---------------------------------------------------------- L29-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sat 05/07/05:5 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 12:51 PM - Re: best cockpit paint (Jorgen Nielsen) 2. 01:17 PM - partial power loss (Jorgen Nielsen) 3. 04:43 PM - Re: partial power loss (Ernest Martinez) 4. 08:41 PM - Re: wing leading edge damage (Bill Geipel) 5. 11:47 PM - Re: wing leading edge damage (Brian Colombo) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 12:51:12 PM PST US From: "Jorgen Nielsen" Subject: RE: L29-List: best cockpit paint --> L29-List message posted by: "Jorgen Nielsen" No help to offer re the paint, but maybe you could repaint or dye the soft panels. You get dyes made for shoes, both leather and synthetic that may work. Keep the list posted with results as you go. > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-l29-list-server@matronics.com > [mailto:owner-l29-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of > Brian Colombo > Sent: 07 May 2005 05:32 AM > To: l29-list@matronics.com > Subject: L29-List: best cockpit paint > > > --> L29-List message posted by: "Brian Colombo" > > > ok slowly stripping my cockpits, about 12 layers of paint so > its taking a while. What is the best paint for the floor in > the cockpits? has anyone had the soft cockpit panels made or > are they available NOS. Nine are ugly green and someone > painted them gray at some point. I can get most of he paint > off and most are in really good shape just really ugly. > ideas?? Any problem pulling out the adf'. Thanks for any and > all info. > > > > > > ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 01:17:11 PM PST US From: "Jorgen Nielsen" Subject: L29-List: partial power loss --> L29-List message posted by: "Jorgen Nielsen" Today I experienced partial power loss. Had work done on the engine, and took her up for the test flight. All indications normal, engine run-up OK. Took off allright, levelling off downwind all indications still normal but I kept having this nagging feeling that power was down a bit - based on levelling off and acceleration in the circuit. Went to 100%, acceleration was fine. Turned cross and then onto final for a flypast at 1500ft, seeing the runway in front could not resist a little dive and "runway inspection". Was re-cleared by ATC to 1000ft, zoomed up, pushed level, glance at instruments, 60% on the tacho. I got the uh-oh feeling. Confirmed throttle fully forward, closed and re-opened, nothing, closed throttle, isolation valve on, throttle slowly forward, rpm started picking up. By this time I had turned for rwy, called atc, decided I was too close & high for rwy I had just passed and positioned for a glide approach to a cross runway. Engine was surging, I reduced rpm, felt like everything had a 2 second delay. Landed fine. Engine was still running so taxied back. At idle, without touching throttle, engine rpm would drop, then surge to 50%, then drop, then back up again, etc. Ideas? To me it would seem to be the acceleration valve. ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 04:43:04 PM PST US From: Ernest Martinez Subject: Re: L29-List: partial power loss --> L29-List message posted by: Ernest Martinez Either that or a dirty fuel filter. Ernie On 5/7/05, Jorgen Nielsen wrote: > --> L29-List message posted by: "Jorgen Nielsen" > > Today I experienced partial power loss. Had work done on the engine, > and took her up for the test flight. > > All indications normal, engine run-up OK. Took off allright, levelling > off downwind all indications still normal but I kept having this nagging > feeling that power was down a bit - based on levelling off and > acceleration in the circuit. Went to 100%, acceleration was fine. > Turned cross and then onto final for a flypast at 1500ft, seeing the > runway in front could not resist a little dive and "runway inspection". > Was re-cleared by ATC to 1000ft, zoomed up, pushed level, glance at > instruments, 60% on the tacho. I got the uh-oh feeling. Confirmed > throttle fully forward, closed and re-opened, nothing, closed throttle, > isolation valve on, throttle slowly forward, rpm started picking up. By > this time I had turned for rwy, called atc, decided I was too close & > high for rwy I had just passed and positioned for a glide approach to a > cross runway. > > Engine was surging, I reduced rpm, felt like everything had a 2 second > delay. > > Landed fine. Engine was still running so taxied back. At idle, without > touching throttle, engine rpm would drop, then surge to 