Jeromef

I tested a motorbike brake handle on the stick but it did not work (the volume of fluid displaced by the piston was not sufficient for an efficient braking)

Having the brake handle at the center has the benefit that you can fly the plane from either seat (being an long time glider pilot, i feel better having the stick in the right hand, and I  fly often in the right seat)

Yes I did install a hand brake system on my MkIV. I installed it because I had trouble braking and using the pedals at the same time (by the way, the previous owner had made 2 ground loops!). I put only one master cylinder, controled by a lever below the throttle . I think I already posted a pic of this setup somewhere in this forum.

Sure it limits the ability to make short turns on the ground, but I feel much safer!

Thanks Fred

Could make a great winter project!

Hello Fred

It seems that your doors allow to open only the top part in flight. It is a custom mod or the original configuration of your plane?

We have here in France an exceptionally mild  and calm autumn weather, perfect for flying (but not for grass, if you look at the airfield ground!)

Here is Red Baron (my MkIV) just landed in the evening sun

dholly, if you come to Paris, I can fly there with you in the right seat.

With the picture!

The old Pegasus bridge and Horsa assault glider at the Colleville memorial.

To return on topic, I saw them from the air during my recent Avid flight to the D-Day beaches but could not take a decent picture.

The same for me, I installed on each cylinder head a standard plug and a "P" plug, that solved the starting problems on my GH 582

Why did the flaperon detach? That could be an useful information for other pilots!

Sorry not, I was at the commands ay this time and my co-pilot was too busy looking to take pictures!

You can see the coastline on the horizon on the first picture..

This weekend I flew to Normandy to see the D-Day beaches from the air, and landed for lunch at the small airstrip at Courseulles - just 2km  from Juno Beach. A total of 3 flight hours in a nice and calm early autumn weather

I flew today after work and went to land on a friends private airstrip (another Avid owner by the way)

The strip is 1300ft long, at the bottom of a hollow, and terminated on one side by a 10ft hedge, and on the other by a thick wood at 1000ft: not for the faint of heart!

You gan get it quite cheap from ULM Technologie in France:

https://ulmtechnologie-shop.com/fr/circuits-hydrauliques/1612-valve-de-purge-de-frein-1-8.html

Sure, but how would you know the cable is broken and you cant apply full power??

In fact I modified the brake system by using a single master cylinder with a hand lever at the center. I did that because I had a lot of trouble controlling the plane on the ground while braking. I feel much   safer that way

Hello all

I have the same problem as the OP (air coming again in brake lines after bleeding the brakes)

I have the "old style" Matco brakes, and it seems to me that this is caused by a leak in the right caliper.

Is there a place where the gasket and O-rings are available on mail order? I dont know if they are the same reference as in the new calipers (as seen on aircraft Spruce or on the Matco website.)

Turbo

I think you have a good point, the junction of both tank lines is high in my setup.

I ordered 3 fuel valves- one for right tank, one for left and the last for vent line, I will install them this weekend.

I think its FLARM, a device developed by a Swiss company for the gliders (as in mountain area such as the southern Alps in France there is a great density of gliders near the ridges, and a high risk of midair collision)

This system is collaborative,in  that is every device broadcasts constantly its GPS position and the software computes continuously the risk of collision with nearby equipped aircraft.

see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FLARM

Update:

Yesterday, I drained the fuel circuit and inspected the "finger strainers"

They were not totally clean (as you would expect for parts which IMHO  were never inspected nor cleaned since the plane was assembled, as they were epoxy sealed) , but in no way clogged or obstructed.

In fact the strip is not mine, it belongs to a local farmer (who owns his own plane, an Ikarus C42) and rents me a place in his barn. By the way, the barn door is very narrow, and I have to fold the wings after each flight (that's why I choose an AVID!)

Hello

I am the owner of a Rotax 582 MkIV  in France. I fly from a 1300ft farm grass strip 40km west of downtown Paris

This plane was assembled in Germany in 1995.

I am a glider pilot since 1984 (1800 flight hours), and a recent ultralight pilot (2016).

I work as an aerospace engineer in a big company.

Turbo

Having that totalizer (a FC10 fuel computer) did not prevent me from landing in a field some days ago!

Chris

If both tank contain fuel, I think that without a vent there is no way for air trapped in the header tank to escape.

And yes both tanks feed the header at the same time, but not at the same rate as the circuit is not symmetrical. As I have the habit to fill the same quantity of fuel in each tank, I suppose that over time the level of fuel in the left tank has become higher that in the right one. (I use a FC10 fuel computer to estimate the remaining fuel, as checking the level in the transparent tubes inside the cabin is highly imprecise)