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Re: Sonex-A purchase - What to look for
One thing about the Sonex compared to other tailwheel airplanes I've flown - it has less low speed rudder power than a cub, C140, etc. The 3 point takeoff helps a lot, and I also recommend taking off with a notch of flaps. Gets you off the ground a lot quicker. So as you expand your crosswind comfor...
- Fri May 10, 2024 12:30 pm
- Forum: Safety and Training
- Topic: Sonex-A purchase - What to look for
- Replies: 45
- Views: 2350
Re: Excessive Shaft End Play
Hey Rodger, Welcome to the forum! KBUU is really close to C77. Check out my thread on torquing the gland nut: https://sonexbuilders.net/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=7577 I would recommend a 2x4 in place of the prop, and a setup similar to what we used. You will need a 250 ft-lb torque wrench from somewhe...
- Fri May 10, 2024 11:31 am
- Forum: Aerovee
- Topic: Excessive Shaft End Play
- Replies: 2
- Views: 35
Re: Reinstall gear fairings
Here's the video:
- Thu May 09, 2024 11:21 pm
- Forum: Second Owner Issues
- Topic: Reinstall gear fairings
- Replies: 5
- Views: 123
Re: Reinstall gear fairings
I'll have to make a video sometime. It's pretty easy. I recommend laying on the ground under the gear leg. The goal is to get the pin through the first two loops then you are home free. I put the top pin in first. Just squeeze them together and you may need to "roll" the taco shell a littl...
- Thu May 09, 2024 10:56 pm
- Forum: Second Owner Issues
- Topic: Reinstall gear fairings
- Replies: 5
- Views: 123
Re: Sonex-A purchase - What to look for
I'd bring some safety wire. A canopy cover if you have one.
- Thu May 09, 2024 7:00 pm
- Forum: Safety and Training
- Topic: Sonex-A purchase - What to look for
- Replies: 45
- Views: 2350
Re: Tailbeacon on a Waiex
Next up we need the fairing/mount in the tail. We have printed a male mold. The fairing will sort of be a cone shape, but stretched along the trailing edge where the screw holes are. After we make the cone, we will hack up the tip and bond it in.
- Thu May 09, 2024 10:02 am
- Forum: Avionics and Instruments
- Topic: Tailbeacon on a Waiex
- Replies: 19
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Re: Aerovee one EGT high
In the picture above, the tabs were bent the wrong way - temps got worse. Here is the iteration where they were about as good as before I added fresh air induction. Screenshot_20240508-215708.png Here is my next iteration - more swirl in the same direction, to see if there is an improvement. Screens...
- Wed May 08, 2024 11:04 pm
- Forum: Aerovee
- Topic: Aerovee one EGT high
- Replies: 46
- Views: 3460
- Sun May 05, 2024 9:42 pm
- Forum: Photo Album
- Topic: Cotton Waiex 191 - N191YX
- Replies: 1528
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Re: Cotton Waiex 191 - N191YX
Adam has some heavier friends and had to get a C172 checkout to take them. 220lbs is about the maximum at his weight!
- Sun May 05, 2024 3:48 pm
- Forum: Photo Album
- Topic: Cotton Waiex 191 - N191YX
- Replies: 1528
- Views: 4079600
- Sun May 05, 2024 3:28 pm
- Forum: Safety and Training
- Topic: Sonex-A purchase - What to look for
- Replies: 45
- Views: 2350
