Aviator Glasses (Image #15) Gloves (Image #2): Australian LightWing Pilot gloves for protection against the sun & cold.
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Hats with Australian LightWing Logo (Image #14): Adjustment strap for comfort. Durable and comfortable.
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Head Sets: We have a wide range of noise cancelling & non-noise cancelling headsets; with single or dual plug. Fully adjustable, comfortable high quality pilot headsets. Heel Caps (Image #5): GR 912 Brake pedal resting heel caps, made in house. Hinges (Image #11): Rolled aileron hinge or extruded aluminium hinge. 2” Aileron hinge section. Stainless steel hinge pin.
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Instruments: Altimeter, antenna’s: UHF & VHF, Air Speed Indicator (ASI), Auto Pilots, Compasses, Fuel Gauge (Image #16): (Two inch VDO Black Bezel: Brand: VDO), Manifold/Turbo boost gauge (Black bezel), GPS, Intercoms, Oil gauges, Oil pressure gauges, Turbo boost gauge (Image #12) Radios, Senders, Slip Skid Ball: 2” Balance Ball (Image #17), Tachometer, Transponders, Vault meters, Vertical Speed Indicator (VSI), “Wizz Wheel” (Navigation Flight Computer with Leather Pouch (Image #18).
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Manuals: Australian LightWing Aircraft manuals for builders, flight, service and parts. NACA Ducting Vent (Image #24): Duct air for cabin ventilation Made in house, painted fibreglass. Nuts & Bolts: AN grade , Many shapes and sizes.
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Paints: Aircraft paint, 2K polyurethane and our custom shade of “LightWing white”, many colours and options. We have all your additional painting supplies including Catalyst, reducer, etch primers, hardeners, Flex aid, and thinners available.
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Pulleys (Image #20;#21): Aileron, elevator, rudder. Floor mounted stainless steel pulleys for rudder cables, Many sizes available. Also available rope or string pulleys Radiators: 4 Stroke: 912, 914, 2 Stroke: 582, 618 Rotax radiators. Rod Ends: Range of Rod ends from 3/16 up to 1/2 inch. male and female rode ends.
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Rubbers (Image #26): For the Rotax 912 engine mount. Seat Belts: 4 point, lap sash, ultralight aircraft seat belts. Seats & Seat Parts: Covers, fabric, leather, sewn vinyl & padded upholstery. Snap Vents (Image #22): Clear plastic cabin ventilation vent.
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Upholstery Options (Image #33): For cabin & seats etc. Various options, colours and grades available. Wheels & Wheel Rims (Image #29 & #30): Many sizes and options available, complete assembly. Including 4� Split rim to suit fork; 6 Inch Offset main rim; 5 inch centred aluminium. Windows: Side windows: 1.5 mm; Front windscreen: 3mm Lexan or 4.4m acrylic heat formed.
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Terry Donaldson
Mechanical Engineer, Welding Master, Overall legend.
How did you get into building with steel? I served my time as a fitter & turner machinist; that was my original trade. I worked with steel right through high school. I went for an apprenticeship with Green Park Engineering in New Zealand. It was a general engineering workshop. How did you first come to work at Australian LightWing? I first started back in 1988 when I was about 30, working for John Heard. John was a boat builder and a steel contractor for Howard. He originally started working for Howard building the trawler called the “Shell-Lee-N”. (Howard began his career as an architect, then as a boat builder and then aircraft). My first job for Light Wing was building a steel seat for one of the earliest the LightWing’s. I started on seats and progressed to airframes for two years and then John gave it away and Howard asked if I wanted to work for him at the original factory back in Smith Drive. The first airframe I ever built was on aircraft number 4. We’re up to number 200 now! How’s the Cunning Cat Catamaran project coming along? I’m happy with how it’s com-
ing along & looking forward to seeing it finished. I want to see an aesthetically nice finish. Howard says what he wants and I give him what he wants. After the amount of years that I’ve worked for him, I get his language. We think the same… I am a little bit eccentric myself.
research and development. I like teaching people... I’ve taught a lot of people. It’s a finesse trade – like welding is not just welding, it’s tig or mig welding, & specialist welding. Different types of welding are aluminium, stainless, chrome molly, gas. I’ve done it all.
Why do you say you’re eccentric yourself?! Because I’ve worked for your Howie for twenty-five years! No… I like to dream up ideas, and then make them happen.
What’s your least favourite job? Grinding fibreglass would be the job I like the least.
