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I managed to break the blades on our PV50 propeller a few months after Arplast ceased trading. Following up on a suggestion I saw on this list I made contact with Slava at GA Prop, who offered to mak ...

Thanks for your suggestions.
Roger: I don't understand how the brake disk could cause the piston to jam. Can you explain?
Ivor: We do have a parking brake valve in the circuit. I had not thought ...

The brake slave piston on our Mono does not retract when the brake lever is released. This results in the brake constantly dragging.
After pushing the piston back with a G clamp it is fine for a s ...

We need to remove one of the front exhaust pipes from our Rotax 912UL to cure a small leak at the ball joint. The exhaust is the XS mild steel one. The pipe seems to be solid in the exhaust port.
Do ...

The only explanation I can think of for the ineffectiveness of the Thermostasis thermostat is that the resistance to flow of the oil cooler is so low that the open thermostat valve passes very little ...

Has anyone tried using the coolant to run a cabin heater?
We have carburettor heaters fitted, so it would be relatively simple to plumb a heater into the same circuit.