Bennie Vorster wrote:If you might have a bottle of Bells it should also work and might even be cheaper.

What!!! Bennie that's blasphemy. Here in Cape Town you get arrested for that. Leave the car by the roadside, put the Bells in your back pocket and walk the rest of the way.

I fly a MAC-CDL :D :D :D

Hi Stephan Please refer to Rotax Service Information circular number 4UL87-E of May 1990 which you can download from the net. It refers to several possible solutions to a) sudden rpm drop, or b) engine stops during flight while it operates again on ground without troubles. To summarize: 1. Check tha...

Does anybody know of a past/current/future attempt (successful or not) to build a Cri-Cri aircraft anywhere in SA? I am considering embarking on such a project and I would appreciate any ideas/information/advice from anyone who has been involved in such a project. I have two main concerns: 1) Materi...

It was 1966 and I was in standard seven. I got a book on flying out of the library and saw a cut-away drawing of a Hawker Hunter with the pilot in it. It was love at first sight. I would spend hours looking at that picture and imagining myself as the pilot. At the time I was 15. On weekends, I would...

More mishaps have occured due to engine failure than any other cause in microlighting. After three engine failures, I am very glad that when I trained, my instructor drilled into me to practice forced landings. Flying has its inherent dangers and one is always flying the percentages, so why put your...

On the other hand, I found that if at 300ft alt. you point the aerie in the general direction of the runway and close your eyes until the aerie has stopped rolling, the landings are much more accurate but a lot less exciting! [/quote]

Nice post. Does anybody know where I could read further on the evolution of microlighting? Seems like an interesting subject! Hi Slysi I have downloaded 87 pages of M/L history from the early 1900's until now, from the BMAA site. There is some really fascinating stuff in there. If you are intereste...

Can anyone out there remember the Ron Wheeler Scout? I bought one as my first M/L in 1985 in Dbn for R150 :lol: without an engine. I then proceeded to fit a Cuyuna 43hp motor on it. On a beautiful Saturday morning I tried to fly it at Cato Ridge. After the longest take-off in the history of microlig...

I would appreciate any information and/or advice from any MAC-CDL fundies out there. I replaced the old Cuyuna (with V-belt reduction gear) with a Rotax 503 with gearbox. The prop is driven via a shaft direct from the gearbox. The shaft is held with a P205J bearing and housing. Whereas before the th...

Who's Avatar? Does he fly? It sounds like a Czechoslovakian aerie. If it doesn't fly 'I cannot be bothered with it now' Waiting for the Cape Doc to stop blaaaasing so I can fly my good old dependable museum escapee CDL

Who dares to knock the old aeries? :evil: I have flown a MAC CDL since 1985 and still flying it and loving it. Also rather sad to have replaced the old Cuyuna for a Rotax but I made sure that it was buried with proper military honors. So, all you newbies, show respect for the old ladies of the air. ...