What’s some of the idea’s you’ve dreamt up? The simulator was partly my idea. And I have this idea for a house that’s like a beehive, where every side on it is a hexagonal wall. We’re pondering on different ideas, we always are. A lot of my ideas he uses, he just doesn’t always admit to it straight away! What’s your favourite part of the job? I like projects – I like to get a mast and build the whole thing, see the project through to completion, which I do a lot of. I like the
Do you like getting your hands dirty? No. I don’t like getting my hands dirty. (He’s laughing though...) What’s it like to work with Howie & Nicky? Nick and I have a happy working atmosphere and we speak the same language when it comes to engineering. I like designing things with Howard, although it has its moments and challenges. What do you to relax? I don’t get to relax! I own a farm! (laughs) I play guitar, drums and play music.h
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Australian LightWing’s desire to contribute to solutions to climate change has resulted in our development of what we hope will be Australia’s first production, all Australian designed, three-seat, electric motor vehicle.
The Road-E is driven by state-of-theart electronics and batteries and features an ultra-sleek and ultra-light aerodynamic body. Driving with a single rear wheel with two steerable wheels up front. And yes, there are a lot of similarities between the body of our Road-e and our Australian
Annual Local Events: The Ballina Prawn Festival & The Love Lennox Carnival The Team from Australian LightWing had a great time at the Local Ballina Prawn Festival held by the Ballina Shire Council and the Ballina Chamber of Commerce. Howie was even requested to compose a song to honour the humble prawn (entitled ‘Those little Red Darling’s’) and we reckon he did a pretty great job! It even grabbed some air time on Triple J! Go Howie! 7 http://ballinaprawnfestival.com.au/ 7 http://lovelennox.com.au/
Do yourself a favour and come to Ballina in mid November and check out the celebrations; which for 2014, included a fantastic ferris wheel, loads of great local market stalls offering awesome local products, notably including The Gourmet Goons (Byron Bay) and Grumpys Ginger Beer (Coffs Harbour), and more prawns than you can poke a stick at.
LightWing SP-2000 aircraft. The electricity stored in the RoadE’s high tech batteries will cost no more than a dollar to charge, making the cost per kilometre over a 200km trip little more 2 cents per kilometre. Pictured: Computer generated images of the Road-E when completed. Above: The Road Vehicle. Left: The Flying Road-E 7 More info: http://www.road-e.com.au/
We’re very proud to be part of a community that puts together such great family friendly events. Howie Also had a great time busking at the Love Lennox Carnival (in June) and felt the need to write a great song for that as well! So much great stuff happening around the Northern Rivers! 7 Check out our CEO’s songwriting skills at: youtube.com/AustralianLightWing
Pictured: Ballina’s Big Prawn, Market strawberries, The Gourmet Goons, Festival mangoes, Grumpy’s Ginger Beer.
Summersong Music Camp : Youth Scholarship
Born for More: Paramotoring Torres Strait
This year Australian LightWing dedicated half of our community donation to The Youth Scholarships at Summersong Music Camp. This is an annual event which is designed for music makers & music lovers of all levels of experience.
In early May, a good friend of the Australian LightWing team, Jan Smith, will be heading off on the trip of a life time to pursue her life long dream to become the first person to para-motor from Australia to Papua New Guinea.
Whether you’ve been performing for years or simply keen to try making music, Summersong thrives on the synergy and exchange between people of all levels. Summersong is the ultimate music holiday experience providing a deep sense of community, celebration and living proof of the joy of music. Summersong has booked out for the last fifteen years, so if you plan to attend, register early! It’s held in Lennox Head, NSW in January each year. Australian LightWing are very happy to be able to help keep this organically grown event sustainable and local. Our own Shelly Brown has been the Vocal Coach at this event for the past three years. 7 www.shelly.com.au 7 www.summersongmusiccamp.com/
She is doing it not only to challenge her self but to raise well needed funds for women’s health in the Papua New Guinean highlands of Goroka and the capital Port Moresby. Our own Nick Hughes will be part of the support sea crew on this awesome adventure, so we’ll be looking forward to a great story upon his return. 7 https://www.mycause.com.au/page/89222/ bornformoreparamotortorresstrait
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We are always delighted to receive photographs, stories and updates on how LightWing aircraft owners are going with their aircraft. Here’s our some of our favourite’s: Top Left: This GR 582 (Build #048) resides in Darwin, NT; and flies twice a week with it’s owner, Grant Davis. Top Right: This is the first production LightWing still flying strong in Midge Point, QLD; with proud owner Doug Evans. Left: Tony Stevens takes a snap of his LightWing before heading out for a family flying day.
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Our good mate Jim .D. was the winner of the Facebook ALW Hat & Mug give-away.
The Ballina Aero Club This year our company CEO, Howie Hughes, was awarded an Honorary Life Membership to the Ballina Aero Club. The award came as a delightful surprise to Howie at the Aero Club gathering. Howie would like to thank the Aero Club for their support, friendships, events and sausage sizzles. And a big thanks to the aero clubs and training schools around Australia for your continued energy and enthusiasm for the Australian Aviation community!
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