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  1. rhtrudder
    Driving me nuts, hard to track down the problem , the uhf unit doesnt pick it up so it maybe in the vhf aerial somewhere
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    plane has just developed a radio buzz on receive , the buzz goes up and down with the engine revs, volts look ok, replaced reg not that long ago, I have little knowledge when it comes to these problems, hoping someone can give me some ideas. engine is a 914 ,1350 hrs
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    The Rotax.com crowd gave it a good review, anyway I've ordered one through a mate who is in the trade so I hope it works as good as they say.
  4. rhtrudder
    Anyone used the Synchromate 11 , electronic gadget rather than vac gauges , read about them in eaa yank Mag , seems they are more accurate , I have a set of the tube type ,carbmate, they seem to stick and hard to get right.
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    Thanks for that, it's sort of what I figured to be on the safe side, our track is a long way from the military base so I guessed it was possible to transit , and we have all the life vests so we should be OK
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    Track is under adelaides steps ,below 8500 , but it looks like it takes you through restricted military zone flt 250 to sfc , could we contact the military to get permission or Adelaide twr
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    Sorry never finished , try again , crosses r279 , what's involved to transit, rather than fly around .
  8. rhtrudder
    Planing a trip which will take us from Kingscote on kangaroo island to William creek but it crosses restricted r2
  9. rhtrudder
    You blokes need to get your heads out of the gutter and not between the jugs
  10. rhtrudder
    We are using tuff jugs, got 4 of them, really easy to use, no spills and stop running when the tank is nearly full, no good on filling tanks that have vertical caps , got them from off road motorcycle shop , I think ballards import them , unsure about the static, cost about $90 haven't caught fire yet
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    I know of the odd pilot that are puzzled by how a nut screws on a bolt , but are still safe enough in the air and been flying for years, will this make any difference for them as I don't think it will teach them how to do any maintenance if its only ticking boxes
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    Unsure about the l1 maintainer online training wouldn't this be open to cheating ,is it in the form of a test, what happens if you fail miserably , do you have to hand your badge back in,or have I got this all wrong wouldn't be the first time
  13. rhtrudder
    That looks like a very neat set up , I have a mate with a Savannah and has trouble with high oil temps , could you take some more pictures so I can show him how you set yours up . The cowl scoop on my plane faces backwards so I figured the air flow over it would draw hot air out. We overcome cold running by fitting thermostats in the intake radiator line , works good.
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    Just ordered them, stuck on the outside of the oil tank should give an accurate measure of the operating temp of the oil , am I right in thinking this?
  15. rhtrudder
    Plane is a sabre ,I think mine is the only one with a 914, there was another but was crashed , the rest ,5 maybe all have 912's . Now the weather has cooled off temps are good . I opened the vent up on the cowl but it didn't seem to make any difference , prop is variable pitch set full fine on climb out, revs to red line. There is a small gap between the cooler and cowl so I might try and fill it with foam before next summer, thanks for your help
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    Where do you get these?
  17. rhtrudder
    KP 5 or sabre ,120 kts at 5200revs 34 map it will do 130kts at 5400 36 map but gets thirsty at the higher speed nearly run out of forward trim ,staggered seating which narrows it up a bit, retracts help also
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    Check out a plane called the Millennium Master, .
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    Burrs , I think aren't much of a problem when it come to spreading seed compared to bindies , I see the spikes now stuck in tyres everywhere , what a nightmare it will be like trying to clean up the European carp mess , no hope!
  20. rhtrudder
    I do understand about landing on roads but have seen plenty of news footage of planes landing on freeways when the choice is plowing into someone house , unsure whether they would be in trouble with the authitories
  21. rhtrudder
    Doubt whether he had a radio looked like he had ear plugs , had one engine out on take off and put it down in the next paddock had a bit of luck, often thought about whether you should try for a road most of the paddocks would tear the wheels off my plane.
  22. rhtrudder
    New bowls turned up so everything will be back to standard.
  23. rhtrudder
    Did you understand about the enricher solenoid
  24. rhtrudder
    Thanks a lot for your interest, against all advice I ended up using a fuel tolerant gasket goo, I know I will be crucified for it but in the end it was the only way I could stop the leaks , the fuel leak was of high float levels, bought the gold plated tool and fixed that , easy, but still had air leaking , I could actually hear it when I blew down the vent tube , have ordered the new upgraded bowls which are apparently more stiffer , on back order, so naturally I couldn't wait and glued the old bowls on , waited for 24 hrs for it to set and no more leaks , time for blast off, motor running like it should . I am the third owner ,470 hrs on the clock when I first hopped in now has done 1330 , for a complicated engine it has given me little to complain about , again bones thanks for your insight
  25. rhtrudder
    It's called a enricher solenoid (or valve ). On full boost it switches to allow a bit more pressure ,taken from a different part of the air box , to give more pressure in the bowls , it's fitted to later model 914s , if I blow in the tube and move the throttle to full I still can't get and air through so I am unsure wether it also takes a pressure reading from the air box as well before it switches
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