Hi all
For the last 3 years or so I have been working at getting an ex Thai Dimona S/no 3537 back into the air. Over the last few Mths progress has accelerated. Self employment having to take priority unfortunately. But it should at the very least be complete by the end of the year. However I have a couple of issues / questions that one of you may be able to answer. 1) Our Dimona had an "emergency landing" near Bangkok on 26 Feb 1992. And I think was actually written off by the TAF.. the ding busted the U/C and a little damage around the attach points which we have repaired. .. and replaced the bent rod (HT ones) ends so all good. However the U/C we have has the S/no of the Dimona operating in the Sydney area . Do any of you have any more info about the history of these aircraft. I did find a pic of our one (when still in Thailand) with its busted U/C. Also the Limbach L2000 is s/no 1234 (no joke) It seems it has only been test run. (in the early 80's) There is no evidence it has actually run in the airframe. Any historical info would be appreciated. Apart from the damage around the U/C the airframe looks very "straight" 2) Would any of you have any pictures or drawings of the plumbing for the cabin heating from where the air comes in thru the hole under the prop, into the muff around the muffler to the heat box. We have made another muff but not sure of the placement of the hose fittings on the muff. The other Dimona in NZ just has a short length of scat hose not connected to the muff. It works well but a response from Limbach indicated that the CO danger was too high so would prefer the original design. Best regards Ian Williams Agcon Engineering Ltd New Zealand ZK-GCB
