Hi Guys,

This is a newbie question.

I have no experience on 582 engines, although I know the specs. My Naked Trike fly with 503.

Question: What is the difference between a silver top and a blue top??
(Specs,Size,Weight,etc)

Regards,

I can recomend Sarel van Rensburg as well. I was trained by him. Very knowledgable. 082 411 7400.

Regards.

Enjoy the training in Bloemfontein. Espesialy in winter. I once flew in -10 celcius during training.

One thing that worries me the most about this Part 24 thing, is that the rules that seems to be laid down, has got so many loose ends. And currently we are strangling our necks in it. Surely there must be someone at CAA who can explain this, or we must ask a representative to ask CAA to take this pa...

No, that does not sound positive at all.

Thanks anyway, I understand a lot more now. With speciffics to the fact that I am grounded at this stage.

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Hi Skybound, I'm a bit amazed at the 2002 part. I thought it was 2006. You are right about everybody expecting his neighbour to do the job though. My big question is: Did the CAA do their bit and opened up a few engines to test the wear and tear on cranks during the "test" period. What did they "tes...

As I get it, this regulation was enforced on a "test" basis during 2006 & 2007. Few questions: 1. What was tested during that period?? 2. What happened during that time that created a thought that this should be enforced?? 3. Why wasn't this handled back then?? I'm not flying that long, and hence on...

Hi Guys, I'm new to microlighters.co.za although I've been flying for a while. After reading most of comments, I must admit that I was a bit confused at first. I have a 503DI windlass with +- 420 hours on engine(original crank). I did get a new ATF in 09/2007. Surely if they were going to enforce th...