Hi Ian,
Well done John Hudson. From: Aus-soaring [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ian Mc Phee Sent: Wednesday, 26 October 2016 5:43 PM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Microair servicing - Is it still a thing? Sad really about several aviation makers at Bundaberg. 12 years ago I chose to go the Xcom way as Microair no longer wanted my microphones. Anyhow have sold over 150 Xcoms since and have been extremely reliable to the extent I cushion any Xcom repair costs needed in year 3, 4 and 5 by paying 50% of a repair bill. So far I have not had to pay out which tells a story to the reliability. There have been 2 faults shown up soon manufacture but I just bring in radio in and have a coffee while part is changed. 2 others chose not to get my harness and then had the dreaded whistle on transmit. Biggest issue I have had is a repaired broken back glider and nobody checked the aerial wire and yet another showed up last week. If you suspect this to be an issue please ask for a loan of my Ukraine aerial scanner which is independent of any radio. Finally poor quality wire from battery to panel causes a serious voltage drop on xmit at the panel - any radio brand. Please use suggest aviation wire 18gauge (suggest 16gauge in 2 seater). I did not sell any of the Xcoms used in JS1 but would really wish the Jonkers would read the instructions (think they are all fixed now). Grrrrr. And for record yesterday I made serial no 2700 AE flex boom mic some in mining but most in gliding around the world. Ian McPhee 0428847642 Box 657 Byron Bay NSW 2481 On 24 Oct 2016 2:36 pm, "Grant Davies" <[email protected]> wrote: Hi Mark, Funny you should say that, I live in Bundaberg where Microair are. Dropped my radio in last week as it has no volume control, stuck on full noise. Told there will be a three week wait. They don't make the radios anymore and only have an interest in in-flight entertainment. Most of the staff have gone to Sydney. So no techs left here. I managed to get a hold of someone but he turns out to be their on-call tech, only working 2 days a week. So answer is a kind of yes but on the proviso of time. I am considering a new radio. Kindest Regards Grant -----Original Message----- From: Aus-soaring [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark Newton Sent: Monday, 24 October 2016 13:13 To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: [Aus-soaring] Microair servicing - Is it still a thing? Back in April, with an intermittent fault on an Microair T2000SFL transponder, I contacted Microair and Scott told me that he was expecting new main boards in about six weeks. Contacting them again now, I’m informed that they’ll have upgrade kids in February 2017. Color me skeptical. Does anyone know if Microair still retain the capability to maintain any of the products they’ve sold? Thanks, - mark _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring
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