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Hi Nick,
Thanks for those comments. I confess to getting a little lost in the answer to my first query, I think I've understood but to be sure I'll simplify the question. If I modify an existing ae ...

Hi Bill,
I used a similar idea to Bear in the tail except I included some webs to reinforce the angle and flocced the whole thing in place. For the wings I used similar fittings and attached them to ...

Hi Nick,
A couple of queries on this. Some Lightnings tend to run out of nose up trim on approach with flap. Working from the descriptions in your article suggests that the trim forces will be red ...

Ah, forget that, I just found the description a few threads down. I'll post some more in that.

Interesting development. Does the enlarged tailplane have any effect on the stick free longitudinal stability at cruise speeds?

Hi, You are not alone with this. For a long sometimes contradictory discussion see this http://www.mglavionicsusers.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1028

The problem is most likely not with the probes bu ...

It is automotive resistive and (I think) 400 ohm. I can check if you like but the value you get should tell you pretty quickly. My 3300A runs low - mid 30's psi when hot.

Hi Tex,

I don't know about this one. I looked at it a while back when I was just getting towards flight ready but couldn't convince myself that it was worth doing anything.

Bearing in mind th ...

Hi Tex,

What exactly is the problem you are having, uneven oil feed, valve guide wear, something else?

Another option for plugs are NGK Iridium DR9EIX. Installed on a replace on condition basis these things offer longer life and less fouling. Unfortunately they still come with bare threaded tops.

Thanks Gary, I see what you mean now. That means that you could only use this on smooth surfaces because any drag on the casters will load up the travel stops on the nose gear. The fact that I was ...

Hi Clive. Sorry, I didn't mean to sound corrective, just that I've seen enough of these things in bits to learn a few details.

Without modifying the rocker shaft bush most of the oil flow would ...

I must have missed something here, I can't see how placing the nosewheel on a platform with casters will make it roll backwards any more nicely than it does at present. Is there a steering bar in the ...

Clive,

Only bit I would change is "hollow rods up into rockers to rocker shaft (nothing to valve guides apart from mist)."

There is a gallery in the rocker from the pushrod "seat& ...

Hi Bob,

A little delayed I know but I thought I would share my experience with running a tank dry. In October I (with my wife) flew our Lightning from our home in Horsham Victoria to Perth WA for ...

Congratulations. I"m sure you will be looking forward to the next flight for a while. Mine's got 65 hours and I still get a buzz hopping into it!

A bit more checking on this and there seems to be another candidate in this range. This is the PR12-02-2A65 model family.

http://products.danahermotion.com/v41/ModelDetail.asp?User=Actuators_Line ...

Seeing as this topic seems to have stalled again, must be some sort of flap motor disease Smile

, I offer the following:

http://products.danahermotion.com/v41/Advisor.asp?User=Actuators_Linear

Thes ...

OK, so where on the Arion site would I find that advice from Matco? Not that it would have made any difference in this case.

To my mind the more important point from my experience is the problems ...

That would not be the case here. My original installation was to the specified torque.