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There are good reasons why mogas is recommended by the manufacturer for the Rotax engines. I've used mogas off and on in the RV-6 for over 15 years and ALWAYS use a Mr. Funnel when transferring mogas from the 5-gal can to the wing tanks. This funnel has a filter so fine it will capture water molecules and eliminates the possibility of contamination from the fuel can.
Highly recommended for our RV-12 pilots even though some ingenuity will be needed to adapt it to the RV-12 fuel filler. https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catal.../fwfunnels.php ![]() |
Repeating what someone else said for emphasis... you should download and save the datalogs from the SkyView, and then look at them using SavvyAnalysis.
-Robert Dynon |
filtering doesn't have to be limited to the airport avgas. it's up to you. i wouldn't ever dump into my tanks without a filter. i dump into a 55 gal drum that has an electric pump and a filter in the line.
it's not a few pennies, it's a buck a gallon. |
I hope folks have another filter in their system besides the finger screens in the tanks. If not, you're asking for trouble at some point.
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Coarse rules like "never turn back" are good for many situations, and if you had to choose between "always turn back" and "never turn back" of course the latter is what you would tell someone undergoing instruction. It's a bit more subtle and a lot more work to say "know your aircraft" and "fly it right under all circumstances" - but this is really what we should be doing. |
Yikes!
First of all, a welcome to new member "korbike" as I see this is your first post.
At first Felix, I could not see your video as the number of playbacks were exceeded so I hit "download' and that worked. Boy! Even knowing the outcome that gave me some pucker factor just watching it. |
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Your video was almost exactly what I faced a few years ago. Similar climbout, houses below. Passenger. Same turnback to land on the runway.
In my case it was a broken crankshaft. Glad you're ok. Your video really creeped me out and brought back some memories. - Pat |
One of the Tecnam P2006T (twin Rotax) we had in the UK suffered one engine running rough in the climb. It was repeatable when in the climb attitude.
We found a very small piece of orange FOD in one carb float bowl which looked like it was possibly from the fuel line. Once the float bowl had been cleaned, the fault never reoccurred. On a Tecnam P2002-JF (single), it suffered rough running at low to medium rpm on the ground, fine above medium rpm. Whilst I was running it, it cleared and I suspect that something was blocking the idle jet orifice in the float bowl but eventually got sucked through the system. Fault never reoccurred. Whenever I had the float bowls of our 12, I checked to make sure they were scrupulously clean and that the idle jet feed was clear, by tilting the float bowl with fuel in watching that feed area filled and emptied. One other thought that perhaps Scott may have experimented with. With a rough running 'fuel-starved' Rotax, has anyone eased the choke out to effectively richen the fuel mix and get it to smooth out? Just a thought. |
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