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    EGT question 2si 460 F-40

    Thanks Thanks for your response and the web site, I will give it a look see. falconx
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    EGT question 2si 460 F-40

    CPS catalog Thanks for your response. I am not, I don't think, familiar with the CPS cat. What does CPS stand for...? thanks for your reply hugh
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    EGT question 2si 460 F-40

    I just bought a Minimax 1100R with a 2si 460 F-40 2 cycle engine on it. The owners say the engine was bored out by the 2si factory an additional .002 to keep from having the problems 2si's are noted for. Melting down. It has 30 hours on it since the work, so looks like it is good to go. I...
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    Greetings from WOCS

    Hunt for the Hover Button As I remember it, they never said until later, but were looking for us to find the Hover Button between 10 and 15 hours. Finally got hold of mine at around 12 hours..But that was in a recep engine with a govenor control that kicked the bird around when you rapped the...
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    Blue Sky, looking for Minimax info

    NO solo No solo cycle is like shooting Autorotations power on to a hover. I heard they stopped shooting them to the ground with the throttle rolled all the way off also. Crap, I hope no one ever gets an engine shot out. Maybe they found a way to stop that too. Good luck, and keep the oily...
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    Where you at in the course?

    Kiowa nice, but Hughes 500E I understand they are using the Hughes , what I call the 500E, may be something else by now. I know that most loch pilots perferred the OH-6(Hughes) over the OH-58. I flew the 58 and never had any problems with it, though in the early years the A model did have...
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    Where you at in the course?

    Have you finished your Primary flight instruction yet...Are they still using the hughes 300? I flew the OH-58 and UH-1...Was in Panama when they diverted the UH-60's from Korea to Panama.. Left right after that. Did not know until I got back Stateside that they were for taking Noriega out of...
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    Blue Sky, looking for Minimax info

    Now it works Tried it again after my previous post and walla, bingo she works.. Sorry about that.. Hope to be better in the Max when the weather warms up..
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    Blue Sky, looking for Minimax info

    To Jake Hey, that link does not work.. could you give me any ideas to get there... How is the Rotory work coming.. Was a WOC myself many years ago..Brown hats.. The Black hat stuff is better though. falconx
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    Blue Sky, looking for Minimax info

    I just bought a basic Minimax 1100R, and I mean basic. I am looking for places where the Minimax folks may get together. Boards, chat, web sites, etc.. Was wondering if you have found any such places since your Minimax days started.. Your bird looks good. I have to add turtle decks, new...
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    Greetings from WOCS

    Glad to see ole Ft. Rucker is still holding their feet to the fire.... Nice to hear the WOC program is still churning out "Above the Best" pilots.. I enjoyed my time there, as soon as it was over that is.. The real primis to the program is to get you fatigued as early in the program as...
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    Just saying hello and looking for large amounts of info...

    Glad to be on board with this group.. Looking forward to meeting new people with lots of knowledge to pass on to me during my upcoming "OLD" adventure... I am an Ex-Military Helicopter Pilot, if there is such a thing as Ex-Pilot, and am getting back into the air after a 20 year sortie. I...
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