Roger Larson
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So i will respond to my own question. Larry Mednick looked it up for me. It is Aeroquip fcv0425
It is 1/4 inch fuel line.
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lockwood.aero
also aircraft spruce
Don’t forget the manufacturer.
california power systems moved to Hurricane Utah and changed their name but i don’t know what the new name is.
pilotmall in Scottsdale Arizona is also very good to work with on certain things.
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I made a knee board years ago using a metal clipboard. I also attached a gps to that same clipboard. I attached it to my leg with a very large velcro strap. It worked ok at the time but was a pain having to take it off and put it back on every time i got in and out of my Ultralight. I used it a bit when flying Cessnas but i now use a system where i have everything attached to my trike. I like that a lot better. I use Ram mounts and Ram Clamps. It is adjustable also which i lke. I can take it in and out of my plane if I want to and it takes about 15 seconds to remove and 15 seconds to put back on. The Ipad works great and i use the scratch pad for making notes in the air. Especially when flying into Delta airspace. At the end of each flight i use the scratch pad to write down Hobbs time, duration of flight, Miles of the flight (gps) date and other things i find relevant at the time. I would go back to using a knee pad if I couldn’t figure out any way to attach my ram mounts but I hope to never have to do that again. I found using a very wide (4 inch ) piece of Velcro worked better as a strap to hold to my leg rather than a clip and a strap. it was more stable using the velcro. Let us know what you come up with.
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i clicked on the link and it is no longer available.
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Hi Carl. Even though I don’t have the coldest of weather in Arizona we do fly in the low to mid 30s F at times. For me in the Revolt with a windshield but no fairing i only need heated insoles (gerbing) They draw 1 amp each and i run them from a fuse block i installed off the battery with 10 Gauge wire. Diane uses all kinds of heated gear both battery operated and also hooks up to my 12 volt system off the trike. We have many hours running on this with no issues. She has the gloves, jackets and insoles. She has a very low tolerance for temperature swings. We do wear ski suits that are very comfortable and do not restrict my movement. If i needed to stay warmer i would wear my gerbing 12 volt jacket under my suit and i for sure could get myself to sweat in the coldest of weather. We have controls on our Gerbing jackets that let us control our heat level. Strange thing is that if i just wear the heated feet insoles (Slip inside my shoes) i haven’t needed to wear heated gloves or heated jacket. Seems to warm my whole body up. I keep the wind of my neck though. The ski suit many wear is First Gear. Both Revzilla and Amazon sell them. If you check out our flight on Youtube to Lake Havasu under Larson Adventures you can see them. Happy Flying.
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I guess i am about to find out. I tried to replace mine and i could not get the hoses off. I tried every trick i could find. I even have a pair of pliers that aid in hose removal. I tried other tricks with no success. Being in Arizona it might not be as necessary as being in other colder climates. My thermostat also had that oil ring leaking. The routing from the Oil cooler to the oil pump is pretty close and it makes it hard for routing since i don’t want a kink in the line. So Paul how long did it take to warm up your trikes in cold weather without a thermostat? I know your a lot colder there than in Arizona. About the coldest i ever fly in is the low to mid 30 degrees F. I have to say though i was amazed at how small the hole is on the thermostat for oil passage. Much smaller than the hose itself.
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Hate to say it but it is very common to have to travel to different areas to get training. There are flight instructors in this forum for sure.
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Years ago i had a Rotax 503 in a Quiksilver sport. I rebuilt the carb and noticed the carb floats were not set to specs. I set the floats to specs and had an engine out while flying. I was able to make the landing back at the airport. I rechecked that I had set the floats to spec and sure enough they were. I put the floats back to where they were before i rebuilt it and sure enough it never failed again. I had a hard time believing that the manual was incorrect but that was my experience. I triple checked the manual and am sure to this day it was not correct in the manual. I have noticed that when I check older versions of Rotax manuals certain specs have changed at times.
