crashley

well done, I don't believe you could have done anything better great result

If you lean your mixture till you get no soot you will be running way to lean when at normal cruising power you cant judge mixture by cht or by plug appearance

try swapping the plugs around and see how quickly they get soot on them during idle runs

What are you looking for after you lean the mixture IE what is the problem with the setting at the moment

As has been mentioned in the earlier posts the only way to check mixture by looking at the plugs is to shut both mags off after a sustained high speed run which is not possible

even taxing for a few minutes will cause black plugs on two cylinders

and if two cylinders are running rich and you back the mixture off the other two cylinders will run lean

will be interesting to see how it performs with the extra hp

jabiru 3300 81 kg installed , rotax 64 kg installed

how does this affect the weight and balance

Hi last trip was to Benalla was on sunday for their aviation swap and flyin , The weather was great and it was well organised and well set up at Benalla. We flew up with four other planes from Latrobe valley

Looks good but why are you going to go with a jabiru engine

HI thats great you will get a lot of enjoyment out of it

well done

ashley

Ours seems to take longer to burp if it hasn't been flown for a while I think the longer it sits the more oil seems to accumulate in the sump which means longer time to return all the oil to the tank

cold weather also makes it harder to burp

Ours take quite a lot of turns to make it burp especially if you turn it fast it you turn it slowly and hold it at the top of compression it burps a lot faster

what is happening to the oil level when you cant get it to burp is it low on the dip stick or at the normal mark

Great pics. We are currently at karumba after two nights at adels grove. Haven't got time to visit sweers island as we have to start heading back down to Victoria

Left birdsville today great flight to boulia where we had lunch at the visitors centre and then on to mt is a pretty turbulent as the day had warmed up landed at mt isa whwere we will stay for a couple of days before heading to adele grove

Ash & WendyWendy

Hi just arrived in birdsville after leaving Latrobe Valley yesterday with lunch at swan hill and overnight

at white cliffs lunch at Cameron corner and a quick visit to the dig tree

Ash and Wendy

Thanks for the hints and comments we will post further updates as we travel

ashley

Hi am planning our next adventure the week after easter . leave YLTV lunch at swan hill overnight at white cliffs onto cameron corner then Birdsville overnight The next day Boulia for lunch and then overnight at Mt Isa

The next stop will be Adels Grove where we will stay a few days after which it is onto Karumba for a night or two The return trip will be via Cloncurry and Winton and Longreach after overnighting at Longreach it is onto Charleville Cunnamulla overnighting again at Lightning Ridge and then home via Temora and Corawa

any comments are welcome

Last trip was a quick overnight flight in the RV12 from Latrobe valley to Tocumwal left lunch time and had a great trip nice and smooth and a few clouds this side of the ranges and clear the other side bit rough descending but not too bad Landed and tied down and got a lift with a club member into Tocumwal booked into the to Tocumwal motel for the night Went on the courtesy but to the golf club for tea. Walked out to the airfield topped up with fuel and flew home in the morning also a great flight very high cloud with a bit of light rain coming from the west about an hour and a half each way and 65 litres of fuel

where is the button to go straight to the new posts I hate this new system I haven't got time to muck around to try and find everything

bias marine or whitworths often have inflatable jackets on sale for $40 or $50

try Bairnsdale aeroclub

Martin Higgins

Riviera Aeronautics

Bairnsdale Airport

0412 617 110http://www.rivieraaeronautics.com.au/

I used lighter springs and it still creeps a little so I loosen the friction to adjust throttle and then loosen it when I want to adjust it sounds fiddly but soon becomes second nature have considered fitting vernier throttle but it is pretty dear

looks great we are still loving ours nearly 400 hours now and all going well

you can install another flow cube in the return line which then makes it read the correct amount but they are $250 so haven't installed one just gives me a bit more reserve

thanks alf I will have a look at the figures from my last trip and do a comparison My skyview fuel flow reads a little high normally and a bit higher again if I do a lot of taxiing or idling as it measures fuel to the engine but not the return fuel

Great graph. I haven't worked out my 912's consumption to that degree but it is a lot higher than yours, about 20 to 22 lph

I cruise between 5200 and 5400rpm what is your rpm range