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I had a mag to failure on my private pilot check ride when I was 17 years old in a C-150 I was under the hood doing instrument... -
Outside air temp probe - $400 Sign kit - $150 I’ll be taking it to RV Day fly in at Boone KBNW on Saturday -
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Mel replied to the thread Trimming wing skins.My favorite tool for this is a Dremel with reinforced cut-off discs....BUT, make sure you practice on scrap first. It takes a little... -
That is precisely why the impulse mag on my O-320 was replaced with the SureFly. The left mag was coming up on the service interval and...
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rick57 reacted to Low Pass's post in the thread Pmag. Use of 100LL which auto spark plugs to use with
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I've used all three. Least time on the NGK iridium. Had one NGK BR8ES fail over 12-14 years recently. I've noticed no significant... -
I guess you have to decide which is more likely (as well as more destructive): a SureFly failure or an impulse coupling failure...
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FI need to trim the inboard edges of the wing skins to get the right gap for the seals. What tool works best? It's really slow going...
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RV10inOz replied to the thread Pmag. Use of 100LL which auto spark plugs to use.Tempest fine wires went 2000 hours and were still serviceable when engine pulled and sold for drone work. Run WOTLOPSOP its whole life... -
This is a pretty good video on LOP ops by George Braly. Starts at 15:24 if you don't want to watch the whole thing.
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RV10inOz replied to the thread LOP dilemma.With all due respect he is talking 1,000,000,000,000 pure export grade BS. If you would like to learn more, reach out and contact me...
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CCFItom replied to the thread SUREFLY SIM4P Failure.I had a mag to failure on my private pilot check ride when I was 17 years old in a C-150 I was under the hood doing instrument...
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RV10inOz replied to the thread DeltaHawk for RV-14.Hi Craig, I will wager there are more SDS systems that never have the problems and failures the E-mags and Surefly have if not by...
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I sure don't feel quite so optimistic about mags. Had one Slick well short of 500 hours fail in flight with an open secondary on the...
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eatonair replied to the thread SUREFLY SIM4P Failure.I feel your pain. I actually have the tooling to do 500 hr service on the Slick mags. Know them much better than the Surefly. I don’t...
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KKyle Boatright replied to the thread Tiedowns.I know I'm responding to an old post, but the thing that bothers me about the claw is that if you follow the installation instructions...
