Airborne XT Owners

[Kev]

Recently received from US.

 

AirBorne trike owners and repairmen - check mast block

 

Aloha AirBorne trike owners and repairmen. We here in Hawaii have had this discussion recently and wanted to share it with all of you. We've noticed on all of our aircraft the black mast block that fits into the aluminum block (below the shoulder harnesses) can move down the mast. If it moves down far enough, the "overcentre latch", or the mast support latch, will press against nothing and the weight of the wing will be on the front tube.

 

The black block should be flush with the aluminum block. If you find yours low, mark on the mast with a sharpie a line even with the top of the aluminum block. Then lower the mast halfway, loosen the two 5mm Allen head bolts, slide the black block back up to your line and tighten the two 5mm Allen head bolts.

 

Owners can easily miss this as it's not listed specifically in AirBorne's checklist. Repairmen should know about it so they can enlighten the owners when they catch it.

 

That's it.

 

Just wanted to share our findings.

 

Safe flying!

 

Aloha~