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3. 02:55 PM - Re: Sky-Tec solenoid keeps failing on our Glasair (Craymondw@aol.com)
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| Subject: | Re: Glasair-List Digest: 1 Msgs - 04/07/14 |
Out of curiosity, why don't you finish that Glasair 1 RG and install a
blended foil prop that will add another 10MPH to the cruise speed. If there is
so little work left, why don't you put the plane back together and sell it
for more?
In a message dated 4/8/2014 3:14:25 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
glasair-list@matronics.com writes:
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1. 07:28 PM - Glasair 1 RG Easy Finish Project (dbotich)
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Time: 07:28:01 PM PST US
Subject: Glasair-List: Glasair 1 RG Easy Finish Project
From: "dbotich" <david.botich@gmail.com>
I have a Glasair 1 RG that was a complete flying aircraft that had an
incident.
It ran off the runway after landing. Everything has been properly repaired
by
an A&P/IA mechanic and it is now ready to start the assembly process. All
logs
since new including the airframe, engine and propeller. It has a modified
Lycoming
O-320 putting out approx 175HP. Very few parts are needed to complete and
I estimate about 500 man hours to finish this. It was a 200 MPH plane on
7.5
GPH, very efficient.
Please go here to view all the info and pictures:
http://www.aeromods.com/glasair
or email me directly at david.botich@gmail.com
Read this topic online here:
http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=421754#421754
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| Subject: | Sky-Tec solenoid keeps failing on our Glasair |
What is your experience with the solenoid on a Sky-Tec starter in your Glas
air?
We just had our third failure in three years of the O'Reilly auto parts sol
enoid on our Sky-Tec starter. This time the winding on the elector-magnet m
ust have failed. (The plunger wouldn't pull in. The starter spun, but would
n't engage the gear.)
We've never had decent longevity with the Sky-Tec solenoid - had to replace
them about every two years when buying direct from Sky-Tec. That was while
flying about 200 hrs/yr, about every week.
I finally got tired of paying for that, and found the same solenoid at Chec
ker/O'Reilly autoparts with a lifetime warranty. (BWD S5613.) Now we're dow
n to 70 hrs/yr, flying every other week. But the solenoid is actually doing
worse.
Are any of you experiencing this failure rate? Sky-Tec keeps blaming it on
engine vibration. Maybe so, but I've balanced the prop to almost zero IPS.
(We're running an narrow deck 320, if it matters.)
Is there another brand of solenoid out there that is more reliable, that st
ill has a lifetime warranty? (This one is Borg-Warner, but like everything
else nowadays, is made in China. That's gonna kill this country someday as
everything comes grinding (literally) to a halt.)
Mike <><
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| Subject: | Re: Sky-Tec solenoid keeps failing on our Glasair |
Mike, I have 526 trouble free hours on my Sky Tech starter. I have my
starter relay mounted on the engine compartment fire wall. And I mounted a
starter relay diode to stop surges. ( the reason for the diode is as you turn
off the starter switch you turn the starter into a generator). I ran a #
4 wire from the battery to the master relay and from there to the starter
relay and from there to the starter solenoid and to ground. I was informed
by a mechanic that the starter solenoid would over heat if I hadn't. After
discovering a large amount of metal in my filter last December I decided to
tear down my engine and discovered one of my cylinder pistons didn't
match with a large enough weight difference that would have caused a
significant vibration. Even with that, I haven't had any problems with my starter.
As
a side note, I learned the cause of the metal was from having an aluminum
and steel oil pump gears that were eating themselves. The AD requiring
the aluminum pump gear replaced by a steel gear was never done by the over
haul shop. Now I have a badly scored crank shaft,cam and lifters that need to
be replaced.
Chuck Raymond
In a message dated 4/8/2014 3:14:40 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
mppalmer@aol.com writes:
What is your experience with the solenoid on a Sky-Tec starter in your
Glasair?
We just had our third failure in three years of the O'Reilly auto parts
solenoid on our Sky-Tec starter. This time the winding on the elector-magnet
must have failed. (The plunger wouldn't pull in. The starter spun, but
wouldn't engage the gear.)
We've never had decent longevity with the Sky-Tec solenoid - had to
replace them about every two years when buying direct from Sky-Tec. That was
while flying about 200 hrs/yr, about every week.
I finally got tired of paying for that, and found the same solenoid at
Checker/O'Reilly autoparts with a lifetime warranty. (BWD S5613.) Now we're
down to 70 hrs/yr, flying every other week. But the solenoid is actually
doing worse.
Are any of you experiencing this failure rate? Sky-Tec keeps blaming it on
engine vibration. Maybe so, but I've balanced the prop to almost zero IPS.
(We're running an narrow deck 320, if it matters.)
Is there another brand of solenoid out there that is more reliable, that
still has a lifetime warranty? (This one is Borg-Warner, but like everything
else nowadays, is made in China. That's gonna kill this country someday as
everything comes grinding (literally) to a halt.)
Mike <><
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