Ex Bonanza Bucko
Well Known Member
We did the SB on my S-LSA on time on 12-6 and found the floats OK -- all four were within tolerances and on the port side the two were at 2.85 gm which I assume is perfect.
But!....big but...we found one of the floats on each side with a chaffing on one corner. This may be what is causing them to leak and get heavy. So it may be that I will have a problem with them before the next 60/25 window comes up again.
Then during the test flight after completing the SB the voltage regulator failed. It was hot to the touch when we removed the cowl. I'll get a new one tomorrow if I'm lucky. I had anticipated a voltage regulator problem when I get a second SkyView screen next month. But this failure was unexpected....and unacceptable.
So....my brand new S-LSA with 66.9 hours TT has turned out to be sick for the first hours and days. I hope that changes. If it doesn't I'm gonna be kinda tough to live with and I'm going to recommend to a lot of people that they don't buy a Rotax until they get their act together.
EBB:-(
But!....big but...we found one of the floats on each side with a chaffing on one corner. This may be what is causing them to leak and get heavy. So it may be that I will have a problem with them before the next 60/25 window comes up again.
Then during the test flight after completing the SB the voltage regulator failed. It was hot to the touch when we removed the cowl. I'll get a new one tomorrow if I'm lucky. I had anticipated a voltage regulator problem when I get a second SkyView screen next month. But this failure was unexpected....and unacceptable.
So....my brand new S-LSA with 66.9 hours TT has turned out to be sick for the first hours and days. I hope that changes. If it doesn't I'm gonna be kinda tough to live with and I'm going to recommend to a lot of people that they don't buy a Rotax until they get their act together.
EBB:-(