Thanks so much Twitham for the response. Exactly what I was looking for. I don’t know about glassing but I’m thinking gorilla glue would work. I was actually thinking of going around the upper part of the fairing but I kinda like your idea. Appreciate your input.
Yes it does! Easy to remember. Nice to join the 9rs club lol.
Thank you Vance that’s what I was thinking also.
I used castle nuts and cotter pins on the lower arms but nylocks up on the rotor head.
Normally I’d agree Tyger and I do have torque seal for those areas that will need it. Red should stick out well. I’m just thinking I’d like a little more piece of mind on the control rods. I think either way works, especially like you said on a good preflight.
Tyger: Overflow bottle is not a Rotax part so I have no idea if a tether is required. I've already had two experiences with things coming loose and striking the prop (and one rotor)!To my thinking, it's sort of like the plastic coolant-bottle cap I saw with a tether on it here (another thread).
If such things are designed and put on properly, they are not going to somehow untwist themselves – multiple rotations – and come off, at least not in the course of one flight.
However, if it makes you feel better, I guess there's no harm in wearing both a belt and suspenders, as it were.
But even so, I wouldn't ever "fix it and forget it".
My great-uncle had a slobber bottle when I was very young. Some things just stick with you.I'm not even sure what a slobber bottle is... is that like a spit cup?
Why would an overflow bottle be just an afterthought? Where would your coolant go when it gets hot?
The cap on my Rotax overflow bottle has gone exactly nowhere in four plus years of flying through the open air. I have to give it a good hard twist and then spin it four of five rotations to get it off. But I still check it every pre-flight.
