---------------------------------------------------------- Kolb-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Mon 04/18/16: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 06:04 PM - A bit of excitement (Larry Cottrell) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 06:04:38 PM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: A bit of excitement From: Larry Cottrell A neighbor was missing 6 horses and asked me to check the desert surrounding his ranch to see if I could find them. I had intended to go flying today anyway as I wanted to check some areas for nesting Falcons. My other hobby is falconry, and I want to get a new hawk this spring for hunting. No biggie, I can do both. I did find his horses and then proceeded to look for the Falcons. I landed on a Playa lake bed and proceeded to walk to the cliff that I wanted to check. When I returned, I turned on the Master switch, and no fuel pump clicking that I am used to. After checking and not being able to find what was wrong, I decided to start the engine and see if it would run. Keep in mind that I run my fuel line out of the tanks to a selector switch on the side of the pilot compartment. Then through a gascolator, up to a facett fuel pump then on the the pulse pump and to the carbs. about 4 feet lift. It started right up and seemed to have enough power to fly, so I decided to take off, circle the lake bed in case the engine quit. I got it off the ground and began circling, it seemed to be doing alright, but I knew that I wasn't going to be able to get all the fuel that I needed to fly the way that I normally do. I was about 5 miles off the main hwy, but there was a field tht had been cleared of Sage that cut off some of the distance. There was no way that I could get a trailer in there to get the plane out, without the possibility of getting in trouble with the BLM, as the area was listed as a Study area, and they do not want you to be making tracks in there at all. About the time that I decided that it wasn't going to quit the EIS warning light came on. I have the EGT's set for 1330 degrees, as the engine leans out to stop somewhere below 1500. The EGT's were showing 1420 and going up. I quickly throttled back and at 5000 RPM's it began to sink down to 1410. I circled a nother time and it stayed at that temp and I was still flying, so I decided to head to the Hwy, thinking that if worse came to worse I could make an emergency landing there and hope that no one ran me over afterward. Now I am much too impatient to fly at that low a speed, and I wasn't sure that I could maintain altitude at the level, but it did, even though I felt that I was slowly sinking into the ground. I nursed it home, flying over the road and back to my strip with no problem, but I was pretty wet under the arms, and dry in the mouth when I did land. The moral of this story is - Don't rule these pulse pumps out. They work better than you think. Here is a video of the event. https://vimeo.com/163326173 password- owyheeflyer Larry Click here to Reply or Forward -- *The older I get, the less tolerant I am of those who are intolerant of others.* *If you forward this email, or any part of it, please remove my email address before sending.* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message kolb-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Kolb-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/kolb-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/kolb-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.