50%, then drop, > then back up again, etc. > > Ideas? To me it would seem to be the acceleration valve. > > > ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 08:41:37 PM PST US From: Bill Geipel Subject: Re: L29-List: wing leading edge damage --> L29-List message posted by: Bill Geipel Call the office manager and complain. Tell him the guy is being un reasonable. Tell him to walk down any row of airplanes and show him all the hail damage. Did he give you any paper work grounding you? Or is this your inspection to obtain your first airworthiness? In any case call and complain. If what you say is fact, and you haven't left anything out, make the call. -----Original Message----- From: mig21driver@charter.net Subject: Re: L29-List: wing leading edge damage --> L29-List message posted by: > call the FAA guy back out....and show him the (other) wing......tell him you fixed it....worked for me! > From: "Brian Colombo" > Date: 2005/05/05 Thu PM 09:09:39 CDT > To: > Subject: L29-List: wing leading edge damage > > --> L29-List message posted by: "Brian Colombo" > > ok on my newly acquired l-29 the leading edge of one of the wings was rubbing on the trailer someplace. After about a week on the ramp in upstate ny a faa guy looked it over and said the damage had to be repaired before it could be flown. the damaged spot is about the size of a quarter and if you laid a flat edge over it, it would appear to be about 1/16th or a little less. of an inch deep. I cant tell if it was pushed in a little also or it it was actually that worn away. Where do I find out what is acceptable and what has to be fixed. The faa guy said if I could show him something that said what damage was within limits I did not have to mess with it but where the heck would I find that. The biggest issue is the plane is stripped so its not like I can use filler and re-paint the spot. Any suggestions, Ideas. etc. thanks Brian > > > > > > > ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 11:47:43 PM PST US From: "Brian Colombo" Subject: Re: L29-List: wing leading edge damage --> L29-List message posted by: "Brian Colombo" bill thanks for the info. I took a flat edge to it and a caliper and it only measured 32 thousandth at its deepest point. He did not ground me , he saw it sitting on the ramp and put a tag on it saying these things needed to be fixed prior to flight, Well I guess that would be grounding it. Nothing was left out. I can send you a pic of the spot. Any idea how think the metal on the leading edge of that wing is? If I know that maybe I can argue that 32 thousandths will not make any difference in strength. thanks for the info. Brian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Geipel" Subject: Re: L29-List: wing leading edge damage > --> L29-List message posted by: Bill Geipel > > Call the office manager and complain. Tell him the guy is being un reasonable. Tell him to walk down any row of airplanes and show him all the hail damage. Did he give you any paper work grounding you? Or is this your inspection to obtain your first airworthiness? In any case call and complain. If what you say is fact, and you haven't left anything out, make the call. > > -----Original Message----- > From: mig21driver@charter.net > To: l29-list@matronics.com, l29-list@matronics.com > Subject: Re: L29-List: wing leading edge damage > > --> L29-List message posted by: > > > > call the FAA guy back out....and show him the (other) wing......tell him you fixed it....worked for me! > > From: "Brian Colombo" > > Date: 2005/05/05 Thu PM 09:09:39 CDT > > To: > > Subject: L29-List: wing leading edge damage > > > > --> L29-List message posted by: "Brian Colombo" > > > > ok on my newly acquired l-29 the leading edge of one of the wings was rubbing on the trailer someplace. After about a week on the ramp in upstate ny a faa guy looked it over and said the damage had to be repaired before it could be flown. the damaged spot is about the size of a quarter and if you laid a flat edge over it, it would appear to be about 1/16th or a little less. of an inch deep. I cant tell if it was pushed in a little also or it it was actually that worn away. Where do I find out what is acceptable and what has to be fixed. The faa guy said if I could show him something that said what damage was within limits I did not have to mess with it but where the heck would I find that. The biggest issue is the plane is stripped so its not like I can use filler and re-paint the spot. Any suggestions, Ideas. etc. thanks Brian > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >