A friend with a Ximango has had the inside nuts (non locking) coming loose and been talking to Eric Weston he has replaced them with nylon lock nuts put on in reverse so now they really lock on the prop front plate.
I am not impressed how the hole size is increased in plate from 6mm to 8mm (for the 8mm rods) BUT the plate is made no longer. I seem to remember somewhere in engineering there should be beef of 1.5 times the diameter of the hole on the outside of the hole ie 12mm. No way it is about 6 or 7 mm from memory. Don't these makers have any engineers working for them any more or look at what they post on EASA site when they decide to issue a SB? As some know motor PIKs have had the locking nuts coming loose on ball rod ends in the wing which can cause ball rod ends to crack and break (It happened to our PIK E 15 yrs ago) Anyhow a friend with a PIK replaced all the ordinary 6mm nuts with nylon locking nuts and screwed them on in reverse so now they positively lock the ball rod end to push rod. Both seem like a good idea to me to solve a problem which the makers never thought of. I am not at all impressed with the service provided by the so called Diamond agent in Aus Hawker Pacific. Took guess 6 emails to Austria and only on May 1 (Europe Public Holiday) did I get several "out of office" emails so Austria were getting them. Eventually Australia replied but no mention of the various spares I asked prices of. Not impressed compared to 4 years ago I got a phone call from Austria 30 seconds after I pressed the send button on an email. That was the then Canadian speaking Parts Manager. in Austria. S L A C K if you ask me Finally does anybody know where to buy Aeroquip AC 332-4 (or -6) blue fuel hose as my source in Brisbane no longer stock same. Has anybody used the aviation Aeroquip AE-466-4 etc hose The main advantage of this hose is it has red cover of fireproofing on the hose at manufacture but is expensive I guess.. Ian McPhee (PS I suppose I am just a grump)
