We removed about an inch of the joggle on the lower cowl at the top aft corners, so the screws hold only the upper cowl at those points. This has worked out just fine for us. The lower cowl is held
I'd guess they are counting the two screws that go into the forward face of each footwell through the angle brackets, in addition to the single screw directly through the duct into the inside face o
We considered this situation, and concluded that for convenience and safety, a good parking brake is an absolute necessity. The Matco valve works perfectly for us in this capacity. With the parking
Erich Trombley is using wheels made by Colson Caster (www.colsoncaster.com), which he says are the same as the ones Dennis used. Following his lead, we have installed the model 2.00004.445 wheel (4"
In the location where we mounted the Matco valve in our monowheel XS, there was not quite enough clearance to the tire. To increase the clearance, we cut through the top of the tunnel on three sides
Our Matco valve is not an on/off valve, but rather a check valve. When it is on, brake pressure can be increased at any time, by pulling on the brake lever, and the valve will prevent the pressure f
We simply installed the wheels, as received. If you come up with some kind of shield for the bearings, I would like to hear about it. Dave DeFord N135TD
Troy, We bought an inexpensive gun from Sears that converts between the common siphon feed/external mix setup and the pressure feed/internal mix that is recommended for Zolatone. This worked out ver
I wouldn't be too quick to lengthen the outrigger legs. Ours started out with at least half an inch of clearance on each wheel, but now both wheels touch the ground, even with no load. The airplane
We used the switched resistor arrangement, as described by Tony, but with an extra setting created by plugging in the glider wings (which are still under construction). This should allow us an indep
You're absolutely right. Settling would be due to increased compression of the springy block, not to bungee stretching, in our monowheel XS. Dave DeFord N135TD
Jeff, I would avoid any location below the wings. We had a persistent problem with carbon monoxide in N135TD, and one of the sources turned out to be exhaust gas that entered the rear fuselage throu
A little bit aft is no problem, but if you aim it too far aft, it gets hard to remove the lower cowl, which prefers to move mostly downward first, rather than aft. Dave Deford N135TD (flying)
On my way to the Copperstate fly-in on Friday, I stopped in Bishop to pick up Kevin Klinefelter. We heard a loud, irregular popping noise in our headphones while taxiing to the runway, and the runup
Ferg, You are right to be concerned. The nut on the rear hinge of the starboard door pulled through the tang on N135TD a few months ago, at about 3 years/350 hours. I had recently given about 10 rid
Thanks to all who offered advice about my ignition problem from 3 weeks ago. The popping noise in the headphones and the rough mag check were the result of a broken wire on one of the ignition module
You have to spray Zolatone to get the desired texture. Brushing just smears the speckles into the background. The only constraint on the spray gun is that it must operate with pressure feed and inte
We mounted a vertical card compass in the panel area above the gear retract lever, and it has worked just fine. Our maximum deviation on the compass card is only a few degrees. We did make an effort
Paul, We had a similar problem until we installed the excellent leather boots around the stick pivots that are sold by the gentleman from New Zealand. (I have forgotten the contact details, now that