Technics




"Why switch from 121.5 to 406 MHz?"

Short article on the need to switch to 406 MHz

"Thermostat Limbach erhältlich (nov 2009)"

Short article by Niklaus Wächter on a new thermostate by Limbach for all Taifuns with Limbach engines (German only)

"Type Certificate Data Sheet (TCDS) Taifun 17E"

EASA TCDS no. A.299 on Taifun types 17E and 17EII as issued on February 18th 2008 by the European Aviation Safety Agency. Pdf file will open up in new window, or right click to download this file to your pc. Bilingual version (German and English)

"Get the fix, switch to 406"

Short article by Niklaus Wächter in English and German on the new 406 MHZ emergency frequency.

"Taifun 17E and 17EII: the differences"

Short article in English on the main diffences between a Valentin Taifun 17E and a Valentin Taifun 17EII.

"Swinging a Taifun's gear"

Story in English (with 12 images) by Ray Davids on how his Taifun N67LM had its gear swung during the annual inspection.

"Cracked, not crashed"

Henk interviewed by webmaster Leo about a short flight that ended in an unexpected manner, containing a word of warning for all Taifun 17E and 17EII owners all around the globe!

"Disassembly of a Slick 4230/4330 ignition magnet"

A short pictorial story (with 9 images) by Patrick Faucheron in English, German and French language.

"Is that gasoline I smell ?"

Interview with Henk (in English), with 9 images, on a learningful experience with a Taifun 17E II smelling very weirdly. Read it, you could be next!

"Taifun engines by Limbach"

Datasheets with images and drawings on 3 types of engines often found on Taifun motorgliders.

"Kultivierten POWER "

Article by Jochen Ewald as featured in "fliegermagazin 5/99" on the new Limbach L-2400 EFi water cooled 100 HP engine. Both the original article (in German) and an English translation are available.

"Official LBA Airworthiness Directives Taifun 17E"

All LBA-LTA documents (in pdf format) on Valentin Taifun 17E and EII available both in English and German.

"MT prop mystery"

Article by Patrick Faucheron (CFI Germany) in English (with 12 very illustrating images) on how he dismantled and re-assembled an MT-1 propellor.

 











 

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