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  1. rodgerc
    Well that little indulgence will account for at least $5 of the next levied fee increase for each and every member of RA-Aus.
  2. rodgerc
    Jump forward 7 months and 40+hours of flight time and the 350-400 RPM mag drop issue reappeared a few weeks ago. Perhaps it was not the trigger coil gaps but rather the possibility that back in April, the weather had cooled sufficiently for a marginal ignition module to stop misbehaving. For the past couple of hot and sweaty weeks in SE Qld my 350-400 RPM mag drop has occurred, but only after ~10 minutes of taxiing. Long story short, a set of Mark Kyle’s aftermarket ignition modules has “fixed” the issue. It’s only a hypothesis, but perhaps when the “faulty” module reached a certain operating temperature, it would revert to the Rotax retarded “soft start” timing and thus, when selecting that module only for a mag check, the engine dropped 350-400 RPM in protest to retarded timing. Did somebody just mutter, “correlation does not imply causation”?
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    Try emailing Mark Mendick from Avid Aircraft in Iowa USA. [email protected]
  4. rodgerc
    No….The Waiex was a decade ago. It was insured with QBE via SAAA because it was VH- reg. The current RA-Aus reg plane is via InsuranceHouse. Until a claim is made you’ll never know if your insurer is any good.
  5. rodgerc
    Who you are insured with? InsuranceHouse. Are you as happy as can be ? Yes, with the caveat that having insured a number of aircraft for around 12 years I’ve never made a claim. Would you recommend them? Yes, subject to the above caveat. Any that you would not recommend? QBE via SAAA. The turf wars between SAAA and RA-Aus meant that despite being a SAAA member for >12 years, being a >500h GA pilot with numerous ratings and endorsements and building via the SAAA’s process of TC inspections using their risk radar, they would not insure my latest build because I chose to register it with RA-Aus. (I’m no longer a SAAA member.)
  6. rodgerc
    Sigh….Too many cats, not enough recipes. (That should elicit some reaction)
  7. rodgerc
    Another option
  8. rodgerc
    Here’s the one I used for the 3-1/2 minutes it takes to complete the job on Matco brakes. You’re welcome to borrow it to save $20
  9. rodgerc
    Based on my 45 year manufacturing industry corporate career, when it comes to strategic myopia, we in Oz can teach the USA a thing or two.
  10. rodgerc
    https://www.vansaircraft.com/2023/10/business-announcement-from-vans-founder-dick-vangrunsven/
  11. rodgerc
    Despite the world tensions and gloom, there’s so much to be thankful for living in Oz. So here’s a bunch of pics from this morning’s jaunt around Moreton Bay in our RANS S-20 Raven. Hope they bring you some joy.
  12. rodgerc
    No sorry, don’t recall but I’ve used them on #10 gauge pan head St/steel screws to secure my spinner to its backing plate. (The airplane is hangared an hour from here)
  13. rodgerc
    Try Jaycar
  14. rodgerc
    There will be plenty left for you to do Mark….As with most (all?) kits, the time to build is typically 2 to 3 times longer than that claimed by the supplier. Put another way, if you believe the supplier’s build time estimate, then you’ll likely believe their claimed empty weight too. Got to go now, there’s someone at the door offering to sell me a bridge in Sydney harbour and an island south of Victoria for a price to cheap to refuse.
  15. rodgerc
    Hola!
  16. rodgerc
    I’ll jump in to answer, as a multiple RANS 141 wing builder, on Mark’s behalf. The wing surface geometry dictates that it won’t be perfectly concentric once the tank stand is installed….This is because the forward edge of the tank stand is around 10mm higher than the aft edge. This aspect, combined with the camber (curve) of the upper wing surface (as compared to the flat surface of the filler flange) means that once everything is tightened up, there is a minor amount of stretching of the scupper seal. Reference to the pics below….Lower edge of photos are forward. Scupper is concentric prior to installation of tank stand (and filler flange) Scupper is marginally eccentric due to stretching induced by tank stand. The eccentricity is very minor and will only be observed by the crew of low flying airliners.
  17. rodgerc
    I’ll get interested when they have sold 10,000 units and half of them are past the 2,000h mark. Until then, it’s all marketing.
  18. rodgerc
    I reckon Andre is having an absolute hoot in his Subsonex….Good luck to him 👍
  19. rodgerc
    Loctite 567
  20. rodgerc
    6061T6….Leftover from Waiex wing attach blocks….Orifice for fuel return included in one gallery.
  21. rodgerc
    Note the radiator is to be installed below the oil pump.
  22. rodgerc
    It makes no sense whatsoever to spend a single cent more on (or wait a day longer for) a proven aero engine, until the very instant the one you saved $10,000 to acquire (or waited 6 months less for) begins to falter…. ….The bitterness of dubious quality/reliability lingers long after the sweetness of low price/short lead-time is forgotten. (With apologies to Benjamin Franklin) Sermon over.
  23. rodgerc
    Sweetapple props are still manufactured in Qld by Dieter Sedlbauer [email protected]
  24. rodgerc
    Well at least today’s official weather forecasts are still delivered in code
  25. rodgerc
    Beautiful aircraft. Thank you
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