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by shay.king
Mon Oct 23, 2017 10:17 pm
Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
Topic: Rotax 912 pre-heater
Replies: 2
Views: 4773

Rotax 912 pre-heater

Does anyone here use a Tanis or REIFF type pre-heater on their Rotax 912ul or 912uls? I'm wondering if it would be good for the engine while also reducing warm-up time in the depths of Winter.
by shay.king
Wed Jun 03, 2015 10:19 pm
Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
Topic: Winter altimeter subscale
Replies: 4
Views: 5550

Re: Winter altimeter subscale

Just to conclude this item. I had to send my altimeter back to the factory to have the baro. knob tightened. They also added 5 graduations to the sub scale beyond 1035, extending it to 1040. In further correspondence I discovered that in the event of very high pressure it is OK to wind the sub scale...
by shay.king
Fri May 01, 2015 12:04 pm
Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
Topic: Winter altimeter subscale
Replies: 4
Views: 5550

Winter altimeter subscale

I recently purchased a 'Winter' 3 pointer altimeter for my homebuilt aircraft. While preparing to fly on a day when the QNH was 1042, I discovered that the barometric sub scale only went up to 1035. I'm being told by the manufacturer that nobody has ever complained about this before. In my previous ...