All, I've read, with great interest, all the suggestions and discussion. I'm no engineer, but I have a pretty good idea of what I would do, should I find any evidence of disbonding of the tailplane b
Karl, The particulars on aligning and drilling the pip pin holes should not be a big problem. It may be as simple as marking cross hairs on the surface of the tailplane or, building a template using
Jos, I'm using Evans in Baby Blue. Yesterday was a fairly hot day, 90+ F. Temps, on climb out were: Water 230F, CHT 230 - 240F, Oil 200F. Temps in cruise are about: Water 200F, CHT 210F, Oil 190F. I'
Jos, The only change I made to the system was to drop the water cooler about 1" and seal it to the bottom of the cowl with a rubber seal. I also sealed the ends. All air is forced through the coolers
I have a couple of Lightspeed 15xc's which work just fine. At $350 USD, the price wasn't bad, either. Don't know if they are still available, though... Jeff - Baby Blue 304 hrs that ANR would be bett
Fred, The temperature difference in colors on Baby Blue varies less than 5 degrees F. The darkest color is a light blue (thus the name). Like Tony said, white or light... Jeff
My condolences for your loss. I know it's hard to not blame whatever presents itself, but consider this. All the gas in the world won't help if it doesn't get to the engine and there are lots of thin
Good idea, Andrew. I just added that thread. BTW, just because pilots can't refuse free stuff, there will be several goodies to take home - Europa branded, of course... Jeff - Baby Blue 306 hrs...
Loctite Roger, When I did my annual, this month, I found a quarter inch slop in the starboard tailplane. Not wanting to rip everything apart, I decided to use the Loc-tite method. What I did was to s
Steve and all attending, Correct, there is no fuel at Rough River, sooooooo......... I was kinda hoping that we could convince a few of you folks, who are driving in, to bring a couple of 5 gal. gas
Does anyone know if the carbon brushes used with the Airmaster Props are a stock item that can be locally attained, in the US, or must they be ordered through Airmaster? Thanks Jeff
Tom, Thanks for the reply and the offer. These are actually going to be a spare set. I just used my spares to replace the original set. I'll give Airmaster a call. Jeff
Jeff, Fix the wire with solder, if you can, then tie them down at several places. Any reinforcement that you can add to the bundle will help... Jeff - Baby Blue 308 hours
Fred, I slide over the leading edge with my butt, then swing my feet in and push myself up and over the door sill and lower myself into the seat. Not necessary to sit on the headrest, if you don't wa