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- Mon Oct 23, 2017 10:17 pm
- Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
- Topic: Rotax 912 pre-heater
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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.
- Wed Jun 03, 2015 10:19 pm
- Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
- Topic: Winter altimeter subscale
- Replies: 4
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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...
- Fri May 01, 2015 12:04 pm
- Forum: Aircraft Construction & Maintenance
- Topic: Winter altimeter subscale
- Replies: 4
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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 ...