{"id":15803,"date":"2019-11-21T20:33:41","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T19:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.micro-trike.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=15803"},"modified":"2019-11-23T15:40:51","modified_gmt":"2019-11-23T14:40:51","slug":"happy-to-be-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.micro-trike.co.uk\/wordpress\/happy-to-be-there\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy to be there"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was lucky that I didn’t decide to leave 24ZN at Headcorn overnight and move it to Clipgate today because if I had done, I wouldn’t have been successful. We’ve had a thick, cold mist for the whole day, but it didn’t stop me driving over there as I needed to remove the battery.<\/p>\n

I had to get its dimensions so I could order a new one and I also wanted to reshape and replace the waterproof fabric that I’d previously placed over 24ZN’s nose to stop rainwater running down its screen and into the cabin.<\/p>\n

After reshaping the latter, rather crudely I have to say, just by trimming it with scissors, I attached some cords to it to secure it in place and here are some shots that I took after I’d completed my tasks.<\/p>\n

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I still have a great attachment to Clipgate where I did the training for my microlight licence nearly 10 years ago. It’s a well-organised, well run, pretty little airfield and going back to it revived a few old memories. It’s also a good place for 24ZN to be in the interim as it’s secure, fairly sheltered and well tied-down.<\/p>\n

Although it’s a matter of great regret that I’m still stuck in the UK, the upside at least is that after my flight from Headcorn to Clipgate, I now have over an hour in the aircraft without any incident or cause for concern. That’s a source of considerable reassurance in advance of my eventual Channel crossing. The new battery I’ve ordered, a 9AH model rather than the 8AH that’s currently fitted and that also has a massive 165A cold-cranking power, should more than cope with the current winter conditions.<\/p>\n

I’ve also ordered a refurb kit for 24ZN’s Mikuni fuel pump. Although Mikunis rarely, if ever, fail catastrophically and the current (low) fuel pressure will almost certainly hold up until I get the aircraft down to its new home, fitting it will be a good thing and will also make me feel even more secure. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It was lucky that I didn’t decide to leave 24ZN at Headcorn overnight and move it to Clipgate today because if I had done, I wouldn’t have been successful. We’ve had a thick, cold mist for the whole day, but it didn’t stop me driving over there as I needed to remove the battery. I … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-main-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.micro-trike.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.micro-trike.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.micro-trike.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.micro-trike.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.micro-trike.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15803"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.micro-trike.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15807,"href":"http:\/\/www.micro-trike.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15803\/revisions\/15807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.micro-trike.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.micro-trike.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.micro-trike.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}