Hello Svein, I created the original fuel flow SM12209 Modification and asked Ian Rickard to get it 'passed' for use on my TriGear, through the LAA. I also have a 912S and have been using this MOD sin
Hi Svein, I have the std restrictor, so I guess its the same as yours. I think that compared to the 'average' K factor figure for the actual fuel flow rate at taxi and under full power are probably o
Hello Svein, Thinking more about the single fuel flow setup - would you agree that another way of checking the restrictor is not blocked, is simply to monitor that there IS fuel flow without the engi
Hi Svein, Thanks for your reply. I regret that the 9lit/hr indicated figure I gave in my last email is actually wrong - 9lit/hr is indicated with the 912ULS running at idle and with boost pump 'on'.
Does anyone have a view on the way around the FS02 needs to go into the return line? I seem to remember that it has a recess on one side of the through-hole - should this recess be facing the engine
Hello Duncan, Quite happy with my Fixed pitch Warpdrive with a 912S and a trigear fitted with full speed kit. Reasons:- 1) Cost of circa 700 vs 3000 . . . 2) Can change individual blades is one gets
Jim, My experience is that the radio and the tacho are both sensitive to interference if they run alongside the cables to the mag anywhere. I had just this problem a few months ago after 'tidying up'
Hello Alan, I dont have a MOGAS sticker, but I do have some UL91 and an AVGAS sticker if it helps. Send me your postal address if you can use like either. I went to Italy on the club trip in 2011 and
Fellow Europa flyers, I'm planning to fly to Lerwick in the Shetlands and back, 6-13 July departing Wellesbourne. Any thoughts/advice/recommends on fuel availability/routes/accommodation please from
Gentlemen, if I may offer a late suggestion, a wire saw might bring something - here's a link: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Commando-Stainless-Steel-Cutter-Strong/dp/B000O6EL50 These things have the advan
Thanks for the suggestions. By way of a bit more detail to comment upon, my outline route at the moment is: Day 1: Wellesbourne to Fishburn. Day 2: Fishburn to Cumbernauld (an uncle lives nearby) Day
Hello, wondering if any UK builders on the forum would consider part-exchanging their kit (all levels of completion considered) for my flying and in-permit 912S Trigear? Reason: Whilst I'm enjoying o
Fellow Europa flyers, Am planning a trip up to the Shetland Isles 6-14th July for which some of the transits (longest perhaps 30mins) are over water. Thinking about ditching and surviveability, can a
All, Thanks for the replies and views. Ex work colleague Mark Albery (of recent Atlantic crossing fame) has kindly offered to lend me his 2-place dinghy, which in light of David's comments seems the
Bruno, Thanks for your post -we can trust a German to provide some excellent detail! That photo gives me great confidence in the design - they are bags of cement? Clive :D Read this topic online here
Gents, I follow this thread with interest. I have a tri-gear with 912S and Warpdrive set to 19 degrees pitch. Have been in and out of a 400m strip with no concerns at MTOW 1370 though climb rate rare
Hey Paul, I have about 0.5l of the grey and more importantly a qty of liquid hardener and some thinners - see pic The tricky bit is how to get it to you as being solvent based paint the RM are cagey
PS; the UK supplier at the time was Mankiewicz UK in Leicester: Unit 26, Ashville Way, Whetstone, LE8 6NU 0116 284 7780. Not sure if they are still around but if you prefer a different colour from th
Hey Paul, I seem to have posted a reply in the wrong place - see earlier gtagr posts Re: paint etc I have about 0.5l of the grey and more importantly a qty of liquid hardener and some thinners - see
Hi David, Might be able to help - isn't there some LAA restriction on flying young people? Maybe that's just the Air Cadets? Clive Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p