Hello flying friends,
I've been looking in this forum for known problems about wear and degradation of the little smal plastic hat pushed in the wholes where the throttle spring clamps. I didn t find a lot execpt of one person having wear on a rans s6. I fly a flight design ct 2k of 2003 (and love it). i ve noticed in flight a bad carb sync only around 4300 rpm's and checked it before balancing. the problem is due to wear in the litlle hat what makes a difference in spring tension between two carbs in a 45° angle or something only and so carb balance is ok on lower rpm and higher rpm's.
i tried to find this little hat on spare part sites but good luck, it's not easy to get. so I tried with something else and now it s temporarily ok. but still what I want to know from you:
am I the only one having this? it seems pretty normal and reccurent and I find it strange nothing is said about it or spare parts are not available
do you al have those little hats or does the majority fly without it with a metal metal contact? and if yes, is the spring stil strong enough?
last but not least: do these dthrottle springs get bad after some years of normal use,? do we have to change them in a while? it seems to mee they re not strong enough... whilst some people rather have less tension springs.
thanks guys for your information
cedric (belgium, EBUL)
I've been looking in this forum for known problems about wear and degradation of the little smal plastic hat pushed in the wholes where the throttle spring clamps. I didn t find a lot execpt of one person having wear on a rans s6. I fly a flight design ct 2k of 2003 (and love it). i ve noticed in flight a bad carb sync only around 4300 rpm's and checked it before balancing. the problem is due to wear in the litlle hat what makes a difference in spring tension between two carbs in a 45° angle or something only and so carb balance is ok on lower rpm and higher rpm's.
i tried to find this little hat on spare part sites but good luck, it's not easy to get. so I tried with something else and now it s temporarily ok. but still what I want to know from you:
am I the only one having this? it seems pretty normal and reccurent and I find it strange nothing is said about it or spare parts are not available
do you al have those little hats or does the majority fly without it with a metal metal contact? and if yes, is the spring stil strong enough?
last but not least: do these dthrottle springs get bad after some years of normal use,? do we have to change them in a while? it seems to mee they re not strong enough... whilst some people rather have less tension springs.
thanks guys for your information
cedric (belgium, EBUL)
