Hi Olav, I think the 120mm minimum is mainly to ensure the reading is stable, to extend the life of the sensor and get it away from any standing flame...

Hi Sleepy, The J230 airframe concept is shared with the various J400/J430 models, so the structure was designed, to a large extent, around a 700kg MTO...

Hi Olav, The dipstick tube is pushed into the sump and an O-Ring seals it there. It's restrained at the top support. Assuming the O-Ring is in good ...

And a little oil goes a long way when you spill it! D.

That sounds good... I'm not familiar with that particular intercom but arguments between intercom and radio are not that unusual, particularly if ther...

Hi Pat, The standard Jabiru alternator is a permanent magnet type so we can't turn the field off 🙂 The crowbar in that particular variant is to pre...

Hi Aaron, "By graded do u mean if it's used in a flight school or not?" - Yes, that's one of the risk factors. The type of fuel and propeller used ar...

Hi Olav, We had to change the forum software which has caused a few issues - including me not seeing your recent posts. Apologies for the delay in re...

Hi! In a fibreglass aircraft RF noise is always an issue, so putting the standard antenna down inside the tail was both a cosmetic and a functional de...

Hello Olav, I'm aware of a few cases where fuels have attacked the floats, affected the buoyancy and caused issues - usually with MOGAS or ethanol ble...

Hello! I've just had a look at the wiring diagram in the J Series Technical Manual (JTM001-8) and the note for pin 5 says "J160-C to main bus, other m...

Hi Aaron, Performance comparisons can be tricky due to the different torque curves, weight, frontal area etc: the nature of the thing is that you're n...

Hi Hobson, It's not unusual for the carby to foul on the "knee" of the firewall... a lot of older Jabiru's have a little recess built into that area t...

There are a few things that can cause rough running or stoppage on final/landing... I've had engines stop on finals several times (I'm a slow learner)...

Hi Roger, The Installation manual for the 5100 says 100 RON or over, which in Australia could mean the really fancy MOGAS (Shell and I think BP do 100...