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g-iani(at)ntlworld.com
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Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 12:44 am Post subject: Trigear Flap Drive

G-IANI has the old (pre 2001) flap drive  motor.  Over the last two weeks this has become first temperamental then  stopped completely.  The wiring and switch all checked out fine and it  started working again.  This lasted about 10 flap cycles.  After this  failure I removed the motor cover and found the commutater and brushes oily and  carbon covered.  Cleaning this up and replacing everything had it working  again for about 10 cycles but it has now stopped again.

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   Has anyone had a similar    experience?

    

   If so how did you fix the problem?     Is it practical to rebuild the motor?

    

   Can we still get spares for this motor or    a replacement motor?

    

   Does anyone have an unused old type flap    motor spare.

    

   If you have to fit the new flap drive are    there any special problems with this?

    

   Any help would be appreciated as we would    like to be flying in this good weather.

    

      

Ian Rickard  #505 G-IANI XS Trigear

Europa Club Mods    Rep (Trigear)

e-mail mods(at)europaclub.org.uk  

   or    direct g-iani(at)ntlworld.com

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alan(at)kestrel-insurance
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Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 5:53 am Post subject: Trigear Flap Drive

Hi Ian



I had exactly the same problem with mine last month and decided to replace

the motor with the new type. Europa supply a fitting kit that allows you

to attach the new motor without any major problems(be sure to ask for this

kit,I didnt and had another week to wait before I could do the job). The

only thing is that you have to redrill the holes in the fuselage as the

new motor is slightly longer than the old type. Thats a bit fiddley, but

its only two holes. Just make sure you drill into the hard spot thats

built into the bottom of the fuselage. My new holes still came well within

the hard spot, so hopefully so will yours. Hope that helps.

Kind Regards



Alan

ps I'm still in Florida and its about 95 degrees here at the moment, hard

work but someone has to do it:-)



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		   G-IANI has the old (pre 2001) flap drive motor.  Over the last two weeks

 this has become first temperamental then stopped completely.  The wiring

 and switch all checked out fine and it started working again.  This

 lasted about 10 flap cycles.  After this failure I removed the motor

 cover and found the commutater and brushes oily and carbon covered.

 Cleaning this up and replacing everything had it working again for about

 10 cycles but it has now stopped again.

 Has anyone had a similar experience?



 If so how did you fix the problem?  Is it practical to rebuild the

 motor?



 Can we still get spares for this motor or a replacement motor?



 Does anyone have an unused old type flap motor spare.



 If you have to fit the new flap drive are there any special problems

 with this?



 Any help would be appreciated as we would like to be flying in this good

 weather.



 Ian Rickard  #505 G-IANI XS Trigear

 Europa Club Mods Rep (Trigear)

 e-mail mods(at)europaclub.org.uk

    or direct g-iani(at)ntlworld.com

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ami(at)mcfadyean.freeserv
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Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 3:34 pm Post subject: Trigear Flap Drive

Sort of had the same problem, but mine was fixed by cleaning the  commutator. 

 I take it that the brushes were still serviceable and orientated  correctly.

  

 Duncan McF

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