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1. 04:24 AM - Re: progress on Scout (Jerry Dotson)
2. 05:36 AM - Re: Re: progress on Scout (Ben Charvet)
3. 11:39 AM - Re: progress on Scout (taildrags)
4. 12:35 PM - Re: progress on Scout (Jerry Dotson)
5. 08:55 PM - Re: progress on Scout (taildrags)
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| Subject: | Re: progress on Scout |
Oscar,
Your start problems brought back memories of 1969. I bought a fine Luscombe with
an A-65 on it. I had the same problem you were having every time I shut down
and wanted to restart whilst it was still hot. I wore blisters on my fingers
one time! Anyway to shorten this post I worked out a very simple fix.
1 before you shutdown turn the fuel valve off and let it idle 10 seconds or so
2 when ready to start, leave the fuel valve off and start it up
worked great for my engine.
Jerry
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Jerry Dotson
First flight June 16,2012
Flying in phase 2
Lycoming O-235 C2C
Jay Anderson CloudCars prop 76 X 44
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| Subject: | Re: progress on Scout |
Congratulations for getting back in the air. I always apply full throttle as i
turn off the ignition to avoid 8-10 blades of priming as the prop winds down.
Ben
NX866BC
A65,
Sent from my iPhone
> On May 11, 2014, at 11:36 PM, "taildrags" <taildrags@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> I took Scout up today, and everything went well. The engine runs great and pulls
strong, and with a 9kt wind quartering from my left, the airplane was off
the runway before I even knew what was happening. We were at pattern altitude
before I even got 3/4 of the way down the runway. Handling was exactly as expected,
everything is looking good. I need to go up on a still morning to see
how it does in cruise, to see if it's all trimmed out properly. No problems
expected.
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> Not so great after I got back down after a couple of circuits though. I taxied
back to the fuel pump and filled the tank (I had been flying with about 1/3
tank), and when I tried to start the engine, I flooded it. Couple of attempts
to start would get it to run for a couple of revs and then sputter and die,
so I tried all the hot-start and flooded engine tricks I could remember and the
same thing happened each time. Then I used the last trick I could remember,
which was to just open the throttle all the way and sit in the shade for about
15 minutes while things dried out. It worked.
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> So we're flying, but it's obvious that I'm rusty on my tailwheel skills and open-cockpit
radio skills, so I'll be busy brushing up on those. Flying the Garmin
G1000 in a brand-new Skyhawk with Bose ANC headsets did nothing to help my
Air Camper flying skills. And Scott, you said to post pics but I don't know
what you want to see... it's just an Air Camper ;o) Cockpit covers are attached
in this pic.
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> Oscar Zuniga
> Medford, OR
> Air Camper NX41CC "Scout"
> A75 power
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| Subject: | Re: progress on Scout |
Thanks for the starting tips; I've done all of those things in the past. Once
I get into more of a routine of starting the engine both cold and hot, I'm sure
I'll get it down pat.
One other thing I'll pass along has to do with my handheld. Flying out of a towered
field, I need to have a radio so I'm flying with an Icom IC-A23. Radio
check while using the VHF antenna mounted in the aft fuselage behind the pilot's
seat resulted in "aircraft calling ground, your transmission was unreadable",
several times. Reverting to the rubber ducky antenna resulted in "loud and
clear", so that's how I'm flying it. To save a little weight I should remove
the fixed antenna and coax cable behind the seat and just leave the ground plane
in place for the ELT and its little whip antenna. Your results may vary.
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Oscar Zuniga
Medford, OR
Air Camper NX41CC "Scout"
A75 power
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| Subject: | Re: progress on Scout |
Oscar,
I would do a close inspection of the coax and its fittings. I have my antennas
mounted to the little hatbox bottom pointing down and back. The com works great
and about 4 times as far as the rubber ducky. I have an Icom A-6.
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Jerry Dotson
First flight June 16,2012
Flying in phase 2
Lycoming O-235 C2C
Jay Anderson CloudCars prop 76 X 44
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| Subject: | Re: progress on Scout |
Jerry; I know that the antenna lead-in and connection are less than perfect, but
they appeared to be good enough to at least get a signal out when I'm less than
a quarter mile from the tower! I could easily shorten the amount of coax
that I have from the antenna to the BNC bulkhead feedthrough fitting, and of course
just having that fitting in the line adds signal loss. Then there is the
connection at the base of the antenna... the braid shield was pulled away from
the inner core farther than it could have been, so there is probably some signal
radiating there. In short, it could be better but I'm inclined not to bother
with it right now since the tower reads me "fife by fife" with the rubber
ducky. For all I know, the fixed antenna has a 3:1 SWR, is connected with the
wrong impedance cable, and is going to smoke my IC-A23 ;o)
I have never even looked closely to see what the coax is... it may not even be
RG-58 and it's sure not RG-400. If I get the bug to make the antenna work right
one of these days, it won't be a big deal to rework the whole thing and I could
do it in a few hours. The whip itself is a conventional bent-rod 1/4-wave
COM antenna that came off of a Cessna (I believe).
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Oscar Zuniga
Medford, OR
Air Camper NX41CC "Scout"
A75 power
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