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1. 06:09 AM - Re: The FireFly flies! (And it flies EXXCELLENT!) (Richard Pike)
2. 11:36 AM - Re: The FireFly flies! (And it flies EXXCELLENT!) (Richard Pike)
3. 06:36 PM - flight today (Larry Cottrell)
4. 08:16 PM - Re: The FireFly flies! (And it flies EXXCELLENT!) (Richard Pike)
5. 08:55 PM - Re: Re: The FireFly flies! (And it flies EXXCELLENT!) (Larry Cottrell)
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| Subject: | Re: The FireFly flies! (And it flies EXXCELLENT!) |
Thanks for those instructions Wakataka, the engine and gearbox are a new rebuild
from Lockwood, the engine is very easy to start - usually one pull, and it has
no problems coming off idle. Nevertheless, we may still need to take the box
apart to have a look and those instructions will be necessary.
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Richard Pike
Kolb MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)
Kingsport, TN 3TN0
Forgiving is tough. Being forgiven is wonderful.
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| Subject: | Re: The FireFly flies! (And it flies EXXCELLENT!) |
I think we found the vibration problem; we think that dummy Pike designed the rubber
muffler hangars incorrectly, allowing a harmonic resonance to set up between
the engine and the muffler. Will fabricate new rubber hangars this afternoon
to replace the ones that got destroyed in only 3.5 hours of flight, and run
it up tomorrow so we can watch it close and see what is happening in that area.
Thanks for all the helpful suggestions.
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Richard Pike
Kolb MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)
Kingsport, TN 3TN0
Forgiving is tough. Being forgiven is wonderful.
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I flew to Jordan Craters today so that I could get a video record with a
much better camera. I made a video some years ago but the camera only had a
resolution of 480 at the best. It is such a striking visual area that I
wanted to do it again. The flight was an hour and 36 minutes, burning about
3.25 gallons of fuel. Average speed of 65, which was much better than I
expected. I actually got a bit chilly on the way back, which was unusual to
say the least.
I will upload the video tonight since my upload link is about 1MB . The
video unfortunately is about 9 minutes long. I cut as much out as I could,
unfortunately there is a lot that is worth seeing, at least I think so. :-/
Here are some of the snapshots of the flight.
Larry
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| Subject: | Re: The FireFly flies! (And it flies EXXCELLENT!) |
At least the Ultra Bug is in good company while we try and figure out how to make
it's shakes go away:
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Richard Pike
Kolb MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)
Kingsport, TN 3TN0
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| Subject: | Re: The FireFly flies! (And it flies EXXCELLENT!) |
Must of had a sale on blue paint. :-)
Larry
On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 9:16 PM, Richard Pike <thegreybaron@charter.net>
wrote:
>
> At least the Ultra Bug is in good company while we try and figure out how
> to make it's shakes go away:
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> Richard Pike
> Kolb MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)
> Kingsport, TN 3TN0
>
> Forgiving is tough. Being forgiven is wonderful.
>
>
> Read this topic online here:
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> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=471215#471215
>
>
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> http://forums.matronics.com//files/p1060092_medium_803.jpg
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