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Rear Door Roof Mounting
Michael Coates
A quick tip for mounting the doors is to carefully burn a small hole
through the Fastback fabric with a soldering iron (this permantly seals the hole) and mount the rear door frame mounts directly over the fabric. Works well and looks really neat. Thanks Michael X-Air Australia |
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Fuel System Picture
Michael Coates
Our fuel systems are slightly modified on the standard layout because in
Australia we are required to have a fuel drain system. The standard tube connecting the two fuel tanks is replaced with heavy duty fuel hose, the standard hose clamps are replaced with super clamps. The fuel drain plugs are replaced with hose nipples (metric 6 mm standard pitch) and feed each tank to a common fuel drain made from a tee piece and curtis drain valve assembly. We mount the drain valve up into the bolts which hold on the suspension swinging arms and the fuel can be checked from underneath the aircraft. Thanks Michael - X-Air Australia |
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Neat fit on the Fastback
Michael Coates
To get the fastback really tight we leave the frame shown loose on
assembly, when the fastback is pulled into place and the fit checked the frame can either be bent up or down and then pop riveted into place. This gives the fastback a really tight and clean wrinkle free finish. Thanks Michael - X-Air Australia. |
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Luggage Rack System
Michael Coates
The standard X-Air does not come with a luggage rack system (The "F"
Model comes with a luggage compartment as standard ??). We get a fabric / tent repairer to sew in two zips to the fastback and attach a sling to the rear of the cockpit. The sling is supported by aluminum tube on the top and bottom which is held in with cable ties, the sides are threaded over the normal fastback tubes creating a safe and sturdy compartment. The rack will hold about 15kgs in weight without upsetting the C of G range and is ideal for storing sleeping bags, tents etc.. Total cost around $90 AUD Thanks Michael - X-Air Australia |
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How to mount the Dashboard
Michael Coates
Every aircraft owner has a different preference for the dashboard
layout, even though we use a standard layout design. It is important to have the longer instruments like the altimeter etc... in the middle otherwise at full lock you feet may touch the back of the gauges, keep the smaller gauges where your feet go. We cover the whole dash in tape, this does a couple of things... 1. Stops the dash from getting scratched when mounting the instruments 2. By using the tape you can mark out the dash on the surface by using a texta or marker pen to make sure everything is going to fit where you wanted it to go. Another benefit of using tape is it helps the fiberglass and gel coat from splintering when drilling the holes. I would only ever recommend the use of a proper hole saw for drilling, the ones with an adjustable arm will do the job but if they slip you have ruined your dash and i find they leave a VERY rough hole. Thanks Michael - X-Air Australia |
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Which are the right CABLES ??
Michael Coates
The phone keeps ringing..... 'Which are the right cables ??'
All the cables are packed in the same bag and some owners cant work out which cable to use. The rudder cable has a swaged eyelet at one end and a small shackle at the other for connection to the rudder horns. The Aileron cables have turnbuckles at one end and a normal swaged eyelet at the other... simple when you know how. Thanks Michael - X-Air Australia |
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What do i do with the Bungee Rubber
Michael Coates
The elastic strap is a bit of a mystery for most owners, basically it's
used to compensate for the weight of the elevators so you get a more neutral feel in flight and when parked the elevators don't hang down like some other aircraft. The bungee is used doubled over and is passed through the horn and then back along the elevator tube, we mount ours with cable ties as you can slide (with effort) them up and down the tube for fine tuning. If they are attached with hose clamps you have to take the fastback fabric off to get in to adjust the bungee. If the bungee is too tight the plane will want to keep climbing as it pulls the control sticks back, to loose and you will need trim to fly level, just right and it's perfectly balanced for extended hands off flying. When adjusting the cord move it about 50 mm at a time until close and then 25 mm for final adjustment. The cord will need replacing every 18 to 24 months. Thanks Michael Coates - X-Air Australia |
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Aerial Mount
Michael Coates
The Aerial is best positioned in a central location away from the tail
and the engine, we use a simple 90 degree stainless steel bracket off the rear wing mounting bolt, the bracket is held in place with a pop rivet to stop it rotating in flight because of the wind. This position provides an excellent ground plane and the radio's perform really well. Thanks Michael X-Air Australia |
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Re: X-AIR CENTRAL AFRICAN RELEASE!!!!!!!
Tony Stiller
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cheers Tony At 09:13 PM 6/30/00 +0200, you wrote:
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Re: X-AIR CENTRAL Re: Questions about the Xair F
Bill Magrini
So what's your recommendation, change to the 582?
