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Closing at twice the speed of light.

Well three months later and none the wiser as to what the object I found under my plane was, I had all but given up and was trying my hardest to convince myself that it wasn't from the plane. Quite by accident today I identified the object. Its a clip that fits inside the distributor rotor. Moral of the story (well one of them) if you pry off the rotor of your Jab 2200 (which should have been glued to the shaft) make sure the clip comes off with the rotor. Dave

Beautiful.

Shees 4 years. You have done a magnificent job. I concur with the landing difficulty. I learnt to fly on high wing aeroplanes and I could not get the hang of a low wing. Probably still leave a lot to be desired in the landing department and I leave the spats off not only so I can get the plane on its trailer but avoids leaving them strewn all over the strip. Where is your hangar? Regards, Dave

Yeah kg you are right. The simple things. There is probably a comercial spark plug tester available but I am going to make one from an old car ignition coil. Will sure save a lot of plug lead pulling and engine starting to find a dud plug especially in your case with 12 of the mongrels. Going by your photo I believe we have the same aeroplanes albeit yours has 6 more cyclinders. Sierra's rock. Mine attached before it was registered 19-****

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeell. Thanks guys. Using the combined experience and wisdom of all the above to whom I am very grateful I did the following. 1. Established that it was the left hand electrical system that was faulty by taking all the plug leads off that side. Just to make sure that there was no shorting between leads etc. 2. Swapped all the plug leads (on the good side) with the plug leads from the bad side. Good side ran OK so it wasn't plug leads. 3. Ran the Coil lead from the good side to the distributor on the bad side and hooked up the plug leads (intake plugs only). Ran OK so it wasn't wither of the distributors. What's left......bleedin plugs and to cut a long story short it was the intake plug on number 4. For all my swapping and changing things around I kept using #4 exhaust plug which ran fine. Lesson learned.

Thanks everyone for your input. No the aeroplane is not in a hangar with other aerplanes its in my driveway outside my workshop. It could well be a part from something out of the workshop. I have been working on the electrics ie; distributors, coils, spark plug leads etc so wanted to be reassured that it wasnt something from any of them. An instructor of mine told me the story of him getting in a cub one day and finding a washer on the floor. The pilot said, "ah it doesn't look important, ignore it", so they did until at 3,000 feet enroute, the rudder cable disconnected from the pedals. They had a very interesting landing some of which was on an airstrip. Hence my paranoia.

I was going to put in my original query. The clip NOT THE 50 CENTS.

I found this on the ground under my plane while working on the engine (2200 Jab). Does anyone know what it is or where it might have come from. Its a worry!!!

Thanks very much for your help guys. I think it is more than a plug (unless its two or three plugs!!) as the engine only just stays running with the good maggie turned off. I will start at the beginning and work my way through distributors, plug leads and plugs. I have checked the air gap between the flywheel and coil and they are OK. I concede that the word magneto might be a bit of a misnomer 440032 but the high voltage is generated by magnets passing a coil so magneto is good enuff for me.

My 2.2 has one failed magneto. Well having said that, the mag cant have failed altogether because the engine still runs when the good maggie is turned off however the engine loses lots of RPM. Almost no RPM loss with the other maggie turned off. Now I guess that this doesn't necessarily mean that its the magneto, just the electrical system on that side and could be, plugs, leads, magneto etc. Can someone with perhaps a similar problem give me some tips on trouble shooting this please. Where should I start.

Ian (if not Ian sorry *******). Although I have been a member of RF for along time I have always just surfed until I found my required article / infromation. There has got to be a better way. How would I search for a specific item for example, "The fuel pump for a Rotax 912". I have tried the "search" from the left hand colum but it only gives a very general answer. Am I doing something wrong. Regards, David

I have owned and flown a Morgan Sierra for several years. It is a great aeroplane, comfortable, mobile (removable wings and trailer) and easy to fly EXCEPT FOR LANDING. I concur with all the above comments about difficult to land and thought it was just me. I have had such a torrid time landing this plane that all the fun has gone out of my flying and I have given up and the plane is for sale. I had extensive instruction from Gary and have done more circuits than I care to remember but to no avail. Pity, but them's the breaks. Think I will get a Mosquito.

Why is everyone missing the point here? Anjun asked a simple question about the engine of his aeroplane and people leap in with opinions that have nothing to do with his question. The question was, "will turning off both maggies cause damage to one or both of them?" There was no mention of the legalities or otherwise of the instructors actions. How can this question prompt a response like, " Anjun you appear to have a poor response to aircraft systems". These forums are to help pilots of all levels of experience to be better pilots. If you don't want to help but just want to show how clever you are, go on "who wants to be a millionaire".

Has anyone had first hand experience with a CAMit engine (or even second hand experience). I want to put one (3300) in a Sierra 100.

Bugger, how could such a nice looking plane be a dog?

Ok here is another question still concerning this lightning. It has a CAMit 3300 engine which I believe is an independently modified Jabiru. Did CAMit find mods that makes the engine reliable and free from its previous problems that have scared people away from Jab egines?

Is the Australian Arion Lightning factory still in operation? The web address I have for them doesn't work. Can someone give me the correct one please. On the same subject I would like to hear from any Lightning owners and get their opinion of the aeroplane (or even a non owner who has an opinion.)

Thanks Mate, yeah I wouldn't consider anyone other than a LAME. If anyone can recommend someone around Bairnsdale I would appreciate it. By the way I have a yacht for sale as well.

Its in Bairnsdale Victoria, Clouds. Do you know anyone there I could hire?

Thanks Clouds, interesting and useul info. My problem with potentially purchasing this aeroplane and the previous one (or any one for that matter) is that I live in Perth and the planes never do. Would be nice to get information like all of the above, rush down to the plane and have a look and then continue research. As it is I have to get all of my ducks in a row (well as many as I can round up) come to some sort of non binding financial agreement with the current owner before seeing the plane, then go and have a look. Then depending on my unqualified impression, finding, hiring and arranging for a condition (SIDS) report while at the same time living in and paying for accommodation in an unfamiliar state / town. Gets expensive before any money even changes hands with the owner. We need a big shed located centrally in Oz, called something like, "Honest John's used aeroplanes" where they are all parked like a used car yard with a pink slip and a condition report. Would make it a lot easier.

OK thanks Ian I will look up the SIDS for this model and see what it says. Yes dazza it does look like it has been very well kept. The owner sent me photos of the inside of the wings and the aluminium looks brand new. The metal however desn't look like it has had corrosion protection which surprises me as I though the early 120's did have.

Thanks dazza appreciate that. I have seen the scary stuff you mention but at the same time there has been some scary stuff found on planes that are less than 5 years old that have been mistreated or not inspected properly. I was guessing that a ball park figure for a SIDS could be around 10 grand and that doesn't unduly scare me.

Is there a LAME or AE out there that could give me ballpark figure for a full (and I mean FULL - SIDS on a 120. Wings off, tail off, fuse panels off to get to specific areas.

I got my Continentals mixed up with my Lyc's Thommo but good to see you are paying attention.