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Hi Roger,
I was discussing this with a Aircraft Maintenance Engineer friend of mine just last week.
I’m located at Narromine and have been considering an HF and 2m / 70cm installation in my RV10. ...

Hi Tim,
The run current for the servo is quite low but maybe the Voltage without the engine running and the Alternator online is causing a high start current to flow. Try reconfiguring the VPX for s ...

From I can see Sikka Tak Drive is for Glass not Polycarbonate.
Sika 295 UV is the one most often used by people using Sikkaflex for their windows.
Cheers
John MacCallum

On 15 Sep 2021, at 5: ...

The polarisation is set up so that when the light needs to be blocked the crystals in the display are rotated at 90 degrees. My answer to the problem is to not wear polarising glasses.

On 3 Feb 20 ...

Yes I have seen that done a few times. It gets well over 40 deg C here in Narromine, NSW in Summer so it would be a good feature!
It’s always a race always to get to 7 or 8 thousand feet to cool o ...

Hi David,
I installed a Overhead Console in my 10. I did so because I thought if I ever wanted to put Air Conditioning in it would be handy to have it there already. I haven’t done so as yet but I ...

Did you just use spray on contact like 3M?

Cheers
John MacCallum
VHDUU

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On 20 Nov 2018, at 1:45 pm, Tim Olson <Tim@MyRV10.com> wrote:

Mine are fabric c ...

Here in Australia and I believe also in England and Canada we still require
a Gascolator.
From what I have researched on the problem the problem with an Engine driven
pump comes more from Air leaks ...

That’s correct there does need to be a differential pressure from the inlet to outlet of the FI Servo. The point that Tim Henderson makes in the Amazing Ubiquitous Diaphragm Fuel Pump Video is that ...

Hi Dan, From a Video I watched about Fuel Injected engines as long as there is positive pressure above about 5 PSI at high fuel flows to the FI Servo the engine will run fine. The Video was from Tempe ...

I had problems with my reports like that. In the short term to get around that problem I printed pages off the Kitlog Web page. If you get onto Matronics direct I think they will be able to help.

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Yes the Fuel Vaporises out of the Injector lines when it’s hot and been sitting for a while and the Boost Pump just helps push the Fuel through quicker. As for the Slick Start I just think it’s a ...

Hi Kelly,
I reckon your right with turning the boost pump on.
Especially on Hot Days when there is vapour in the system.

I will modify my Hot start procedure to:-

Throttle ¼ inch
Mixture C ...

Hi Dan,
I have the Precision Air Motive Fuel Servo on my stock IO-540 D4A5 with Slick Magnetos and the Slick Start Module.
Cold Starts pretty much the same as you describe except that I only use a 1 ...

RG58 will work because the cable run is only short. The losses for a few metres of Coax are not noticeable to us as users. There is an advantage though with the double shielding and the Teflon outer J ...

Over the length of the cable runs likely on our Aircraft it will make no noticeable difference between RG400 or even RG58. The only benefit really will be the Teflon Jacket and the double shield on R ...

I used the half moon vibrating cutter to do most of the cuts. Just the corner of it like a blade. Then I used a power file in the tight radius bends.

Cheers John MacCallum
RV10
VH DUU

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I am not familiar with that Alternator. You say you have two wires running to the connector both with 12 volts? Can you upload a photo of the wiring diagram for the Alternator?
Also you will alwa ...

I had a broken wire on my Field winding as well. Happened on the red wire crimp at the plug! When I enquired about a replacement plug Plane Power’s agent in Australia was not interested in helping w ...

Hi Guys,
Being downunder I am not familiar with the Acronym FBO.
I know they must be the people that help marshal aircraft but can someone fill me in?

Cheers

John MacCallum
VH-DUU
RV 10 # ...