HI Guys,

I took off from Gap Tallard in the French Alps in Summer 2009 year and my Airmaster refused to go into "Cruise". Meitrher Auto or Manual pitch control worked. I had to fly the sortie in fine pitch. The possibility of overspeed was ever present when you are used to the Airmaster doing the work. On inspection the stud with the green wire attached to it had sheared just as yours did.  Luckily, thanks to very helpful French engineer on the airfield whose wife also fed myself and my wife, I was able to drill and tap a tiny hole into the broken stud and get a good connection going again. I was able to get back to Scotland with this and indeed it proved so secure that I was able to use it while Airmaster supplied me with the whole new three ring circus. The studs are embedded behind the rings so I needed the whole thing. Fitting a new ring requires removal of the propeller which was a big job for such a small failure. All working again.
No damage anywhere and the piece of stud dropped out when I removed the spinner so it must have lodged itself somewhere.
The outcome was a happy ending, a nasty moment in amongst the high mountains new friends made who we promise to revisit and quite a lot of work to put right.
You asked .

Looking forward to some good weather this Summer, fingers crossed.
Safe flying all
Justin

G-ZTED Europa Classic Monowheel 912S Airmaster
Kit No:15