Started a spare parts list

[facthunter]

Loctite thread lock is fine. It's a reliable product brand Use the correct one. Nev

[Moneybox]

This is the Rotax rectifier I bought from AliExpress.

 

 

 

It's a direct plug and play replacing the original Ducati for a fraction of the price.

[Moneybox]

This morning I went out and fitted the new 40v capacitor. The result was as before, no charge. I then disconnected the negative terminal off the capacitor and straight away it was charging again. I took the Zenith up for an hour flight to YRDY and back and the charge never faulted. 13.9v all the way. The capacitor is connected to the positive terminal but the other terminal is disconnected and will remain that way.

[Blueadventures]

23 minutes ago, Moneybox said:

This morning I went out and fitted the new 40v capacitor. The result was as before, no charge. I then disconnected the negative terminal off the capacitor and straight away it was charging again. I took the Zenith up for an hour flight to YRDY and back and the charge never faulted. 13.9v all the way. The capacitor is connected to the positive terminal but the other terminal is disconnected and will remain that way.

Sounds like you have it wired up incorrectly. R to ground is rotax hookup.

Edited April 22 by Blueadventures

[Moneybox]

25 minutes ago, Blueadventures said:

Sounds like you have it wired up incorrectly. R to ground is rotax hookup.

Maybe, I haven't changed the wiring. Just disconnected the old one a month back and it started charging. Left it without a capacitor until the new one came and I connected it to the same wires. Perhaps it was always wrong because he bought a new rectifier in December and obviously never fixed it. My new rectified didn't work until I disconnected the capacitor. Now it has a steady 13.9v charge.

[Blueadventures]

1 hour ago, Moneybox said:

Maybe, I haven't changed the wiring. Just disconnected the old one a month back and it started charging. Left it without a capacitor until the new one came and I connected it to the same wires. Perhaps it was always wrong because he bought a new rectifier in December and obviously never fixed it. My new rectified didn't work until I disconnected the capacitor. Now it has a steady 13.9v charge.

I'd have it in the circuit as per Rotax wiring diagram.  You could provide temporary wiring from rec/reg 'R' to it and then to battery negative.  If no issues then follow the existing wires to their connections in the system.  (there should be, likely not a wiring diagram for the build?)  If you do above; insulate and support the bare, original, wires against movement and touching the frame.

Edited April 22 by Blueadventures

[skippydiesel]

Have a read:

 

https://pointsforpilots.blogspot.com/2012/12/testing-rotax-912914-generator-and.html

 

😈

[Blueadventures]

Not the Rotax setup, must work.  What I seek Phil to identify is a fault in the wiring, eg perhaps his capacitor is in series in the wiring to the battery Positive.  Likely the wiring is not easy to follow the wiring in the harness, hence fit temporary wires as per Rotax.

[Moneybox]

1 hour ago, Blueadventures said:

Not the Rotax setup, must work.  What I seek Phil to identify is a fault in the wiring, eg perhaps his capacitor is in series in the wiring to the battery Positive.  Likely the wiring is not easy to follow the wiring in the harness, hence fit temporary wires as per Rotax.

Thanks, Skippy's diagram is easy to follow. I'll check it out next time I lift the lid. I have a problem with temporary wiring, sometimes it can hang around for years ☺️.

[facthunter]

The original wiring doesn't last forever, either.   Especially where vibration and movement happens. Nev

[Blueadventures]

39 minutes ago, Moneybox said:

Thanks, Skippy's diagram is easy to follow. I'll check it out next time I lift the lid. I have a problem with temporary wiring, sometimes it can hang around for years ☺️.

It’s good for testing, refer to the Rotax installation wiring diagram.  I wouldn’t follow the image wiring on my aircraft.

[danny_galaga]

If you've disconnected one lead of the capacitor, you've disconnected the capacitor. It's mostly there for your radio. How does your radio sound now?

[Moneybox]

55 minutes ago, danny_galaga said:

If you've disconnected one lead of the capacitor, you've disconnected the capacitor. It's mostly there for your radio. How does your radio sound now?

Not good...

[danny_galaga]

1 minute ago, Moneybox said:

Not good...

And before you disconnected it? It does like there's a wiring issue somewhere as others have said. 

[Moneybox]

1 minute ago, danny_galaga said:

And before you disconnected it? It does like there's a wiring issue somewhere as others have said. 

I can't comment on the radio before that. I was more concerned with the battery charging. It's no trouble to check out or bypass the wiring. The main difficulty is working out in the wind, sun and flies at the airport. I called the shire again this morning regarding my hangar application. If I can get the plane under cover it'll make work a lot easier.

