< PreviousKiwiFlyer Magazine Issue 66 60 ZK Review continued Smoke system - the missile like cans fitted to the wingtips. It is very fun to fly although (unsurprisingly) you must have your game face on as it is very fast with lots of energy. Steadfast will definitely be a huge draw card and show-stopper on the airshow circuit including at Warbirds Over Wanaka next Easter. ZK-SMB Vans RV-12 UL In September 2017 Hawkes Bay and East Coast Aero Club obtained a grant from the Eastern and Central Community Trust to purchase a Vans RV12 kit on behalf of the Clubs new Youth Flying Group aged 13 to 16 years old. At the time there were twelve students, two girls and ten boys. Seven boys stayed the distance over the 24-month period, and entirely built the microlight aircraft using the skills they were taught as part of the programme - skills (shamefully, Ed) no longer taught in schools as part of their curriculum. The whole project was run by Peter Steers and overseen by engineer Cliff Johnson, taking from October 2017 to October 2019 to complete - mostly on Saturday mornings. On 13 November the RV obtained its permit to fly from CAA. A local bus paint shop applied the paint which was funded by three grants from local organisations First Light Foundation, Infinity Foundation and The Guardian Trust. The HBECAC and club members helped pay for the Rotax engine and propeller. The Hastings District Council provided a grant for the cost of instrumentation. 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Once complete and test flown (imminent at time of writing) SMB will be sold to fund the next aircraft build with a new set of twelve lucky students. ZK-NEX Sonex Aircraft LLC Sonex Ross Drew imported a fast-build kit from Sonex Aircraft LLC USA four years ago and has since assembled it in his Bridge Pa hangar. Having seen one at the Oshkosh air show a few years previous Ross thought the Sonex seemed a fun plane with good all-round performance at a good price. He says he was very pleased with the quality of the plans and kit. The US based Sonex company was founded in 1998 by John Monnett, who has designed the Monnett Sonerai sport aircraft, gliders and the Monnett Monex racer. ZK-NEX has a Turbo AeroVee conversion (100 hp) with a wooden propeller. Ross installed a MGL iEFIS and radio. A separate RDAC unit was installed on the fire wall and all engine monitoring sensors were connected to this unit. The iEFIS comes with full engine monitoring, flight instruments and GPS navigation functions “plus a lot of other things if you spend several weeks reading the manuals”. Sonex Aircraft offered two engine options, the AeroVee conversion and the Jabiru motor. At the time they had recently introduced a turbo option for the AeroVee conversion. Ross thought that looked an easy way to get another 20 hp. Engine assembly was required but the engine kit is very good, and Ross says there are videos on how to assemble the engine (which saves having to actually read the instructions). Unfortunately, Ross also says there has been a bit of a saga with the turbo. Before he finished the plane two major mods came out. One was to put an oil filter and oil drain on the turbo due to oil burning problems. This did not fix the issues and the next modification was to put a water-cooling system on the turbo. This presented a few problems on an air- cooled motor. He thought about dropping the turbo at this stage but persevered and installed a small liquid cooling system with pump and radiator. The problem now is that there is too much heat in the turbo after landing and with hindsight he says the non turbo option would be better. At time of writing Ross is just finishing off the final inspections and then it will be test flying time. 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