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  1. danny_galaga
    I'm just going to stick with the shell aero. I don't think that costs any more than the good quality motorcycle oils that would also work. You know me, I don't want to pay more than I have to, especially the roTAX but with oil I'm leaving that for others to experiment with...
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    As per previous update. I ended up putting a mechanical isolator in the instrument panel 🙂
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    It's all new. Has only run an hour or so. Single fuel tank. I hope I don't need to have the electric fuel pump going. That would mean I need to pump water into the carbies before I find out it's water 😄
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    Let's just say that if the volume of liquid that dribbles out of my gascolator when I try to drain it was the same volume that accidentally dribbled into my undies after going to the toilet, I needn't be embarrassed...
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    No battery, right 😄
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    If I could edit it more than 15 minutes afterwards I would so you could find my joke funny 🤷‍♂️
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    I thought that little window was just for reaching in and turning on the ignition so you can jiggle the stall warning switch 😄
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    It's much like a regular car door on the piper. If it popped open, air pressure is going to keep it relatively closed. I don't know why you would have a forward opening door on an aircraft. On cars they call them suicide doors for a reason 😄
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    Yes, we were taught that in training -get the passenger to unlatch the door and hold it ajar. I can't remember if it was easy for the pilot to reach on his own. I used to think it quite chivalrous to have the door on the passenger side - women and children first! Captain last 😄
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    I remember them well. The characters were 1930s American gangsters 🙂
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    Haven't read this all the way through but just thought I'd point out some low wing planes have doors, not bubble canopies. One I know well is the Piper PA28 Warrior, and all its cousins and brothers .
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    "And goils ain't goils" ☺️
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    Oh, I see. As far as I know, the reg/rec that I bought, which is made for the Rotax 912 has better specs than the original part. That is to say, it is designed as an improvement on the original. Better cooling, better electronics, simpler wiring etc. for instance, it doesn't have that strange C wire. When the engine isn't running, the regulator isn't on. It's not slowly discharging the battery....
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    Anything with the word DUCATI written on it is the downgrade 😀
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    I agree with the last two posts. The recommended oil isn't that expensive in the scheme of things. On insurance, since it seems no one seems to investigate anything in ra Aus aircraft, if your Rotax use is in such a plane, it seems you could run it with cooking oil and no one would care... (Note: do NOT use cooking oil in your engine)
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    Yeah, we transported my half finished plane on a car trailer. And wings and cowls etc in a rental 3.5 tonne truck. Went ok, but really hadn't thought about insurance or anything.
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    Mum and dad and a trusty land Rover
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    Yes, I imagine you would want to carry some spare hoses and belts at least when 4wd-ing. Not so useful in a plane 😄 My dad used to 4wd a lot in the 60s for work. I KNOW he carried bugger all spares of anything. And just basic tools..quite the bush mechanic he was.
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    Not really..it's not like I'm going to carry all that stuff in the back of my plane 'just in case', which is what you suggested in your post just before. My list is of viable replacements. As I find out about it, I add it to the list so that years later I'm not thinking 'where did I see that alternative online?'. Instead, I can look at my list, and see, for instance (courtesy of skippydiesel I think in this case): Fuel pump: Pierburg 7.02242.32.0 - Fuel Pump https://spareto.com/products/pierburg-fuel-pump/7-02242-32-0 Not branded as Rotax, but from the same manufacturer.
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    Thats a different sort of list. What I was talking about was service parts for my plane, and sourcing them from elsewhere than Rotax for the engine or the kit manufacturer for the rest. What got me going was the radiator hoses. And in the end I ended up ditching the hoses from the kit, even before they were used and sourced better fitting ones from Gates etc. I also know what make and model my radiators are now too so I can probably source them in Australia instead of getting them sent from overseas.
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    Good to know. The VDO sensor I mentioned I think is different to your combo. That means you would have to replace the lot. Sometimes you just want a drop in replacement part. The ro TAX might be too steep, but hunting around gets you the exact part at a fraction of the price of the 'genuine' part. As you say, not as cheap as your set, but there's no mucking around either. But now you have that VDO part number, you could indeed find a bulk source and sell those alongside the sets. It's for head and cylinder sensors, they are the same. In my case, I have one unused head sensor so I'm just swapping my faulty oil sensor with that one.
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    The other I found out about recently for 9x series are the cylinder temp and oil temp sensors. I haven't tried this but since the OEM and the alternative are VDO this should be correct. Cut and paste from elsewhere, links may or may not be viable: Water/oil temp sensor: The VDO part number you would be looking for that should replace the Rotax part is 323-801-010-001D, stamped 801/10/1 by VDO, 300F or 150C max.. Here are the two non-ebay webshops that I found to source these with the one in the NL to be too expensive on shipping for me to consider it. http://www.etbinstruments.com/ https://vdo-webshop.nl/en/
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    Agreed. The things I'm looking at are mostly alternatives to Rotax. Trying to avoid the ro TAX 😄
  24. danny_galaga
    For Rotax 9x https://www.vectriqparts.com.au/product/rotax-voltage-regulator-carr5115/
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    Coulda sworn I put this here, but seems I haven't. This is an improved regulator, it actually probably costs more than the 'original' but it runs cooler, has less wiring and doesn't need a capacitor 😎 CARR5115 from vectriqparts.com.au
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