All: To all those who've enquired about my kit, thank you. It's now been sold. Happy building and safe flying, everyone. Cheers, Shaun Simpkins Ex-A207
I remember writing the factory on the MG gross weight issue. If I remember correctly, the XS weight increase required enlarged drag pins as well as the carrythrough bar. Another 50 lbs increase for t
All: Jim Nelson and a few others excepted, the XS cowl can't nicely fit a standard "big" The Rotax-supplied alternator is of small capacity - 18A less whatever the fuel pumps and ECU computer draw -
Yes, such as the Flaming River Industries Big Switch or the Hella with the detachable key. Interestingly enough, the Big Switch with a Bowden cable actuator is about the same price as the ciitech rel
Actually, that POH on the Cirrus website is for the conventional 6-pack SR-22. The Entegra-equipped SR-22 replaces the instrumentation on the essential bus with the PFD. The Cirrus system was designe
Uhhm...a Continental up front? You might be better off considering an RV-9A. The XS is pretty much designed around the Rotax, and definitely around engines weighing less than 200lbs. The Jabiru 3300
It's very close. The total installed weight of the 3300, according to the website is 178lbs. The total installed DRY weight of the Rotaxen, according to Kodiak, is 140.6 lbs. for the 912S and 166.4 l
The Kodiak weights list only "exhaust system", and that figure is the same for all variants, which is suspicious. On the other hand, the major difference between the 914 and 912S is the turbocharger,
Unless I am completely out to lunch, the installation manual for the 914 ( and the illustrated parts list on the Kodiak website ) indicate that the turbocharger feeds directly into a muffler unit whi
And the 500 hour build time is STILL on the video as being "reasonably" achievable by the average builder...who never sleeps... Oh, well, it's still a bloody good ship, if only a bit closer to mortal
VNE is indicated; true airspeeds are what are being quoted. Denis Vories isn't going any faster than 150kts indicated. And, he has an oxygen system. For flying fast between San Diego and Seattle ever
OOOPS... I have to admit, though, I like Dynon's approach to product introduction. They delayed product introduction for a year ( and refused deposits ) until they could solve some problems with the
I have. He won't. Denis is a very busy consulting engineer that makes his living designing things for companies. He wanted to get Europa to buy his design and produce it. Europa declined - for what I
Karkel: I look forward to the flight tests! It sounds like you have the better part of a year to wait, though. Whatever, this is progress - a design coming with PFA approval is a very good thing. I h
Greg Toman has a very well thought out unit ( why is it that all the new EFIS suppliers are named Greg?) and the company has a long history of quiet success. Greg claims that the EFIS has already gon
Latest AOPA blurb: Honda and Continental have been partnering on a new technology recip engine that runs on unleaded. Water/air cooled, FADEC, etc. The usual significant efficiency improvements. It h
The GRT Horizon has several other features you may not have caught: 1. The AHARs sensor is totally independent of the display processor. 2. The Horizon is actually a redundant system; buy two, make o
Quite right, though each manufacturer of the experimental EFISi has their own ideas on symbol weight, color, and font. As you move up to the heavy iron EFIS, things seem to standardize more to somet
Headsets are a very personal purchase. The best technically performing products may suck on your head because of your head and ear shape. Best to try on ( in the plane ) and make liberal use of the v