The UFO recieved ATF today, thanks to Johan von Ludwigh and Braam Hechter

There is a lot to be said, but I am very grateful.

Next would be conversion, and then to fly the UFO home

Lekker vlieg manne

Hi all We checked the boost on the turbo yesterday, since the UFO didn't have a rate of climb as it should. For some obscure reason the boost dropped to 1.1 under full throttle :shock: Back on the test bench, Johan turned the boost up to be 1.4 at full power. To see the result I joined as co-pilot A...

So if anybody is interested but you have more limited dates - let me know Since I read your post, it has been on my mind. I will be in Sudwana from 8 to 24 Dec. Will decide later on if I will take the trike by road or fly the gyro down to Sudwana. Depends on the weather. Will be watching this topic...

Hi oom Piet We have not set a date for opening yet, will get going in November, mowing the grass and removing trees to get at least 500m available. The rest will be a week to week operation. We would like it to be a pilot friendly runway, summer and winter, that means it will not be a quick- quick, ...

pietmeyer wrote:.... or is this for Gyro's only

No, definitely not, any aircraft that is able to take off safely
on a 1km runway is welcome.

Hangers will take some time, but we will get there.

Ek dink jy moet joe UFO herdoop na 'n UFO-MORE. Ja, die herdoop storie het al snaakse goed opgelewer. Die laaste was SYCA-FO :lol: Proving Hours is just about completed, We want to make n small mod to the front wheel before the paperwork gets done. Small things that changed lately. We moved the tri...

WELL DONE OU PIERRIE...... Hey ou soutie, my naam is Pierre en jy kan dit uitspreek soos in "appel" Pierrie laat my dink aan peri peri, en dis warm ## It is good to have you back, and looking forward to see you in a gyro again (^^) UFO is building hours, and if all go well we will have the ATF soon...

Thank you for the thoughts on the airfield to those that contacted me.

It has been confirmed, soon this grass runway will be a reallity.

We have interest from ppl pilots as well, the lenth of the runway
will be 1000m.

Veilig vlieg

I would like to get some comments from gyro pilots asto what they would like in an airfield. What we can offer is basicly a 36/18 close to Zilkaatsnek on a plot, south of the Magaliesberg. 36 would be taking of uphill, most of the time a wind from the north thru Zilkaatsnek, helping with takeoff. 18...

Hi Glenne

Do you have the prototype approved yet?

We had a busy week at Wagtail. After more test flights, Johan was satisfied with UFO's performance, exhaust etc. With daily temperature rising so did the water temp. Replaced a water radiator with a larger one, now the water temp is 88 deg at full power. EGT in cruise 940°C. Oil temp stay around 80°...

Welcome back Engelman (^^) Your determination and courage to recover has been inspiring. No doubt we will hear a lot from you and see you back in the air in due time. maybe change my call sign to nando (flame grilled) "Hardegat Conqueror" will describe you better ## Looking forward to see you and Mi...

The time came for the UFO to fly again this week, Johan has been doing some more test flights. All seem to be in order and I should be able to start with the conversion soon. I have upload a video clip on youtube from the past months footage made with my cell phone. Search for "UFO RSA" or follow th...

Mak, that is a piece of study material on that spread sheet. I will spend some time over the weekend and see if I can make some sence of it. Great to see you guy's are coming along nicely Are you talking about Darren and myself or the UFO :? :lol: :lol: :lol: Johan is very busy at the moment, he wil...

Darren, I appreciate your concern. I will double check the air fuel ratio, boost is only 1.4, injector size is standard for the EJ20, compression ratio 8 to 1 and timing will be double checked as well. This temp on the EGT is not abnormal. Johan has all the contacts and info at his fingertips, with ...