Mike, Well to be honest I thought you did mean an electric ASI. If you want a digital device in 2.25, then Stratomaster make a line of instruments. The US representative is http://www.aerialadventure
Ron, I currently monitor the back starboard and front port. I suspect that the rear port would run hotter than the front port side, but to be honest I can't remeber why I chose to monitor the front o
Hi all, I am wondering how folks are making out with Monowheel tires and tube life. If I keep the tube inflation in the 18~20 psi then I find that it is really tough on the tubes. Yesterday I had my
Hi Jim, I'm using a MCleary Airtrack 7/600, but inflated at 18 PSI. My first inner tube failure was at around 220 hours. The low pressure running caused chafing of the tube side wall to the point whe
Hi all, I just got off the telephone from AC Spruce and they tell me that the 7/8-600 inner tube with a right angle valve is no longer available from McCleary. Other than order it from Europa and wai
Sam, You are going to have to make up 4 spacers 1.7" long out of .5" tube with an internal ID of .306" I seem to recall that the standard ones would not compress the Lord mounts enough when I made mi
Hi all, Digitrack have brought out a model that will operate a Navaids servo and I am thinking of changing mine out. The problem I have is that when I transmit it looses its heading for a while. If I
Ron, Given what I know now, I probably would install a parking brake. Starting the aircraft isn't the only time you need to lock your brakes. It's not uncommon to be in a situation where you have to
Ron, I am using a Bob Reiff preheater. It has a patch on the block and a band that goes around the oil tank. The heater on the oil tank has a thermostat on it. With what I know now I think I would ha
Peter, Lockwood Aviation in the US recommend having the gearbox clutch adjusted every 300 hours. I sent mine in and they replaced it, I am assuming that there wasn't any adjustment left. It cost me a
Ron, Yes this is how it works on my aircraft and I have tested it. Paul Studying Rotax 914 schematic, the main fuel pump is wired to the B+ of the regulator. It appears if you open the alternator out
Guys, For what its worth, I fly my aircraft in the winter in temperatures low as 15f. In addition to the engine heater I have a small electric blow heater that I have connected up to domestic air-con
Freg, I mounted mine on top of the tunnel, but I manufactured up some aluminum spacers and used through bolts. If I was to do this over again, I would consider mounting the servo and the voltage regu
Remi, I am afraid to tell you this but I replaced my cheap battery with an Odyssey and it made absolutely no difference to my kick back problems. Winters in the mid west of the US are very cold, and
Troy, I am not expert, having only build one aircraft, but it is was mine I would remove the whole area and re glass. You can find spots that are a potential for delaminating by bouncing a coin on it
Hi all, I was wondering if anyone in the US would have a fixed pitch propeller that they would sell, or lend.... preferable sell. I have sent my Airmaster back to NZ to have some work done and the ty
Hi all, Among all of the CS propeller discussions I never see MT mentioned. They make 2 two blade propellers, on electric, that the other is hydraulic. The electric one is the same weight as an Airma
Jeff, I just looked at the manual and under Maximum diameter they have 72" / 183 cm, but then under that they state the weight and in brackets "Data shown for 64" diameter and 10" spinner" So.... I d
Simon, I would encourage you to take a look at the Ground blocks offered by B&C. Take a look at http://www.bandc.biz/cgi-bin/ez-catalog/cat_display.cgi?26X358218 and scroll down the page. I used a 48