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Bob and Gang,

I'm building an RV-7A using with an Advanced Flight System (AFS) Advanced Deck 4500s. The 4500s supports a single shunt and has the option for a hall effect transducer to read the out ...

Hi,

I'm looking for a flywheel puller (and mushroom) to borrow or rent.
Does anyone on this great list have one available?
I expect to need it for a few days. Is there a Rotax Mechanic on the li ...

Bob,

(Rev 12A) Z-12 suggests using a 10 gauge wire for the B-lead from the SD-20 with a 16 gauge fusible link. I believe you recommend sizing fusible links with wire that is 4 sizes smaller than th ...

Greetings,

The first flight of N601RT was six years ago today (5/12/03). Since that
time we have logged 1150 hours on the engine hour meter in the Grand Rapids Technology EIS. 1292 take offs and l ...

Carlos,

My ADI is on a dimmer circuit with several NuLites and an internally lit Garmin GI-106A. The ADI was initially too bright relative to the other instruments. I moved the dimmer wire from the ...

Wayne,

I've installed the lower nose gear bearing that Zenair sells on my HDS (6G2-1 as referenced above). I also installed the upper nose gear bearing (6B8-6) from Zeniar at the top of the nose ge ...

Tommy,

I ran the larger tube to the bottom of my engine mount, close to the firewall attachment. The tube does not extend below the cowl.

Regards,

Roy
N601RT: 2002 CH601HDS, nose gear, Rotax ...

Tommy,

Here is a photo of one vent line going into a larger line in my plane. I drilled a small hole in the top of the larger line near the end of the original length Rotax vent line, just to be su ...

Martin and Roger,

(This is my first posting to this list. I've been lurking for a while.)

Be very careful of routing the carb vent lines. I personally saw a CH701 have significantly reduced powe ...

TruTrak website has drawings for the CH601XL at http://www.trutrakflightsystems.com/documents/ZodiacPitchandRoll.pdf

I'm very happy with my DigiFlight IIVSGV.

Regards,

Roy
N601RT: CH601HDS, ...

I'm very happy with the fuel flow gauge/function in my Grand Rapids Technologies Engine Information System. The accuracy was very close with the initial calibration and is spot on after a small adjust ...

Van's sells a firewall sealant, http://www.vansaircraft.com/cgi-bin/catalog.cgi?ident=1178211813-272-15&browse=misc&product=cs1900.
I used 3M Fire Barrier 2000. See http://www.aircraftspruce ...

Andy,

Brake cylinders with the fluid reserve on the inside rudder pedals feeding brake cylinders without the fluid reserve on the outside rudder pedals has been working fine for the four years N601 ...

Bill and others,

The purpose of the cattycorner brace is there to support the fairlead material that the torque tube and cables run through. I struggled with mounting the brace for a while. My solu ...

Robert,

Don't make your choice based on opinions from people that may not have real facts. Be careful to understand what are facts and what is rumor, possibly “fear of the unknown”.

We all ...

George,

I ordered a temperature sender fitting from Grand Rapids Technology. I could not find the coupler on their web site, so I ordered by emailing a request for a single port fitting with metric ...

This has been discussed many times.

Search is your friend. Go to http://www.matronics.com/searching/ws_script_short.cgi , select Zenith for the archive and enter "vortex" for the search s ...

My plane has a Dipole VOR/GS/Localizer Antenna, probably a Comant CI-157P. This is mounted on the bottom of the fuselage just under where the rudder cables exit the fuselage. See attached photo. The s ...

Craig,

I'd recommend filling the tubing with sand (or kitty litter) and closing the ends of the tube with tape before starting to bend it. This will minimize the tendency for the tubing to collapse ...

Gordon,

I purchased my 912ULS from a small dealer who sold mostly two stroke Rotaxes. 20-20 hindsight is this could have been a mistake. I live in Oregon and now do most of my Rotax business with L ...