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Some owners have mentioned the fuel vent tubes are able to bend over and
crimp, possibly stopping the fuel supply because it can cause a vacumn
in the tanks. We have 'discovered' another idea which works really well
and it involves putting a piece of heavy duty fuel tube inside the
existing clear tubing, this
way the tube will make the bend without crimping, we also have tried a
couple of plastic 90 degree bends from water irrigation systems but they
are a lot more mucking around.

The Brit's have just started using a coiled wire, wrap some stiff wire
around a small tube several times, remove the breather and insert the
wire on the bend, so far it works but i worry about the chances of rust
etc... a couple of years down the track.


Best Wishes, Michael CoatesX-Air

Web Site:


"Once you have flown, you will walk the earth
with your eyes turned skyward,
for there you have been, and there you long to return."

Australian's seem to be a fairly big lot of people, a lot of our
customers, my-self included are well over 180cm (6 feet) tall. The
legroom in the X-Air is ample for most people but some need the extra
room and we have been sucessfully 'stretching' the X-Air for several
people.

Firstly, using the standard floor as a template we make the floor 100mm
longer towards the front of the aircraft, all the holes etc are drilled
as normal and the wood (12mm marine ply) is sealed and painted. I make
another two holes directly in line with the existing bolt holes for the
pedals exactly 75mm forward of their excisting positions. You cannot go
any further forward without the rudder pedals contacting the pod at full
lock. The bolts which would go through the normal pedal position are now
too long, so disgard them and purchase the correct length and grade, you
will also need two more new bolts to hold the pedals in the new
position.

The adjustable arms which attach from the normal rudder pedal position
to the front steering yoke for the front wheel will also need to be
shortened by exactly 75mm and the rudder cables will need to be
lengthened 75mm, i have attached a picture of the extensions which we
use for the rudder cables, they are stainless steel and are rated at
over 2.5 tonnes (so they are strong enough).

If your adding carpet to your floor use a good quality marine carpet as
they wont rot, they are close weave and therefore resist dirt etc, they
are easy to vacumn and designed to be washed down with water when it
gets dirty. Attach the carpet with contact adhesive to the floor and use
a soldering iron to burn the bolt holes through the carpet, this seals
each hole and will make it much easier to pass all the bolts through,
mount all the controls etc over the top of the carpet and this will help
the glue hold everything in place as the different parts are bolted to
the floor.

Hope this helps

Best Wishes, Michael Coates
Sydney, Australia. Home of the 2000 Olympics

Email mcoates@...

X-Air Web Site:


"Once you have flown, you will walk the earth
with your eyes turned skyward,
for there you have been, and there you long to return."

G'day everyone,
Just to let everyone know what we're going to be doing:
On July 17, 2000, the Musarra Family will embark on a 6 month journey
around Australia. Our goal: to circumnavigate the continent of
Australia in an ultralight aircraft. Larry and Aren Musarra will fly
the ultralight, while the rest of the family, Lenne', Sungie, and
Tim, take the low road, following the route in a motor home.
There's a link to our web page on the egroups link area, or you can
link to it at

Gday again,

I have just posted some rare photographs of both the Amphibian and the Hydro versions of the X-Air, both are available ex France.

To check them out, go to the 'files' section, select the folder 'Amphibian X-Air's and then click on each image to view.

I have attached a sample to this Email to wet your appetite (pardon the pun)

Thanks Michael

Thanks Joe for your kind words, i have added a link to your X-Air web
site in the 'links' section.

Others can veiw your web page by following the link, i have also
uploaded some of your pictures to the 'files' section on the main
menu, when submitting photographs please send them to me to run
through Photoshop and freshen them up and compress them for faster
download, this way we can access the pictures without waiting for
several minutes for the download, it will also allow us to keep more
photographs on the web site.

thanks Michael

Welcome to X-Air Central

In this eGroup we can freely exchange ideas, building comments and
tips between builders, owners and others interested in the X-Air
Ultralight Aircraft. The group will rely on your input to make it
successful, we need your ideas, pictures and comments.

The group is unmoderated and there is no membership criteria, just
enjoy the information we can exchange.

Please take the time to check out all the options available, add a
link send a picture to the files section.

Any questions please let me know.

Thanks Michael

Over here there is a product called Aerothane 100 by Polyfiber
(www.polyfiber.com) which is a UV clearcoat. A lot of manufacturers in the
US now offer this as an option, mostly for cenonite coverings but it works
just as well on Dacron. Aparently Dupont makes something similar but I don't
have the exact name of it. Guy De France at Speedwing uses it (Dupont stuff)
and has very good results.

Aerothane works very well but if you regularly play with the fabric (ie:
open the fastback) it cracks and you run the chance of the cracks acting
like a knife on the rest of the fabric. I was going to cover mine but since
I keep it in an excellent hangar there is no need for the UV. Keeping stains
off on the other hand is another topic altogether. My leading edge is grey
and while is has some stains from fuel and such its not too obvious so I'm
not very worried.

Hope this helps
--
Trevor Page
X-Air Ontario Dealer
tpage@...

From: xairirl@...
Reply-To: X-Air_Ultralight_Aircraft@...
Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 22:35:14 -0000
To: X-Air_Ultralight_Aircraft@...
Subject: X-Air Ultralight Aircraft Fabric protection

My new Xair is Green & yellow, and before I take it out I would like
to add sort of protection to the leading edge fabric, (yellow) to
prevent the dirt and grime getting into the weave.

I have seen alot of Xair's to date with yellow leading edges, and
once dirtied they are very hard to clean. Does anybody know of a
product I could paint on NOW to seal the weave, I know in the US they
paint the whole wing with some form of UV protection paint.

Seamus O'Donnell
Xair Ireland








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