G-CCFE (formerly OO-PLG - imported in 2003) s/n 37 - Jabiru Engined Nipper with Tip Tanks and tall pilot mods. Approx 550 hours on the Jab engine (s/n 2200A104). Engine running well and with good compressions (recent new rings and honing to front cylinders, and valves lapped all round. Rear cylinders and heads replaced previously). Good Ts&Ps. High compression engine (runs on Avgas) - can be shimmed (a standard Jabiru mod) under the barrels to allow use of Mogas. I'd heard a few stories about Jab engines so I've purchased a new (unused!) early Jab engine as a spare (2200A198) - but the current engine starts easily and runs like a sewing machine so I've never felt the need to swap. Electric start etc. Total fuel capacity approx 60 litres (tip tanks must be empty for aeros).
MAUW 340kg (311kg aerobatic). Empty weight 207kg.
Vice free handling, easy to fly and to land. Stall 32mph. Electric stall warner. Hydraulic disc brakes.
Panel includes Stratomaster engine monitor, micro-air radio, Garmin 96c GPS, ASI and of course the G-meter to record how much fun you've been having!
Permit to Jan 2013. I need to change the undercarriage bungees soon and intend to do this in the next few weeks.
Tipsy Histories records that the aircraft was renovated in the 1990s by Raymond Cuyper.
There are loads of photos on the web, and a few videos on YouTube.
Currently hangared at Priory Farm.
Great fun to fly but I need to spend time on other things and can't justify outright ownership of an aircraft at the moment, so she'll have to go
