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Thanks again for all the postings on this topic. They were all very helpful and I've now finished the test schedule and the problem is now almost gone (or at least within acceptable limits).

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I've no idea as I'm not sure what differences there are between the US and European kits. I don't have any gyro instruments though, seats are nothing special, no upholstery up the sides or in the bag ...

My empty weight is around 303kg and the UK authorities allow a 560kg max weight, though I've seen other countries allow up to 590kg, particularly with floats. My permit to test extension came in this ...

Hi David

I've got an XL with a Rotax 912ULS engine and my empty c of g is 339mm aft of the leading edge (my datum). The airframe is the CZAW one though and I believe that the c of g limits are sli ...

Guys,

Thanks for all the suggestions, will give them all a thorough check through at the weekend and hopefully will get to the bottom of it. There definitely seems to be some friction at the torqu ...

Hi there

I'm still going through the test flying of my 601 XL, G-DROO, and the probleme du jour is that the ailerons require excessive force to operate in flight. By excessive I mean, two hands ar ...

G-DROO is a quickbuild 601 XL from the CZAW factory from around July 2004. Last weekend the plane took its first test flight and for the first time the flaps decided to fail. The test pilot made a r ...

These are a couple of photos of my Dynon D10A, before and after installation in my XL. I used the flush mounting plate and rivetted it onto the panel (the grounding connection is good and I don't pla ...