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by Hub-Bar
Sun Oct 22, 2023 5:31 pm
Forum: Aircraft for Sale
Topic: BANTAM B22J For Sale
Replies: 0
Views: 40404

BANTAM B22J For Sale

Aircraft Registration: ZU-ECS Aircraft Make and Type: BANTAM B22J Year Model: 2006 Airframe Hours: 495h Engine Type and Hours: JABIRU 22A-2309; 495h Prop type and Hours: PIETER DE NECKER P-PROP 6X35; 164h Avionics and other equipment: As per Pic Reason for sale: Stopped flying. Viewing Location: Gan...
by Hub-Bar
Fri May 05, 2017 1:03 pm
Forum: Gyro Talk
Topic: ZU-DBV, ZU-RHO & RAF 2000 hub bar bolt torque Threads Merged
Replies: 24
Views: 20611

ZU-DBV, ZU-RHO & RAF 2000 hub bar bolt torque Threads Merged

Kolibri, come now, you have to admit that the RAF hub bar & winglet combination is a sexy looking piece of machined hardware. Ok, ok, ok – yes, before you can tell me so, the years have also taught me that the bit not revealed by the sexy look, is what is the really important part. (I first wrote ‘j...
by Hub-Bar
Thu May 04, 2017 10:56 am
Forum: Gyro Talk
Topic: ZU-DBV, ZU-RHO & RAF 2000 hub bar bolt torque Threads Merged
Replies: 24
Views: 20611

ZU-DBV, ZU-RHO & RAF 2000 hub bar bolt torque Threads Merged

Kolibri, Kolibri, Kolibri… You are at it again! Thank you for reposting the washer pics. Thank you for sending me the PDF backups of the deleted threads as well – it is useful for the record. (Very efficient of you, I might say.) If anybody should be interested in it, it is available. Incomplete pub...
by Hub-Bar
Mon May 01, 2017 6:04 pm
Forum: Gyro Talk
Topic: ZU-DBV, ZU-RHO & RAF 2000 hub bar bolt torque Threads Merged
Replies: 24
Views: 20611

ZU-DBV, ZU-RHO & RAF 2000 hub bar bolt torque Threads Merged

Hi all my fellow RAF owners/pilots. The following is for clarity on the bolt question. I am at this stage not claiming that the RAF NAS501-12 AFC bolt used in our hub bar assemblies is not good enough, even if it is not a certified item. It may, for all we know, be better than the AN12-34 used previ...
by Hub-Bar
Sat Apr 29, 2017 8:12 pm
Forum: Gyro Talk
Topic: ZU-DBV, ZU-RHO & RAF 2000 hub bar bolt torque Threads Merged
Replies: 24
Views: 20611

ZU-DBV, ZU-RHO & RAF 2000 hub bar bolt torque Threads Merged

MODERATED The more I thought about the ZU-RHO accident report I realised that the AR failed to identify the root cause of the accident. Refer to my attached formal objection to the SACAA. Whether the SACAA is going to act on it or not, is not important to me. I notified them and my conscience is cle...
by Hub-Bar
Tue Nov 08, 2016 6:57 am
Forum: Gyro Talk
Topic: Xenon flying over CT - at last
Replies: 3
Views: 3437

Re: Xenon flying over CT - at last

By the looks of it you guys are having a blast CT way. Enjoy!
by Hub-Bar
Mon Oct 31, 2016 6:35 pm
Forum: Gyro Talk
Topic: Xenon trouble again
Replies: 10
Views: 9611

Re: Xenon trouble again

And??? How did the test flight go?

Rgds
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by Hub-Bar
Sun Oct 30, 2016 9:47 am
Forum: Gyro Talk
Topic: Xenon trouble again
Replies: 10
Views: 9611

Re: Xenon trouble again

Hi Greg Even just a little bit of WRONG is not RIGHT! A blowtorch flame burns at several thousand deg C. So, even if applied carefully to a part, how much of that heat is transferred to the part and what is the temp distribution on the part? We cannot tell, so for safety critical parts it is a NO-GO...
by Hub-Bar
Sat Oct 29, 2016 8:45 am
Forum: Gyro Talk
Topic: Xenon trouble again
Replies: 10
Views: 9611

Re: Xenon trouble again

Hi All I am horrified by the pic showing the use of a blow torch used to heat up the head. This is WRONG! – regardless of what your manual says. This is an uncontrolled process. The correct way, if you have to use heat at all, is a temperature controlled oven and an independent temperature measuring...
by Hub-Bar
Fri Jan 10, 2014 12:26 pm
Forum: Gyro Talk
Topic: XWind Dragon
Replies: 9
Views: 3544

Re: XWind Dragon

Yesterday there was a fresh Westerly wind blowing here and I used the opportunity to try to work at my issue. According to my GPS the wind was 13kts and it was gusty and turbulent – normal for W and SW winds in our area. Not the weather I normally take off in to have fun. Glen, I put your theory to ...
by Hub-Bar
Wed Jan 08, 2014 11:18 pm
Forum: Gyro Talk
Topic: XWind Dragon
Replies: 9
Views: 3544

Re: XWind Dragon

Thanks for your input Glen - appreciated. What you say makes sense and I will have to sort this demon out by doing some work in strong wind. I will need to convince myself/make very sure that my ‘roll over feeling’ is indeed merely a downwind sliding or skidding as you suggest. That will take a lot ...
by Hub-Bar
Wed Jan 08, 2014 5:25 am
Forum: Gyro Talk
Topic: XWind Dragon
Replies: 9
Views: 3544

Re: XWind Dragon

Vertical Tango, with regard to your comment about us Capies being good at mountain flying – I would rather think it is a matter of with time we get better at avoidance. I do not have a ready answer to your question but I can tell you how it felt. It felt like the xwind was ‘getting under my wing’ an...
by Hub-Bar
Tue Jan 07, 2014 3:52 pm
Forum: Gyro Talk
Topic: XWind Dragon
Replies: 9
Views: 3544

XWind Dragon

I had a nasty experience and would like to share, out of humility – maybe it can be of use to someone some day. On the 4th January Andre Gruindelingh, my partner in the Bantam, and I decided to have breakfast at FASH flying from Pearly Beach airstrip – he in the Bantam and I in the RAF. We checked t...
by Hub-Bar
Mon Jul 08, 2013 8:19 am
Forum: Technical Talk
Topic: Tyres & Tubes
Replies: 2
Views: 1408

Tyres & Tubes

Hi Guys

Where can I buy Kenda 4.00-4 6ply tyres and 3.5/4.00-4 tubes with 90degree valve? Any place in Cape Town?

Thks
by Hub-Bar
Thu Jun 06, 2013 3:33 am
Forum: Gyro Talk
Topic: RAF Flight Behaviour
Replies: 59
Views: 169902

Re: RAF Flight Behaviour

After my last post, I have had some good calls and some bad telephone calls in this regard. I would like everyone who is concerned with this subject to understand where I am coming from. I love my RAF and I enjoy her very much and I don’t want to be flying and worrying about what I don’t know. My in...