New throttle system for Rotax

[facthunter]

Depends on what plane they are in. Just strikes me as amusing.. Hope you get the response you  wanted. . Many times I've made stuff for people who suddenly seem to get other priorities when the product is ready. .  Nev

[Kyle Communications]

3 of the 6 are gone already Nev, Two were done last night and one ordered this morning. All paid and I have dropped off to the post office this morning. It doesnt matter what aircraft it is it just bolts to the rotax. The only issue is the person has to organise how they connect to my throttle lever that controls the system. No one has had any issue so far.

 

 

[facthunter]

I'm not in any way  critical of your product. Be assured of that.  Nev

[Kyle Communications]

Nev   I didnt take your comment like that at all...I know exactly what you said though. Being in business for more than 30 years and designing many products I have been in that position before and its a gamble when ever you do anything like this. I have been lucky though as the 3 things that I have put out there for the aircraft community so far have been very successfull...sometimes I think too successful.

 

The flap bracket I designed for the Savannah I sold more than 50 sets..I still. get calls for them but getting the 63 thou 6061 T6 up here to Brisbane for it is very problematic now....the freight is 2 times the cost of the sheet.

 

The replacement CDI modules for the Rotax I made..which started out as a sort of hobby job for a couple of local friends up here grew legs and turned into a monster with now more than 500 units sent all over the world

 

The Throttle bars are up to around 30 now I think

 

The issue is now getting the time to make all this stuff as I prefer to do it myself to keep the quality as high as possible. being retired now I thought I would have a bit more time to allocate to doing these but it turns out I think I am busier than I was than when I was working and doing all this as well. Just had a order from a guy in NZ this morning who wants 4 CDI...They are the last 4 that I have in stock so have to get to making another batch. 

No rest for the wicked  !

 

 

[facthunter]

You might have to reclaim your lifestyle, at some stage.  Not many can do "craftmanship" these days Nev

[sfGnome]

4 hours ago, Kyle Communications said:

being retired now I thought I would have a bit more time to allocate to doing these but it turns out I think I am busier than I was than when I was working

My dad retired twice - once from his employment, and the second time from all the things where people said “now that you’re retired, could you just…”. I’ve learned his lesson, so I’m only retiring once. 😛

[facthunter]

I don't know how I ever found time to have a job.  Nev

[Steve L]

Nev my build stopped 3-4 years ago when I retired, prior to that while working I had oodles of free time. One likes to think you get smarter as you mature but it hasn’t happened in my case . . . I can’t say NO
Steve 

[Steve L]

I unpacked my throttle kit today, I can say that it has exceeded my expectations, the build quality and workmanship is second to none, thank you Mark, I’m now looking forward to fitting it. 
Steve. 

[Enrico boto]

On 22/7/2020 at 5:32 AM, Kyle Communications said:

So how frustrated have you been with the crap throttle and cable system on the savannah?....yeah everyone hates it. Always having to rebalance the carbs and the throttle never tracking correctly with either throttle rod. Well never fear a solution is at hand 🙂

 

A guy in NZ came up with a new throttle coupling bar system for his savannah. He posted some pics on FB and Danny Leach and I have been looking at it. Danny came up with some further improvement ideas for how to easily mount it all and literally just make it plug and play

 

Pics are placed here and I will upload a quick video to youtube to show the operation of it. We fitted it last sunday and ran the engine and balanced the carbs with a Carbmate. A huge difference now. No slop or uneven carb operation also the carb balance is rock solid. The centred LED of the Carbmate literally does not move now from idle to full power.

 

We were only going to make them up for our small group but there seems to be a big interest in them and so far it looks like we will be making at least 10 sets and thats mostly for Savs but they will work on any rotax engine independent of type of aircraft so we may end up making kits for them. No idea yet on cost but probably not that much. Biggest cost is getting the laser cutting done and some smaller parts that will need to be done on a CNC lathe and the bearing blocks can be made on my CNC mill at home. I was going to get all this done anyway as I have 2 engines to be done and Danny has another engine as well as the one he has just done and a couple of other guys in our group so making enough for 6 or 7 It costs not a lot more really to make a batch or 20 or 30 up. Its just laser time and CNC lathe time. The material which is all stainless 3mm plate and some 1/2 inch stainless tube is relatively cheap..the ball links are not that much each and the stainless threaded rod isnt expensive

 

As a side note you may see a funny looking CDI in the pictures. Thats #2 CDI that was built and tested and still running even though its a 3D printed case for the past 3 years on Danny's Sav...

 

Quick video

 

 

 

 

 

On 5/8/2020 at 12:57 PM, Paul davenport said:

I like your balance tube.

Is it possible to buy the system?

 

[Kyle Communications]

Enrico. yes. email me. [email protected]

 

[facthunter]

Sprung to open and tugged to close.  You have to pull the throttle out of the dashboard by the roots. Never liked it.  Nev

[Steve L]

Yes Nev, have you ever seen an Eaglet throttle linkage, I have replaced near everything and still can’t get it to come back to idle at the same revs each time I land. Had they had a single lever quadrant like the later models I think it would be much better. Incidentally I’m not using Marks linkage on the Tecnam (wist I could)