Blueadventures

Lucky Keizer took a Rolls Royce Merlin engine from a Mosquito aircraft, chopped off two cylinders and built a bike around it.

The engine is a modified Merlin 12 out of an aircraft so I believe it has a connection, it was last displayed at the Mechanos Air show in Mackay.

Lucky is a mate of mine; I’ll show him your comment. He’ll have a laugh. Cheers.

Hi Nev, I like your posts but they need the link with it either the quote or the paragraph referred to. My experience is that RAA won't allow LL unless you have a business case (eg Property water / fence rounds etc). I tried to do LL a number of years ago at bfr time as would have been good learning and also for any valley flying, turns etc. Not approved by CFI; but the forced landing that was part of bfr was good regarding theory / challenge test of the planning and the practical down to almost on the deck considering wind direction strength, location, obstacles (trees, mounds, small gully / creek). So RAA do low flying in the safest possible manner; but not LL for sightseeing / enjoyment. UP here we have a power line between two hills that would be like hitting a ski lift if LL that valley.

Marty was the 1/4" hose tail fitted to the collector tank when you got it or did you fit it yourself?

It comes on about 80mm down; I plan for 5 litres available. I can see mine where I have it in my Nynja.

Being 19 and your the owner builder and any prop change won't need a MARAP. If you change prop just record the weight of what you take off and put on. The percentage weight change shouldn't require another w&b.

Solo; meets the home sick angle description. On tarmac for takeoff you need the right amount of rudder in early or else you will be over to the right and on the grass in no time.

Don’t understand why Lee U would be attending any actual post mortem examination. Provide opinion on injury, marks and the report should be enough.

Yes, under pax seat. I’m travelling so can’t send image.

I should have added that it is how I determine the amount of adjustment to get the target rpm S&L Wide open throttle. So I start with a pitch and then adjust. Usually takes three processes. I have found the laser is the way to go for this. To get pitch equal each prop is a method of tightening the prop hob bolts in a certain sequence that you learn after a number of torque sessions and with observation to get the dot on the spot for each blade.

Yes; just asking measurement from blade (top) to the dot on floor. To make one side of a triangle, I then calculate as a right angle to get an approximate pitch angle. (Nynja is about 1220mm)

To reduce any possibility of CO and other fumes entering the cabin via the open tubes that the engine mount is attached to I have plugged both tubes with nylon caps.

Looks good Marty, I’m not sure about the 0.1 degree measurement as I’d expect the distance to be 2 to 3 times the distance (5-6mm) You may have read my posts where I have been doing laser adjusting for about 5 years and is the way to do it. Keen to hear how you find it and learn the adjusting method to align rack blade on the dot. What is the distance between the blade and the dot on floor? About 1100mm?

It's in RAAus incident summaries; so was RAA, Maybe a lighter model than the current model available.