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Swop your connections at the sender box and that will tell you if it is the thermocouple or the instruments

The best way I have seen is to apply grease to the exhaust whilst very hot. Do this by rubbing it on with a rag. After 3 or 4 applications you (the aircraft ) have a nice black exhaust. I have seen it done on a Subaru exhaust. Works brilliantly!

And even worse I believe on aluminium

Hi Bluey, Your best bet is to get a replacement from Airborne. I don't think it would cost you much more than having it welded. Invariably if you have welded the stainless, after a short time you will find another crack very near to the weld

What are the thoughts on pilots not reporting accidents/incidents ?

Hi Scott, The Vee Rabbit is designed to mount on the king post but below the peak. That way it does not get damaged when moving in and out the hangar. I fly an SST and I have the aerial mounted horizontally on a short keel extension so that I can get it in and out of my low hangar without causing damage. I have an extremely clear transmission and reception well over 100KMs. (do we need better in a trike?) This with a hand held Vertex I have yet to have people say I am unreadable in normal circumstances in fact people remark how clear my transmissions are:clap:

Welcome to the forum, how is Russell doing?

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Somersby is always good after rain. You just need to know how to handle the turbulance at the airfield and remember it is a one way strip :big_grin:

Kev what you need to do is make a short keel extension for the wing and mount the aerial horizontaly, then all that is required is to pull out a pin and disconect the aerial. You should be able to do that in under 1 minute and yes it does work just as well in the horizontal:clap:

It will be good to see you again. Maybe leave a photo so we can recognise you

Please follow the link for more info: Airborne XT 912 with SST wing - Classifieds

And then we have the hang gliders and para gliders on CB radios with no height restriction :confused:

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Hi David, It is possible to adjust the brightness level. If I remember correctly I have the info at the airfield. I had a major problem with the instruments failing and SkyDat accused me of being difficult and not wanting there product. I will have a look tomorrow.

When using 582 auto lube engines, found the oil used averaged 70:1 In 4 trikes never had an engine failure and I certainly would only use and recomend auto lube

Hi Alf, The last SST I bought from Airborne had the screw top plugs. I personally have never had a problem using them on two 582's and four 912's (maybe I don't keep them long enough )

Hi Gordon, Welcome from The Central Coast!

Hi Scott, Attached are 2 pictures. As can be seen I have a strobe mounted on the bracket as well.

Hi Kobus, When the weather is good enough, I work at the airfield (trike instructor) I live in Terrigal which is about 20 minutes from the airfield.

Hi Kobus and welcome to the forum. Crime in Aus is non existant compared to Gauteng I am based at Somersby which is about 1.5 hrs train ride North of Sydney. I have been there around seven years. No empty hangars at this time but the owners are talking of building more in the next few months. Somersby is a difficult airfield which you have to grow into! The Central Coast is a magnificent area to fly over. Excellent bunch of guys and everyone is helpful.

Hi Scott, I use the Vee Rabbitt aerial which attaches to your kingpost. No need to remove it excepting when de rigging completely.It is fitted below the top of the kingpost so does not get damaged in and out of low hangars.The aerial performance is amazing and has no shadowing problems due to its design. I have fitted mine on a special bracket attached to the wing keel (topless wing)

I have posted this in the classified section: Airborne XT 912 with SST wing - Classifieds

I have copied from another egroup Erika Gibson, Beeld Johannesburg - Two participants in the President's Trophy Air Race in Bela Bela in Limpopo on Saturday died when their plane appeared to break into pieces in the air. Both wings of the Flamingo two-seater plane "fluttered like feathers" while the fuselage fell straight to the ground, said Tertius Myburgh, who flew right behind the Flamingo in his own plane. Werner Blignaut, a commercial pilot for Naturelink at Wonderboom Airport in Pretoria, and Cronjé Erasmus, his navigator, who was also a flight instructor at SFT flight school at the Kitty Hawk air field outside Pretoria, died in the accident. The air race has been held since 1937 and Saturday's accident was the first fatal incident since its inception. Like confetti According to Myburgh, Saturday's part of the race was from Rustenburg to Bela Bela and back. They were flying straight towards the turning point at Bela Bela when he saw only the white of the plane's wings "unfold". "It looked like feathers floating around and afterwards some of the stuff that the plane was made of, blew through the air like confetti. "I said to my co-pilot: 'Look, that plane is breaking up.' But it was so unreal that I wondered if it hadn't perhaps been a whirlwind. "The next moment we were above the turning point and no one said anything over the radio. But right after, the message did come through and then I knew that I hadn't imagined it." Mechanical problem Chris Briers, who had been on standby with his helicopter in Bela Bela - and who up until last week would have taken part in the race himself - said everything pointed to something having gone wrong mechanically. "The air race's safety standards are very high. Something like this could probably have happened anywhere. A pilot is powerless when something goes wrong with his plane. It was coincidental that they were busy with the air race when the accident happened." According to Briers, who rushed to the accident scene, pieces of the wing lay over 100m from the plane's fuselage. He said Flamingo planes were built in Brits and were the ideal planes for races like these. The ill-fated plane was only nine months old. Jannie de Klerk of Naturelink said on Sunday that Blignaut had been a first officer in Embraer 120 planes in the Air Force and would have been made a captain soon. He was engaged to Sharon Badenhorst. Erasmus had become a father two months ago, with the birth of his daughter. The Aero Club of South Africa, the organiser of the air race, refused to comment on Sunday.