Jeff,
Your are wright. During the Italian tour I not only could give a face to a
well known name; thanks to the forum, but it also was an occasion to have a
lot of fun.
To say it as once was said: never I flew so much with so many and never we
were eating so much with so few. Drinking as I tought was a habit, but the
heavenly nectars we sipped were numinous and numerous. This is for me the
occasion to thank David Joyce for his excellent organisation, his unique
feeling for good restaurants and his exceptionel nose for the best wines in
the world. Last but not least, the sympathy and friendship that I (nearly
deaf grandfather) received from the other strangers; David Corbett,
Allisdair Milne, Jeanne and Richard Iddon, and our all Checz Ottokar were
adorable. At the same time the message will say to those friends that I came
home in good weather conditions and in good health.
Best regards,
Karel Vranken # 447 Mono F-PKRL now already 93 hours.
----- Original Message -----
From: "JEFF ROBERTS" <jeff@rmmm.net>
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 5:16 AM
Subject: Re: Europa-List: Broken Mag wire
>
> Thanks Bud and all else!
> I have fixed the wire by soldering on a 6 inch or so pig tail of high
> quality aircraft wire then crimped them to the Mag wires going to the
> switch. I did away with the rotax connectors and per all your advices tie
> wrapped them securely so there are no lose wires. All works well.
> On my cooling issues it's just a mater of too high of pressure in the
> lower cowl not letting the upper air from the top intakes down through.
> Until now the lower NACA was just shooting air into the lower cowl with no
> direction causing the this high pressure. John Hurst told me some time ago
> the demonstrator was set up this way and it was fine. This overheating
> never showed until this hot Tennessee heat wave hit. Again I believe I'll
> have it solved. I have glassed in the lower NACA to receive a 2 inch scat
> tube. This I will run to the upper part of the cowl. I hope it eliminates
> the high, lower cowl pressure and increases the top air pressure to force
> more air cooling down through the cylinders. I should have it all fixed
> in time for next weekend's fly-in at Rough River.
> I am looking forward to seeing old friends and some new ones. It's amazing
> how many people we all have become friends with over this forum and this
> is a chance to finally put faces to them.
> If there are any Europa flyers or builders that have not committed to
> coming this weekend to Rough River KY. I would encourage you to do so.
> Weather permitting of course.
> Best Regards,
>
> Jeff R.
> A258 - N128LJ / Gold Rush 90 hours and climbing.
>
>
> On Aug 22, 2007, at 12:41 PM, ALAN YERLY wrote:
>
>> Jeff,
>> If the mag wire was not supported well at the crimp connector, due to the
>> crimping process and or soldering, and the continuous flexing of the
>> wire, it will fail due to fatique. If it failed between the connector and
>> the mag box, that is a new one to me. The ones I see are from the mag
>> wires installed by the owner going to the mag connector. Those are cheap
>> and easy connections to replace. The older engines and new engines have
>> different style connectors so be sure to get the right one. If in fact it
>> is a broken factory installed wire, send out pictures to your Rotax
>> dealer and request a product deficiency report. They have pdf files on
>> line and in the owners manual. If you can info everyone I would
>> appreciate that, as this should be corrected via an AD.
>>
>> Bud Yerly
>> Custom Flight Creations
>> customflightcreations.com
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: JEFF ROBERTS
>>> To: europa-list@matronics.com
>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 11:08 AM
>>> Subject: Europa-List: Broken Mag wire
>>>
>>> Hi Guys,
>>> I just was about to go flying this morning to test a few changes I've
>>> made as my bird has not been cooling in this heat well. As I did the
>>> run-up the right mag didn't drop any RPM's but the right did as it
>>> should. My temps started climbing again so I went right back to the
>>> hanger. The engine didn't want to shut down so I had to starve it of
>>> fuel. I pulled off the cowl right away and as I examined the mag
>>> connections one of the wires just snapped off only about an inch from
>>> the mag's side of the connection. The wire was very brittle and I'm kind
>>> of surprised it's not of better quality. Has this happened to anyone
>>> else and has anyone been able to fix it without ordering a new mag
>>> itself?
>>> Jeff R.
>>> A258 - N128LJ / Gold Rush 85 hours and still having cooling issues.
>>>
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