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0. 12:15 AM - Some Very Nice Comments... (Matt Dralle)
1. 02:43 AM - New kid on the blog (Gerd + Uli Nowack)
2. 04:43 AM - Re: New kid on the blog (Daniel DW)
3. 05:04 AM - Re: Re: Modified long wing tips (Kayberg@AOL.COM)
4. 06:34 AM - Re: New kid on the blog (N1BZRich@AOL.COM)
5. 09:03 PM - Re: Prop balancing (Bill Strahan)
6. 09:06 PM - Re: Prop balancing (Bill Strahan)
7. 09:24 PM - Re: Uneven EGTs at full throttle (Bill Strahan)
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| Subject: | Some Very Nice Comments... |
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| Subject: | New kid on the blog |
Another Lightning took to the skies on wednesday 11, taking off at
Chicago O`Hare airport to fly nonstop all the way to Frankfurt Rhein
Main A/P.
Not on its own wings, though, but in a crate aboard a MD11 Freighter of
Lufthansa Cargo. It arrived safely , sits now in front of my garage in
Linden near Giessen and waits to be assembled in the spare time I can
find in the months( or years) to come.
My name is Gerd (pronounced Garret) Nowack , age 54 and I have been an
active pilot, private and professional, since 1976.
So here are my greetings from Germany as a new member of the Lightning list!
Gerd
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| Subject: | New kid on the blog |
Herzlich Willkommen in der Gruppe!!!
I have built an Esqual here in Belgium. (Lightning was not available at tha
t time)
I wish you good look with the construction and hope to see it flying very s
oon.
Daniel De Winter (same age as you)
Esqual PH-DWD
> Date: Fri=2C 13 Nov 2009 11:42:13 +0100
> From: NowackLinden@gmx.de
> To: lightning-list@matronics.com
> Subject: Lightning-List: New kid on the blog
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> Another Lightning took to the skies on wednesday 11=2C taking off at
> Chicago O`Hare airport to fly nonstop all the way to Frankfurt Rhein
> Main A/P.
> Not on its own wings=2C though=2C but in a crate aboard a MD11 Freighter
of
> Lufthansa Cargo. It arrived safely =2C sits now in front of my garage in
> Linden near Giessen and waits to be assembled in the spare time I can
> find in the months( or years) to come.
> My name is Gerd (pronounced Garret) Nowack =2C age 54 and I have been an
> active pilot=2C private and professional=2C since 1976.
> So here are my greetings from Germany as a new member of the Lightning li
st!
>
> Gerd
>
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Hebben jij en je vrienden leuke foto's van jullie feestje? Maak een groepsa
lbum en geniet nog extra na.
http://www.microsoft.com/belux/nl/windows/windowslive/products/photos.aspx
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| Subject: | Re: Modified long wing tips |
In a message dated 11/12/2009 8:29:38 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
bill@gdsx.com writes:
--> Lightning-List message posted by: "Bill Strahan" <bill@gdsx.com>
"...a little tougher to give away your ideas."
Doug, sounds like intellectual property to me. :)
I wasn't trying to be negative by characterizing it that way. If someone
came calling asking me how I did specific things in my software business,
in particular things that differentiate us within our industry, I would not
be willing to share that. I would be giving away IP at that point.
I was simply thinking that this particular modification didn't strike me
as particularly valuable across the market of potential builders, and a
great deal of the value is in the work itself, not the knowledge of how to do
it.
Perhaps I'm wrong. If so, it won't be a hallmark moment, it's happened
before.
It's certainly Ryan's choice as to what he shares
Bill, you are more than kind.
I will bug Ryan to respond to you, a couple pictures would be worth a
thousand words in this case.
I did not work on the two sets of tips that have been done so far. Your
approach is completely different that what Ryan did. Might work
better...who knows. But within a couple weeks Ryan has another set to do for
his
demo plane, you could also wait to see a few pix from that. You might
contact him privately at _ryan@greenlandings.com_ (mailto:ryan@greenlandings.com) .
Doug
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| Subject: | Re: New kid on the blog |
Gerd,
Welcome to the group and congratulations on your Lightning kit
purchase. I think you are the first builder in Germany. I know you will enjoy
the build process and certainly the flight performance of your airplane when
you get it completed. Keep us updated on your progress and send some build
photos for the newsletter as you make progress.
