Peasant_Pilot

gettin the rims prepped, trued and cleaned up, drew up the new rotors to be laser cut, then to fit tyres etc,  little jobs getting done when im not working on the fuselage

3 hours ago, skippydiesel said:

Hi Rob,

 

Would you be interested in an unused, complete,  Sonex Mk1 Rotax 912 engine frame/bed adapter?

Hey Skip, possibly, i like the system and was going to machine up some brackets in a similar way. they are a little on the expensive side though. send me a pm with what price you are thinking

Kind regards

Rob

Afternoon all, I'm looking at fabricating a Chromoly Bed mount for my rotax for the Terrier and looking at using 5/8 0.068" Tube for the design

Here's the question, Do you need to heat treat the welds after its fabricated, i get mixed responses and answers from people including Lames etc, would be interested to know your thoughts, i know of a few people who have fabricated there own up without heat treating and no issues

Thankyou

Rob

Good afternoon all, looking at the bolly brolga sport props in the 3 and 4 blade for my rotax 912,

would be interested to hear other peoples opinions for climb performance, most of what i want to do is short, outfield stuff and the quicker i can get off the ground the better, cruise speed im happy to sacrifice for climb out performance

Cheers

Rob

On 13/03/2022 at 1:39 PM, Thruster88 said:

The rim looks like a dirt kart item. Bitumen track karts use 5 inch wheels and dirt track types are 6 inch.

 

https://edwardskartwheels.com.au/collections/dirt-kart-wheels  I have bought these for the thruster.

 

The disk I am guessing is custom made, you could get them made at an engineering shop perhaps.  

Thanks for the info mate, really appreciate it hey, the discs ill either get laser cut or machine some up myself

10 hours ago, turboplanner said:

What about machining those discs?

 

I was going to do just that but one is warped really badly, according to foxcon he just has them laser cut out of mild steel, im doing up a cad file for it now and ill either make some up myself or get some blanks cut etc

10 hours ago, Arron25 said:

I take it you have contacted Helmut?

Thanks mate, i ended up speaking with Helmut, he has been very helpful over the past few weeks. 

Afternoon, looking to try and find replacement discs to suit these rims. They are a 6" rim and the discs are press riveted, but struggling to identify the rim type or where to get information about the discs etc. If anyone has any info they could share it would be much appreciated.

Minor update, first lot of avionics have arrived, new aero classic 21" tundra tires are here.  been smashed with work but trying to get bits done on the fuselage as required.

just about to refurb the rims and put new tyres on etc.

Im pretty happy i decided to bulk strip the aircraft as everything is in need of attention, pretty disappointed in the work that has gone into this armature built, I'm really not into discrediting anyone but its a real shame to see the lack of safety measures and just straight lack of pride in work and complete disregard for upkeep and general maintenance that this aircraft has had

Went with the MGL RDAC Engine Box and MGL Blaze EMS guage for the engine side, the MGL ASV for a secondary ASI, VSI, and ALT and the Uavionix AV30 for the primary

10 hours ago, FlyBoy1960 said:

the "clear coat" as you call it is just the resin, if you're looking the other photos you will see it has been sanded back so it can accept paint and it now has the matt finish

yeah i recoated with west system epoxy 205, fantastic product honestly

New carbon face finished and relayed tip with carbon reinforcing. Shame to be painting over majority of it but going to stick to the plan, original panel assembly was pretty flimsy......took way longer than it should have

Also new avionics ordered today so once i work out where everything is going to sit and where i need to run  the new loom and RDAC I can finish off the body work then paint. 

6 minutes ago, Paul davenport said:

You are really getting stuck into it good on you . Looking forward to seeing it fly soon

Using the time while i can, Im looking forward to flying it

Laid up the new panel face, cut away the old panel and bonded it to the old upper dash top, still a bit of work left on the panel, 2 more layers of carbon over the whole lot.........then to do the center console etc. Stuck at home isolating so I'm actually able to get things done

1 hour ago, kgwilson said:

All of the WMC, VNC, & VTC charts are free to download by anyone from Airservices website & that also means software developers. They are in pdf format but can easily be converted to whatever the developer uses to build his navigation product. Simples. As I have mentioned on other threads I use free navigation software called Airmate & it always has the latest AIRAC cycle, Charts and full ERSA available & will tell you when new versions are available to download & update.

Mate,  you are a bloody legend. That is exactly the answer I'm looking for.  So essentially it shouldn't matter what efis with gps I go with, I should be able to use/convert to the correct format etc

Awesome 

Thanks heaps mate. 

