---------------------------------------------------------- Europa-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Thu 11/23/06: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 12:09 PM - Flight testing and Airmaster controller (Steve Hagar) 2. 01:46 PM - Re: Flight testing and Airmaster controller (Dean Seitz) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 12:09:17 PM PST US From: "Steve Hagar" Subject: Europa-List: Flight testing and Airmaster controller Twenty hours are on the plane now. Was out yesterday for 2 and a half hours and burned 9.1 gallons of gas. Landings in the mon-wheel are becomming a non-event. Eight T&g's and 1 full stop resulted in no hair raising events. Concentration on the task at hand was all that was required. Now flying with only one aboard results in very impressive performance. Take offs only require giving it the gas and keeping it straight. It leaps off the ground the moment back pressure is taken off of the stick. Clean stalls are straight and true with plenty of warning. Dirty stalls require some footwork to keep from falling off on a wing. No worse than a 152 I had been in. CO levels have been going down with each minor mod. Latest mod: I removed the access door on the bottom of the fuselage for the gascolator and sump drains under the rear baggage bay. This was replaced by a reverse scoop. If CO is coming in through the flap slots this is in position to suck it right out again. Did this after flyling with Bob Lindsay in a Liberty. There are 2 scoops under the Liberty fuselage right about where my gascolator door is. It was real convenient to do this already having a hole under my plane. The scoop is pretty unobtrusive under there. Squawks: Still need to fix my right strobe, think the cheap wire I used is breaking down under the high voltage. Strobe light and power supply is good, and multimeter shows continuity to the wing tip, though no strobe flashing. Kuntzleman has a wingtip strobe light harness I am planning to pull through the wing. The Airmaster controller is no regulating the propellor in automatic mode. Manual switch works fine at controlling pitch. The fuse at the back side of the controller was reset. All wiring appears tight and secure. The slip ring contacts and wiring looks good. Has any one dealt with this? Are there any other bench test other than those noted in the book? Do all of these things have to be sent to NZ to be checked out? Does anyone know of any US service reps? Steve Hagar A143 N40SH Mesa AZ Steve Hagar hagargs@earthlink.net ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 01:46:19 PM PST US From: "Dean Seitz" Subject: RE: Europa-List: Flight testing and Airmaster controller Look at the indicator lights on the controller when in the auto mode. It should tell you if there is a problem. See which lights are on and what color they are and if flashing or not. Look it up in the book for any faults. What happens if you put it in manual and set the pitch in the middle and then switch to auto? Does the prop go to fine pitch or stay where it is? And what do the lights do then? Dean Seitz -----Original Message----- From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Steve Hagar Sent: Friday, November 24, 2006 3:14 PM Subject: Europa-List: Flight testing and Airmaster controller The Airmaster controller is no regulating the propellor in automatic mode. Manual switch works fine at controlling pitch. The fuse at the back side of the controller was reset. All wiring appears tight and secure. The slip ring contacts and wiring looks good. Has any one dealt with this? Are there any other bench test other than those noted in the book? Do all of these things have to be sent to NZ to be checked out? Does anyone know of any US service reps? Steve Hagar A143 N40SH Mesa AZ Steve Hagar hagargs@earthlink.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message europa-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Europa-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/europa-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/europa-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.