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Evolution Trikes all the way. Check out my 30000 miles review on the internet. We posted that review on our Revolt on Youtube under Larson Adventures. The President of that company is Larry Mednick. Evolutiontrikes@yahoo.com. They make different models. Call 813 810-9262 and speak with them directly. If your near Arizona I am flying about every Weekend or now sometimes on weekdays. You can text me at 602-574-9555 and introduce yourself and then I’ll be glad to chat on the phone about our experience. I get so many spam calls I won’t answer phone unless you text first. Roger Larson.
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What App are you using?
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Not sure if this info will be helpful to you, but it was a lifesaver for me. When we had to share a hanger with multiple planes that were always in different locations, I purchased those tire jacks that they sell at Harbor Freight. They have 4 wheels each and they slide up under the tire of a trike and you have a foot lever to lift the entire trike. Using these I was able to slide my trike sideways to the very back of the hanger with ease. Wheel pants for some might prevent their use but on our Revolt they worked perfectly.
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Diane Larson likes to use the websites that says its bad weather, I like to use the web sites that say its good weather…ha ha. no joke though. I use weather.gov for my first look at weather and use the hourly forecast function there. I pay particular attention to gusting wind predictions. Then I pull up windalert.com and look at all of the surrounding airports ground winds to compare. Another good thing is to call 1800wxbrief. It is a free service and is actually good to use them so they continue to get the funding. I have found most of the people i have talked to are very helpful. Main thing is use the same sites to learn if that site and how accurate it is. The final thing to do is look at the sky and feel the air. Diane’s sites often are way more predicting higher winds and gusts. Sometimes her site is more accurate and sometimes my sites are more accurate. One thing for sure is that weather is always changing. Reading the clouds around Arizona has helped me to also predict what my flight will be. Radar and satellite are other things we look at. Taking off is optional, landing is mandatory :).
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I Weighed the aero classic tires yesterday and it weighed in at 11 pounds. i have a tube in my nose wheel and that weight is 1.5 pounds. This does not include the weight of the rim. When landing, a high nose wheel can bounce easier than a low nose wheel. I trim a bit faster and land flatter. My ground speed is slightly higher but that is better with crosswinds like we get all the time here. I have been running 18psi in all my tires because i also land on dirt roads and fields. I almost always land with power other than to practice engine out landings. Not much but a little that allows me to grease my landings better. I have almost no wear on my tires after 4 plus years. I want to change them out because of time not wear. I also run slime in my tubeless tires because of the bullhead stickers we have here. In strong crosswinds i like to barely let my tires touch and have almost zero weight on them until the trike is exactly where i want it to be before landing. Larry has it mastered and its a bit hard for the rest of us to meet or exceed OEM. 🙂
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Hi Paul. Are you talking about the stock Revolt tires the Aero Classic 21×8.00-6? I have been flying those tires for about 4 years. The only issue i have had with them is the bullhead stickers that we get in Arizona. I was wondering about going to a 6 ply and spoke with Larry and he gave his concerns with the heavier tires. The Aero Classics have been out of stock for a while and wonder if you have any thoughts of other tires to put on a Revolt?
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Thanks for sharing this story. Training is so necessary with trikes no matter how much flight time you have in other aircraft. I remember talking with a guy at an airshow here in Arizona that had over 10,000 hours logged as a commercial pilot. He told me that flying trikes was the most fun aircraft to fly. He also told me it took him forever to learn to fly a trike, because of the different type of controls. I did some flying when i was younger without instruction in two different aircraft. I knew better at the time but i was young and brave. I knew better not to do that in a trike. Nor would I do now what i did when i was younger. It wasn’t that i really wanted to fly stuff without instruction it was the money that i didn’t have that made me brave enough to do it. I got really lucky that i didn’t get hurt or crash those aircraft. I don’t think there is any trike pilot that has hours under his belt that would think you should fly a trike without Weight shift Control training. I have no knowledge of this particular incident so my comments are not meant to reflect towards this incident. I am sure every flight instructor could tell story after story of mistakes that were made by their students that they had to save them from making which saved the plane and/or their lives.