Someone was proposing to raise the octane levels for cars. So my reply was not aimed at airplanes. But now you ask for it... These days there are light weight plastic propane tanks, in other shapes t
Not completely right if you take into account that you can have a higher compression ratio, so taking out more power, and that LPG by its very nature has no atomization problems and blends extremely
In the Netherlands we have a few million cars driving on LPG. All these problems have been solved long time ago. The pressure regulator has water connections and is connected to the cooling system, t
Hi everyone, After a few months of not flying and installation of a oil-to-water heat exchanger, I experience unexpected cooling problems. It is easy to blame the newly installed heat exchanger, but
The 914 has a constant fuel flow. What the engine doesn't use is flowing back to the tank. The forward fuel flow will be around 120 liters per hour, regardless of power setting. (You might wonder whe
Yep, I have two of these babies in my Europa. I have two fully separated electrical systems (two alternators, two batteries) but use only one system for starting. I have added a cross-over switch to
Ok. When I was building the system these LiFeP04 batteries were just starting to show up, but not suitable for airplane use yet for some reason (I believe they have/had weird voltages). If they can w
Soldering isn't bad if you do it properly. Even new Boeing airplanes rely on thousands of solder connections. Key is that you properly support the wire. Solder is brittle and will break if a wire vib
I just put a few bolts through the firewall. One bolt is connected to ground, another to the 12 Volt power. On these bolts I can hook as many ring terminals as I want, on the engine side as well as o
That is how it is intended. But I think this is a bad practice. In normal use, the rivets are just there to prevent the anchor nut from turning while fastening the bolt, and to keep the anchor nut fr
I got some electrical winch from Ebay, with wireless remote control, for about $50. Works perfect. There are plenty of offers on eBay for ATV's, quads, etc. Electrical current comes from a small batt
All too complicated and not necessary. Just borrow an SWR-meter, and see what it says. Broken wires, shorts, resonance problems, everything shows up with this simple test. There are many radio amateu
It can be configured as alternating, and that is what I did in the beginning. However, I found out that the power % setting was meaningless for me, and I was always waiting for the alternate MAP. So
If you go this route, consider buying the SR3000/W version, it has more twist and matches better the Europa speed. Also, you might consider to buy the 2 blade instead of the 3 blade, because the 2 bl
No, any SWR will do. That's one of the things it can do. If the cable is shorted or broken, the impedance will show up as zero or infinite ohms, so it will display a severely out of tune situation. Y
I'm not sure so I suggest to ask Jiri from Woodcomp about this before you order. My feeling is that it should work. I have an intercooled 914 to drive the prop, you have a smaller engine and want to
And I have to add that with my tri-gear installation, I have extended the nose gear with 5cm (2 inches) for higher ground clearance as my "home" field is a bumpy grass strip. But this is for my 1750m