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Anybody got any info or links to websites with any info on Medway
Raven's

I have looked at Medways website but there is very little there.

I have purchased a 503 Raven Hybred and hopefully I am going to get it
up and running for next season.

I have all the necessary paperwork and manuals etc. but would be
interested in any remarks, info or tips.

Trevor





Mon Nov 13, 2006 1:03 pm

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Anybody got any info or links to websites with any info on Medway Raven's I have looked at Medways website but there is very little there. I have purchased a...
Trevor Villa
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Nov 13, 2006
1:20 pm

Hello Trevor, It is going back but I can probably remember bits and pieces about the Hybred R as I did sell a few over the years. I prefer the Raven X all...
Mark Phillips
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Nov 13, 2006
1:48 pm

Trevor Give Chris Draper a call. He will do anything he can to help and likes bein involved in restoration projects, even if only to give advice. Chris is...
Pete Croney
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Nov 13, 2006
1:52 pm

Trevor, Nice aircraft, lovely wing, make sure you keep a close eye on the pylons under the engine mounting bracket. These should be inspected for cracks...
dave baker
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Nov 13, 2006
2:56 pm

Hi Trevor, I moved into the Raven world last year and tried looking for internet based info too for it but to no avail, that is except for the guys on here who...
wexfordair
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Nov 13, 2006
7:28 pm

Hello Henry, With most Ravens the swan nose-catch might be too tight to rig on the forward hangpoint hole, and unless the tips were set up very tight it would...
Mark Phillips
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Nov 13, 2006
9:16 pm

Hi Mark, hope alls well over your side, sounds about right with the 503, if I can remember now thats where I have mine set to. Do you think thats why medway...
wexfordair
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Nov 14, 2006
1:35 am

Hello Henry (and quenas tortia is it?), Top o' the mornin' to you in Ireland from sunny East Sussex. That really describes the uniqueness of the Raven doen't...
Mark Phillips
mdphillips1956
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Nov 14, 2006
10:59 am

Mark I have been having exactly the same thoughts. The Raven wing has a lot of area over the prop which is neither drag inducing nor is it it contributing...
Pete Croney
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Nov 14, 2006
6:02 pm

What changes would I make to it? Well if it was easier to carry on your own would be one (it must be the heaviest wing around) and the way the hangbracket digs...
wexfordair
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Nov 14, 2006
8:12 pm

wexfordair wrote about Ravens.... ... tail ... *Fun (for sad anoraks like me) to surmise what the best mix of trike and wing would be. Someone actually put a...
Kev Armstrong
factoryfit
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Nov 14, 2006
9:59 pm

what about the old photon? where does that fit into ssdr? Did anyone ever make a solid wing rather than dacron? As many now hardly ever fold their wings...
wexfordair
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Nov 14, 2006
11:20 pm

There is a Photon here and I have got my eye on it for SSDR. Mark P................ wexfordair <junior250@...> wrote: what about the old photon? where...
Mark Phillips
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Nov 15, 2006
12:23 am

Hi Kev, A pal of mine has a 582 Mainair Gemini trike with a Raven wing G-MRAV. Mark P........... Kev Armstrong <kevin@...> wrote: wexfordair wrote...
Mark Phillips
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Nov 15, 2006
1:16 am

Hello Henry (I presume!), I always carried mine zip up with the hangplates sticking upwards but even then on just one shoulder the bolt at the top of the...
Mark Phillips
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Nov 14, 2006
10:29 pm

Good advise mark, I must print it and bring with me.. I have a raven x trike as well but no engine (yet) and the hybrd has hydraulic disc brakes and no brakes...
wexfordair
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Nov 14, 2006
11:42 pm

Hello Henry, No brakes required: small fields are always bumpy with long grass so you stop quickly! But I have seen raven X's with brakes... not saying they...
Mark Phillips
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Nov 15, 2006
2:04 am

Hi Pete, Yes the Raven seems to a womderfully re workable wing; I had great fun around eight or so years ago extensivly adapting my old training Raven giving...
Mark Phillips
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Nov 14, 2006
10:06 pm

Mark Something to get you thinking... http://ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/microlights/photos/view/a1fd?b=1 Pete ... fun around eight or so years ago extensivly...
Pete Croney
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Nov 14, 2006
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It's planform is orgasmic isn't it Pete! Mark P........... Pete Croney <petecroney@...> wrote: Mark Something to get you thinking... ...
Mark Phillips
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Nov 15, 2006
5:45 am

Hello Pete, 60 degrees of bank... or it could be flying level above seven octas of stratus over the sea (that small patch of blue at the bottom). And while I...
Mark Phillips
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Nov 15, 2006
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ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/microlights/photos/view/a1fd?b=2 try this one! Henry ... octas of stratus over the sea (that small patch of blue at the bottom). ... ...
wexfordair
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Nov 16, 2006
9:50 pm

mark, yes it is Henry here. what was the stall of the wing like with reduced washout? would there be a wing drop? And yes an 11sqm raven would be an...
wexfordair
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Nov 14, 2006
11:43 pm

As I recall it was the same but at a lower speed... the test pilot said, as it only went to a permit to test. Mark P.................. wexfordair...
Mark Phillips
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Nov 15, 2006
12:53 am

Henry When the wings are new, they are so tight you need to use the forward hangpoint. Gradually they loosen up and settle at hangpoint 3/4, depending on what...
Pete Croney
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Nov 14, 2006
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