FastEddieB Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 Thanks again. I have a gram scale so next time I have my float bowls off (in a few months as part of my annual, if not sooner) I'll weigh my floats and go from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anticept Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 I have a gram scale. I always feel like this should never be said no matter how innocent the circumstances are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FastEddieB Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 I always feel like this should never be said no matter how innocent the circumstances are Stock photo, but here's mine: For reloading. Honest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S3flyer Posted December 17, 2014 Report Share Posted December 17, 2014 For reloading. Reloading what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco01 Posted December 20, 2014 Report Share Posted December 20, 2014 Last WE, just after take off (100 feet high), I got a significant power loss + high vibration during 1 Sec: stick push immediatelly, reduce gaz. Power came back immediatelly, I keep on going, getting high altitude and staying in the pattern. i have check the 4 floats: one of them sink completely! I have replace it with the old one. Floats were replaced 3 months ago: so the issue happened after 3 months, 35 hours flight. I will wait from Rotax to find a solution before buying new one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rookie Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 Looks like the float problem includes a lot more engines than the SB includes. Since im stuck at home and can't fly I decided to do my annual early, really early. Good thing, doing the carb check I found one float in the rt. carb almost fully submerged. The odd thing is there were no indications and my last flight was perfectly normal. Apparently the one good float exerted enough force to prevent over flow. Apparently when they go bad it happens fairly quick, last spring when I did the annual they were fine. My engine is far below the cut off point of the SB and I only flew 51 hours since last check. Whatever the problem was it involved more than some bad batches. I just received new floats which are supposed to be the new type but won't have time to install before we go to AZ so I rigged up a test unit to hold the in the normal position and filled the jar with fuel. I'll see what they look like when we get back in April. al meyer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Lee Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 Hi Al, Found one in Tom's plane too. He was leaking fuel and running rough except at full throttle. It was many years old. Floats have always been able to sink. They were just more resilient to this over the years compared to the ones listed in the bulletin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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