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1. 12:24 AM - Matronics Fund Raiser - 2006 List of Contributors (Matt Dralle)
2. 05:14 PM - 503 (Larry Cottrell)
3. 06:23 PM - Re: 503 (John Hauck)
4. 08:25 PM - Re: 503 (Larry Cottrell)
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| Subject: | Matronics Fund Raiser - 2006 List of Contributors |
Dear Listers,
I would like to thank everyone that made a Contribution in support of the Lists
this year! It was really nice to hear all great comments people had regarding
the Lists! As I have said many times before, running these Lists is a labor
of love. Your generosity during the List Fund Raiser only underscores the great
sentiments people have made regarding the Lists.
If you haven't yet made a Contribution in support of this year's Fund Raiser please
feel free to do so. The nice List gifts will be available on the site for
just a little while longer, so hurry and make your Contribution and get your
great gift. Once again, the URL for the Contribution web site is:
http://www.matronics.com/contribution
I would like to thank Andy Gold of the Builder's Bookstore ( http://www.buildersbooks.com ), Paul Besing of Aeroware Enterprises ( http://www.kitlog.com ), Jon Croke of Homebuilt HELP ( http://www.homebuilthelp.com ) and Bob Nuckolls of AeroElectric ( http://www.aeroelectric.com ) for their extremely generous support during this year's Fund Raiser through the contribution of merchandise. These are great guys that support the aviation industry and I encourage each and every Lister to have a look at their products. Thank you Andy, Paul, Jon and Bob!! Your support is very much appreciated!
And finally, below you will find a web link to the 2006 List of Contributors current
as of 12/7/06! Have a look at this list of names as these are the people
that make all of these List services possible! I can't thank each of you enough
for your support and great feedback during this year's Fund Raiser!
THANK YOU!
http://www.matronics.com/loc/2006.html
I will be shipping out all of the gifts in the next few weeks and hope to have
everything out by the end of the month. In most cases, gifts will be shipped
via US Postal Service. Kitlog Pro serial numbers should go out via email this
weekend.
Once again, thank you for making this year's List Fund Raiser successful!
Best regards,
Matt Dralle
Matronics Email List Administrator
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Hi,
It appears that the list is quiet, so I guess I can at least make a
contribution.
I moved this year after retirement and got a fair amount of money
for my old house and decided that I would buy a new 503 to replace the
447 that I have 260 hours on rather than do a rebuild. Through an
astounding amount of circumstances the engine arrived with the crate
damaged, and since my normal UPS lady was on vacation it was dumped off
when I was not aware of its arrival. The damage appeared to be
superficial and the fill in UPS guy was unhelpful in what my options
were. The damage appeared to be only the air filters so I decided that I
wanted the engine badly enough that I wasn't going to give it up just
for a couple of filters. So the engine sat there until August when I got
the plane rebuilt and was ready for the engine. I mounted it on the
plane and then found that it would not turn over. I have to admit that I
am not a mechanical type guy. If I have to get greasy, I feel that my
day has been a failure. So I took it off and put my 447 back on. I flew
it for 13 hours. Terry Davis and his wife came down for a visit, and he
wanted to look at the engine to see if he could figure out what was
wrong. It turned out that the fan shroud was bent into the fan and
stopping it from turning over. So I ordered new parts and Terry
graciously agreed to come back down and help me put it back together. (I
watched) Then it was only a matter of redoing the wiring, mounting the
muffler, welding on thermocouple bosses so that I could use the sensors
that I had on my EIS. I have to admit that I didn't get in a hurry as it
has been in the single digits for temps for quite a while. I finally got
it all done yesterday, (it is surprising how much time it seems to take
to do anything with that blasted plane) The weather finally warmed up to
freezing so I put it back together and pushed it outside. My old battery
didn't hold enough power to turn over the starter, so I hooked it to my
quad for a jump start. It just didn't want to start, but I finally got
it to fire. It ran for a bit then all of a sudden it started revving
faster and faster. I was standing outside blocking it with my leg. Well
at 5400 rpm's it got pretty hard to hold. I was able to reach over and
turn off the key and kill the motor. Thank goodness I had the wires
hooked properly. I tried it again and the same thing happened. I
checked to make sure that the throttle was off. So I start with the
carb, thinking that the splitters weren't adjusted properly. I finally
found that when I had zip tied the cable to the cage, I had
inadvertently pulled the cables, opening the carbs. After that it ran
quite nicely. I then tied it to the truck to make sure that it was going
to run correctly.(the engine only has about four hours on it, but it
dates back to the early 90's and I wanted to make sure that there were
no leaks or other problems.) Every thing was just fine and the engine
was as smooth as silk, so I untied it and went flying. It was nice to
get back in the air, and it flew very well. The only thing of
consequence was that the idle was down to 1400 rpms.
Today I rolled it back out and repaired a few of the things that
needed attention, filled her full of gas, turned the idle screws a half
a turn, and fired it up. Actually the battery was to weak to turn it
over again. So I began to hand prop it to see if it could actually be
done. To my surprise it wasn't that hard to do and it fired fairly
quickly. I then allowed it to die by turning off the enrichner and had
to do it again. I was also surprised that the engine was now showing
2100 rpms. (I rarely get things right the first time) After warm up I
took off and began to do some landings and to also get some test time on
the engine to make sure that every thing was right and going to keep
running. I then found that the RPM's were fluctuating. I had two choices
on the wires coming out of the rectifier and of course chose the wrong
one. (story of my life) That took care of the problem. I flew for 72
minutes total today at 27 degrees and burned 3 gal of gas. Its nice to
be back in the air again, and it is very nice to have 295 hours left on
a new motor.
Larry, Oregon
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Its nice to be back in the air again, and it is very nice to have 295
hours left on a new motor.
Larry, Oregon
Hi Larry C/Gang:
Almost as cold at hauck's holler.
Keep that 503 running til we get back up your way one of these days.
Glad the engine is working out for you. Engine seems fine. Might
need to tune up the pilot a tad.
Regards to Karen, the dogs, the birds, the horses. Who did I leave
out? ;-)
john h
mkIII (no engine)
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only the cat, but he is used to it.
do not archive
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Hauck" <jhauck@elmore.rr.com>
Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 7:23 PM
Subject: Re: Kolb-List: 503
>
> Its nice to be back in the air again, and it is very nice to have 295
> hours left on a new motor.
> Larry, Oregon
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>
> Hi Larry C/Gang:
>
> Almost as cold at hauck's holler.
>
> Keep that 503 running til we get back up your way one of these days.
>
> Glad the engine is working out for you. Engine seems fine. Might
> need to tune up the pilot a tad.
>
> Regards to Karen, the dogs, the birds, the horses. Who did I leave
> out? ;-)
>
> john h
> mkIII (no engine)
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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