Blueadventures

Wow, must have a smooth taxi way and runway. Lucky it didn't bounce up into the prop.

I'd email the company ACS with an image of the item and ask them. Never know it could be a Chinese knock off and they got the part number wrong; stranger thinks happen these days.

Nice.

Agree Mark; also on final and late final in turbulance you can miss operating the switch. Whereas you grab the manual flap handle and adjust to what you need.

That's piss poor customer support. They were a good prop until about 10 years ago. Left behind with development and resin types other brands now have available. I bought a set about 10 years ago. Not interested in their current models for new purchases. They should support their product 100%.

They will carry more than 230 due to the lighter empty weight of the Sav xl (320kg). Jabs are heavy construction in 230 (370kg).

Also a white xl engine less than 500 hrs to be advertised very soon at about $58k. Owner just sorting the add and description

Welcome and enjoy. I have a Nynja with 912ULS so a Skyranger fan.

SAAA MPC for maintenance is a two day course at $550- however very through.

Just edited no annual registration fee, thanks for pointing out.

SAAA Membership is $270 so that component similar to RAAus ; just the annual aircraft registration fee is not required with SAAA and no 3rd party insurance so that should be considered as well. Both orgs have their pros and cons.

Its the iphone image format.

The video shows what seems on merit and past occurrences pointing to a need for a review of limitations on the model. Look at the facts in front of everyone regarding the fuel tank issue and the sad accidents before things were sorted. Not just aircraft but cars and boats as well were regulators move slower than ideal on recommendations that either improve safety or advise operators of the vehicle.

I'd like to see a different wing being available so the takeoff run would be shorter and the landing slower and shorter. I emailed them 8 years ago and their areo engineer Dan M replied not in their plans. Such a wing would cruise slower but have better off airfield operations performance. The empty weight is heavy so limited with fuel, crew and cargo weight although plenty of room.

What was issue with Bushcat, webb au says empty weight 320kg and MTOW 560 kg. AS a comparison my Nynja is MTOW 540kg and empty 299kg seats max 120kg each. What is Bushcat's seat max weight. If you haven't flown in an Xair try and contact someone nearby that has one and line up a fly. My first aircraft was a Skyfox taildragger and having flown the Xair wished I bought an Xair as a fist aircraft. I find the Nynja great so would recommend them or the Swift version if there were any for sale. Cheers

Jack you would not go wrong with a good X-air as an hour builder, they have a Rotax 2 stroke 582 and if needed you could fit your new 582. Be good around your area and can land anywhere. I had fun flying one.

The lugs are there to increase the sheer strength of the prop attachment; saves putting larger diameter (heavier bolts). The torque tensions the prop hub to the flange and prevent sheer friction (movement) occurring. The earlier reference to static friction in my understanding is about something that can be moved and the static friction needed to overcome it to work. Eg Crankshaft in bearing and a specified oil and the relative ambient temp.

There was a white XL coming up for sale at Mackay. PM your contact and I'll pass on his details. Engine R ULS 100hp less than 400 hours I think.

The shop had some for sale in the past. Give Ian a call.

Fitted the non-return fuel tank vent valves to the wing tanks today. Fiddly job but all done now. Used 577 locktite to seal. Keen to try out with filled tanks.

Hi you should not fly with those bolts as there is no thread pitch extending past the nylock; needs to be at least 1 and better still 1.5 pitches visible. Just commenting to safe and helpful so need longer bolts. Cheers

Received in the post two check valves for my wing tanks vent arrangement. Made by Peter Anson Engineering and will stop the fuel flow out the vent pipes when taxing with full tanks. I'll commence taxi on the tank that the return line is plumbed to. Hopefully fit tomorrow or in near future. They have a 3/16" ball inside that is positioned that it lets in the outside air and when fuel flows out of the tanks the ball seals. $35 each and valve for money as specially made the Nynja wing tanks and vent setup.

This information is from a very experienced and knowledgeable Rotax operator. It may be worth considering if anyone experiences a hard to restart situation. (I'm adding the info into my trouble shooting information.) "Sometimes it’s not vapor lock - it’s the carbs getting really hot from radiated heat from the exhaust headers after shut down when there is no cooling flow. A way of checking this is if it starts fine straight away and from 5-20mins it can be very difficult to start. So, either avoid this time period for restarting or try it with around 1/3 throttle opening. If that doesn’t work leave it to cool. The timing retard for soft start on the later engines seems to help a lot. Some people have made heat shields under the carbs - which helps a little. It’s pretty common on all cowled 912 installations. Even un-cowled trikes can suffer it on occasion."

Interesting idea / suggestion. Will try that, have to glue up the cut area carefully so as to allow its uninterrupted original flow.