Karl, Sounds like you might have a flat or faulty battery to me. Have you tested the battery under load? Regards Kingsley in Oz Hi, I found myself stranded with an engine that would not start. There
For those with Jabiru engines in their Europas, you might find these links interesting especially if you have had heating problems. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li9LiDYGQOQ&feature=player_detailpag
Hello Frans, At the risk of disagreeing with others and saying something stupid because it is now late at night and I'm tired, I would suggest that your problem is that the two bolts on which the qui
Tony, The ONLY reason I didn't use the flap closeout method was because I had minimal clearance between the closeout and the retracted flap and I wasn't sure it could accommodate the extra thickness
Rick, I haven't had any problems with my doors but I made the attached auxiliary latchs for the doors because it seemed a good idea at the time. They are made of Tufnol and are 25mm long. If Neville
Because this was left as an exercise for the builder !! IOW, the factory stuffed up. They can't be square with the hinge line Tony but the geometery can be corrected. See attached. Kingsley
done and how it keeps the door from bulging out...Could you help orient me to your photos #1 and #2? Sorry if I confused you Fred . . . . I hope the attached will be easier to follow. Bear in mind m
air in the front of the tank, unless there is some shacking and tail lifting involved. Bud, Just pointing out that this problem was address by Mod 34 dated 3 October 1996. Cheers Kingsley
Will, As with so many things in life nowadays, there are many alternatives. I chose the Bussmann fuse block as depicted in the following link. This unit has its own bus bar (dual bus if required) tha
Bud, Sorry but I'm not sure exactly what you mean . . . . are you saying that if the rear most part of the tailwheel spring is higher (rear of fuselage lower) or rear most part of the tailwheel sping
Apparently some people want to lower the tail of the aircraft a bit Bob but I don't know what they hope to achieve. It would make it that much harder to see over the nose which is already hard enough
Is there anybody out there who has an NSI VP propeller with a constant speed controller of any sort? OR does anybody know what sort of CS controller would work on an NSI VP prop? Any comments most we
Hello Mark, Thank you very much for going to the trouble of logically going through the different failure modes with explanations that go a long way to helping those with only basic electronic knowle
Fellow Listers, Almost 3 weeks ago, Tony Renshaw posted the following plea on my behalf. My apologies for not repsonding before this but circumstances have prevented me --From doing so. I would since
Trev, Many thanks for this heads-up. As I said in my posting, the carbs were removed and checked during the inspection and since I have no reason to doubt the integrity of the engineer, I have been t
Hello Frans and thank you too for your input. I was unaware of how the regulator works and still am to a large degree. What you say makes sense and when I get a chance to read some 914 literature, I
G'day Graham, years isn't good, all sorts of crap comes out of the fuel including sometimes bacteria/yeast deposits which can block small jets in the > carbs No we didn't check the carbs Graham becau
Is there anyone out there who knows where to source the brushes that transfer power to the slip rings on an NSI VP prop please? Thanks in anticipation Kingsley in Oz