Dave, My memory is that a Rotax rep said that the engine will run for an hour after loosing the coolant. Also, the water heater doesn't cool off during descents as it does when using exhaust heat. I
I learned as a teenager how potent acetone is. I had an unmarked glass jar with acetone in it. To find out what I had in the jar I opened the lid and took a strong sniff. Instant headache. I use acet
Dave DeFord email address probably isn't the @home.com address you gave. @home went belly up and all the email addresses have changed. It may be davedefore@cox.net Some of our friends in CA now use t
Hi all, I am about ready to separate the antiservo tab from the tailplane. Does anyone have a slick method for doing the angled cut on the bottom? Thanks, John, A230
Thanks Bob and Russell, I'll be there. Hello all, For everyone building or interested in building Europas who are attending Sun n Fun, Flight Crafters will be hosting an open house on Sunday April 7t
Hi Eric, My XS manual says to fill the trailing edge trough with micro, let it cure and sand with the line of the skin. Make the Flettner strips from pieces of light weight material such as balsa. Th
Author: John & Amy Eckel by way of Rowland & Wilma <eckel1@comcast.net>
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 12:36:35
Hi Rowland, I just did my close out last week on the first tailplane. The first thing I did was convert to inches as needed....just kidding. I have found that because of cutting the glass on a 45 deg
Alex, As stated in my manual the humidity should be below 70% maximum and below 60% for best results. That is, the lower the better. My understanding is that it affects the strength.
Steve D and I were just at S-n-F and noticed the rudders had a notch on the top to prevent the interference you described. We both thought "how could we have missed this?" After speaking with Andy an
Simon, I had similar problems and almost epoxied the bushes to the torque tube trying to follow the manual. I solved the problem by coating the torque tube with a lite coat of oil and epoxying one bu
Paul, Nice web site, I am sure I will reference it during my building. Hi All, Some of you folk may have noticed that my WEB site at http://pma.obtero.net has been offline for the past 3 weeks. The I
Mike I have a situation similar to yours. I started by ordering Phase I of the monowheel kit and switched to the tri-gear when I ordered the second and third phase. One of the items missing from the
It is possible you are getting frost on one plug. Moisture can enter through open intake and exhaust valves and freeze on the plugs. Of course this will melt as the engine warms up ending the problem
Dave, How about placing deflated inner tubes under the fuse and blowing them up. Rescue people use air bags to pick up vehicles. John, A230 Tri -- Original Message -- From: <DJA727@aol.com> Subject:
Fred, I am sure you know this, but 1 percent gradient is .57 degrees and 1 degree is 1.7 percent gradient. Would the smaller movement on only 1 percent gradient help your situation. I haven't gotten
December 02, and am currently building. I'm just finishing up the tailplanes and have a question I hope can be answered. Olaf sorta jumped ahead and installed the torque tube into the fuselage and I