Dennis,

I have still been gliding although due to bucketloads of rain over summer the conditions were n't very good. With the Zodiac grounded I've been back to driving to and from the gliding club. My glider now needs it's annual overhaul and conditions are getting milder as the temps drop for autumn so I'll bring it home for winter soon.

I managed to find some info on how to fit safety springs to Bing carbies here:

http://www.ultralightnews.ca/bing/912carbrackets.html

Some generic info here:

http://www.ultralightnews.ca/bing/index.htm

and I did read a note that said the Bing carby diaphrams need replacing every 300 hours.

My advice (after sad experience) is don't fly bing carby's without safety springs. I've been told there are other incidents of them falling off engines. I think in my case it may have been caused by over tightening the hose clamps as I'd had the carbies off to change the jets 10 hours previously.

It may be a good idea to post a notice somewhere here to let others know of the potential problems of not having the retaining springs fitted. I'm not sure how to do that.

Can you please tell me what caused the teeth to strip off your redrive belt? My aircraft is some years old now as it was sitting in a mostly built condition for ages. I've been inspecting the belt on my motor and it looks ok.

Lismore is near Byron Bay, the most easterly point of Australia and a well known holiday destination. It's unlikely they'll be stopping or preforming here as it's a smallish city.

Cheers,

Greg.

BTW my number is 765-860-0693

Thanks

Eric