Re: X-Air Standard Weight and Balance
Thanks Michael.
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B Jones
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#12556
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Re: X-Air Standard Weight and Balance
Hello Byron, it is the main fuselage tube. You can just measure straight behind the engine or just in front of the seats...?? the fuselage boom tube towards the back can have a very slight angle so
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Michael Coates
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#12555
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X-Air Standard Weight and Balance
The operation and maintenance manual for my X-Air Standard simply says that weight and balance weighing must be done with the aircraft level. It does not state what reference surface is used to
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B Jones
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#12554
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Re: Hanuaman air box
Thank you for doing this, i am sure it will get used ! kymidnight@... wrote on 30/08/2024 12:09 pm:
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Michael Coates
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#12553
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Re: X-air H and 912uls
Any word on that 912 engine mount, Michael?
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Tom Yoder
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#12552
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Hanuaman air box
I have a Hanuman/Hawk with a Jabiru 2200 engine on it. Not being its first owner, I ran into a problem, specifically, one of the previous owners had lost the intake airbox and replaced it with a
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Tom Yoder
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#12551
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Re: X-air Standard with rotax 618 engine
CONTACT SAM RAMSEY HE IS A X AIR STANDARD MECHANIC SRAMSEY4U@... HE OWNS ONE. Sent from Mail for Windows Sent: Friday, May 31, 2024 11:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [XAIR] X-air Standard with
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Chas
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#12550
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Re: X-air Standard with rotax 618 engine
Hello, we ran the 618 engine for years and years basically without any problems. If you let them warm up properly before you go hurtling down the runway they seem to last forever. Every 200 or 300
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Michael Coates
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#12549
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X-air Standard with rotax 618 engine
Hey All. Recently I purchased an x-air Standard with a rotax 618 engine. I just wanted to ask, I¡¯ve heard different stories about their reliability as opposed to the 582 engines that are common on
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Griffith Spence
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#12548
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Re: Voltage regulator on my x air hawk
Yes, be sure to get the actual Kubota regulator and not one of the cheap copies. When the original regulator failed on my 2200 after many years of service, I put a cheap one on and it only lasted a
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B Jones
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#12547
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Re: X-air H and 912uls
Thank you very much for all your answers. If someone have pictures of the engine mount, will be great.
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anavallemat@...
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#12546
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Re: X-air H and 912uls
Hi all, If I may add my 5 cents worth. Have you considered a Rotax 618 ¡ It¡¯s got the horsepower and it¡¯s an engine that was an option for the Xair standard without the requirement of redesign.
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Nils
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#12545
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Re: X-air H and 912uls
Ive not seen an X air standard with a 912 but I have a n Xair F with the 912, in fact mines was the development prototype in the UK. The 912 does not give any performance advantage over a 2 stroke but
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Jonathan Webb
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#12544
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Re: X-air H and 912uls
Thank you all for your information, we did the calculation and it can work. If it was already developed, we can buy it because 2T it is not an option anymore. It is an engine of the past, but X-air it
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anavallemat@...
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#12543
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Re: X-air H and 912uls
Thanks Michael, some really good info to work with. The problem is that there isn't any real decent alternatives to keep them flying. They are fairly high drag/low speed which is where the issues
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Greg Griffiths
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#12542
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Re: X-air H and 912uls
Hello Greg and others. I did see a lot of standard model X-Air's in France fitted with the 912 which we used to tow huge advertising banners along the French coastline. These worked really well with
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Michael Coates
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#12541
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Re: X-air H and 912uls
Hi, if you are meaning the original xair std that mostly had the 2 stroke engines on them thenI have tried to find the mount you are referring to (shown in the xair std manual as option) however no
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Greg Griffiths
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#12540
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Re: X-air H and 912uls
Hello, your messages a bit confusing because in the subject you are referring to the Hanuman model but in the text body you are referring to the X-Air standard ? The 912 is really too heavy for the
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Michael Coates
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#12539
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Re: X-air H and 912uls
i?m looking for the enginemount 912 80cv for X-air standard, anyone know how to find it? Thank you in advance
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anavallemat@...
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#12538
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Re: Voltage regulator on my x air hawk
Thanks! ________________________________ Sent: April 26, 2024 4:12 AM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [XAIR] Voltage regulator on my x air hawk Justin, This is the one I use - most
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Justin Gregoris
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#12537
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