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3 hours ago, Roundsounds said:

VH-RSJ had some pieces of curved painted Perspex that fitted into tracks and slid forward when needed. Looked like a factory fitment. 


I had forgotten about that - forward of the painted section. Sun protection must’ve been an option.

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3 hours ago, pmccarthy said:

Ivan has no knowledge of the sliding shade that may have once been fitted to VH-RSJ.

I’m talking about the 1970/80s version, before it was declared a write off following an EFATO at Camden. 

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This image shows the outer “rail” the Perspex covers slid in. The rail was also made from two sections of Perspex. The cover in this image would have been stowed in the painted section and not visible. 

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On 14/01/2023 at 9:12 PM, Roundsounds said:

Rocketship, it might be worth checking with VH-ECI. Recent pics look like it’s got the rails?

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VH-ECI is in my Log Book 😁

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On 19/01/2023 at 4:23 PM, RocketShip said:

VH-ECI looks very nice. I see it was upgraded with a 160hp engine.

They would go well with that engine. 

I would imagine fuel would become a problem though.

Burning lot more fuel.

I've done quite a bit in ECI but far from my favourite Airtourer model. Even the factory built Airtourer Super 150 had a miserable useful load for aerobatics. Add engine oil to the empty weight here then the amended unusable fuel allowance. ECI's empty weight is higher as I recall.

 

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Interesting to read that djpacro.

Yes the amended usable fuel is 112 ltrs by the AD I have.

I enjoy flying the 115, sure it docile in climb, but lots of fun and easy to fly and land.

And you can do aerobatics.

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10 hours ago, djpacro said:

I've done quite a bit in ECI but far from my favourite Airtourer model. Even the factory built Airtourer Super 150 had a miserable useful load for aerobatics. Add engine oil to the empty weight here then the amended unusable fuel allowance. ECI's empty weight is higher as I recall.

 

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The 100HP is the nicest handling / to aerobat in my opinion, just slow to reach altitude.

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