Finished current service session and carried out post quality assurance checks this morning on the 912... "Amazing" is the word; engine runs on the iridium spark plugs like its fuel injected now, unb
Chasing oil leaks can be a challenge. Some used to get excited about achieving dry british motors but then the rest of the vehicle would rust . Best way to go about it is start with the worst leak fi
Hitting head on the spinner after working under the lower cowl hurts real bad; neck cracks and everything... did it twice two days in a row... changed work method before breaking neck... spinner didn
You may want to review your bolt-up method as the result is repeating... the rear headers should be attached loosely prior to fitting muffler then front headers; give it all a jiggle and wiggle when
Thanks for the responses there.. Smart approach using similar aircraft to extrapolate approximate performance curves; great idea thanks! Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewt
Lockwire on the exhaust springs sounds like a good idea! 181's 912 has a CKT system fitted; 300hrs no issues... Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=507759#507759
This is fascinating... outside the box; why even use springs? Why not just try lockwire instead? And is it the expansion contraction of the loop itself that is possibly causing the fatigue crack?? If
Decided to bite the bullet and attack some hard ground yesterday. With terror ready and waiting for the europa's left jive party trick it never got close to showing up.... no longer hesitant toward o
Fashion can be very fickle; its a good to know some things will never go out of style! Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=507791#507791
Air yesterday was amazing; like thick soup at 1022QNH and 24c, no wind at all and cloud base +4500'... Went up for an hour and just tootled around site seeing... came in to land on 23 at 60kt as usua
Started on luggage area today for freight tiedowns, netting, and lower stowage locker hatches... started with a strip of spruce and quickly morphed into a plywood bulkhead brace... so far so good; ha
Today fabricated and fitted up stow hatches and scoped out tiedown anchors; latches tomorrow and final M6 fixings. May attach fuel tin cradles to underside of stow hatches to facilitate 40L extra for
Fast and gritty designing on the fly this week; finally got some locker pods sorted out for 181; love the latching solution, Bunnings Aerospace had zero; 20L each side, and swamped for choice on tied
Ooo!! Ooo!!!! I must have one of these... or even two!!! how who what when where can i purchase these Chris??? Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=507848#507848
Chris what have you used to coat the inside of the cockpit? Is it Rhino paint? I'm almost ready to strip out and reupholster 181's interior and looking ag options... Read this topic online here: http
Thanks Chris... It's a Valspar product... I've sworn to never use Valspar again after having it nearly ruin a million dollar project Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic
Thanks for the extra pics Chris; its a really clean presented cockpit... might have to put past experiences behind me and give valspar another go... Read this topic online here: http://forums.matroni
Thrown myself into the deep end of "not comfortable" zone for advanced stall spin recovery and emergency maneuvering training. Left 181 in the shed due to weather forecasts, so drove 6.5hrs instead i
Done nothing but think and talk about 181 to people all week... still away finishing off EMT training in the Pitts; getting addicted to being upside down and autorotating to bleed off excess altitude
These are all great and I'm genuinely having trouble understanding how anyone can still or would want to stall an aircraft's wing once they've memorised the stall stick position of that individual ai