Blue Skies,
Buz Rich
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| Subject: | Re: Prop balancing |
Finally got back out to the airport and worked on the plane. My initial numbers
were WAY off. The Dyna-Vibe was getting errant reflections from the shiny spinner
backplate and was reading 2-3 times the actual RPM.
Of course, the vibration measurement, in inches per second was reporting a much
lower number because it thought the prop was spinning much faster...anyway, long
story short the actual vibration was just over 1 IPS!
An even better testimony to the effectiveness of the mount, because that's shaking
pretty good.
I had it down to .05 IPS in 15 minutes and life was good. It's SMOOTH.
If anyone is close to DFW and wants to come by and make use of the mounts I fabricated
I'd be happy to accomodate them.
Bill
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| Subject: | Re: Prop balancing |
8wn(at)comcast.net wrote:
> Bill
>
> Looks like you will have no problem bringing the ips below .07. I have been
> balancing props for a while and would like to have more info from you.
> What type of prop? Ground adjustable or fixed?
> What type of spinner. Composite or metal?
> What engine, solid or hydraulic.
> Hours on engine?
>
> I have found much worse on a Lighting I am working with. Static RPM was
> 2675.
> First run was 3.5 ips. That is twice as high as any I have ever seen and way
> over the maximum. Prop was pulled, ground adjustable, sent to factory for
> rework and returned. Next run was about 2.8. Composite spinner was removed
> and vibe was .8+-. Balanced to about .35. New metal spinner was installed
> and will run a new balance soon. Engine is solid lifters at about 250
> hours. I will be doing a balance on my Lightning in the next week.
>
> Hope more will start having their aircraft dynamic balanced. It is worth the
> cost.
> Johnny Thompson
>
>
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Sorry, didn't address this sooner.
What type of prop? Ground adjustable or fixed?
Fixed
What type of spinner. Composite or metal?
Metal
What engine, solid or hydraulic.
Hydraulic
Hours on engine?
32
For what it's worth, it took about 15 grams of weight on the spinner backplate
to balance it to .05 IPS.
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| Subject: | Re: Uneven EGTs at full throttle |
I have now read on several different forums how this problem has been fixed by
creating a smooth 90 degree transition from airbox to carb instead of the spiral-wrapped
scat tubing.
There were many approaches, but the one that sounded the most interesting was the
discussion wherein an individual with a Zenair (and I have it on good authority
those are the brightest of guys!) related his solution of replacing it with
a section from a radiator hose! I found a second person confirming this was
their fix as well.
So today I stopped into my friendly NAPA store and after some convincing that I
REALLY did need to just go in the back and climb around to find the right radiator
hose I came away with a lower radiator hose from an F-250 Diesel that had
90 degree bends on BOTH ends and appeared to meet the minimum 2.125 ID that
I had come up with from a quick check on the plane.
I got it back to the hangar, and set to work on it. Unfortunately, I cut it just
a BIT too short, and was unhappy with it. It was close, but I wanted it to
fit in place even without the hose clamp holding it to make sure there was no
tension on it that would cause rapid deterioration.
So I set to work on the other end, and trimmed it in small increments...and cut
it too short as well! I then said "darn" or something quite similar.
The tube exiting my airbox is pointed forwards slightly, and when I finally got
it trimmed enough to fit, when it slid up onto the airbox tube it also slid back
and away from the carburetor.
Hmmm. Another trip to NAPA on the way home and now with two perfect examples of
a 1/4" too short piece, tomorrow should result in a working part. I'll provide
pictures and let you know what happens. The NAPA part number is 9415.
I did have to stretch the end that goes over the airbox tube slightly, but it's
just a nice snug fit on the carb.
My plan is to get it in place, taxi out and make a few aborted takeoffs to get
it nice and hot and verify that the RPM on application of full throttle is consistent.
I can't imagine there is a big enough pressure drop to squeeze the hose
in any way, since the drop across the air filter has to be tiny, but I'd rather
see it in action a few times before I commit to a trip around the pattern.
Should have news tomorrow or Sunday.
Bill
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