I hate to but in, but weight and balance is not a sorta, kinda, maybe about this many pounds measurement. We all spend hours making sure our aircraft is within .1 degree and exact sweep and incidence
Hello all, We had quite a scare at Sun 'n Fun today. A small tornado moved over the Sun 'n fun campus this morning. Luckily Ed Pellenz (one of the techs at Custom Flight) was at Plant City Airport, a
Hello all, We had quite a scare at Sun 'n Fun today. A small tornado moved over the Sun 'n fun campus this morning. Luckily Ed Pellenz (one of the techs at Custom Flight) was at Plant City Airport, a
A quick addendum to Steve's last post. We had a great day today (Saturday). Lots of activity and the initial damage to my display planes is ugly, but repairable. Homer Baker's 914PL took the brunt wi
Just a note on Jabiru 3300 (solid lifter) cooling issues on the ground and in the air that we've experienced here at Custom Flight Creations. We just finished about 100 hours of research and developm
You bet. Bud -- Original Message -- From: GRAHAM SINGLETON<mailto:grahamsingleton@btinternet.com> To: europa-list@matronics.com<mailto:europa-list@matronics.com> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 4:17 AM
I had thought I was the only one with sleepless nights. Bud -- Original Message -- From: ptag.dev@tiscali.co.uk<mailto:ptag.dev@tiscali.co.uk> To: europa-list@matronics.com<mailto:europa-list@matroni
Please don't overanalyze the Jab vs Rotax decision. Kevin is right, it is apples and oranges. Those of us near sea level, you are fine with a normally aspirated engine. For those flying out of 5000 f
Tony, The Rotax can be kept quite simple as it is using Bing carbs and feeding independent cylinders. My recommendation for the Rotax is: Two CHT on Cyl 1 and 3. Just to monitor the temp extremes of
Now Graham, You know it costs a lot to live in Washington and London. Those suits don't come cheap. We must all sacrifice for the greater good of the leaders. Just look at all the good things they do
Karl, Well put, but with my electric screw gun (non-environmentally correct as it is not solar) it only takes two minutes. To others: If I drop a screw or it gets muggered up, I go to the bag and get
Fred, I was using the weight on the shipping document to be honest, I haven't really weighted it until today. While waiting for my wife to give me a ride to the airport, I weighed my cowl with the ve
Guys, Kim Prout and I discussed the same and we have a US manufacturer that will refill the struts. We need 45 lbs normally as we are now using a thicker window which is heavier than the original gla
Eric, Have tried the same swivel on both the conventional and mono. Please keep the lock up mechanism in tune. If the tail wheel breaks loose unwanted, you're off to the races. In the mono, it is you
Kingsley, True, With Mod 34 (the extension of the vent tube to the front of the tank) now standard, I still find the tail dragger forward tank section has a large air bubble on normal refuel without
Glenn, The throttle slot is cut by the builder. Follow the build manual and consider following the Rotax manual also. I build into the 914s a stop for 100% and ensure the forward slot will just bend
Greg, I find that measuring the wing skin thickness and using spacers to be the idea way to set the wing incidence when using the incidence board. You will notice that the wing skin has about a 1/4 i
Frank, I too have had some inconsistencies but mine seems to be a result of differences in fuel. With Mogas (auto 94 octane fuel), My Westach gauge with Princeton 5-S sender was perfect, but when I b