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  1. Markproa

    Horrible news from Vans Aircraft

    No argument there. Great product, very successful. Because with great success comes market dominance. It takes a brave company to start up in competition in Van's territory. Zenith and others have been successful because they are not in that territory. Sling seems to have cracked it. If Vans...
  2. Markproa

    Horrible news from Vans Aircraft

    Just a quick reminder that while you are lamenting a 32% increase in price, the non U.S. builder (Australia and Europe) already pays around double for their project thanks to exchange rates, extra handling and freight. The upside to Vans financial woes is it may give other brands a better chance...
  3. Markproa

    Commercial Flights Are Experiencing 'Unthinkable' GPS Attacks

    You get that with world powers........just don't let the press find out.....
  4. Markproa

    Basic glass panel ?

    Do you really want all your eggs in one basket? What if one or two of those features fails? Will these companies fix just one component or is it then junk?
  5. Markproa

    Basic glass panel ?

    I have a Talos AoA Pro with a MGL Vega ALT/ASI/VSI as backup. I emailed Pantelis from Talos the other day and he got straight back to me. I have found them to be excellent for support.
  6. Markproa

    Plexiglass Scratch Removal

    I used it for the first time today. My acrylic bubble canopy had got scratched up during my build so I spent today sanding and polishing. For the deep scratches, I sanded with 400 wet and dry by hand. I then used a 6 inch random orbital with P500, P1000, P1500 and P2000 foam discs with plenty of...
  7. Markproa

    Jabiru withdrawing support from their Gen 1 - 3 engines by ceasing to make replacement parts ? Buyer beware

    Sorry, I really don't know; it was a hire plane for gaining flying hours before flight testing my own homebuilt (a converted car turbo diesel, but that's another story). My point was that these modern type engines are a delight after years of getting Lycomings and Continentals started on cold...
  8. Markproa

    Jabiru withdrawing support from their Gen 1 - 3 engines by ceasing to make replacement parts ? Buyer beware

    Only yesterday, a cold morning, when the Jabiru gen. 4 started up like a car engine, I said to my passenger "I'm so glad that's not a Lycoming".
  9. Markproa

    Bagalini Colombo - article with great pics

    Funny how those wheels used to look normal but now look tiny since the advent of Youtube.
  10. Markproa

    Horizontal tail not horizontal

    Thanks guys, I know how to fix it, the question was whether it would make much difference when flying. The best way to fix it would be to move the bracket on the stabilator but that would require cutting an access hole through the plywood skin to get to the nuts. The brackets are bolted through...
  11. Markproa

    Horizontal tail not horizontal

    I was thinking along the lines of "it's a French thing, they do that to offset the spiral slipstream effect". Then watch them go check out the Jodels.
  12. Markproa

    Horizontal tail not horizontal

    Why? Nothing is bent or loose, it's just set up a bit skewwy.
  13. Markproa

    Horizontal tail not horizontal

    Yes, I'd like to correct it as it will bug me forever more. On the other hand not enough to want to rip the thing apart if it's just a cosmetic issue. I'm not sure yet if it's the pivot brackets on the fuselage or the elevator mount brackets that are out. The elevator is enclosed with sheet...
  14. Markproa

    Horizontal tail not horizontal

    That's a good point Gerald. I imported the photo into a cad program and it is 1 degree out compared to a line drawn from one aileron end to the other, maybe slightly less given your observation.
  15. Markproa

    Horizontal tail not horizontal

    I finally got my Gazaile2 out of the hangar after 6 months of constant rain here on Australia's east coast. It hasn't been test-flown yet so I'm going back over everything. One thing I noticed was my all-flying horizontal tail is not level, it's 1 degree rotated to the right. I bought the plane...
  16. Markproa

    SeaBee in Ukraine

    A fellow down the road here in Australia imported a Seabee and is doing a total restore and will be fitting twin diesel converted car engines.
  17. Markproa

    Minicoupe

    I'm already busy getting the Gazaile2 in the air. I don't need another one .....................yet.
  18. Markproa

    Minicoupe

    No, it's not the plane he wants to fly, he'd prefer a STOL and he doesn't like the rigid undercarriage. He also hates rules and paperwork so I can't see him getting back into aviation. Maybe I'll make him an offer one day.
  19. Markproa

    What is the lightest battery I can use

    I use one of these here. It is the same battery size of my 650 V twin motorbike yet starts my 1600cc diesel without problems. It also has the restart feature so if I flatten my battery it reserves enough amps for one start. Can anyone tell me why a special charger is needed for lithium...
  20. Markproa

    Paulownia Elongata?

    I have used a great deal of Paulownia having built several ocean-going boats out of the stuff. I built my plane out of Hoop pine.
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