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Trevor has recovered surprising well. Still lots or rehab he has to do and its a little difficult for him to walk. He has only just been allowed home in the past 2 weeks but we are all amazed at how far he has come as most of us didnt hold out much haope after more than 80% burns. Trevor is a very tough nut. His partner kept us informed every week on his progress in hospital. There was a lot of ups and deep downs but he has survived thank god although he does of course have some life changing issues now.

You can get good quality caps from Element14 or RS components make sure though you get a 50V or 63V rated one to be on the safe side. Do not fit a 25V one and it needs to be at least the 22,000 uF capacity

Capacitors do "wear out". age and the constant pounding of the pulsed DC they are trying to smooth takes its toll. usually replace the capacitor every 5 to 8 years or so depends on usage but age also plays a part in the capacitor ability to filter the DC

Thats the rate but you dont get that rate when looking at the news or XE.com, you can never get that rate. I use a Forex company to get the best rate but a bank transfer you lose 1 or 2% sometimes even more. The worst of course is paypal. Good Forex companines are about .3 to .8% on transfers. No VAT on outgoing but of course GST here on the cost of goods PLUS the cost of freight

Yes about 3500 and 4500 euro from memory for the 2 or 3 blade props. Usually double the euro and that will be roughly the sell price

Just some info for the RV crowd and others of course but I have had several RV guys now chase me for these new props ..Seems there are a lot of RV guys who want to change props Looks like GA can have a foot in the door now Eprop have released their Ascalon range of props for 100 to 270hp direct drive engines like Lycoming and Continental You may have seen the chicken throwing incident video 🙂 They will be coming in 2 and 3 blade configs and currently 74 and 76 inch diameters but other diameters will be coming soon. Speaking to them tonight I also got a update on the jabiru props. Looks like they will have 2 and 3 blade props available for the 4 and 6 cyclinder engines.They are going through their last testing and should then be making the production molds so some hope on the horizon for a better solution for the Jab engines

Yes still making them when I get a chance. I make them in smallish batches. I have none in stock at the moment will be a few weeks.

That was the prop I had bought for my S21. He managed to break his original Eprop dropping the noseleg into a deep wet hole one day. He has more hp so apparently he still had enough ground clearance to fit my larger prop as it was the only prop I had here. Its a 190cm because my engine will be close to 120hp. Although Eprop now are recommending going to a 4 blade if your 115hp or more rather than using a bigger 3 blade

Mike you been looking at Tony's aircraft..he did it himself. Seems to be going well. Did you head up Townsville way or was he down your way

Looks like the russians are trying their hand at copying the Rotax now NAIS‑2026: UDC Unveils M105 Piston Engine for Light Aircraft – RuAviation RUAVIA.SU Against this backdrop, United Engine Corporation (UDC) unveiled the new M105 piston engine at NAIS‑2026. The public demonstration signals the transition from

I gather you didnt get the gist of my comment. I didnt want to spell it out and start a flame war of woke BS or animal right activists. Here we would have used a defrosted chook I would think...but in Europe you have to be seen to be kosher You cant say anything directly anymore because someone will be offended and thats almost a capital crime now days

no animals were hurt in the filming of this episode :)..they are in Europe remember

Eprop have been working on 2 blade props for not only the jab engines but much larger usual aircraft engines. This has been a long process but they are at the pointy end now doing certification testing. They havent released any yet but they are not far away. The 3 blade props are designed for the Rotax engines mainly engines with a gearbox. Direct drive carbon based 2 blade props have always been a slippery issue. Mayny have tried but most have failed in one way or another. Just look at the problem with the Hartzel prop issue on the Titan engines in the USA. Cato have come up with a new development but yet has to prove itself for anything long term. I doubt though they have done this sort of testing.

Most airframes are very safe, the big factor is the donk you use. I could start a flame war by just mentioning one engine name