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1. 06:35 PM - Starter (George Richards)
2. 07:09 PM - Re: Starter (Al Aitken)
3. 07:32 PM - Re: Starter (George Richards)
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Hi All..
I thought you may be interested in this one.
I have a Skytec NL inline starter on my Falco.. It has been a great unit but
the other day a potentially dangerous situation occurred.
I was training a friend to fly my machine (Yeah yeah.. another story) when I
got out all sounded fine and he duly taxied out for 2 circuits. On his
return.. immediately he exited the runway there was the familiar noise of
the ring gear taking a hiding. What transpired was as the picture
suggests... the two screw that hold the end cap to the starter had vanished.
The end cap and gear where then being spring forced on to the ring gear...
not a good situation.. had the gear managed to engage the results would
have been very nasty.
If you have one of these starters I would recommend changing the front
screws for a lockable variety.
Regards
George Richards
www.falco.co.nz
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Thanks for the information George. I was thinking of using a B&C
starter and alternator when I get to that point. Did you consider those
and did you decide against them for some reason I should know about.
Al Aitken
votorschair@earthlink.net
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-falco-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-falco-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of George
Richards
Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2006 9:35 PM
Subject: Falco-List: Starter
Hi All..
I thought you may be interested in this one.
I have a Skytec NL inline starter on my Falco.. It has been a great unit
but the other day a potentially dangerous situation occurred.
I was training a friend to fly my machine (Yeah yeah.. another story)
when I got out all sounded fine and he duly taxied out for 2 circuits.
On his return.. immediately he exited the runway there was the familiar
noise of the ring gear taking a hiding. What transpired was as the
picture suggests... the two screw that hold the end cap to the starter
had vanished. The end cap and gear where then being spring forced on to
the ring gear... not a good situation.. had the gear managed to engage
the results would have been very nasty.
If you have one of these starters I would recommend changing the front
screws for a lockable variety.
Regards
George Richards
www.falco.co.nz
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HI Al..
The only thing stopping me for the B&C was all the info I read on the
Sequoia site with other guys having trouble making them fit. I don't know it
they have an inline version or not now but they didn't when I was buying.
The Skytec is a fantastic little unit and spins the prop really well.. this
is and will be an issue for them though. I got the very first one from Rich
Chiappe at Skytec so maybe this has changed on later units. The companies
support is second to none however so I'm sure that this will be remedied if
it is likely to be an issue.
I will certainly be changing the screws to something I can lock wire in
future however.
Hope you project is coming along nicely.
Cheers
GR
PS. for anyone who wondered what happened to my website.. I'm changing
servers at present.. hopefully back again in a couple of days.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-falco-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-falco-list-server@matronics.com]On Behalf Of Al Aitken
Sent: Sunday, 29 January 2006 4:09 p.m.
To: falco-list@matronics.com
Subject: RE: Falco-List: Starter
Thanks for the information George. I was thinking of using a B&C starter
and alternator when I get to that point. Did you consider those and did you
decide against them for some reason I should know about.
Al Aitken
votorschair@earthlink.net
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-falco-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-falco-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of George Richards
Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2006 9:35 PM
To: Falco List
Subject: Falco-List: Starter
Hi All..
I thought you may be interested in this one.
I have a Skytec NL inline starter on my Falco.. It has been a great unit
but the other day a potentially dangerous situation occurred.
I was training a friend to fly my machine (Yeah yeah.. another story) when
I got out all sounded fine and he duly taxied out for 2 circuits. On his
return.. immediately he exited the runway there was the familiar noise of
the ring gear taking a hiding. What transpired was as the picture
suggests... the two screw that hold the end cap to the starter had vanished.
The end cap and gear where then being spring forced on to the ring gear...
not a good situation.. had the gear managed to engage the results would
have been very nasty.
If you have one of these starters I would recommend changing the front
screws for a lockable variety.
Regards
George Richards
www.falco.co.nz
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