Hey Ian! How's it going?
If the MkII had the springs on the tail wheel and helper springs on the canopy, are there mods available for the MkI? John Mason ----- Original Message ----- From: Ian Mc Phee To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 9:37 PM Subject: Re: [DOG mailing list] Dimona 1984 Lasse Check serial number and if 36XX then it should have the nice ailerons. (35XX had not so nice drive ailerons) The hk36 II has a different canopy lock with bigger mechanism (also to do with canopy jetison I think) in frame AND springs to counter balance the weight of canopy when you lift it up. All h36II have sprung tail wheel but only some of the original h36 have this feature. Some of these were upgraded to L2400 engines by Koff & co in Germany h38 1984 model will earlier canopy with a pull pin in base of canopy arm which is probably what you have Check the status of prop service like when it is due (next annual after 6th birthday of prop) AN does it have 6mm or 8mm rods - next service will need to go to 8mm rods. Also check when next hose change is due. Check out engine hours to run also Where in Sweden are you? Ian M 2010/1/27 Lasse Schmidt <[email protected]> Hey guys! Found this fantastic resource while doing research on a plane I'm planning to buy, a 1984 Dimona with around 1100 hours. I found some really good stuff when reading through the posts on this list but I guess there is a whole lot more to learn before doing the pre-buy inspection. My previous owning experience of other planes are a Bölkow Junior, Steen Skybolt and a ka-6 glider but this will be my first plastic bird. My question to you guys is if you have any more tips of things to look at that are typically Dimona related or something else that I should be looking at that could be expensive or time consuming to fix. How hard is it to find spare parts if needed in your opinion? Does any of you have more tips of other useful Dimona resources? And the final question that I have been trying to find out: does anyone know of the differences between the H36 and the H36 mkII? Thanks a lot for your help and I hope to be able to help you guys in the future. Cheers Lasse Schmidt, Sweden