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From: Joel K. <k_joel@...> To: X-Air_Ultralight_Aircraft@... <X-Air_Ultralight_Aircraft@...> Date: Tuesday, June 27, 2000 3:07 PM Subject: Re: [X-Air_Ultralight_Aircraft] X-AIR CENTRAL Re: Questions about the Xair F My experience with the Hirth 2706 corroborates yours: |
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Re: X-AIR CENTRAL Re: Questions about the Xair F
Joel K.
My experience with the Hirth 2706 corroborates yours:
if you assume that a 582 produces 65 true BHP, I would rate the 2706 at 59-60 only. Regards. Joel __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! |
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Re: X-AIR CENTRAL Fw: 2si 690L-70 report
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开云体育Hi Richard,
Allan From Western Australia you said a lot cheaper than ROTAX
will? i sell my 582 ( 100 Hrs ) on a X-AIR
What will it cost in Australia???/////////
Keep A the good work..
Allan Grigo
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Re: X-AIR CENTRAL Fw: 2si 690L-70 report
Bill Magrini
When will you fit the engine on the Xair?
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From: Richard Stubbs <richard@...> To: X-Air_Ultralight_Aircraft@... <X-Air_Ultralight_Aircraft@...> Date: Monday, June 26, 2000 6:34 AM Subject: [X-Air_Ultralight_Aircraft] X-AIR CENTRAL Fw: 2si 690L-70 report working on.prior |
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Re: X-AIR CENTRAL Re: Questions about the Xair F
Bill Magrini
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I have doors, but I like to fly with
them off so I do not have the doors fitted now.? Also no static
line.
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Bill
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Re: X-AIR CENTRAL Re: Questions about the Xair F
Peter Stuy
开云体育G'day
Bill,
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I have doors on my XAIR
and find that the cabin pressure is definiteliy lower that outside pressure.
This affects my ASI reading and altimeter readins, as I do not have a static
line. Do you?
I did the same? Pitot tube
tilted up. But that means that as you put thte nose down for higher speeds, the
ASI will over read more, than with the nose up at low speeds. If not done yet,
do fit a static pickup and dine to your instruments.
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Cheers,
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Peter
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Fw: 2si 690L-70 report
Richard Stubbs
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From: Richard Stubbs <richard@...> To: <misasa@...> Sent: 26 June 2000 09:08 Subject: 2si 690L-70 report Hi everyoneprior to being hosted officially at www.icon.co.za/~sergiol/xair. |
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Re: X-AIR CENTRAL Re: Questions about the Xair F
Ted Clement
Bill, a heads up on the Hirth: A local guy here in North Carolina has been
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running the 65 hp one with fuel injection since last year on his Rans S12, now has around 125 hours on it and I heard today that the crankshaft went up! Hirth seems to be unable to overcome persistant problems, and no matter what the company says about how good they are now, be CAREFUL. Not trying to scare anyone, but I personally don't think they are anywhere near the reliability of the tried and true Rotax. Its too bad as it is a good looking engine, lighter than comparable Rotax, and his put out the power; the Rans with 2 people got off the ground in a hurry. Maybe someday someone will come up with an afordable 4-stroke. ____________________________________________________________________________ ___ At 12:43 AM 6/25/00 +0000, you wrote:
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Re: X-AIR CENTRAL Re: Questions about the Xair F
Bill Magrini
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Re: X-AIR CENTRAL Re: Questions about the Xair F
Michael Coates
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Bill Magrini wrote: ?Thanks Michael,?Your stall is 25 knots?? That is pretty much book.? Mine is way higher.? I hope we can figure this out.? If it were my ASI, then the top speeds would be high too. right? Not really..... i have seen an ASI where someone blew into the end of it only read correct from about 35 to 50 knots over that it would go up to 90 knots and under 35 it would show about 15, so it can happen? If my revmeter (tach) was reading really low. then my engine wouldn't start getting hot at 5800 rpm.? But I should check them out. Your engine should run at max revs without overheating for a considerable period of time eg? our 503's air cooled will run for over 1 hour flat out 5600 rpm without any problems, just to try and keep up with the 618's / 582's.?I have a digital light tach that I tried.? It registered 1100 to 1700 RPM when I was showing 3000 on my engine tach.? I thought the digital tach was wrong. All i can suggest is eliminate the obvious first, replace / borrow a new tacho and check it out first because overreving the engine will cause it to destruct, once that's right check the ASI. Use a GPS and fly four legs, say a big square, go North for say 2 minutes and check your ASI against your ground speed then turn East and do the same, after completing the four legs average the ground speed and you have your average taking into consideration the wind direction by flying all four directions. Do this three times once at say 40 knots and them at 50 and again at 60 and it will tell you if its out an a particular range. Otherwise send it to an instrument tech and get him to check it. |
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