Rob

they have been helpful honestly, I think im more nervous about getting a system that might be possibly limited. i might have jumped the gun on the questiopn but i feel if i throw a line out someone might have a straight down the line answer

Cheers

Rob

So, after much back n forth im heavily considering the GRT Sport Ex EFIS with Engine monitor and ADSB in adapter, not overly expensive,  has the synthetic vison and moving map option, my only question is running appropriate software for Australia, finding it hard to get a straight answer on how i go about mapping for australia and suitable synthetic vision software.

any help would be amazing

Thanks

Rob

Thanks for your replies gentlemen, really appreciate it and some good information.

Thankyou

Rob

More progress today, have managed get about 8 hours of manual scarping and tidy up work. the original whit was painted over with an aqua colour which i managed to find an original pic of when it was green, then it was repainted in what looks to be like a Galmet Hammertone industrial paint, very thick, which iv attached a pic of as well when it was at Armidale.

    So.....after experimenting with a few non methylene chloride strippers in small patches, which was extremely timely and had to still be super careful not to damage anything, i decided against any paint stripper. They say methylene chloride Strippers wont affect the Gel coat but i really wasn't that confident in it. after stuffing around with surfacing machines and sanders in patches, i managed to get a few large scrapers from Bunnings which honestly has been the best, for the most part i can take off all layers of paint down to the original primer in one swoop, still have to be careful but once you get a rythm going it rips the paint off in no time. 

Morning all, looking at a good, simple GPS setup for a 19 Catagory aircraft with an automotive engine in it, being the category its in(19 Amateur Built) i will be limited to the airports i can fly to etc, these thing considered id imagine ipad with AVplan or Ozrunways would be suitable and would save a lot of dollars on mapping subscriptions etc for airports i cant actually fly into.

Would be interested to hear peoples opinions on this, past experiences and what they found work best

Thanks

Rob

50 minutes ago, Paul davenport said:

Looking forward to seeing your progress. Do you have an engine for it? I have several in stores and one engine reconditioned with modified heads and cam . I reconditioned it in anticipation that I may need it for my Avid, but it’s proving to be so reliable that I fear that it will never wear out

 

I bought it complete with a running ea81 with a foxcon redrive. All low hour but was in the market to possibly get a second engine to build. What did you have?

Thanks

Rob

So a few weeks back I ventured down the road of a Foxcon Terrier 200. 19 catagory and out of the air for a couple of years. Purchased complete and in fully functional order but a bit rough around the edges. Me being me and not trusting anyone else's work iv decided to completely strip the aircraft and start from scratch. 

Glad Im going down the road I am as it has proved to be pretty typical of an under maintained, neglected aircraft, no disrespect to any previous owner/builder of the aircraft at all, I'd just like to meet a particular standard, also found a crack repair that needs some love and attention. Going to keep updating the build thread if anyone has the interest, always welcome constructive critique and advice. Ii have a lot of fabrication and mechanical background but by no means am I any kind of expert. 

2005 Foxcon Terrier 200

EA81 Subaru

Foxcon retrieve

Bolly Prop

Steam gauge avionics panel

258hrs TT

I think the extra measures are well worth it.

Iv seen fire extinguisher kits for engine bays on race cars with remote activation before which were a cool setup. 

40 minutes ago, Thruster88 said:

I see you having a dig at expensive certified aircraft parts however if you search the ATSB data base for in flight engine fires you will see that they are very rare in Australia compared to RAAus types by a huge margin.  

 

AN fittings, steel braid oil and fuel lines, fire sleeves, proper fuel drain lines on components that could leak if a fault develops, robust correctly designed electrical systems all cost money. I think it is cheap.

 

Carburetor over flow lines should be routed out of the cowl at least.  

 

It's interesting really, I mean most RAAUS members and pilots are members to make flying more affordable. I think spending the time and money(and doesn't always have to be stupid amounts of money) on safety and redundancy is still just as critical.

11 hours ago, skippydiesel said:

I occasionally wonder what preventative actions (beyond good aircraft mechanistically/systems maintenance) would save my life, should I experience an in flight fire in your typical recreational aircraft ??

 

My gut feeling - all the SS (& similar) firewalls, colourful fuel & oil hose fire-sleeves would amount to zilch! So much marketing hype!

 

Why? Well most of our aircraft are light weight aluminium or other alloys, composite, wood, fabric or a combination of all - not the sort of materials that stand up well to the intense heat of a fuel or oil fire being fanned by a high speed air blast.

 

May be the installation of some sort of in-flight fire extinguishing system, might help but then the aircraft may be so burdened that flight is rendered  impossible ( the ultimate safety system).

 

I guess I will just do my best  to maintain my little beauty's engine/systems to the highest standard I can and hope that this is sufficient to reduce the chances of an in-flight fire to a very low probability.

I think that's probably the best way to look at it, realistically making sure everything that could start a fire in the first place is maintained and manufactured correctly in the first place is a big factor