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My Allegro is sporting the old style (non stainless) Rotax 912UL exhaust system. the exhaust pipe is rusting to pieces... and my A&P found a small leak in the muffler... so I amt researching wha ...

I did have to reshape the legs to give the brakes clearance..

Well I finally got a chance to condition the brakes.. and give them a proper test. On their best day the Evektor brakes would barely hold the plane at 3500rpm. I stopped testing the Matco brakes ...

Here are a couple of pics

Well I am still not quite done with this project.. The primary problem was the T fitting I bought from aircraft spruce was supposed to have 1 1/8" npt and 2 1/8" compression fittings. It ...

I was not planning on replacing the nose wheel.

Well here is what I got done this weekend.

1. The matco axles are not exact replacements for the Evektor axles. They fit & have the same bolt pattern.. but the matco axles have 6mm holes for t ...

Well I contacted Matco about replacement parts... and placed an order for wheels, brakes and axles... I also hit up Doug Hempstead and asked about a letter of authorization... Since my plane is E LSA ...

Well... I have disassembled the brake assembly on my Allegro... and the piston is frozen solid. The cost of getting that fixed & ordering a set of brake linings is nearing the cost of new wheel ...

Actually I bought the one Joe Carswell built in 2004. I have only been up in it twice... I am already fixing an issue with the Brakes... apparently when the plane was serviced last (not by Joe) the ...