Stephanie Googe
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Good morning Jim, I purchased my Rev in Aug 2022 from the original owner. It has the Polini 250DS which has 36.5 hp at 7500rpm so my range is limited to flying around my local area (50 miles). When flying, it definely flies like an ultralight which is not a bad thing, just a statement. The Rev is definitely weight limited for climb-out. To answer your question about Polini vs rotax: I come from a rotax background and have found it difficult to find information about Polini engines and there is limited parts in the US. Also finding a rotax repair station is a lot easier. I will say, the Polini engine is easy to work on, have changed stator recently. Would do some research on the Polini engine in the paramotor forums, they seem to run a lot of Polini products. Cannot answer the trailering question. No insurance on a non-n numbered aircraft, you might try falcon insurance for n numbered trikes. In summary, I love my trike however I wish I had more fuel capacity for longer legs, but if you just like flying around the patch, is an awesome ride. Hope this helps.
Fly safe, Stephanie
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I was able to duplicate the problem on deck on Monday due to cooler weather (not EGT limited). Checked wiring with meter, no discrepancies. Checked float level and adjusted floats more consistent with a Bing carb. Found that anything below overflowing the carb bowl will cause starvation so I ran the bowl overflow drain over the carb so it works like a sightglass to see fuel level in the bowl instead of draining overboard. This was the setup when I purchased the trike and I now understand why it was rigged this way. On my condition inspection after purchase, I adjusted the carb floats to the recommended 19 mm printed on the Polini manual for the carb. Seems to be incorrect for my installation and caused fuel starvation at high RPMs. After adjustments, flew trike for 40 minutes with no problems. Thanks for everyone’s input.
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Thank you for the info, I am new to the Polini engine. Flew a 447 on a different trike before this with no problems. The engine seems to be running fine until it just shuts down with no warning but will restart in flight. I was thinking the same thing. It might be losing all start input (like if you flipped the main start switch off). Does both drop checks fine. Onto wire troubleshooting. Thanks for the reply.