Escaping the city via Sonex

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Күн бұрын

In this video, I take my Sonex from Lilydale to Deniliquin for a quick flight. I make a detour along the way to do a bit of flying over Lake Eppalock. The arrival into Deniliquin was one of my best yet, but my radio work could have been better.
There are still a few engine niggles that I need to work out before the Sonex is the best it can be. I believe that the mixture is running rich so this will be the next thing that I address.

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@benfrost5317 5 ай бұрын

Great to see some fellow Australians in the air.

@PostThaMost 8 ай бұрын

You clearly had places to go and I'm glad you followed your rainbow

@chaguine4384andrei 8 ай бұрын

WONDERFUL VIDEO

@heeeersjohnny 7 күн бұрын

nice video but I have to say your mag switches are an engine failure waiting to happen. If you hit those guards down won't that kill your mags? Thats the way they usually work.

@efficientflying8209 7 күн бұрын

Yes they are definitely not a good design. They are on the list of upgrades but I should probably bump them up to the top of the priority list.

@petervernon2443 3 ай бұрын

I have recently bought a Sonex/2200 Camit/tricycle ... was VH-BST now 19-2188. I also found as you did that doing more than 90kts a vibration sets in. I couldn't identify if it was engine vibration or aerodynamics. Do you have any more info on your findings. Thanks ... Peter

@714off7 Жыл бұрын

Ever figure out why you're getting vibration at full power climb? Could it be getting to lean ? Aeroinjector carb?

@efficientflying8209 Жыл бұрын

It's a Bing carb, and we're still troubleshooting but from my most recent testing, in cruise cyl 1-3 have EGTs around 550c and cyl 4 is about 500c. With a full power climb 1-3 stay pretty consistent and cyl 4 bogs down to the low 400s. Step one is a smaller main jet, then the trial and error will begin. Thanks for watching :)

@JMo268 5 ай бұрын

@@efficientflying8209It's been a few months. Did you sort out the engine issue?

@efficientflying8209 5 ай бұрын

Yes and no. It's definitely a result of airflow through the carb. New jets brought cruise EGTs up to about 600c which is still low but the plus and exhaust look good so I haven't changed it again recently. We have tweaked the position of the carb and have it where I can go WOT long enough to get off the ground and climbing, then I need to back off a little bit for a sustained climb. The cobra head with a vertical vane as offered by the Jabiru factory may help but I haven't pursued that yet.

@GarageTruckingUsa 10 ай бұрын

Hi what app are you using for navigation

@efficientflying8209 10 ай бұрын

It's called Ozrunways, it's an Australian centric EFB app. Foreflight and Garmin pilot don't work as nicely for VFR flying as the locally made products.