It appears to me that the function is to take sudden load applications, i.e. flutter, and to cancel out any slack in the system behind it, particularly from the gears in the trim motor assembly. Any
All, Today I received my Woodcomp propeller. According to the manual I should torque the bolts with 22Nm. However, because of the location of the bolts, it is impossible to get there with a normal to
You are right. You have to apply a conversion factor here. On the internet, I even found a few online calculators for this purpose (although the math is trivial). How did you torque the propeller? --
Flyer Mag. If we are referring to the bending spindle problem only, I believe this is easy to solve. Aircraft Spruce offers a few tubes with the same diameter and material as the original spindle, wi
Europa Flyer Mag. hi Karl, The part number you gave has a smaller wall thickness than what I measured on the original. Maybe Europa changed the tubing size somewhat? My solution is to order 03-04800
I recall having read somewhere that for the speeds reached by GA-aircraft, any improvements by winglets etc. is countered by the additional drag (frontal area, friction drag). If you see winglets, it
Europa Flyer Mag. My serial number is 589. Could be interesting to compare the serial numbers of airplanes with nose wheel troubles. BTW, it occurs to me that the fork itself is ridiculous strong and
Europa Flyer Mag. That was the other undocumented change. ;-) Nah, it has the same look and feel as cast iron, and it weighs almost as much. ;-) I was not entirely serious. ;-) Nevertheless, it doesn
Not all Germans are equal. ;-) Whereas BMW tended to be overly complex for those years, Mercedes tended to be straight forward and robust. I owned a BWM, but not very long. Swapped it for a Mercedes,
As far as I understand, Marcels intention is not to block the return line, but just not metering the return flow. So there will be no static fuel in the lines, and the electric fuel pump will clear f
Did you sent an attachment? I did not receive it. If it is your plan to block the return line, I agree with Brian that this would be a bad idea. Especially at idle the fuel consumption is low, and th
Hi everyone, Today I started the engine for the first time. It started right up! However, not being used to a Rotax 914, it is difficult to tell what engine behaviour is normal. There are two things
Hi Kevin, Ok, apparently I was somewhat mislead by the statement in the Europa manual, where an idle speed of 1200-1400 rpm was recommended. This suggested to me that the Rotax should be able to idle
Started up today with a cold engine, ambient temperature around 15 degrees Celcius, pop slightly on coarse, ran 2000 rpm until boiling point. Got 13 minutes out of it... Is that normal? The bad thing
That certainly helps, but of course the ultimate goal is to being able to run it in flight configuration. I know that a new engine runs a bit hotter, but on the other hand, the current environment t
Hi Karl, I think the problem is the radiator setup, combined with a new, tight, engine. So far, could not find any fault in the cooling system. CHT's (I measure four) are equal too. With a small chan
Hi Justin, I have now about 2 hours on the engine, and it is starting to cool down considerably. Can't tell of course whether this is due to some cooling modifications I made, or because the engine i
I agree, but the problem is: HOW? My understanding is that one should not load the engine before the oil gets at least 70 degrees Celcius. Before that time though, the water boiled already. The vibra
Karl, I got some emails (on the list and privately) from people who have experienced similar problems. So it is not really a-typical either. Maybe it is a matter of luck how tight a newly produced en