Kavan Starters
john tarpinian
jtarpinian at yahoo.com
Mon Oct 4 17:17:38 AKDT 2004
Getting the Kavan starter apart is fairly easy.
Putting it back together is a trick, an extra set of
hands helps. Sometimes just cleaning out the brush
dust will bring the starter back to life.
John Tarpinian
--- Jim_Woodward at beaerospace.com wrote:
> -----
>
>
> Jim Woodward
> 10/04/2004 03:14 PM
>
>
> To: "Joe Lachowski"
> <jlachow at hotmail.com>
> cc:
> Subject: RE: Kavan Starters
>
> Hi Joe, All,
>
> Thanks for the quick replys. I'm sort of loyal to
> the Kavan, and I like
> the replacment cost of $11 for a brush, or $40 for a
> new starter, since I
> already bought a new $15 battery case, and something
> like $40 for the
> battery pack. It was the YS that caused me to
> become loyal to it becuase
> I was using this starter for minutes on end (every
> flight) for getting it
> to start. Now, it is more of a safety blanket (or
> first start of the day)
> for the Webra, and designtated as the official
> "loaner-starter" for YS
> users (vbg).
>
> Having not looked at the Kavan as an item that
> needed repair, is it easy
> to take apart?
>
> Thanks,
> Jim
>
>
>
>
>
>
> "Joe Lachowski" <jlachow at hotmail.com>
> 10/04/2004 02:58 PM
>
>
> To: Jim_Woodward at beaerospace.com
> cc:
> Subject: RE: Kavan Starters
>
>
> Jim,
>
> Get one of these babies and don't look back.
>
> http://www.ecsvr.com/wrc/ShopExd.asp?id=528
>
>
>
> >From: Jim_Woodward at beaerospace.com
> >Reply-To: discussion at nsrca.org
> >To: discussion at nsrca.org
> >Subject: Kavan Starters
> >Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 13:41:30 -0400
> >
> >Hi All,
> >After 3 full seasons, my Kavan battery powered
> starter was going down
> >hill, and displaying less power, and less # of uses
> in between charges.
> It
> >simply would no longer turn over my Webra 160.
> Thinking this was the
> sign
> >of an overused Nicad pack, I purchased a new Nimh
> pack. Now with two
> >charge/use/charge cycles, the 3 year old Kavan and
> new battery still will
> >not turn over the 160. My flying parter has a new
> Kavan starter with new
> >nicad pack, and his turns over my 160 no problem,
> as well as his DZ 160.
> >
> >Is it possible that something in the actual starter
> has started to fail?
> >Or, should I just wait untill the starter gets some
> more charge cycles on
> >the battery pack? Anyone else experience this? It
> has been used quite a
> >bit, and has been an excellent product.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Jim W.
> >
>
>
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