Hi Kingsly, If you had ever been in my Workshop, you would know Metric is totally forbidden ! I only use proper Imperial measurements, I can assure you it was miles per hour. The metric system was in
need to stop my throttle from creeping. Whether on the ground or in flight it wants to advance forward. Most of the throttle related posts that I have read are about stiff or sticky throttle cables.
Hi All I am in the middle of doing my annual and decided to torque the spark plugs as recommended in the manual. Problem is I cant get hold of an 18mm plug socket to go on my torque wrench (3/8 drive
Just recently there have been a number of letters which have indictaed that 914 flyers , and maybe others, are using a peak rpm of 5800 on take off. I have always thought that 5,700 was the limiting
Hi Patrick and all, May I suggest you do not rely on the accuracy of the Rotax tachometer. After 200 hours, mine was found to be under reading by 300 rpm, which meant I had been taking off regularly
& 912S Sounds as though you have a jewel of an aeroplane there. I only got about 100Knots at the same rpm with a Warp Drive set at similar pitch. I have replaced it with an Arplast VP but not yet flo
It looks like all our sky polluting fossil fuel burners will be taken to the museum if this new engine pans out. 300 kw engine uses no fuel. Has a small battery for starting and has an alternator to
Has anyone had issue with the clearance of the shoot bolt guides as described above? Fix? Certainly have - and the problem of the guides coming loose from time to time. This last seems to be due to t
For some time I have been trying to get this item to work correctly. The AP1 is o.k. and has been tested by the manufacturers. The servo seems not to work correctly even when set up and calibrated ac
idle speed issue with our 140. In the process of getting the idle mixture sorted (too rich), I ended up with an idle speed of about 800 rpm or even a little more. It would taxi pretty good at 'idle',
The Europa XS Rotax 914 engine manual issue 8, which i happened to have in my hands, says quote"You should set the throttle closed stop so that a fully warmed engine idles at 1200-1400 rpm. Although
My alternator (generator) has always been a bit reluctant to come on line and would only do so at quite high revs. The little red light has now decided to stay on all the time and no amount of reving
.............................I assume we are talking about a Rotax engine? The first check is to confirm it is not an indication problem. If the voltage at the regulator output is less than 13 volts
3) What is favorite way of carrying gas from a Mogas pump to plane when you are going somewhere away from home? a) Don't do it and buy 100LL? b) Use aux tank to transport fuel, or is it too heavy to
Mono v Trike?? I have no comments about the flying characteristics and th= e difficulties of landing and taking off for eirther type on differing terrains , having only a relatively small experience
Kin... G'day Kingsley - jeez man I thought I had written that! Do you get the t.v. programme 'Grumpy Old Men'? We should join 'em although in may case at 73 they are mere grumpy callow youths! Patric