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Peter, just out of curiosity, did you manifold pressure stabilize at 37" or was it still rising? Was that at wide open throttle? If that's the case, it would appear that your wastegate blow off valve spring may need a little adjustment as most turbo owners can easily reach and even exceed the r...

Wow! I sure am glad that was found before the flight and no accidents resulted. I haven't seen the assembly of the Onex rudder, but if it's anything like the stub rudder on the Waiex, I'm guessing there are small angles inside of the rudder skin that attach the rudder skin to the thicker drive plate...

Some other items to consider... - Finding a CFI who is Experimental aircraft friendly is difficult in today's world. - Finding a Designated Pilot Examiner who would be willing to administer the checkride in a Sonex would be even more difficult - Finding an underwriter who would make an insurance pol...

Our good friend and regular contributor on these forums, Joe Norris, had the honor! He’s a busy guy flying a lot of cool airplanes up at Oshkosh but if he gets a chance, hopefully he can offer a few tidbits on how the flight went! Congratulations Sonex, EAA and Joe for the successful first flight of...

I wish you the best of luck Bryan on rudder travel. As much as I hate to say it, after 400+ hours in my Waiex, I still feel that my crosswind limit is only around 10 mph of crosswind component. I’ve checked my rigging multiple times and done some other small modifications to the mixer assembly in an...

Hello Everyone, As amazing as it is, according to my calendar we now have less than 4 months before AirVenture 2022 begins! I know it’s still early, but we all know how quickly time flies by, so I wanted to start a thread about this summer’s big show for us to discuss individual plans. As you are al...

Graeme,

That’s unfortunate it had to happen. Are they sure it’s a Sonex? Did they have any ADS-B info to determine which specific airplane it was?

With the technology today, it wouldn’t surprise me if the owner of that actual airplane gets a letter in the mail really soon!

I think I speak for everyone Lou when I say how glad I am that you are okay after the accident, even if the Waiex isn’t. At the end of the day, you are the important part and we’re all very thankful you are okay. As for the Waiex, that’s a very interesting on your findings and I’m glad you were able...

It’s been years since I had this issue but I ultimately tracked it down to the MGL EFIS and RDAC I had installed. I still don’t know how they are “calibrated” but in order to fix that issue I ultimately removed the old ‘gray box’ MGL RDAC and my black and white Stratomaster Ultra XL and installed a ...

I've never seen stall strips on a Sonex. I have flown a bunch of airplanes that have them, including Cirrus's, Bonanza's, etc. Back when I was flying Hawker 800XP's, I was part of a flight crew that would perform post maintenance test flights and occasionally we would perform stall tests after the a...

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