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Safety bulletins

What are they?

Safety bulletins are issued from time to time when a manufacturer (or local aviation organisation) believes there is sufficient evidence to show some kind of remedial action needs be taken to correct a design or manufacturing deficiency in the aircraft or one of its components. Very often, any deficiency (if it is there at all) appears after many hours in service and the manufacturer usually requires a clear pattern of evidence before issuing a bulletin.

Evektor's approach to safety bulletins

Evektor, with its GA manufacturing background, places particular emphasis on keeping on top of any potential problems and rapidly issuing a bulletin if needed - contrast this with some manufacturers who prefer not to dent sales through announcing problems!

Evektor maintains its own demonstration fleet of aircraft at its base in the Czech Republic. Very often these aircraft have completed many more flying hours and landings, with a wide variety of different pilots, than the average private pilot/owner. Any remedies required are first tested extensively on these aircraft before they are released to the broader base of owners and pilots.

When a safety bulletin is issued

After Evektor issues a safety bulletin, all aircraft are manufactured incorporating the mandated (or sometimes recommended) change(s) required by the bulletin.

Bulletins are usually categorized through one method or another into:

  • Mandatory, ie the change must be incorporated, sometimes before the next flight, or sometimes at the next scheduled service. An example of a mandatory bulletin would be one which fundamentally affects the safety of the aircraft and its occupants;
  • Advisory, ie the manufacturer recommends the change but does not mandate it. An example of an advisory bulletin might be one where the basic safety is not affected but the change may help improve service life of a component, or minimize the chance of a potential future problem;
  • Optional, ie it is the owner's choice whether to action the bulletin or not. An example of this type of bulletin might be the incorporation of an oil thermostat to stabilize engine oil temperatures in certain flying conditions.

Below are listed current safety bulletins relating to Evektor airframes, Rotax engine and propellers used by Evektor aircraft.

Not all bulletins apply to all aircraft, engines, propellers etc - so it is the owner's responsibility to check their own serial numbers to decide whether a particular change is required to their own aircraft or component.

SportStar Safety Bulletins

 

Harmony LSA Safety Bulletins

There are no service bulletins relating to the Harmony LSA


Rotax engine bulletins

In Australia, the Foxbat uses exclusively the Rotax 912ULS 100hp engine.

There is a large catalogue of Rotax Service Letters and Service Bulletins relating to this engine.  Please click here to go to the Rotax owner website, where you can find all the bulletins relevant to your engine.

We strongly recommend you register your engine number with Rotax-Owner to receive automatic e-mail notification of bulletins which affect your engine.

Here are some Rotax service letters you may find helpful:

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Propeller bulletins

Several propellers are currently approved for use with the SportStar & Harmony: Woodcomp, Kaspar, WarpDrive and Sensenich.

Woodcomp service bulletins

Other propellers

There are no current service bulletins issued by Kaspar propellers.

There are no current service bulletins issued by WarpDrive propellers.

There are no current service bulletins issued by Sensenich propeller relating to their Rotax propeller.

 

RA-Aus Airworthiness Directives

 

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