-- Original Message -- it a didn't finish. Our airplane was painted with Dupont Chroma Base (base coat/clear coat) paint. Wet sanding with 2000-grit paper leaves a very smooth, but dull finish. To br
We had the same experience over a year ago (as we reported on this forum), but were lucky to catch the failure at an earlier stage. Our fix was similar to your suggestion, but we used a steel plate o
Since the topic of the long-range fuel tank has come up, can anyone tell me how you either hoist a 60-pound tank full of fuel into the airplane, or fill the empty tank inside the airplane without ris
Kremen CS >prop at fine pitch and max power I yesterday wound up the engine facing a 12 knot wind >with brake on and max up elevator. At about 80% power the plane nosed over. We avoid this problem by
"Europa I would urge extreme caution with this procedure. Be sure you know exactly how much material you will remove from each bushing, and from which surface, before proceeding. We used this same fi
any up of That's exactly how the vent tube is supposed to be arranged. The aluminum tube that is bonded into the tank vent fitting should reach to the front of the tank, and be bent upward to just to
I remember a discussion last year when someone couldn't get their monowheel off a high altitude Bishop, California airport without partially raising the gear and flaps since density altitude that day
The pressure in the aft fuselage area of N135TD (a monowheel XS) is considerably higher than the pressure in the cockpit. We had quite a cold breeze on the backs of our legs in the winter, due to ai
Don't know. We were too preoccupied with the quality of the air we were breathing to do any speed benchmarks, before and after sealing the bottom of the flap slots. Dave DeFord N135TD
We copied Kim Prout's solution, and replaced the 3/16" bolts that mount the fairings to the outrigger support brackets with 1/4"-20 bolts. The bolts are long enough to accommodate a lock nut, and st
Our solution to this problem is a bit simpler than some that have been described, but we find it quite satisfactory, even when the summer temperatures here in California top 100F/40C. We installed t
I believe that the factory may have stiffened the doors in later kits, because ours (kit A135, received March 1999) do not leak. We added sliding latches in the center of the bottom edge of the door
We used a flourescent dye in the fuel when we were looking for leaks in N135TD, and we found stains all around the choke housings on the sides of both carburetors. Tightening the screws eliminated f
We checked the glide ratio of N135TD (an XS with a Whirlwind prop) last year at 65KIAS and found 10.6:1 with the engine at idle, and also with the prop stopped. We haven't repeated the test yet with
The Rotax oil temperature sensor is located at the oil pump, which sees oil that has just returned from the oil cooler. We measured the temperature of the hot oil as it entered the reservoir during a
Some of us have an excellent two part composite firewall provided by Graham Singleton. This uses phonelic resin (as per the rest of the firewall). This has two major advantages. 1. It is much easier
Our 912S has developed a slow coolant leak (a few drops per day) between the water pump housing and the engine block. All of the attachment bolts feel tight. Has anyone else experienced this? I don't
We used anchor nuts and socket-head screws on N135TD. It's a lot easier to keep an allen wrench engaged in the screw head than a phillips driver, when your arm is stuck through a small hole, and you
Putting toroids on the cable is never detrimental to the performance of the antenna. In a few cases, they will make no difference at all, such as with ground plane antennas mounted on metal airplanes