Bruce custom cover - Insulated engine cowl - $375
This was made for a UL350iS cowling but should work with most others cowlings as well. Excellent condition. See More
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Bruce custom cover - Insulated engine cowl - $375 ***SOLD ***SOLD*** SOLD***
Started Nov 21, 2022 0 Replies 0 Likes
This was made for a UL350iS cowling but should work with most others cowlings as well. Excellent condition. …Continue
Catto Prop for sale - price drop
Started this discussion. Last reply by David J. Beaulieu Oct 10, 2022. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Listed on Barnstormers...68 DIA, 35" pitch 3 bladed with nickel leading edges. SAE2 with 7/16 bolts and 5/8 lugs. Designed by Catto for use with UL350iS. Suitable for use on O-200 or O-235 per…Continue
SOLD SOLD SOLD ---- Early style bubble doors for STOL 750
Started this discussion. Last reply by David J. Beaulieu Jul 17, 2022. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Two new doors with hardware, uncut, unpainted. Shipping likely a PITA. Asking $350 per or $600 for the set.DaveContinue
Stuff for Sale - Matco MCMC-5 master brake cylinders with Intensifiers, etc.
Started this discussion. Last reply by David J. Beaulieu Jul 17, 2022. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Help me clean out my on shelf spare parts...SOLD Brand new set, intensifiers installed by Matco - $325 and I'll cover shipping in the statesSOLD 480 Muffler with down tube for UL Power 350 (welded…Continue
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Buh bye Turtle...
...Sky Turtle's last embrace before departing with her newest owner to Connecticut. Took 4 1/2 years to build and we logged 381.5 hrs together over a nearly 5 year span with wheels, floats and skis. During that time we also enjoyed a January field…
Floats leaving the hangar...going South
Time for someone else to enjoy these well crafted and proofed amphib floats. I got three short seasons on them with Sky Turtle and they are going to CT to be mounted on a Legend Cub Would have kept them if they would have worked with the new project.
Bruce's Custom Cover for 750
Extended, over the top style lightweight travel cover. New, unused except for fit check. Lists new at $495. Asking $365...may negotiate along with shipping costs?See More
Datum Ski set for sale
Datum 2000 Lite main ski set with wheels/tires and Nose ski 1000 with dedicated wheel/tire/front fork and extension setup. Asking $6K USD These are rigged with proper cable lengths, bungees, etc. I can also provide insight and required brackets for installng on 750 fuselage for cable attach points as well as electrical switch panel/hardware for operation. This is as close to plug and play for a retractable ski install on a 750 airframe as you will find. The set includes the two main gear…See More
FYI...Throttle Position Sensor (TPS)
For those of us with older engines and black box ECUs...The TPS is a mechanical rheostat style unit which outputs a voltage signal to the ECU corresponding to throttle position. It seems that over time the mechanism can develop wear in certain positions (likely from frequent range of use or vibration related to throttle cable routing and attachment to throttle body.) This can result in a bit of stumble or hesitation in the engine with throttle movement depending on "where" the wear has…See More
Winter on the way?
Got the snowblower out of the hangar, winterized the floats and put the insulated cowl cover and heater to Sky Turtle. Still feels more like late October weather - just barely below freezing at night and 40s -50s during the day. We better get some…
At KCAR
Quick overnight from Bangor to Caribou to visit my brother. Usually about a 3 1/2 hr drive. Flying direct got me there in 1.7 hrs
Floats off
Sky Turtle transitioned back to conventional landing gear last Friday. Feels like a flying rocketship with 50 degree weather, half tanks of gas and no amphibs hanging underneath. Sadly, only a temporary sensation ;)
Sky Turtle flying again
Got the replacement cylinder head installed on Monday and accomplished engine run and test flight on Tuesday. Just in time for some Fall foliage flights on floats...yahoo!
"Morning David
I'm just finalizing my order to Advanced Flight Systems (thought I'd use them as it will speed up installation of the Dynon package considerably).
I believe I read somewhere that you have a "red box" i.e. a fuel…"
Cylinder head woe!!
Submitted for you reading pleasure...Been having gradually increasing CHT on my #4 cylinder over the past two weeks. Last flight resulted in a immediate return to the airport at minimum throttle to maintain CHT below max limit* (just barely and in a slight descent while setting up for landing.) *Downside of ECU is that we have no mixture to cool things down with.All this was after trying to isolate/resolve the issue by verifying/troubleshooting probes and a new injector with no improvements…See More
Ray Allen POS-12 wiring
I have the POS-12 laying around so thought I would fabricate mount and linkage to have the position sensor give my Dynon setup a signal for flap position. The POS-12 is simply a 0-5K resistor pot. I have 5V and ground wires from the Dynon EMS as well as the general purpose input pin/wire ready to wire to the POS-12. The POS-12 has three wires; white/blue, white/orange, and white/green. Th white/green is the signal wire.I cannot find which leads of the POS-12 accept the positive and ground…See More
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A Zenith Builder in Ghana
Posted on March 24, 2018 at 9:30pm 3 Comments 1 Like
Interesting clip regarding a couple of people mentioned within our forum previously...inspiring!
