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by skelly
Sun Jan 09, 2022 8:46 pm
Forum: Hangar Chat
Topic: Battery article Jun 21 LA Magazine
Replies: 8
Views: 6449

Re: Battery article Jun 21 LA Magazine

All interesting stuff, Personally I have faith in good quality high end LIPO4 batteries. I used them for 10 years in my racebikes and roadbikes using charging and total loss with no problems whatsoever. I will be fitting one of the Earth X ones to my Kitfox soon. One important point is to get the co...
by skelly
Wed Sep 29, 2021 5:54 pm
Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
Topic: recovering a fuselage with Oratex
Replies: 2
Views: 1950

Re: recovering a fuselage with Oratex

Cheers Mark,

I think I have a decent idea of what to do now.

What could possibly go wrong...

Skelly.
by skelly
Fri Sep 24, 2021 11:37 am
Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
Topic: recovering a fuselage with Oratex
Replies: 2
Views: 1950

recovering a fuselage with Oratex

Hi everyone, Soon I will be looking to recover my Kitfox Mk2 fuselage with Oratex 600UL with backside coating. May I ask what the preferred method is regarding what size and shape pieces to use ? the bit that confuses me is the top piece from the turtledeck back to the vertical stabiliser where it t...
by skelly
Tue Jun 15, 2021 10:25 pm
Forum: Hangar Chat
Topic: Malcolm McBride's Safety Spot -- thanks
Replies: 3
Views: 1817

Re: Malcolm McBride's Safety Spot -- thanks

What everyone else said,

Thankyou Malcolm, always very interesting and insightful and like someone mentioned, somewhat alarming.

All the best,

Jon Skelson.
by skelly
Tue Jun 15, 2021 10:17 pm
Forum: Aircraft Design - General
Topic: Editing LAA Forms
Replies: 8
Views: 6048

Re: Editing LAA Forms

I agree with Tony, I have recently been boggling with a Mod5 form which loads as a PDF that you can fill in then send but its a bit of a strange process. Life would be a lot easier if they were in word format then I could download it, fill it in and send it off, then it would be much easier for the ...
by skelly
Tue Jun 15, 2021 7:06 pm
Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
Topic: Dual battery setup for Leberg ignition
Replies: 7
Views: 3628

Re: Dual battery setup for Leberg ignition

Thanks Mike, That sounds exactly as the instructions in the Leberg manual. That setup would work fine but I also need a battery with enough oomph to crank the engine. I'm seriously looking at a LiFePo4 main battery with mosfet reg-rec and a back up battery that isn't connected to the charging system...
by skelly
Tue May 18, 2021 10:54 pm
Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
Topic: Oratex covering.
Replies: 5
Views: 2853

Re: Oratex covering.

Hi Laurie, I looked into the Stewart system but I settled on Polyfibre as the guys at Aircraftcoverings who sell this stuff are absolutely spot on and have been really helpful. https://aircraftcoverings.com Also it does seem to be the preferred system among many people so I thought, yep, that'l do f...
by skelly
Tue May 11, 2021 10:42 am
Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
Topic: Dual battery setup for Leberg ignition
Replies: 7
Views: 3628

Re: Dual battery setup for Leberg ignition

Interesting stuff, My KFM engine has a single phase generator which is exactly the same as some Ducati motorcycles. To be honest I don't think it has the sufficient output to successfully charge a lithium battery so that sorts that out. So now I just have to decide on which gel batteries to use with...
by skelly
Tue May 11, 2021 10:17 am
Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
Topic: Rebuilding Kitfox Mk2 wings
Replies: 6
Views: 3344

Re: Rebuilding Kitfox Mk2 wings

Hi Lauire,

Yes Hal is a pretty clued up guy.

I will be doing everything as the book says for a start.
Then see how I get on.

Cheers,

Skelly.
by skelly
Fri Apr 30, 2021 3:46 pm
Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
Topic: Rebuilding Kitfox Mk2 wings
Replies: 6
Views: 3344

Re: Rebuilding Kitfox Mk2 wings

That's interesting, I must say I don't like the droop tips very much. Someone once told me that they were only there to protect the wing in the case of a wing strike/ground loop. I'm not sure how true that is. I would like to remove mine as it would certainly save weight. I wonder how many have done...
by skelly
Fri Apr 30, 2021 2:44 pm
Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
Topic: Kitfox II bungees
Replies: 7
Views: 7435

Re: Kitfox II bungees

I'm following this as I also have a Kitfox Mk2.

Skelly.
by skelly
Fri Apr 30, 2021 2:42 pm
Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
Topic: Oratex covering.
Replies: 5
Views: 2853

Re: Oratex covering.

I can't really help much but I have been looking at Oratex myself.
The conclusion that I arrived at was:

I'm a complete amateur at aircraft covering, so I will use the cheaper stuff ie polyfibre.

I'll be following this thread as I may learn something.

Cheers,
Skelly.
by skelly
Thu Jan 21, 2021 10:02 pm
Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
Topic: Dual battery setup for Leberg ignition
Replies: 7
Views: 3628

Re: Dual battery setup for Leberg ignition

Hi Jim, Thanks for that, very informative. I think I will go for 2 x 7AH gel batteries to take care of the ignitions and a split charger. I may then use a non charged lipo4 battery just for engine cranking with short wires but I am not 100% decided yet. I'll keep you posted on how things pan out. Ch...
by skelly
Thu Jan 07, 2021 2:27 pm
Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
Topic: Dual battery setup for Leberg ignition
Replies: 7
Views: 3628

Dual battery setup for Leberg ignition

Hi everyone, I have a conundrum regarding batteries and could do with some inspiration if poss please. I am rebuilding a kitfox mk2 and it has a KFM112M engine which utilises a Leberg dual ignition system. Now.. In the Leberg info it says I need 2 batteries, one for each ignition A&B. However, in th...
by skelly
Sun Nov 08, 2020 4:35 pm
Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
Topic: Rebuilding Kitfox Mk2 wings
Replies: 6
Views: 3344

Re: Rebuilding Kitfox Mk2 wings

I think I will set them up as std at first n see how things go.
Cheers.