JP Tulo

Still for sale, or sold?

Thanks for the reply! I think I got it figured out. There were three shims underneath the clip holding the drum on. The top one was kind of bent and they were binding pretty badly. I removed two of the shims and lubed the shaft going through the drum and put back together and the difference is night and day. I imagine its been binding for the majority of it's life as this has always been somewhat of an issue, however just recently it got so bad that I needed to investigate. I haven't reinstalled the starter yet, but i'm pretty confident I've got'er figured out! 

On a side note: Do WHATEVER you can to avoid pulling the starter cord while the engine is running. I can tell that my paws are slightly damaged from coming into contact with the flywheel from doing that. Difficult to explain, but the damage it's doing is even worse than it sounds in reference to the sound we both described.

Hey all, I’ve been having more and more trouble with my pull-start cord not retracting back on the spool after a few pulls. The symptoms seem to get worse the colder it is. I had a lot of trouble with this early in the engines life(less than 10 hours) but it progressively went away. Now it’s starting to be an issue again. After the motor starts sometimes I’ll pull it out a little to try and build up some momentum to pull it back in and it makes a high pitched unhealthy sort of sound. I’m unsure of the inner workings of the Moster/starter but I understand the concept. I assume there’s a one-way bearing in there somewhere. Are those common wear items? How often do pull-start springs need replaced? The motor has about 90 hours on it.

On a somewhat related note, it is REALLY difficult to turn over sometimes. Feels like it has an unnatural amount of compression going on in the combustion chamber. I remember reading somewhere about a pressure relief valve or port or something like that that can get gummed up. Does anyone have any insight? Thanks in advance for any light you can shed on these issues for me!

-JP

10 hours ago, Blackburn Mark said:

I couldn't find the manual for the "2" but the Gin Pegasus seems to be a sensible safe wing where breaks can be used in all configurations.
I'm sure most of the more recent wings are the same.
Coming from thousands of hours of free-flight, it would be unwise of me to fly a wing that forbids the use of breaks as I find it very, very difficult not to instinctively revert to active flying when things get hairy.
 

https://www.gingliders.com/pdf/ppg-pegasus-2-manual-en.pdf

That’s kinda what I thought... I posted a vid a little while ago and in said vid I was using brakes to make small corrections while on the bar and a few of my peers were very quick to tell me how dangerous it was and that it should never be done. I’m still relatively new, I’ve been flying for around 70 hours with around 15 of those with a speed bar and never had an issue though so I was surprised to hear that.

Like you were saying if things got hairy, I feel like instinctively I would ease off the bar before any major inputs were made.

This wing has been good to me. I feel safe on it and I’ve flown it in the 30 as well as the 28 as I’m right in between sizes, but it’s all I know as I haven’t flown any other wing.

I was beginning to think that I wasn’t going to get any replies because I don’t have a lot of posts, thanks so much for your reply Mark! That’s exactly the type of answer I was looking for, too. Now I have an actual reason why not to do that, for risk of frontal collapse I gather. Versus not knowing what the danger of doing so would entail.

Now I suppose it makes sense why I was told to pull the entire rear risers to steer while on bar, to prevent going into that negative angle of attack you described. Wish I had the option for tip steering!

Btw, I hang from Gin Pegasus 2 28m with motor risers and am strapped to a ParaJet Maverick w/ Moster 185.

Thanks again for the reply! I’m not really new to the forum btw. I spend a lot of time reading and just don’t post often! Cheers from the US

Can anyone elaborate on the physics as to why it’s a bad idea to use even a small amount of brakes while on the bar? Someone told me it’s safer to pull the entire rear riser instead and I’m struggling to understand why. Any help would be much appreciated, TIA!

-JP

Anyone else notice that he catches the diaper as it launches right into him while the reserve is dangling underneath him? Great vid

Anymore info on this? I haven't been able to find any information at all.

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