Author: Paul McAllister <paul.the.aviator@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2011 10:06:37
Hi All, I saw a picture of the Swiss Taildragger and I must admit that it piqued my curiosity. I know that the Berube Taildragger conversion places the wheels in the same place and height as the mono
Author: Paul McAllister <paul.the.aviator@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2011 16:22:52
Hi All, I am about to order a new tail wheel but before I do I just wanted to check in to see if anyone had a tail wheel left over from a Tri conversion that I might be able to purchase. Cheers, Paul
Author: Paul McAllister <paul.the.aviator@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:44:34
Hi Richard, It has been my experience that worm drive clips will ultimately leak due to the thermal expansion & contraction from summer to winter. I ended up using the spring clips similar to what Ro
Author: Paul McAllister <paul.the.aviator@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:23:46
Hi Richard, I exchanged my worm drive clips for fuel injection hose clips in an effort to stop the fuel smell. At the time it did not occur to me to use constant tension clips (CTC). With that said,
Author: Paul McAllister <paul.the.aviator@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Jan 2012 08:48:20
Hi Richard, I have CTC clips on all of my coolant hoses including the big ones to the radiator and they work fine. I believe that Rotax fit CTC clips as standard on new engines these days. The only t
Author: Paul McAllister <paul.the.aviator@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:14:00
Bob, McMasters have reduced the range of CTC that they carry, however what they do have can be found at: http://www.mcmaster.com/#constant-tension-hose-clamps/=fqtog0 Paul
Author: Paul McAllister <paul.the.aviator@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:00:12
Hi All I have an AirMaster 332 with Warpdrive blades. There are some considerations to take into account in a couple of areas. I have found this hub to be very robust and its maintenance requirements
Author: Paul McAllister <paul.the.aviator@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:38:19
Hi Brian, Thank for sharing the additional information. Without diminishing your input up until now the work that local dealers have been able to perform has been limited and things like blade replac
Author: Paul McAllister <paul.the.aviator@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:42:48
Hi John, No doubt you have seen a few responses on this. I have about 1000 hours on my mono and I was finding that pulling up the main & flaps was heavy. I found that the bungee's were just getting a
Author: Paul McAllister <paul.the.aviator@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:46:26
Ron, Apart from not wanting to make an enemy of Ivan, there is an additional reason (if you would even need one). Part of getting the outriggers to lock is accomplished by the momentum of the gear sw
Author: Paul McAllister <paul.the.aviator@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:17:34
Guys, I'll toss my 2 cents worth into the ring on alternative engines. Fristly I would like to preface my comments with the statement that if we didn't try new things then we would be still flying wi
Author: Paul McAllister <paul.the.aviator@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 19:20:37
Hello Frans, I have the same problem. I find if I turn the fuel pump off when I crank and the turn them on after the engine starts works well for me. BTW, I have called a couple of times, have you be
Author: Paul McAllister <paul.the.aviator@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 19:25:45
Tim, I have found setting the plug gap to the minimum specified helps with cold starting. Paul replace my Sprag Clutch due to cold starting problems with my 912S trying to persist in trying to start
Author: Paul McAllister <paul.the.aviator@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2012 10:21:05
Hello Graham, Although this is a bit of messing about, I drill and tie wire my hinge pins. I made a jig that has a hole in it the exact size of a hinge pin and at right angles to the hole I have smal