---------------------------------------------------------- Europa-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Thu 02/26/09: 6 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 03:42 AM - Re: DOTH Wellesbourne Mountford Fri. 27th. (Ray) 2. 10:01 AM - Sun-N-Fun (Erich Trombley) 3. 11:32 AM - Re: Strobe wiring (rparigoris) 4. 01:06 PM - Re: Re: Strobe wiring (Frans Veldman) 5. 03:24 PM - Re: Sun-N-Fun (JEFF ROBERTS) 6. 09:05 PM - large mag drop on both mags, 912uls (Keith Hickling) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 03:42:47 AM PST US From: "Ray" Subject: Re: Europa-List: DOTH Wellesbourne Mountford Fri. 27th. Looks good to me Paddy. See you there around about Midday. I'll be in the XL-2. Ray N518XL ----------------------- -- Ray raymondwren@fastmail.co.uk ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 10:01:18 AM PST US From: "Erich Trombley" Subject: Europa-List: Sun-N-Fun I am reposting my message from a couple of days ago as I realized that i t should not have included language regarding archiving. Difficult to a dd to the list if it isn't retained in the archives. Also, are there an y plans for a Europa Dinner or gathering? Folks, With less than two months to go before Sun-N-Fun I was wondering if we can start a list of who all will be attending, when, and contact info. I can start off with myself and others can join in. Erich Trombley Classic 914 April 22nd - 26th Flying into Tampa commercial Camping 702-682-0219 Gary R. Roberts Conventional 914 April 21 to 25 Flying into Tampa commercial 520 307-7231 ____________________________________________________________ Purify your water with professional water treatment. Click now! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2131/fc/BLSrjnsJahxD8AITUXYglJcVZt07 ofo35u6vceeLtlBODXdaUNNPB1wx6ve/ ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 11:32:17 AM PST US Subject: Europa-List: Re: Strobe wiring From: "rparigoris" Hi Frans I just received torroids from Aircraft Spruce (for Quickie Antenna kit). Do you by chance know why one side of the torroids are painted white? The torroid was painted green by Mfg. then they painted one side white. If I slip them on antenna cable (no multi turn choke style wrapping going on), is there a prefered way to install with regard to white painted side? Another question on your install, you put 10 turns and more torroids by baggage bulkhead, could you have put those 10 turns and more torroids by radio? I appreciate info you have given! Thx. Ron Parigoris Visit - www.EuropaOwners.org ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 01:06:13 PM PST US From: Frans Veldman Subject: Re: Europa-List: Re: Strobe wiring rparigoris wrote: > > > Hi Frans > > I just received torroids from Aircraft Spruce (for Quickie Antenna > kit). Do you by chance know why one side of the torroids are painted > white? The torroid was painted green by Mfg. then they painted one > side white. I have to admit that I'm not an expert on torroids. I think this is just a color coding, to describe the parameters of the torroid. For our purpose, these parameters are not really critical. > If I slip them on antenna cable (no multi turn choke style wrapping > going on), is there a prefered way to install with regard to white > painted side? They are equal on both sides. > Another question on your install, you put 10 turns and more torroids > by baggage bulkhead, could you have put those 10 turns and more > torroids by radio? No. You want to isolate the antenna from the outside of the cable. If you would put the torroids on the radio end, this would mean that the entire length of the antenna cable is granted to receive and radiate to the adjacent cables. This is exactly what you would like to prevent. Let me know what difference you experience with these changes. -- Best regards, Frans Veldman ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 03:24:35 PM PST US From: JEFF ROBERTS Subject: Re: Europa-List: Sun-N-Fun Hi All, I also will be attending Sun-N-Fun. I'll leave dates out for weather but if we get a good forecast I'll be flying Gold Rush in. If not I'll be flying commercial into Tampa. Jeff Roberts N128LJ Gold Rush Tri Gear 912 Dates ??? Staying in Zephyrhills with a friend. 615-406-8651 Cell > Erich Trombley > Classic 914 > April 22nd - 26th > Flying into Tampa commercial > Camping > 702-682-0219 > > Gary R. Roberts > Conventional 914 > April 21 to 25 > Flying into Tampa commercial > 520 307-7231 > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Purify your water with professional water treatment. Click now! > > ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 09:05:00 PM PST US From: Keith Hickling Subject: Europa-List: large mag drop on both mags, 912uls Hello all, On first running my new 912 uls a couple of weeks ago, I got a mag drop pf just over 500 rpm on one mag and just under 600 rpm on the other mag, starting at 4000 rpm. All else was OK; oil temp and press, EGTs, CHTs etc, and the engine ran quite smoothely; even on 1 mag with the rpm drop it was not obviously rough or misfiring. Prop is Airmaster, operating correctly - testing done on fine pitch. Our local Rotax man thought it was probably not a real mag drop but a tacho problem, though it sounded real. So yesterday we checked it with an optical tacho and it was real. The optical tacho showed a rpm drop on the prop from 1700 down to 1490, which is equivalent to a 500 rpm drop on the engine. Another rotax owner here suggested it might be the mag ground leads shorting to the screen, as I had left the screen quite close to the end of the wire where it enters the ignition modules. So today I stripped the screen a bit further back, disconnected the screen ground and connected the mag shorting wires to 2 temporary switches, bypassing the ignition switch completely. This made no difference, still the same mag drop, eliminating partial shorting of the mag wires as a cause. The plug gaps are correct, and the plug colour looks OK. The throttle cables are set correctly. The engine always starts first go, easily, and runs smoothly. Our local engineers have no ideas, although they are not very familiar with rotaxes. So I would really appreciate any advice on where to go from here - what should I look at next? Thanks, Keith Hickling, New Zealand, Mono XS, Kit 613. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.