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David Hardaker wrote:Colin
Now you know where the missing 150 rpm went from your static power check !

Croft Farm Defford Air Day 20th June After a two year break, the Croft Farm Defford Open Day is happening again this year on Saturday 20th June. it's not been widely publicized but is usually well attended. We had over 70 arrivals by air at the last one in 2007. You can find arrival details here htt...

We stripped the engine last saturday, delivered the part to Ronaldson Airmotive on Sunday, collected the refurbished cylinders, new pistons, gudgen pins, gaskets wednesday, today we re-assembled the engine, it run up really good. We have had a 30 minute test flight, now were signed off and ready to ...

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Thanks Tony, I'm pleased to hear that, I just wondered if the tube length increased the crank case pressure slighty and may have contributed to our problem. Cheers, Colin A friend of mine with a C90 has the oil return arrangement you describe. Hasn't had any issues with it and works as advertised. T...

David & I stripped the Cylinders off the engine this morning. All Pistons had rings stuck in the groove, some a bit, others completely stuck and not working. The bores looked in good condition. Were sending them to Ronaldson Airmotive for honing, and collect new pistons seals etc for the re-build. T...

Mike, Colin Dix here, one of the share holders. Is it possible for us to rebuild the engine under supervision of our Inspector? We have the experience in the grpoup to do this? Does anyone know the best place for spares, Cost of a Cylinder, Piston, ring sett, gaskets etc. Mant thanks for a really he...

Hopefully some trade off with weight and balance and MAX fuell will be possible for the heavy pilot, but I guess at 6 litres an hour that may not be possible. Note to self to loose a lot of weight! The article in "Light Aviation" Nov 2008 declares "The Luciole is stressed for a 90kg pilot, and ... t...

Does anyone know pilot weight and height limitations for this machine please?

Where is everyone heading off to this weekend?