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Could you please explain how the addition of a power valve increases piston/cylinder wear? If the power valve is set correctly and is not in contact with the piston, where does the wear come from?

Morgy, I'm taking my transit connect over on Sat morning. Can't stay, due to evening dinner arrangements! Live in Shoreham, if you can get it over here, I can take it. pm me if you need contact number.

Probably going to get flamed, but here goes... I recently got so fed up with the two bl00dy red balls getting tangled - I removed them. Just undid the knot at the base of the riser and they were off in about 5 mins. Re-connected the lines using the same knot and no more tangles! The lines are marked with a black line, so when they go back on, will line up as per original. I do not envisage using them for a while yet - due to training. So they can sit happily in the wings owners wallet.

The 'Loft' in sussex offers wing labelling! http://www.theloftworkshop.co.uk/

Loved the soundover from the camera girl...Oooh, Errh....

Wish I was signed off!! I'd be there staright away....

Don't know what they've been smokin....

Stunning pictures as always!

Never had any issues with groundhandling. Its only when practising with the motor doing forward launches people start to take an interest! (motor not running, of course). Just tell them its a big kite!! If you want to drive over to Shoreham, theres a good place just 3 mins from my house to practice groundhandling - wind permitting.

Anyone else going down to the factory for the open day? Want to share a lift/fuel from South Coast, Brighton area? Steve. http://www.parajet.com/news/

Godd news Phil, I'm stuck at a charity event for 9 days with no pay!! Next week I'll be there.......

Let me know if you need a van for the return journey? Got a Trannie connect high top.

Maybe try one of the garden supply shops that deal with chainsaws etc. They have the bottles that have the 2t measurement moulded on the side of a 5ltr can. I think Steve Haze has one, but not sure of the make? Or are you just looking for accurate measurement of 2t on its own? I just use 60ml syringes from ebay for that.

Or for Steve, C/o Steve Haze??

Thought I recognised the name!!

Hi Lee, I've been using my Synth 34 and Phil has been using a Synth 31(?) recently. They can be ground handled quite well, BUT, if locking into a harness always wear a helmet and watch out for the odd gusts!! Be careful and keep hold of the brakes or 'D's at all times.

Possibly see you Thursday Phil? Went over to Epson Racecourse last week with Sid (from Brighton), and that masochist Mr. Haze had us running UPHILL into wind...........with miniwings and the Dudek 29!! His relaxed position whilst reclining on the balled wings, and shouting into the radio at me to run faster, makes me want to return to the lazy days of instructing...... I'll make him earn his money, just you see!!

Did you get my pm Simon?

There is normally an arrow moulded into the main body of the filter to show fuel direction. That looks OK in your picture.

Is Shoreham on the way to Essex Steve?? Seriously though, may take the van. So if anybody needs a ride, just shout.........

Hi Alex, welcome to the club!! I,ve just started my training with Steve Haze, based in Redhill. I am based over in Shoreham, so I'm sure we'll meet sometime.

The oil discussion comes up regularly on the 2T bike forums! We tend to advise using the best you can afford from somewhere local, unless you want to buy in bulk. I order 10ltrs at a time from Opie Oils. Castrol TTS Power Racing is what I run in the RG500 and RGV 250's. Motuls 710 and the 800 get very good reviews. When pre-mixing, the viscosity rating of the oil is of no use, its only if you run an oil injection pump that you need to get the correct weight of oil. Fully synth/ester based is probably the best way to go, depending upon wether you are racing and into regular engine stripdowns, then use the castor based oils. Personally, I would always favour the best synthetic over a supermarket/garage shelf product anyday. Unless they are selling the brand/grade you need. Its one less thing to worry about when the engine is being pushed, either on takeoff or cruising. A 2T engine will, due to its design, generally run best at a certain rpm range. Mainly due to the porting characteristics and exhaust pipe harmonics. Sitting on tickover for a few minutes is not going to foul the plug with these new synth oils if the carb is set correctly, with a warm engine. I warm up the RG500 for 5-10 minutes before setting off (the neighbours love the Swarbrick pipes)! Gently building up the revs, blipping the throttle. This help to prevent one of the biggest problems when people do not warm a 2T engine corerctly - Four point seizure on the piston. This is due to the different expansion rates of the piston and cylinder/barrel. Aqautix, I don't understand the idea of using less oil if you are running Avagas? As an aside, be very careful of using some race fuels and the 'normal' synthetics, they do not like to be mixed.. I can see the point of using the Oxygenated race fuels or Avgas to prevent detonation when the compression is raised/squish band modified. But what would be achieved by using less oil? Is there any point using these higher grades of fuel in these engines that seem to be in a relatively low state of tune? If you can find a report done by Graham Bell on the effect of oil/petrol ratio, it highlights that using less oil, even synthetic, is a bad thing for the engine. All tested on a dyno for repeatability. The best mix was 30:1 that gave the least wear and let the engine run cooler. This just happened to be the 'best' for that particular engine on test mind! If you are holing pistons in a standard engine, then something else is causing the problem. Possibly jetting sizes, plug temp rating, or ignition. There is a lot of variables to this one! But lack/low oil mix will not hole pistons. Bearings and piston seizure only. Always on the lookout for new ideas...... http://www.rgv250.co.uk/forums/index.ph ... __hl__oils I would generally run whatever oil ratio the manufacturer advises. Measured with a graduated syringe. Do not be tempted to add a little or a lot for 'good luck' as this can weaken the mixture - not good. Seized engine on road - Pain in the butt. Seized engine airbourne - bad, very bad.

That should be ...Run fat boy Run!!!

Cleared cookies etc. Going to .org Still does the same! Can't afford a MAC - spent money on a Parajet......

This seems to be the only site I have login problems with! Originally, I would just hit the login button and would be redirected. Then, the full list of available tabs(?) would appear on the right of the front page, in the box. But recently, I keep trying to login and the box on right does not 'open' to dispaly the full list. Yet I am shown as being logged in at the bottom of the page. Entering my username and password at the bottom of page would bring the full list up (in box on right) but only for about 4-5 secs then drop out again! I did not make any adjustments to the laptop prior to this, as it opens all the other forums without problem. I have found that by going into the Internet Options-Security page, that when I uncheck the box for 'Enable Protected Mode' the login process is working perfectly. This then leaves a message in a bar at the top of page warning that protected mode is turned off. I have moved some of the sliders down to lower the 'filtering' of websites, but they do not make any difference. I did try adding this site to the 'trusted sites' list with revised settings, but it would not accept the website address. Needed to start with https:// ?? As you can probably guess, I'm not that hot on computer stuff. The laptop is running windows XP, with IE 7? I think. Anyone got an idea for a complete luddite!!