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0. 12:23 AM - No "Black Friday" For List Fund Raiser... (Matt Dralle)
1. 02:37 PM - compass position (chris Sinfield)
2. 03:39 PM - Re: compass position (Jeff)
3. 11:11 PM - Undercarriage failures (Andrew McMenamin)
4. 11:41 PM - Re: Undercarriage failures (Afterfxllc@aol.com)
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| Subject: | No "Black Friday" For List Fund Raiser... |
Dear Listers,
Curiously, even though the number of List subscriptions are significantly up this
year, support during this year's Fund Raiser is still substantially behind
last year. There are only a couple more days left in November and the end of
the Fund Raiser is quickly approaching.
I have always preferred a non-commercial List experience as many, many members
have also expressed that they do as well. However, if the yearly fund raiser
cannot generate sufficient funds to keep the bills paid, other sources of income
might be required including some sort of advertising. Please don't let that
happen! Your personal Contribution of $20 or $30 goes a long ways to keeping
the operation a float.
Please make sure your name is on this year's List of Contributors published in
December.
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| Subject: | compass position |
Advice from users required please
I am about to order the standby compass and was wanting some advice from user's.
I like the dash mounted ones over the pedestal ones and I do have room in the
dash.
When flying the local Sportstar with duel sticks, same config as mine, I see the
dash compass move up to 5 deg when you move the stick. Has anyone seen this
in the XL with the duel stick set up?
what about with the duel stick and pedestal compass any movement on the compass
with stick movement?
I was thinking of the FALCON over the AIRPATH just over cost or is the Falcon not
up to it? I had thought of a boat pedestal compass but the DAR said no..
Chris
Read this topic online here:
http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=321237#321237
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| Subject: | compass position |
Chris,
Here in Washington DC USA my FAA Inspector insisted on an aviation wet
compass too. I tried to order the Falcon at the time but delivery was
unavailable. This was holding up my inspection so I ended up with the more
expensive AirPath. I have a valid correction card on it but rarely do the
math in flight, especially since I can read the heading and track off the
EFIS or the GPS. I have read complaints before about varying deviation due
to moving the stick on this list. I would suggest getting the compass as
far from the stick as possible if you are going to rely on it every day.
Jeff D
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Advice from users required please
I am about to order the standby compass and was wanting some advice from
user's. I like the dash mounted ones over the pedestal ones and I do have
room in the dash.
When flying the local Sportstar with duel sticks, same config as mine, I see
the dash compass move up to 5 deg when you move the stick. Has anyone seen
this in the XL with the duel stick set up?
what about with the duel stick and pedestal compass any movement on the
compass with stick movement?
I was thinking of the FALCON over the AIRPATH just over cost or is the
Falcon not up to it? I had thought of a boat pedestal compass but the DAR
said no..
Chris
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| Subject: | Undercarriage failures |
Hi list members
We have recently had both undercarriage legs fail in quick succession.
We have an XL 601B with curved legs, which I understand are made of
carbon fibre covered with fibreglass, and after a firm landing, noted on
pre-flight a week later a 3 mm wide and 250 mm long longitudinal crack
down the midline of the rear aspect of the left leg. We had this
replaced, then last week the other leg gave way after a further firm
landing, this time transversely across the upper leg just below the
attachment to the fuselage.
These landings were just typical firm student landings with an
instructor and leg failure was not expected from either.
Has anyone had a similar experience? Any recommendations?
Thanks
Andrew
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| Subject: | Re: Undercarriage failures |
Andrew,
I have worked on the ones with the gear you mention and was warned by the
owners that my test pilot had to be sure not to make any hard landings or the
gear will crack.
On the other hand the aluminum gear is about as robust as you can get as
discovered in a forced landing. I would suspect that the landings were hard
enough to crack the outer fiberglass and if it would have been the aluminum
gear it would be a non issue. If this is a SLSA you might want to contact AMD
or whom ever they are this month and see if you can convert it back to the
heavier gear. IMHO I don't think the 50 or 60 lbs is worth the risk of a gear
collapsing and really doing some damage.
I also think all you have to do is replace the gear supports and the new
larger gear still fits in the gear channel.
Hope this helps
Jeff
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