Hi Troy / Graham / All, The ''whistle'' comes from the airflow over the slots in the rear fuselage where the tailplane trim tab ''Tee'' bar exits. During the flight testing of G-YURO and G-ELSA , we
Hi Dave, Look at the throttle cable inners just as they disapear into the outers in side the throttle lever box, if you slam open the throttle, does one of th e cables kink and get ''left behind'' ?
Well done Paul, worth the wait wasn't it ? BTW, Ivan only charged you for 500 hours of enjoyment, you owe him for ano ther 2,500 hours it seems ? ! Cheers, Nev. G-GIDY took to the air for the first t
Hi Fred, Clearence needs to be 1 BST [ British Standard Thumb] one inch at least, anything less will get the paint scorched. Nev. Hi All, After searching the manuals, I cannot seem to locate any stip
Hi Luc, Redux will ''let go'' when heated, take the bolts out, grind [dremel] as much of the Redux away as you can to begin with. Tie / chock the fuselage so it can not move forward, get webbing stra
Hi John, Get a large syringe from a Vet', use with a short piece of model glow fuel line on the nipple of the caliper and shoot the fluid up hill. Nev. Hi, Is there anyone who can advise on bleeding
It is manufactured by Dow, as insulation Styrofoam, 2lb cu'ft. Google for local supplier. Cheers, Nev. Hi all Anyone know where to purchase the blue foam .. ?? Regards Gert Y-GDS / 914 / mono == == -
Hi Vic, Others have replied with the correct answers, Trim from the outboard end only, if you have to take off more than 3/16'', dig out the original closeout, deepen to 1/2'' and redo the closeout.
Hi Franz, You need a steel tube / bar that is a slip fit into the axle that is about 20'' long, a block of wood and a jack. Remove the split pin and slacken the nut. Slide the tube into the axle, put
Hi Graeme, If I read it correctly, you haven't fitted the spinner backplate to the fro nt face of the engine prop flange yet ? Bolt the spinner backplate on. The spinner backplate is about 1'' deep,
Hi Graham, Had a thought, where did you get the spinner from ? The original XS spinner was as I described with about a 1'' flange aft of t he prop hub face, for some reason Europa have supplied non o
Will, Get your ruler out...... The spar cap [ glass rovings] should be about 42mm deep at the point direct ly above the Q/C hole,[ from the top of the spar to the wood] the hole itse lf should be abo
Hi Graeme, The Ampreg goes ''gritty'', bit like frog sporn, or School Dinner semelina even at room temp [ 17 to 20C], it needs to be warmed above that to let the ''grit'' disperse. Then you have the
Hi Graeme, If the fuselage is filled and painted, cut away the overlapping part of the lower cowl, if not filled yet, cut a ''window'' into the firewall joggle, tape the cowl with packing tape [ to r
Hi Tony, Go through the closeout, best way by far. Decide at the same time to do the 1370lb Mod [ if you haven't done that alr eady] as the pin is different, and if you retrofit the 1370 you will hav
Hi Graeme, Sorry to pee on your parade [ mixed metaphors ?] but the paint you are usei ng will not have enough ultraviolet block in it [ despite what the sales gu y will tell you]. It will only have
Hi Jeff, AN970 washers with AN3 bolts as needed, in the rear face of the backplate. Ident the backplate, prop and spinner so it goes back on in the same place if you take it off anytime. Cheers, Nev.
Hi Guys, Red Hermetite isn't fuel proof [ guess what I use to remove it from old joi nts ?] , use a smear of Redux. Cheers, Nev. Jon, eems this is a common problem and I concur with Carl's fix. egard
Hi John, Problem is the least point of friction is between the AN970 washers and the nuts, you can tighten up the assembly, and it will still break out, at var iable rates, at that junction. Fix : We
Hi Skip, Weights [ shot or sand bag] on the door corners will in time recover the do ors to original shape, I have also used a luggage strap around the fuselage with local wood [ 3'' long 1'' x 2'']