Fellow Europians, Not contributed before tonight, now sending my second note - wonders will never cease ! Thought I would share a brief tail of woe re-balanced (or un) balanced carbs. We persisted wi
Greetings to one and all, This is my first venture onto the forum, but have been a subscriber for a few months - very interesting reading indeed !! I am part of a group building XS kit 336, mono, 912
Roger, SB12 entitled 912/912S exhaust silencer - baffle security, mandatory, compliance before next flight, applicable to 912 / 912S exhausts supplied between begining May 2000 and end May 2003. Basi
Folks, We have just completed the first 2 1/2 hrs of ground engine running (912S Warpdrive @ 21deg XS mono) apart from a couple of starting problems which we think are fuel related, the only issue wh
Ron, Thanks for your response, glad to know it's not just our donkey thats got the wobbles. I'll let you know how the mag drop goes, probably won't be for a couple of weeks though, due to holidays et
Jim, Thanks for your thoughts. We originally set the prop to 19deg, but during the first runs the aircraft tacho was recording 5500 - 5600 static which we thought much too high (we had been told by o
Duncan, If it has to resonate somewhere, I wish it would resonate off the end of the wing and leave my engine alone ! However i note your comments. The resonance only effects this very tight band and
Anybody any news on whats happening at the factory or the future for our resin rockets ? It all seems a bit quiet. I see from a couple of E-mails that if not both, then one of the demonstrators has b
Greetings one and all, We had our inspection on XS 336 last week, all went pretty well with one exception. The left wing demonstrated 5 -10mm of forward / aft movement at the tip. Our inspector was u
Folks, We needed some parts for our wing wobbling problems so rang the factory. The old number works fine and we got through to the parts guy. Bear in mind though they can not accept credit cards, an
Folks, Just a quick note, we rang the factory last Monday for some bits, posted a cheque the same day, received said bits Thursday, pretty good I thought - role on credit card facilities !! Getting n
Carl, Thanks for the informative response, it gives us a better understanding of what is next (assuming we fix the wing problem soon). We have built the aircraft at Rayne near Braintree, Essex (10 mi
Well folks it finally happened, our baby took to the sky at 2.45 this afternoon for the first time, big grins all round. Light Westerly wind, + 4=B0 C flown by senior CAA test pilot Paul Mulcahy (fin
Thought I would advise you of our findings following the gear down operation selection problem. We raised the aircraft and carried out the retract test, and thankfully were able to repeat the fault.
Thought I would drop a line to outline our progress with 336 to date on the flight test programme. First flight was 10 December and with the exception of a minor problem with the lowering of the gear
Congrats on the first flight of your bird - great feeling isn't it ? Hope the test programme is completed quickly, without any problems and all is signed off ready to go soon. Thorne a even 40 was an
Well folks, the last flight was completed by the test pilot yesterday with the 2 hour endurance and 8 circuits to get the landings in. The test pilot advised us of a bit of rough running halfway thro
Folks, Weather permitting (bit of an issue at the moment) how many of you folks from Europa land are planning on attending on Sunday ? I am with a couple of pals in the Arrow I have a share in, unfor