Mike; When I turn on the master switch, both the amber and red lights come on, after a "self test" both lights then go out. The unit is ready for flight. This is the only function I do on the ground
John; I, like Jim Nelson, installed the S-9 Mac servo in the port aileron, and its been worth every dime I spent on it. I have pictures of the installation, and will be happy to share them with you i
Ron In one of your posting to the forum, you stated you were told that the 914 can be hand propped!!!!!!! You were told wrong...As Rob Houseman stated in his memo to you, the manual stated 1200 RPM b
Tony, In line with the 500 hour build kit, they are now advertising on their home page CRUISE SPEEDS OVER 200 MPH...... I must have a sick engine!!!!!! Jim Brown
Erich, I have a 914 with almost 500 hr. on it. Since day one, the airbox vent has been weeping oil. I think it must be the nature of the beast. While on the subject of the airbox, the temperature pro
Tony; In the build process, we installed the Ray Allen control stick grip with 4 button switches on top, and the push to talk button on the front of the grip. The fore and aft buttons have the elevat
Fred; With regards to the fuel pressure questions, I monitor my fuel pressure after the fuel has flowed through the fuel pressure regulator on the airbox with an additional banjo fitting to which I h
Eddie; Fill the dip!!!!! You know its there, and if you paint without filling, every time the airplane is setting in the sun you will see the dip, and your commit to yourself will be "darn" I wish I
David; I use a product by K&N the company that makes air filters. The 914 comes with their cone filter. Any auto parts store or motorcycle parts department that sells K & N products will have the liq
Dave; In reading your comment that two cylinders have a rise in EGT of 140 degrees and the other 6 cylinders have a rise of 40 degrees, leads me to suspect that the mixture is to lean. If the mixture
Hi Bob; Augustene and I want to say congratulations on the first flight of your airplane. Its been a long time in coming. We know you have blazed some new trails with the landing gear, and other mods
Hi John; Use the digital level, and the template, and set one wing as close as possible. The critical part is to get the other wing to match the first side's incidence. If the incidence is different
Paul; Having the same questions about the TCU and Wastgate servo when I was at your build point in the process. I attached my TCU on the engine side of the firewall, and the wastegate servo on top of
Rob; We all make choices in our lives. If I have a fire in the engine compartment, the TCU will be way down on my list of things to worry about. Jim N398JB the
On N398JB we connected the Hobbs meter to the Master switch, which eliminated any taping into the oil system for pressure. If we need to have the master on for what ever reason without the engine run
Hi Tony; Put me on the list of toasted rectifer-regulators. At about 300 hours mine "went-south" The new one has about 200 hr. and seems to be doing fine.