Sorry, no pics for this posting.<\/p>\n
We had our first fairly close look at things over the weekend. No major problems found. The engine gauge actually shows RPM and engine temperature and doesn’t seem to be working properly. Hardly surprising as someone looks to have used single strand household telephone cable, which is very fragile at the best of times, to connect it (!!) and the connections look very dodgy. The in-line fuse may have gone as well, but none of this matters as we will be renewing all electrical\u00a0wiring (there’s not much) in any case.<\/p>\n
More importantly, there’s no sign of any airframe damage or corrosion and all the cables look good as well. The airspeed indicator wasn’t connected (plastic tube from gauge was\u00a0not connected to nose venturi) and when it was reconnected it tested fine. Left rear tyre was almost flat so it’ll probably need a new tube or maybe just a valve core. Add it to the list!<\/p>\n
Laid the wing out for the first time. Have to confess that without having the manual with us, we couldn’t fully assemble it! Lots of tubes and battens have to be carefully inserted and secured in the right places and exactly how wasn’t immediately obvious. It has to be done right, of course. Bit of a learning curve there I think. One thing we did find was a tiny bit of abrasion damage – a small hole near the right wing tip caused by a metal stub on the wing leading edge tube being left unprotected and rubbing against the wing fabric during transit. Looks to have happened some time ago, but what a silly thing for someone to have allowed to happen. Otherwise the wing looks to be excellent, but it’ll have to have what’s called a Betts Test. The Permit to Fly Inspection Notes state that ‘major’ fabric damage has to be repaired. This probably wouldn’t be classed as that but we’ll still see what’s needed to get it fixed as we’d like to start with a ‘clean sheet’ so to speak.<\/p>\n
I’ve been collecting info and advice on what we need to do next. I’ve been told that forms and other info are on the UK CAA and BMAA web sites so I’ll be checking those out soon. First thing will be to get the trike re-registered with the CAA and then we’ll need to make contact with a local BMAA Inspector. But we’ve decided that we’ll strip all the ancillaries, like the pod, side fabric and spats off first so we can get a good look at what’s underneath, as we’re sure he’ll\u00a0want to do that.<\/p>\n
We have May Day weekend coming up and a holiday on Monday 7th so we hope to get the stripping well underway. We’re probably going off to a Microlight show at Popham on the Sunday (good opportunity to see how the wing goes together eh \ud83d\ude09 ) so hope to return with bags of new-found knowledge.<\/p>\n
That’s all for now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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