Hi Alan, I been there before. When I purchase my aircraft 11 years ago, the Flydat was showing "Service" because the previous owner had exceeded the max RPM after breaking his prop during a forced la
Alan, This is normal. The Rotax alternator is a permanent magnet alternator, so there is no way to turn it off. When you turn your alternator switch off, you just disconnect the alternator/regulator
damage to the fiberglass skin. Better to have cotton cloth inside to avoid scratching the perspex and some sort of vinyl outside to prevent the cloth to absorb water in case of dew or rain. Personal
Hi Frans, I am following this thread from the beginning with interest. It is also my opinion that your problem is not caused by vapor lock. I do not think it is a fuel pressure problem either as lack
Hi Frans, A word of caution when running the engine with the TCU inactive: do not overboost the engine. Let say you turn off the TCU at full power at 4000 ft; then at a lower altitude the fixed waste
Hi Monowheel drivers, I broke one outrigger leg two months ago and flew for a while with an emergency repair designed on site just to allow me to go back home: the repair was made using the existing
Hi Kevin, Your mod seems to be a good solution. However I am concern about the higher stiffness of the 5/8" fiberglass rod at extreme deflection such as in case of a flat tyre. Did you test this cond
Thanks Kevin, I will certainly use your solution in a near future. BTW I had the opportunity to look at several Fournier motorgliders and some of them are using a design which is similar to yours exc
Hi Frans, I believe the main purpose of this friction device is to prevent all the aerodynamic loads on the tabs to be supported by the little plastic linkage and gears of the RC Allen servo. It also
Hi Steve, I am very frustrated to have missed the Rally this year. The weather in the Alps was very bad with very strong northerly winds, big showers and some thunderstorms. I gave it a try on Friday
Svein, Where did you see that the JAA FCL require specific training for flying a home built ? As far as I know, here in France, all we need to legally fly any Europa, including for its first flight,
Jonathan, I have finally installed the new nylon rods supplied by the factory and have flown a few hours since without trouble. But because the supplied rods were badly machined, I had to cut them, t
Jan, Thank you for providing this weight analysis. I am very interested in the Beringer stuff for the mono but I have some doubts about the weight savings they claimed. What type and size of tyre was
Thanks Jan, As far as I remember this Carlisle tyre weighs about 0.7 kg less than the AirTrac 8.00-6, when new. Based on your figures, that means that for those already using the AirTrac the weight s
Frans, I am just curious about the Laminova Oil-water exchanger. I understand that in your installation, the oil is cooled by the coolant exclusively. So I suppose the oil temp is higher than the coo
Frans and Raimo, Thank you for your detailed answers regarding the Laminova. So you are both running with oil and coolant temperatures close to the red lines. Keep in mind that high coolant temp/CHT
To those Monowheel drivers who are interested in the Beringer wheel and brake kit, I visited their factory today to sort out the weight saving issue. I met the boss Gilbert Beringer and his son Remi
Pete, I fitted taper pins a few years ago. They worked great for about 100 hours, then I got some play again. Obviously retightening them was only a temporary solution, so I used Loctite as per the E
Alex, In my opinion it depends on what fluid you are returning. You are right if 100 per cent liquid fuel is returned. Now if 100 percent vapor is returned, returning to the top of the fuel tank will