AVOCET

How do you know ? Your an astro naut are you ?

All work and no play ..... so they say ,

Back when jabiru first started ; one of the first kits , made by the the "tooth fairy " at Bundaberg , the local ABC radio interviewed him and " cookie " his mate ,

They are both on record and went on air sitting in the half completed fuse making all sorts of airplane noises to there harts content .

They did complete it , and went on to achive similar highs of excellence ,

We all carnt be an astronaut

Engine temps would have been low as it wasn't long after warm up , unsure about EGTs , the engine is fitted with a intercooler thanks to the previous owner so the air box temps are always low . I realize it was poor fuel but wondered what was happening internally ,once I eased the throttle back it ran OK ,only seemed to falter in the boost range. Thanks for the input.

Mike

If it runs better with fresh fuel , good bet its the fuel .

Ive had similar issues with stale &or contaminated 95 & 98 , ive gon back to avgas , and have resolved the build up of crud by running a tank of fress mogas when its available and i'm about to do a lot of flying .

I will pull the heads off at 200 hrs anywhoo. This isnt a rotax , LCH 3300 jab . Same issues with the cooler running heads .

I found by draing tanks and leaving them dry for longish periods the fuel lines tend to dry out and on one occasion i had fuel leaks when i filled up again

I leave a few litrs of avgas in the tanks ( fibro glass ) metal tanks are kept full , keeps everything moist .

Mike

Congratulations.Continue your build; don't fall into the trap of pushing it around the yard making motor sounds.

Mike, thanks for the info here. The EM-5 systems have full fuel and spark capability. If you have a fuel only D system, it could be reflashed and have some wiring and components added to run the ignition as well. Alternately, you could use the CPI to do the spark control.

I tried a couple weeks ago to buy the ign. Mod . off the SDS site , but our lousy internet sevice is ....... Well???

Since then ive had car $ issues , but might be a good time to send the unit back to SDS this winter , be ready for christmas .!

Mike .

Alf , im gong in three weeks to have right knee done ,

I also need micro surgery ony Right hand , seems a problem after the prang !

Thats another year ill have to sit around and dream about flying , all the while keeping every thing registered and current !

Mike

Pity party over .

Are we now trying to tell the Med pro's ??

I can see the day when you rock up for a knee job , and the Doc says , do it yourself , to much risk ,

The Avocet runs well with the SDS efi .those figures and fuel savings are correct ,

There is a HUGE difference in the fuel economy and power increase and smooth running EGT spread within 50deg .

Compared to carby ? Heaps better .

Im going to order the ignition module from SDS , as soon as ive replaced the clutch , gearbox & tranfer box on the Discovery !!! Cars , who needs em !!?

Mike .

Hi , i was wondering if anybody knows or would be interested in building a scale flying modle of my Avocet ?$ , for test flying ,ect .

Mike

Pass on my thoughts for a Speedy recovery Tim , good to have mates to come to your aid in hard times

Mike

Naah ,???

Booooo...t..ch..e ....splutter , cough , fart .

Ps

Sorry

The jab coils dont like getting hot , cool air should be ducted onto them .

The only trouble ive had is with long hot taxi , at Avalon one year , changed the coil out and have not had any issues since , irridium or D9EA plugs .

Had a locust hit the windscreen at 4,500 ft , bit of jolt !

Sounds like you'll have to pack a cut lunch , or two ,or three !

Have fun and a safe fly .

Cheers Mike

Im all for free speach ,

Just wish he'd practice his crap somewhere else .

Reading crap on a dunny wall , and this site should be a no brainer ,

Like i said , .... Off and go somewhere else .

Im going for a

Fly this weekend , weather looks good

More crap

What are your blanks made from ?

Aeroshell sport plus 4This morning I gave the wire on the sensor a little wiggle and couldn't get the pressure below 3 bar today. Could it have just been a connection problem?

 

All seemed to be good today anyway, I change my oil and filter every 33 hours and only have 4 or so hours till then so will monitor the pressure till then and then do a good cut open and examine of the filter just to ensure nothing amiss. But after seeing it today I'm happy and not too worried, just seeing it yesterday lower than normal got me worried:blush:

This IS exacly the safty culture that saves lives , and needs to be applauded .

You need to investigate evey abnormality and DONTasume any thing .

If only ide looked ! Famous last words , that only a few get to utter .

Mike , still here ,

First time ive been able to post in a while !

Cheers

haha...yes....speaking....... you navy blokes....;)

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Mike

tried to edit this.....but missed the opurtunity.So.....i am in no way advocating my short field takeoffs technique as SAFE........it works for me, better experienced folks here may shoot me down, so be it.

It works well in the LSA55 jab , key is not to dump the full flap to quickly, or to low!

In the J230 , if you rap the throttle to quick and lift the nose off to early you could (i did) end up making an unskedualed left hand turn !!

Mike

A gentleman does not motor about after dark