SiBee

Thanks for all the replies chaps. Maiden flight done this evening, bit wobbly initially due to too much elevator throw. Flew nicely, landed a bit fast and it went into the long grass at the end of the strip but no damage.

Great thanks

Great, thanks Jon. Plenty of good advice there. On my high speed taxi checks it did get airborne very briefly and the nose came down quite heavily. Even though it’s theoretically balanced, I wonder if I’ve got too much lead far forward.

I’ve got an ASP 180 in it. I’ve done some fast runs along the runway and it accelerates fast and seems to want to get airborne but I’m very worried about its weight. I had to put loads of lead in the nose to get it balanced. It’s a heavy beast at not far off 9 kgs. With that wing loading it could be a flying brick ! I think it’ll need to come in fast to avoid a stall, so I’m not flying it until I have at least a 10 kt headwind down the runway.

Hi there I’ve tried the Brian Taylor before, the dimensions are wrong for the ESM fuselage. I’ve just seen that they do canopies to order. Might give that a go, thanks

I could do with some spare parts for this discontinued model. Does anyone have any bits from this model stashed away anywhere they would like to sell ?, in particular I’m looking for a replacement cockpit canopy which has taken quite a bit of a hammering. thanks

Ok thanks Jon

Thanks for the reply Jon. I bought it 2nd hand so I think it’s about 4 or 5 years old but hasn’t been used much

I recently bought an ASP 180 to go on a Hawker Typhoon. Starts fine but the rpm with an APC 18x8 W is around 6700 max. This is the max size recommended so I would expect the rpm to be lower, just wondering if I should be getting something higher? thanks

My Laser 100 has been down with Geoff since March. Apart from the odd phone call I’ve heard nothing. Just wondering whether I’ll see it again repaired or not. Could do with it back either way.

I’ve have a Laser 100 which I sent in for investigation after a crash, beginning of March. I spoke to Geoff 2 or 3 weeks ago and he said he’d look into it but I’ve not heard anything since. Could do with it back now.

Ok thanks everyone, you learn something new every week with this hobby 😃 think I may have sorted it. Pinched Jon’s photo and I’ve cleaned up where I’ve ringed it in red. It wasn’t seating correctly in that recess, but now it’s cleaned and lubricated , it’s locking up nicely. thanks

Are they easy enough to dismantle and check ?

Actually thinking about it, this is what you’d want wouldn’t you. Pressure lost, gear dropping down 🤦‍♂️

Ok thanks Jon If the left leg is locked up when the wing is removed and the pneumatic connectors are disconnected, it stays up. If the right leg is up when the air pressure is removed, it just drops down.