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Re: IO-390 News for 112/B Hi Willem, I'll have to disagree... in my mind, there has been no fantastic plastic airplane yet... as a point of comparison: the SR22 is nearly as heavy as our aluminum Commanders, so no weight saved at least in that design ($100M+ spent).. the SR22 streamlining is...

Re: IO-390 News for 112/B Hi Paul, Actually, there is a gain of useful load of approx 40 lbs if also installing the MT prop, or a gain of 20 lbs useful load if changing only engine. Jim

Re: IO-390 News for 112/B Hi Markus, We are watching the diesel developments but thus far nothing that fits our power/weight needs is coming along for another few years at least. Jim

Re: IO-390 News for 112/B Hi Billy, IO-390 compression is 8.9:1. Jim

Re: IO-390 News for 112/B Hi Andy, The assumed core would be the IO-360 that is being removed. Jim

Re: IO-390 News for 112/B Hi Paul, Sorry, not compatible with Hot Shot because the IO-390 is a forward inlet engine. The benefits of the IO-390 come at no weight penalty, and no effect on engine TBO. It's just the magic of displacement, induction efficiency, and exhaust efficiency. Jim

Hi All 112 and 112B Owners, We have recently received FAA-approval for replacing your engines with the IO-390 while continuing to use the three-blade prop you may already have installed. This makes the engine upgrade less expensive for those of you already flying the STC Hartzell prop...

POTUS seen below arriving at Aerodyme. Due to some scheduling glitch, Mr. POTUS simply continued right on by, maybe late for some meetings downtown BTV. Jim

Re: EASA SuperStreams Hi All in UK/Europe/EASA: We have three owners interested in SuperStream east of the Atlantic. Looking for 1 or 2 more to launch the program on your side. Now working on our 11th for the States, and 3rd down under, all reports good, some VERY good. Thanks, Jim

Hi All, Many of you have been asking me for rudder service bulletin parts. I am pleased to announce that Aerodyme has completed engineering and received FAA-approval of a complete procedure for rudder repairs. We have made every effort to address the whole family of rudder issues we have...

Re: EASA SuperStreams Thanks Willem and Fred. Now at 3 owners interested, can we hear from one more?

Hi to All in EASA Land, I now have 2 inquires from EASA land for having SuperStream installed. I figure I need four owners signed up to be able make the EASA application fees (and headache) worthwhile. If we can add two more interested parties at this time, I'll proceed to apply for EASA...

Re: The "8 Knot Mod" Hi George, The "8-Knot Mod" is a certified change of incidence of the horizontal tail. Eleven Commanders are now flying with this mod, with TAS gains in the 6 to 10 knot range. http://www.aerodyme.com/Speed-Clinic/speed-clinic.html Jim

Re: Plus 20 Commander Hi Mathieu, The Plus 20 (gallons) project went on hold for all of last year as we focused on elevator spars, fittings, and many other empennage urgencies. In Feb we signaled the FAA we were ready to proceed, and are now waiting on their OK of the cert plan. Jim

Re: Flap Gap and Aileron Seals Hi Carl and All, VERY IMPORTANT Set the flaps at the high end of the rig range, explained as follows: During installation of the flap seals, the flaps must be set at the top of the rig range. The rig range is 11.5 +/ 1 degrees thus the top of the range (the...

Re: Where is Robin Milley? Hi Carl, Sorry to hear Robin's health is declining again, but pleased to hear that you will be stepping in to support the HotShot owners. Jim

Re: New Shimmy Dampners Hi Martin, I am hoping to carve the new damper program into my winter schedule. Sorry, the elevators have completely distracted me since January. At the peak, I estimate there were at least 125 Commanders grounded. Jim

Re: Elevator Inoculation Hi Bill, OK, but I am still a bit confused. Roy did a rudder for me in May, but declined to do another one for me in June, saying, and I quote him, "I am not going to do any more Commander stuff". So I sent it further across the country, to AAS. Jim

Re: Elevator Inoculation Hi All, Aerodyme and AAS have fixtures. Other shops would need to construct a fixture for constraining the elevator during correspondence drilling, or the airplane itself can be used as the fixture (there are some advantages to this). Roy of Williams advised me in...

Re: Elevator Inoculation Hi John, Yes, all the attaching hardware is included. Jim