> Well said Nev.
> All the best for the New Year.
> Seems like a Europa maybe just the thing to escape the potential force of a
> tsunami as well with a reliable engine that starts!!
> Cheers,
> Tim
The rider here is that if you have a 912S then you need the HD starter motor
because within a few hours you will screw up your sprag clutch if you don't
!
Mine starts beautifully now - absolutely on the button down to (so far) 2
degrees C, which is more than can be said for last winter.
Rotax say the standard starter is OK if it is installed correctly (I believe
they mean with short battery runs) and if you have a low inertia propellor.
The Airmaster is NOT low inertia.
Of course they would say that because any other statement (or the provision
of the HD starter on all new 912Ss) would have several of us claiming a
replacement starter from them - and indeed the price of a new sprag clutch.
XS firewall forward set-up (even on a classic fuselage) can accept a HD
clutch AND the starter and the sprag clutch can be changed without removing
the engine. Or rather Adrian Lloyd at Shobdon can do it with his specialised
tools.
Classic firewall forward can't even accept the HD starter, and removing any
starter involves removing the engine.
Richard
Richard F.W. Holder 01279 842804 (POTS)
Bell House, Bell Lane, 01279 842942 (fax)
Widford, Ware, Herts, 07860 367423 (mobile)
SG12 8SH email : rholder@avnet.co.uk
Europa Classic Tri-gear : G-OWWW, High Cross
PA-28-181 : Piper Archer : G-JANA, EGSG (Stapleford)
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