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- Tue Dec 20, 2016 10:44 pm
- Forum: The Hangar
- Topic: New Inner Tubes
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9124
Re: New Inner Tubes
Avoid experimenting with the new Desser brass 90-degree valve types. Upon installation one of the brass tubes snapped with only minor effort and there's $60 wasted. The one that did not fail also did not make it any easier to add air with the fairings installed, so ... I'll never use them again and...
- Mon Dec 19, 2016 1:28 am
- Forum: The Hangar
- Topic: Installed 180 Landing Gear
- Replies: 103
- Views: 210133
Re: Installed 180 Landing Gear
With this for your chauffeur? ps://www.google.com/search?q=isetta&biw=1366&bih=638&tbm=isch&imgil=tRq1y4cZ9adzbM%253A%253B-NCCwyI4bqw3hM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.oldcarsstore.com%25252F&source=iu&pf=m&fir=tRq1y4cZ9adzbM%253A%252C-NCCwyI4bqw3hM%252C_&usg=__dgD2...
- Sat Dec 17, 2016 11:38 pm
- Forum: The Hangar
- Topic: Electrical issue after jump start
- Replies: 24
- Views: 35730
Re: Electrical issue after jump start
I'm definitely no electrical genius but if the battery was discharged to the point it could not excite the alternator what would be the indications on the amp meter? I'm just remembering when I was a kid with a dead battery in a car that was alternator equipped that after a jump start the alternator...
- Fri Dec 09, 2016 6:01 pm
- Forum: The Pilot Lounge
- Topic: ? Givng up !
- Replies: 20
- Views: 34875
Re: ? Givng up !
I agree with the above. In Oct I was in Kansas and needed help with stuck exhaust valves at an airport that didn't have an A/P. I did find an old retired mech that basically (as he says) works when he feels like it. For a project like yours you just might run across someone who doesn't want to work ...
- Sat Nov 05, 2016 1:19 pm
- Forum: The Hangar
- Topic: ADS-B
- Replies: 33
- Views: 133980
Re: ADS-B
Here are 2 web sites about ADSB. One is the FAA and I think the Wikipedia gives more info about it.
Jim
https://www.faa.gov/nextgen/programs/adsb/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic ... _broadcast
Jim
https://www.faa.gov/nextgen/programs/adsb/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic ... _broadcast
- Fri Nov 04, 2016 11:30 pm
- Forum: The Hangar
- Topic: ADS-B
- Replies: 33
- Views: 133980
Re: ADS-B
But, you don't want to be the last one off the ship. In the last year, they might not be able to make them fast enough. This is exactly it. This, and avionics shops' capacity to install them. The airplanes I fly for work are both getting done soon; one in works now and the other getting a full pane...
- Thu Nov 03, 2016 11:25 pm
- Forum: The Hangar
- Topic: "A" model rudder removal and reinstall.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 25871
Re: "A" model rudder removal and reinstall.
I'm learning too! Don't think I'm the only one.sreeves wrote:Thanks for the suggestion guys....keep em coming!
- Fri Oct 28, 2016 11:13 pm
- Forum: The Hangar
- Topic: Stuck exhaust valve
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10327
Re: Stuck exhaust valve
Yes, it took cooling down for them to stick. I'm a little nervous about using steel wool to clean the stems. Wouldn't something like scotch brite work better? Just thinking of what steel wool would do to the stem.
- Fri Oct 28, 2016 5:23 pm
- Forum: The Hangar
- Topic: Stuck exhaust valve
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10327
Stuck exhaust valve
I've got the ECI NiCad cylinders on a Connie O300C. I flew to Kansas from New Hampshire a few weeks ago and had 2 exhaust valves stick open after the plane had sat for a few days. Found an old A/P that spent an hour teaching me how to take care of it via the rope trick. He did one with me watching &...
- Mon Oct 24, 2016 9:35 pm
- Forum: The Hangar
- Topic: Braided Ground Strap O 300
- Replies: 9
- Views: 19106
Re: Braided Ground Strap O 300
Years ago I was having problems with starting and checked the ground cables. Back in the '70's and old crusty A/P told me that it seems most electrical problems turn out to be the ground connection. They had a lot of corrosion cleaned them and that did the job.
- Sat Oct 08, 2016 10:37 pm
- Forum: The Hangar
- Topic: Logbook Entries for PMA Parts
- Replies: 12
- Views: 20664
Re: Logbook Entries for PMA Parts
I like the sticky's because I can read them with no problems even though it does make the book thicker. But it would be nice for a thinner book. Stuck in Kansas with 2 stuck exhaust valves...oh well..get to pester my sister and family for a few more days.
- Sun Oct 02, 2016 2:09 am
- Forum: The Hangar
- Topic: 3D Printed parts
- Replies: 27
- Views: 42809
Re: 3D Printed parts
Maybe 3D print an oil pan for the Connie O300 among other things.
- Sat Oct 01, 2016 11:23 pm
- Forum: The Pilot Lounge
- Topic: Prop hit !!!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 26055
Re: Prop hit !!!
I'd love to hear the explanation for that. I would have guessed it to be the other way around.wingnut wrote:Another interesting observation is most reject cranks happen at low or idle power rather than full power. I have a theory on this and I'm sure the engineers among us can explain this better than I can.
- Sun Jul 24, 2016 12:16 pm
- Forum: The Pilot Lounge
- Topic: Portable Tie Downs
- Replies: 39
- Views: 76456
Re: Portable Tie Downs
I was wondering about that so I put that up. That is a good website for knot tying the boy scouts and other outfits around here use it.hilltop170 wrote:I recognize the bowline but the trucker's hitch and slip knot are not the ones I am talking about. I'll try to make some pictures tomorrow to show them.
- Sat Jul 23, 2016 10:20 pm
- Forum: The Pilot Lounge
- Topic: Portable Tie Downs
- Replies: 39
- Views: 76456
Re: Portable Tie Downs
If anyone needs this
Bowline
http://www.animatedknots.com/bowline/in ... crollPoint
Trucker's hitch
http://www.animatedknots.com/truckers/#ScrollPoint
Slip knot
http://www.animatedknots.com/slip/#ScrollPoint
Bowline
http://www.animatedknots.com/bowline/in ... crollPoint
Trucker's hitch
http://www.animatedknots.com/truckers/#ScrollPoint
Slip knot
http://www.animatedknots.com/slip/#ScrollPoint