Author: Ami McFadyean <ami@mcfadyean.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2003 21:19:05
This assumes that the firewall is perpendicular to the centreline of the fuselage. It isn't! But the error is probably not worth worrying about. eJ8+IgsRAQaQCAAEAAAAAAABAAEAAQeQBgAIAAAA5AQAAAAAAADoAA
Author: Ami McFadyean <ami@mcfadyean.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 19:28:00
I haven't fitted the uprated starter motor, but find that with a good immobilsed electrolyte battery, short connecting leads and (above all) correct starting procedure, the old type of starter does t
Author: Ami McFadyean <ami@mcfadyean.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 19:52:09
Is there a pattern favouring failure on Classics (other than that they would probably have more collective flying hours) as a consequence of heat from the rear exhaust header pipe? I wonder how many
Author: Ami McFadyean <ami@mcfadyean.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 09:21:52
I did it hits way originally as a temporary measure (now its been changed to battery-forward -of -firewall), but preferred to oversleeve cables where they passed below the fuel tank, just in case the
Author: Ami McFadyean <ami@mcfadyean.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 20:02:58
Depends how much of a struggle you want to accept in putting on a lightweight filler, or struggle in sanding-off a heavy weight filler. The other problem with lightweight filler (ie the stuff made wi
Author: Ami McFadyean <ami@mcfadyean.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 21:08:22
control Most of the Classics that I know of needed 1/4" of filler around the base of the fin, where it attaches to the stub on the fuselage. Now different on the XS of course. Elsewhere, the average
Author: Ami McFadyean <ami@mcfadyean.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2003 18:55:23
Or, Pilot magazine has free landings at: Andrewsfield, Eaglescott, Lashenden, Sandtoft, Le Touquet and Weston, Ireland for November. Three of those (A, L and Le T) could be done in a day! DMcF prejud
Author: Ami McFadyean <ami@mcfadyean.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 19:57:05
One solution is to cut-off locally the joggle on the lower cowl so that there is only one thickness of cowl lying against the fuselage.Why would the joggle be needed here anyway? To then provide adeq
Author: Ami McFadyean <ami@mcfadyean.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 20:40:53
I can email you a parts list, plans (you'll need Acad or similar to read them) and the construction manual for the PFA approved taildragger mod. After perusing those you'll need to decide whether you
Author: Ami McFadyean <ami@mcfadyean.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 20:13:54
I find that high temperature silicone is good for sticking on heat reflective cloth.The trick is to apply thickly then squeeze out to a thin film below the cloth. Silicone seems to be much more diffi
Author: Ami McFadyean <ami@mcfadyean.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 21:23:41
There are quite a few Europas around with instruments running on cockpit static, mine included. However, the point is (and as confirmed by other replies to this thread) they have arrived at that situ
Author: Ami McFadyean <ami@mcfadyean.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 20:43:04
Personally, I would put a thin coating of some kind of gunge (Hylomar or silicone) on the filler hose joints as I'm not convinced that mine is vapour-proof without such; but they don't leak as such..
Author: Ami McFadyean <ami@mcfadyean.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 21:46:58
What's everyone doing about this? The whole issue seems to have enormous political momentum and it doesn't look like going away, despite the fact that it either doesn't work, or the technology is ill
Author: Ami McFadyean <ami@mcfadyean.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 22:05:28
Oops! Link should be www.filser.de or http://www.filser.de/index/index.php?kat=e_transponder&language=e look like going away, despite the fact that it either doesn't work, or the technology is ill co
Author: Ami McFadyean <ami@mcfadyean.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 22:52:04
I had a similar arrangement on the BMW, which worked quite well aside from the specific difficulties of arranging for microscopic synchronisation of two throttle bodies (one of which determined the a