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1. 02:56 AM - Re: Re: Woodcomp after Sales Service (Jos Okhuijsen)
2. 10:21 AM - Soft Start Module and 914 spark plugs for sale (Guerner Remi)
3. 01:13 PM - 914 wastegate clean and lube (Kevin Klinefelter)
4. 02:55 PM - Flying into the Europa Cub International fly in and A.G.M. at Popham Next weekend (houlihan)
5. 03:34 PM - Re: Re: Woodcomp after Sales Service (GRAHAM SINGLETON)
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| Subject: | Re: Woodcomp after Sales Service |
The good news is, that this will be my last contribution to the list.
After this message i will unsuscribe, and withdraw from the Europa
community. I will not go again through the horror caused by a failing prop.
The one question remaining is which Woodcomp SR3000 was tested by the LAA?
The following are quotes from private messages from Woodcomp owners in
no particular order.
"I think I was wrong in my guess that the pitch might have gone past the
normal fine limit as the defective switch was the back up one."
"I have heard of a Woodcomp prop stripping off some of its carbon fibre
sheathing in heavy rain, but having said that probably the majority of
the guys that I have flown with (& my own plane) have Woodcomp props
that have shown absolutely no effect. "
"but yes I have tested my mechanical stop It is strong enough to stop a
runaway electric motor I guess 100hp more powerful than the fitted one
and comes into action a degree or two past the usual position so still
capable of producing reasonable thrust"
"Jos, I thought I would bring you up to date with the prop. On taking off
the motor I found that the drive gear that is on the end of the motor drive
shaft was not on the shaft. Instead it was inside the hub, loose."
"Incidentally there are mechanical stops on each of my blades in the
form of a bolt which projects into a groove in the blade root. The range
is limited from 9 to 29 degrees as measured at the very tip. You can see
from the picture of mine (with the loose bolts) and an earlier factory
one, that they have not always had this feature"
"On each occasion they replaced almost everything that showed any signs
of wear. Brushes, gears, micro switches, wiring etc and the blades when
returned could be mistaken for new"
"Found that one spinner screw was missing and gota complete new spinner
fastening set free of charge"
"I had two motor failures, and now always carry a spare"
"More recently like last year I mentioned a small amount of play in my
blade set, and they sent me a kit f.o.c.
for the hub. It was an upgrade consisting of different gears and spring
washers, which I installed myself and everything seems fine now."
"someone having some teeth break on the gearing that determines the
pitch angle of each blade and this was promptly dealt with by Woodcomp
replacing it both on new models and retrospectively with a slightly
heavier version of the gears"
"I had my SR3000 motor burn out which took my pitch to fully fine and on
to the stops"
"since my propeller return to service I make a point of flying it
manually if the conditions are poor"
"I am very pleased with my SR2000 approaching 300 hours. I have one
failure though"
"To avoid problems as much as possible I always switch to manual before
take-off and landing"
"Back on topic, I only had it checked once by a local dealer because of
some play of the blades"
"Forget about automatic pitch control below 1000 feet"
"I am also not convinced that Woodcomp engineering is really robust"
"We made the special propeller for David"
"Do not underestimate the speed of the woodcomp pitch motor: It will go
from fully fine to fully coarse within one second"
Regards,
Jos
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| Subject: | Soft Start Module and 914 spark plugs for sale |
Hi,
I had to replace my electronic ignition modules so I do not need the
SSM anymore, as Rotax has integrated the SSM principle into the new
modules. Anyone interested could have this SSM for 65 sterling which
is half the Conair price. The unit is the 6 pin version. Manufacturing
date is May 2009 and it has 140 engine hours. I also have a set of new
914 spark plugs I can sell for 40 sterling which is half the Skydrive
price. Please contact me off list if you are interested. I am planning
to fly to Popham next week-end and will carry these parts in the
aircraft anyway.
Regards
Remi Guerner
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| Subject: | 914 wastegate clean and lube |
Hi Guys,
A week or so ago there was some discussion about sticking wastegates after
Jim posted pictures of his frayed servo cable.
I found my notes from a rotax service class I took in Canada. They recommend
cleaning the wastegate shaft with brake cleaner and then lube with Nickle
Anti-Seize from Locktite 51286.
I suppose to do a good job you would need to remove the muffler, which is a
lot of work with the factory cooling duct in the way.
Kevin
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| Subject: | Flying into the Europa Cub International fly in and A.G.M. |
at Popham Next weekend
Direct flights to Popham from the EU.
Most of you planning to fly to the UK would normally come through a
Customs airfield such as Lydd or Southampton. It is possible though to fly
directly to certain airfields from the EU by giving notice to UK Customs
a minimum 4 hours before arrival. Full details are in the document links
below, but to summarise this is what you need to do:
- Minimum4 hours notification to UK Customs, you can file the day
before if you wish
- Fax +441708 862521 or email ncu@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk
- Subject/header must include =91GAR=92, registration and destinati
on
airfield (eg: GAR,G-BXUM, Popham)
- Aircraft details:
- Registration,Type, Usual base, Owner/Operator, Crew Contact
Telephone number, aircraft less than 8000kg ' Yes, Has UK VAT been paid
'
Yes or No, Is aircraft in=91Free Circulation within EU ' Yes (Normally fo
r
most of you I would assume!)
- Flightdetails:
- Departure/arrival airfield ICAO or name, Arrival time (UTC),
UK County ' Hampshire (for Popham), Reason for visit to EU ' =91Short t
erm
visit=92
- Crew/Passenger details:
- Name,Date and Place of Birth, Nationality and Passport Number
,
whether Crew or Passenger
The full document can be found at the HMRC site, together with the
instruction sheet:-
http://customs.hmrc.gov.uk/channelsPortalWebApp/channelsPortalWebApp.portal
?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=pageTravel_Forms&propertyType=document&id=HM
CE_PROD1_029410
http://customs.hmrc.gov.uk/channelsPortalWebApp/channelsPortalWebApp.portal
?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=pageTravel_Forms&propertyType=document&id=HM
CE_PROD1_029412
Or search on Google with =91HMRC GARform=92. An editable word version is
attached .
All the best,
Dave Bosomworth
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| Subject: | Re: Woodcomp after Sales Service |
Don't change your email address Jos, no doubt some of us will want to talk
to =0Ayou again=0Aregards =0Aand thanks for all you've done for the forum
=0AGraham=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A________________________________=0AFrom: Jos Okhuij
sen <josok-e@ukolo.fi>=0ATo: europa-list@matronics.com; andy.draper@laa.uk.
com=0ASent: Sunday, 3 July, 2011 10:53:01=0ASubject: Re: Europa-List: Re: W
oodcomp after Sales Service=0A
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