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1. 07:23 AM - Re: Precision Airmotive - on Carbs (Mike Robertson)
2. 07:44 AM - Re: RV8 comm antenna spacing (Mike Robertson)
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| Subject: | Precision Airmotive - on Carbs |
Unfortunately, this is very true. If you go to Precision's website this is
the very first thing you see. Let's hope that they find a buyer for the c
arb line very soon.
Mike Robertson
Das Fed
> Subject: RV-List: Precision Airmotive - on Carbs> From: dgra1233@bigpond.
net.au> To: rv-list@matronics.com> Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 11:08:43 +1100> >
ollowing cannot be true!!!!> Does anyone have any other information?> > Dou
g Gray> > -------------------------------> > Peter Nielson> Product Support
Mgr.> Precision Airmotive LLC> 14800 40th Ave NE> Marysville, WA 98271> >
360-651-8282 > > Subject: Letter to Industry> > Here is the text of a lette
r we are sending out to the industry today.> > Precision Airmotive LLC has
discontinued sales of all float> carburetors and component parts as of Nove
mber 1, 2007. This> unfortunate situation is a result of our inability to o
btain products> liability insurance for the product line. Precision Airmoti
ve LLC and> its 43 employees currently manufacture and support the float> c
arburetors used in nearly all carbureted general aviation aircraft> flying
today. Precision has been the manufacturer of these> carburetors since 1990
. These FAA-approved carburetors were designed> as early as the 1930's and
continue to fly over a million flight hours> a year. After decades of servi
ce, the reliability of these> carburetors speaks for itself.> > Nonetheless
, Precision has seen its liability insurance premiums rise> dramatically, t
o the point that the premium now exceeds the total> sales dollars for this
entire product line. In the past, we have> absorbed that cost, with the hop
e that the aviation industry as a> whole would be able to help address this
issue faced by Precision> Airmotive, as well as many other small aviation
companies. Our> efforts have been unsuccessful. > > This year, despite the
decades of reliable service and despite the> design approval by the FAA, Pr
ecision Airmotive has been unable to> obtain products liability insurance f
or the carburetor product line. > While we firmly believe that the product
is safe, as does the FAA, and> well supported by dedicated people both at P
recision and at our> independent product support centers, unfortunately the
litigation> costs for defending the carburetor in court are unsustainable
for a> small business such as Precision.> > Therefore, as of November 1, 20
07, Precision Airmotive LLC has been> left with no choice but to cease prod
uction and support of its float> carburetor product line. > > We are workin
g with the engine manufacturers and others in the> industry in an attempt t
o minimize the impact on general aviation and> to provide future support fo
r this product line. There is a> substantial quantity of parts and carburet
ors stocked at our> distributors which should be sufficient to support the
=====================> > >
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| Subject: | RV8 comm antenna spacing |
Most of the folks that have been around the rv-list for a while know about
this already sop I did not expand on it. I built the -8A out in Hawaii in
98. It was about the 4th quick build RV-8 kit that Van's sold. Anyway, wh
en I left Hawaii on a job change the plane stayed there with my build partn
er. A couple years later he sold it to another very good friend. He went
through the entire plane and got it just the way he wanted it, to include a
full IFR panel with a Garmin 430, an SL30 Nav/Com, an EFIS D-10, and a Vis
ion Microsystem's engine monitor. About a month later he was flying betwee
n Oahu and Kauai and the engine went to idle. When he checked the throttle
control he found it had that disconnected feel. With that big Hartzell co
nstant speed prop going to flat pitch it glided about like a rock right dow
n to the point of a water landing. The plane snuffed and flipped over on i
mpact. Due to good Hooker seat belts my friend wasn't hurt and got out with
in about 20 seconds. He had been on flight following and alerted them to t
he problem. The Coast Guard was alerted and off the ground before he hit t
he water. They found him and he was rescued within 20 minutes. He stated
the the saddest part of all this was that the plane stayed afloat for about
one minute, then the trapped air in the fuselage gave way and the plane sa
nk out of sight. With the excellent water visibility in Hawaii he was able
to watch the plane sink gracefully out of sight, the radios and instrument
lights still burning brightly.
The spot that the plane went down was over a very deep trench between the t
wo islands, so recovery was totally out of the question. We will never kno
w exactly what happened. Such a sad end to a beautiful plane that only had
75 total hours.
Mike Robertson
Plane 5 and still building
From: khedrick@frontiernet.netTo: rv-list@matronics.comSubject: RE: RV-List
: RV8 comm antenna spacingDate: Fri, 2 Nov 2007 20:39:09 -0500
OK, I will bite, if no one else will. What happened that the plane that i
t went underwater- if you would care to share. I doubt that your 8 is an
y better at being a submarine than my 6 !
Illinois Keith
3LF
From: Mike Robertson
Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 8:55 AM
Subject: RE: RV-List: RV8 comm antenna spacing
Had my first RV-8A set up this way and never ran into any problems.........
....until it went undrwater that is. Mike Robertson
> Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:36:39 -0700> From: sam95037@yahoo.com> Subject:
RV-List: RV8 comm antenna spacing> To: rv-list@matronics.com> > --> RV-Lis
t message posted by: sam ray <sam95037@yahoo.com>> > Has anyone out there b
een flying with two comm> antennas mounted on their rv8 belly, just aft of
the> fuselage spar carry through bulkhead? Any problems> with coupling betw
een the antennas or reception?> > Sam Ray>
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