[skippydiesel]

Temporary Hanger  ; Planning permission (outside town limits) not usually required😈

[Marty_d]

What's the MTOW of that tractor?

[Moneybox]

4 hours ago, skippydiesel said:

Temporary Hanger  ; Planning permission (outside town limits) not usually required😈

Apparently structures at the airport require approval.

[T510]

17 hours ago, skippydiesel said:

Temporary Hanger  ; Planning permission (outside town limits) not usually required😈

Not in my shire, you now need a permit for an all shelter, you even need a permit if you want a shipping container on your rural property for more than 28 days.

 

I have an All Shelter like the one you pictured. At ten years old the canvas diassembled itself

[skippydiesel]

1 hour ago, T510 said:

Not in my shire, you now need a permit for an all shelter, you even need a permit if you want a shipping container on your rural property for more than 28 days.

 

I have an All Shelter like the one you pictured. At ten years old the canvas diassembled itself

Ye Gads! Bureaucracy/taxation by another name, gone crazy.

 

!0 years - not bad. The tarp shown is far too big and of an unknown age,  so will be purchasing a new (fitted) cover, that will likly outlast my flying activity.😈

 

[T510]

10 years isn't too bad, the ~$30k quote from AllShelter for a replacement skin and back wall was a bit of a shock though

[danny_galaga]

2 hours ago, T510 said:

10 years isn't too bad, the ~$30k quote from AllShelter for a replacement skin and back wall was a bit of a shock though

Bloody hell, that's more than recovering a plane 😲

[skippydiesel]

2 hours ago, T510 said:

10 years isn't too bad, the ~$30k quote from AllShelter for a replacement skin and back wall was a bit of a shock though

How big is the structure?

 

I am just going through the process of replacing my tarp - highest quote so far for 9 x 11 m HD tarp, eyelets every 0.5m, delivered +GST is $1,200.

 

No back / front wall as this will just turn the whole thing into a parachute, making the need for substantial anchoring/foundations. My structure will have no foundation & be primarily anchored by weights, holding the tarp/structure in place. KISS all the way.

 

My primary interest is hail protection for the Sonex, follower by UV and rain, in the context of me being comfortable.

 

😈

Edited April 24 by skippydiesel

[Moneybox]

2 hours ago, skippydiesel said:

How big is the structure?

 

I am just going through the process of replacing my tarp - highest quote so far for 9 x 11 m HD tarp, eyelets every 0.5m, delivered +GST is $1,200.

 

No back / front wall as this will just turn the whole thing into a parachute, making the need for substantial anchoring/foundations. My structure will have no foundation & be primarily anchored by weights, holding the tarp/structure in place. KISS all the way.

 

My primary interest is hail protection for the Sonex, follower by UV and rain, in the context of me being comfortable.

 

😈

Any structure not sufficiently anchored could cause more damage than a bit hail. Our cyclone last month came through at 130kts. We'd anchored the Zenith with sandbags out at the airport but we lost the Sportstar and its shelter.

[skippydiesel]

48 minutes ago, Moneybox said:

Any structure not sufficiently anchored could cause more damage than a bit hail. Our cyclone last month came through at 130kts. We'd anchored the Zenith with sandbags out at the airport but we lost the Sportstar and its shelter.

130 Knots / 150 mph / 241 kph - no matter how you express it, that is a gale of a wind.

 

When you say "..we lost the Sportstar and its shelter." what exactly do you mean? Written off?

 

Not many temporary structures will stand up to the above wind.

• Our prevailing winds are from the WSW. 
• My  structure is in the lea of a large vegetative planting and is oriented with open ends north/ south.
• There are 14 very heavy (two men to lift) concrete anchors that will hold/tension the tarp.
• The  hollow "foot" of each hoop is over a short star picket that has been hammered into the ground. 
• My aircraft, will be secured within the structure,  to 3 star pickets, driven deep into the ground, at  45 degrees or better, to the tie down pints.

My hope is that being open each end and secured as above, the structure will have less wind resistance than a fully/partially closed structure. This combined with some flexibility will prevent the whole thing blowing away/lifting. 

 

I do not have access to a more solid/permanent structure.

 

In my 30 years associated with The Oaks, we have had one destructive wind event & several hail storms. 

As far as I know the hail cause no damage to the various (composite) Jabs parked in the open - I don't think there were any metal skinned aircraft in the open (as mine currently is).

The wind storm was more destructive than the hail, damaging one or more poorly secured aircraft and flattening some makeshift structures.😈