---------------------------------------------------------- Glasair-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Wed 06/07/06: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 07:56 AM - Re: Glasair-List Digest: 0 Msgs - 06/06/06 (Craymondw@aol.com) 2. 08:57 AM - Re: Re: Glasair-List Digest: 0 Msgs - 06/06/06 (Bruce Gray) 3. 11:36 AM - 12 V Electric Trim Kit for Glasair $450 (John Burnaby) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 07:56:54 AM PST US From: Craymondw@aol.com Subject: Glasair-List: Re: Glasair-List Digest: 0 Msgs - 06/06/06 I built a Glaisair2S Ft with an IO360 200hp engine. The engine has 960 hours on it. As I was making my take off roll at my local home town airport, I noticed the engine appeared to be running a little rough. About 100 feet in the air, the engine appeared to be developing only 70% of its power. The engine wasn't back firing. I leveled out at 200 feet and noticed my airspeed had fallen to 85 mph and put the nose down to gain airspeed. After turning left towards a cotton field, I could see that I could keep some altitude by keeping the nose down to maintain airspeed and decided to make a right down wind. I had the option of the down wind and the cotton field. By the time I approached a left base my altitude was only 100 feet. I didn't think I had enough airspeed or altitude to turn to final and decided that I would land on the grass on a diagonal to the runway. About 500 feet from where I planned on touching down and about fifty feet in the air, the engine suddenly developed full power. I circled the airport and climbed up to 4,000 feet. Everything seemed fine and I flew twenty miles for fuel. The engine ran smooth on the take off from that airport and ran smooth to my destination and back to home base. Before this problem I changed the fuel filter, air filter, oil (added AVBLEND), and cleaned my plugs and the injector screen. Fram no longer makes my fuel filter and I have been using a NAPA NASCAR filter for the past two filter changes. I did notice that my fuel flow on the departures had dropped from my usual 18 gallons per hour to just above 14 gallons per hour. I removed the injectors, cleaned them and reinstalled them. The fuel flow has returned to the 18 gallons per hour. Anybody have any ideas what may have happened? ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 08:57:09 AM PST US From: "Bruce Gray" Subject: RE: Glasair-List: Re: Glasair-List Digest: 0 Msgs - 06/06/06 I would remove the Fram filter and replace it with an Andair gascolator. http://www.andair.co.uk/system/index.html Bruce www.glasair.org -----Original Message----- From: owner-glasair-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-glasair-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Craymondw@aol.com Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 10:56 AM Subject: Glasair-List: Re: Glasair-List Digest: 0 Msgs - 06/06/06 I built a Glaisair2S Ft with an IO360 200hp engine. The engine has 960 hours on it. As I was making my take off roll at my local home town airport, I noticed the engine appeared to be running a little rough. About 100 feet in the air, the engine appeared to be developing only 70% of its power. The engine wasn't back firing. I leveled out at 200 feet and noticed my airspeed had fallen to 85 mph and put the nose down to gain airspeed. After turning left towards a cotton field, I could see that I could keep some altitude by keeping the nose down to maintain airspeed and decided to make a right down wind. I had the option of the down wind and the cotton field. By the time I approached a left base my altitude was only 100 feet. I didn't think I had enough airspeed or altitude to turn to final and decided that I would land on the grass on a diagonal to the runway. About 500 feet from where I planned on touching down and about fifty feet in the air, the engine suddenly developed full power. I circled the airport and climbed up to 4,000 feet. Everything seemed fine and I flew twenty miles for fuel. The engine ran smooth on the take off from that airport and ran smooth to my destination and back to home base. Before this problem I changed the fuel filter, air filter, oil (added AVBLEND), and cleaned my plugs and the injector screen. Fram no longer makes my fuel filter and I have been using a NAPA NASCAR filter for the past two filter changes. I did notice that my fuel flow on the departures had dropped from my usual 18 gallons per hour to just above 14 gallons per hour. I removed the injectors, cleaned them and reinstalled them. The fuel flow has returned to the 18 gallons per hour. Anybody have any ideas what may have happened? ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 11:36:11 AM PST US From: "John Burnaby" Subject: Glasair-List: 12 V Electric Trim Kit for Glasair $450 Brackets and control arm assembled but the trim kit was never installed. Email me for photos. Glasair gets $630 for it.