Spent a couple hours making progress on the Dynon heated pitot install
Posted on January 6, 2014 at 8:00pm 0 Comments 1 Like
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Comment Wall (15 comments)
- At 9:07am on February 15, 2023,
Jack schnurr said…
David, I built my 750 STOL and completed it seven years ago. I live in alaska and some of the legs I fly are 3 hrs long. I am 82 yrs old and get tired. I need an autopilot. I saw a set of brackets on line that you made, Is it possible to buy the brackets and/or kit from you so I can install an auto pilot? I really appreciate any help that you can give me. Thank you so much.
Jack
- At 12:10pm on September 21, 2021,
Bob Widmer said…
Morning David
I'm just finalizing my order to Advanced Flight Systems (thought I'd use them as it will speed up installation of the Dynon package considerably).
I believe I read somewhere that you have a "red box" i.e. a fuel flow transducer in your UL engine/Dynon system - as I understand it you need 2 transducers, 1 to the engine and 1 calculating the return flow so the Dynon calculates actual usage.
Anyway, if I install 2 transducers do I need to, or do I want to, install Zenith's fuel gauges in the tanks?
Cheers
Bob
- At 6:34pm on June 2, 2021,
Bobby Allen Pepper said…
David, very impressed with and very interested in purchasing a set of brackets for Dynon auto pilot for my Zenith 750. Already have all except brackets. Please email Allen at apepper72@gmail.com. Thanks.
N750AP
- At 8:31am on October 6, 2020,
Hi David,
Thanks for wanting to share your knowledge with me.
I’m in your same time zone, anytime that is good for you to call me works for me.
Thanks,
Nelson
(305) 525-7803
- At 7:17am on July 5, 2020,
Daniel Booker said…
David,
sorry about delay, not good on this Zenith site! Looking to get a set of Zenair plans to install my floats. Do you have a set I could purchase/copy? Thanks,
dan
- At 3:28pm on December 22, 2018,
Wayne Woloshin said…
Hi David, I am curious about your UL Engine , what was the problem that you have to change the #3 Cylinder . And how many hours on your Engine. Tks Wayne
- At 6:01pm on January 10, 2018,
Thomas Jackson said…
David, I saw that you are interested in Datum skis. I have been flying with the skis for 4 years and am very satisfied with them. If you have any questions forward them to me and I will be gald to answer the best as possible.
Tom
- At 5:45pm on November 28, 2017,
Danal Estes said…
David,
You asked what we were seeing with the bad injector. The above is typical. #3 cylinder just was "not tracking" with the others.
Digging a little deeper, it is a bit hotter than others at idle (lean, where everything should be very rich), gets even hotter if the power is up only a tiny bit (even leaner), and actually "goes cold" when the power is advanced anywhere above about 1500 RPM, because it gets so lean it is not burning. Too lean for the plugs to ignite.
And... we thought this was a bad injector for a long time. After chasing down similar problems several times, we came to the conclusion the injectors were fine... that the ECU had an inadequate ground.
Conclusions:
First, check that all EGTs and CHTs "Track" each other in ALL conditions before first flight.
Second, check for very, very, very good grounds in an airplane that is so dependant on electronics. DO NOT count on the frame. Strap and/or "Star" (i.e. home run wires) everything.
Feel free to ask questions.
P.S. Graphs produced from Dynon logs via custom software that I wrote. Feel free to send me a log file if you want it graphed.
danal (dot) estes (at) gmail (dot) com
- At 11:23pm on August 5, 2016,
Kurt Satter said…
David,
You can reach me about the charger at ksatter@Verizon.net ... I can get it off to you by Monday.
- At 9:24pm on May 16, 2016,
Doug Malloy said…
Hi David. Hey, need to ask you about your experience with the Skytek tank. I talked to Keith at Skytek and watched the Rotax videos and am impressed with the product. Not impressed with the price and not sure about the 1 gal capacity. They say 7 and half minutes at full power for a Rotax engine if you are down to just the header. Assume then for a UL it would be about half that. I plan on a UL350is. I have seen the pics on your installation but do you still think this tank is the way to go?
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