At 22:29 27 May 2018, C-FFKQ 42 wrote:
Hi Paul,

I own a T.59D (1789) and love it A bit heavy to rig,
but it handles my
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size and weight.

There is a Yahoo! group called "Kestrel401" that caters
to the Kestrel
crow=
d. It's not very active, but the people are fairly decent
and responsive.
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You'll find the various approved mods there, as well as
the TNs and ADs
(t=
here are 2 annual-check ADs). The PoH is also there.
The various mods
wer=
e designed by the factory as they went through series
production (there
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4 series), including enlarging the rudder and adding an
anti-balance tab
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o the elevator (standard in series 2 and later). There
was one (two?)
modi=
fied to have a double-panel spoiler, but it wasn't
approved for general
use=
and apparently didn't do much except make more
noise.

Some support for the type is available through
Glasfaser at
www.streifly.de=
.. Slingsby is now known as Slingsby Advanced
Composites and has various
dr=
awings for the Kestrel... at a price.

The Kestrel has no life limits, it's "on condition" for
everything,
althoug=
h the rudder actuator has a slight design flaw (annual
AD to check the
weld=
joints: any cracks and it's to be replaced... not sure if
there are any
re=
placements available).

There are a few other Kestrel owners that follow r.a.s.
so others may
chime=
in.

Good luck getting your Kestrel back into the air!

- John

G-DCTL has a one piece canopy.