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1. 06:10 AM - Re: 12 V Electric Trim Kit for Glasair $450 (Jim Burley)
2. 12:30 PM - Re: 70% power (MPPalmer@AOL.COM)
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| Subject: | Re: 12 V Electric Trim Kit for Glasair $450 |
I'm interested - pics please - I've got a I-FT with lots of II mods
under construction. The wing is complete and closed-up.
On Jun 7, 2006, at 2:31 PM, John Burnaby wrote:
> Brackets and control arm assembled but the trim kit was never
> installed. Email me for photos.
> Glasair gets $630 for it.
>
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Hi Craymondw:
I'm confused by your lack of power description. It sounds like you had to be
developing much LESS than 70% power if you were struggling to maintain
altitude. (Unless you're at 8000 MSL or higher, but we know that can't be, since
you
circled at 4000.) I mean, we cruise at 65% power on a 160HP engine and see 140
KIAS down low. We can maintain altitude at 15 inches. If you have a 200 HP
engine, you should have been able to climb just fine at 70%. So it sounds like
you must have been really low on power. (Although your 14 GPH is confusing
too... that's what we see on takeoff with 160HP!)
When you say FRAM no longer sells the filter... are we talking about the FRAM
HPG-1 unit S/H started selling in the GII kits? If so, Summit Racing has the
elements. So does NAPA. We've been flying 2500 hours with those. Absolutely no
problems.
If that's the filter, there're some precautions about double washers and the
like that come with the filters. (You remove one so there's no doubling.)
There's also a "trick" to making sure the filter housing seats against the O ring
in the top part. (Rock the housing around as you tighten the center bolt.)
Does your housing have the old Stat-O-Seal, or did you change over to the copper
washer?
My guess is you were sucking air in your system, perhaps from maintenance on
the filter. Something vibrated into place and sealed the system. Either that,
or, during maintenance of the fuel system, some junk broke free and blocked
something down the line. My procedure after working on the fuel system is to
disconnect the hose to the carb (spider in your case) and purge the system for
a
few seconds into a glass jar to check for debris. Vapor lock also comes to
mind, although not classic vapor lock, where the fuel boils, but vapor lock as
in
air trapped in a hot part of the system.
You've got big ones... even tho your engine suddenly came to life and you
circled at 4000 for a while, I would have landed to find out what was wrong
before heading out 20 miles for fuel. I suggest you go back to the filter and make
sure everything is tight and purge the line. Maybe check the spider finger
screen too.
(One other possibility, not causal with the maintenance you described... you
could have a rubber flap in a fuel hose if you're using 303 style hose. Yours
is a classic symptom of the flap acting like a valve to shut off flow.)
Hope this helps,
Mike Palmer <><
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