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Hi Russ, I have a Arplast PV50 which i removed from my aircraft this year. It's serviceable and up for sale. If your friend is interested he can contact me mattdovey@hotmail.co.uk

It would seem that the O ring is not the problem. Must be damage to the head or rocker cover

If its a Rotax, why not buy a rocker cover O ring from Rotax!! It will take the guess work out of it.

Here are the replacement miroswitches I used to replace the old ones on my prop. https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/micro-switches/6866840
These are the diodes I used https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/schot ...

Jonathan you could find another inspector. Thats what happens when I tell LAA members something they dont like at permit time. Especially if it involves them spending money or their aircraft maybe gro ...

I've seen that Duncan. Thats whats got me interested. My Arplast is getting unreliable. So I am interested in an alternative.

Is anyone using a Fiti inflight adjustable propeller. It looks a similar setup to the Arplast PV50. How have you found it and what sort of costs were involved with it?
Matt

Someone above mentioned Silicon hose. I wouldnt use it. It is NOT fuel proof, it is fuel resistant. The link to Merlin Motorsport even says so. I thought about using it on my fuel tank outlets. I boug ...

Griffo thanks for the input mate. I know all that, I work on aircraft for a living. I didnt build the plane unfortunately. If I had it would have had the drain valves. Having had the tank outlets out ...

Does anyone know if there is an alternative to Mod 33 water drain valves mod? For what ever reason my aircraft has never had the mod done even though its been run on Mogas. I want to add drain valves ...

Hi Pete,
I've already replaced the bearings on the lead screw when I replaced the pitch change motor and gearbox. So will be looking to replace the root bearings. There is one blade with some slight ...

Thanks for the reply's guys. Ken do you have the part numbers for the bearings. Or do you have a link to them. I would like to get them ordered before I start the permit inspection.

Cheers Peter,
I've had the aircraft a few years now. I've kept it inside for that time. But I dont know what happened before that. Its about time I had the hub apart and give it a good looking at.

Peter I havent had a prop strike!!! Jonathan, the guy who started the thread his buddy has pranged his RV.

Does anyone know what grease is used on the Arplast PV50 propeller hub? I've had a look through the manual but cant find anything.

The rule of thumb is if there is ANY damage to the prop. Then its a prop strike. He's had a prop strike. Perform the inspection
https://www.lycoming.com/sites/default/files/SB533C%20Recommended%20Act ...

Hi Paul,
There is no 5 yearly requirement to change all the rubber parts on your permit aircraft. Rotax mandates a 5 year replacement of rubber parts on the engine, but this would only be mandatory o ...

Dont think Europa made propellers. Someone else might know otherwise. I would suggest pulling a DTI on the gearbox output shaft to see if thats bent. The info will be in the Rotax manual's. Has it had ...

I usually just do it. Not really difficult. It is/was the same doing a C of A airtest. The aircraft was flown to VNE also. I suppose its for the reasons given above. Drop the LAA a line and ask the re ...

When landing on a hard runway I always get nose wheel shimmy. I've checked the friction on the on the nose wheel fork and found no problem. Has anyone else had similar problems?