The first was the removal of the flywheel hub from the Silent, after over a month of pulling and cursing. It finally yielded to a special tool shipped from the factory in Italy.As you can see from these pictures (click to enlarge), the magnets and windings are toast, but the engine is basically OK. What a relief!
The second happy event occurred when Tony put his wings into his new enclosed trailer for the first time. Despite my gloomy predictions that major modifications would be required, the wings went right in and fell neatly in place in the existing fittings. The probability of this happening is approximately zero. Tony is optimistic about getting the fuselage fitted before the Franconia encampment. I have decided to be less pessimistic.
Not a bad day.
2 comments:
So what was the problem with the Silent's generator? Did it just stop generating?
I do sometimes wonder if self-launch capability actually leads to more flying and/or less expense.
The rivets that held two parts of the magneto together failed. Rivet heads fell inward and got ground up by the stator, which was destroyed.
After a big struggle to take it apart, it is no possible to order new parts.
If you ever want to give up gliding, just get a motorglider.
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