I am doing these runs now with the cowing off, so I don't think the temp is the problem. I will be swapping plug wires tomorrow to see if I can isolate the trouble - the two cylinders I have a 150 de
front, which delays the peak temperature and shortens the cooling time in the cylinder, thus ejecting hotter gas into the exhaust. That is a normal thing for Lycoming and continentals. I see about a
one My carbs were off balance by quite a bit - my cable end securing nut came loose (non Rotax Europa supplied) and after I did that, the engine ran much smoother - except the mag drop and missing ar
I plan to check the ignition with a timing light tomorrow -- looking for ignition drop outs. I will also be running a compression check looking for mechanical problems. I swapped ignition modules, a
and the after running the engine today, it is doing quite well. I wish I could say what is different, but I will fly in the morning. I have wrapped the exhaust in an attempt to provide better cooling
So, if I don't have enough to talk about, now I am hearing a rather loud "screeching" sound on shutdown. It could be described as a loud squeak. I presumed it was the slip rings on the airmaster prop
To those who were following my engine problem during run up - I have solved it. The problem seemed to progress to the point of complete frustration. I finally got the run up to be acceptable in terms
Ferg, I would put them as far back as possible for the CG. Mine are under the baggage floor and if I had it to do over again, I would put them farther back. The glider wings need a further aft CG, th
Maybe an overnight camping adventure - Sunday and Monday? Maybe Saturday and leaving Sunday morning - I have to go to a play on Sunday at 2PM, come to think of it. Europa flight time over is 47 minut
Fred, I have designed mine with a rather complicated arrangement of busses, and I have my pumps on a "hot" bus for each of two electrical systems. In the event of electrical smoke/fire -- the procedu
To the group, Following up on the conversation of redundancy in the fuel system electrical, I ran a test yesterday while chasing down a sneak circuit in my design. I have a 7 amp hour battery as my #
I suspect my battery is needing replacing. It seems to lose its charge faster than it should. I was still pumping away at the 1 hour point though, and got tired of watching it. I think a good conditi