---------------------------------------------------------- RVSouthEast-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sun 11/27/05: 20 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 07:35 AM - Re: EIS Leaning (Wayne Williams) 2. 07:36 AM - Re: Re: RV9AQB for salexx SOLD (Wayne Williams) 3. 09:30 AM - Re: EIS Leaning (Marcus Cooper) 4. 11:00 AM - Re: EIS Leaning (Larry Bowen) 5. 01:40 PM - Just A Few More Days Left; Lagging Behind Last Year... (Matt Dralle) 6. 02:44 PM - Re: EIS Leaning (Steve Glasgow) 7. 05:19 PM - Re: EIS Leaning (Fiveonepw@aol.com) 8. 05:27 PM - Little River Fly-In (Ron Schreck) 9. 05:37 PM - FW: RV FLY-IN (Larry Bowen) 10. 05:54 PM - Re: EIS Leaning (Larry Bowen) 11. 06:27 PM - Re: EIS Leaning (JohnCClarkVA@cs.com) 12. 07:02 PM - Re: EIS Leaning (sportav8r@aol.com) 13. 07:21 PM - Re: Today (Demeylor@aol.com) 14. 07:30 PM - Re: EIS Leaning (Demeylor@aol.com) 15. 07:32 PM - Woeful saga of stranded airplane (sportav8r@aol.com) 16. 07:45 PM - Re: Woeful saga of stranded airplane (James Clark) 17. 07:59 PM - Re: Today (Larry Bowen) 18. 08:13 PM - Re: Woeful saga of stranded airplane (Larry Bowen) 19. 08:42 PM - Re: Woeful saga of stranded airplane (Radomir Zaric) 20. 09:14 PM - Re: Prop (James Clark) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 07:35:17 AM PST US From: "Wayne Williams" Subject: RE: RVSouthEast-List: EIS Leaning --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: "Wayne Williams" I use it all the time. Works great! Just hit reset, then start leaning. It will identify which peaks first then tell you degrees from peak. I usually run 75 degrees rich of peak. Wayne -----Original Message----- From: owner-rvsoutheast-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-rvsoutheast-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Larry Bowen Subject: RVSouthEast-List: EIS Leaning --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: "Larry Bowen" --> I know a couple of you guys have the EIS engine monitor in your planes. Do you rely on the "digital leaning pages"? I've had those pages disabled so far. Thinking of trying them.... http://www.grtavionics.com/leanpage.htm - Larry Bowen Larry@BowenAero.com http://BowenAero.com -- -- ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 07:36:03 AM PST US From: "Wayne Williams" Subject: RE: RVSouthEast-List: RE: RV9AQB for salexx SOLD --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: "Wayne Williams" I'll let Gary tell the world! Haven't worked out the details of pickup, yet. Wayne -----Original Message----- From: owner-rvsoutheast-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-rvsoutheast-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Lenleg@aol.com Subject: Re: RVSouthEast-List: RE: RV9AQB for salexx SOLD --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: Lenleg@aol.com In a message dated 11/26/2005 4:47:38 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, rwayne@gamewood.net writes: Sold the RV9A kit today! Thanks to everyone that expressed an interest. Wayne Who bought it and when are they picking it up ??? Len -- -- ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 09:30:29 AM PST US From: "Marcus Cooper" Subject: RE: RVSouthEast-List: EIS Leaning --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: "Marcus Cooper" Just to start another controversy, anybody playing with Lean of Peak? Seems like a trend that is rapidly gaining popularity. I've read several articles from the Cessna Pilots Organization that seems to really support it and the engines most of us will use (Lycoming IO-540) seems to lend itself very well to the idea due to fairly consistent fuel/air mixture between cylinders. Marcus Got the engine, but far from mounting it yet -----Original Message----- From: owner-rvsoutheast-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-rvsoutheast-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Wayne Williams Subject: RE: RVSouthEast-List: EIS Leaning --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: "Wayne Williams" I use it all the time. Works great! Just hit reset, then start leaning. It will identify which peaks first then tell you degrees from peak. I usually run 75 degrees rich of peak. Wayne -----Original Message----- From: owner-rvsoutheast-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-rvsoutheast-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Larry Bowen Subject: RVSouthEast-List: EIS Leaning --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: "Larry Bowen" --> I know a couple of you guys have the EIS engine monitor in your planes. Do you rely on the "digital leaning pages"? I've had those pages disabled so far. Thinking of trying them.... http://www.grtavionics.com/leanpage.htm - Larry Bowen Larry@BowenAero.com http://BowenAero.com -- -- ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 11:00:26 AM PST US From: "Larry Bowen" Subject: RE: RVSouthEast-List: EIS Leaning --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: "Larry Bowen" Yes, trying to get smarter on the topic. I wonder where you end up (ROP or LOP) if you lean until rough, richen until smooth without looking at the fancy engine monitors. When I lean using the EIS, it peaks before there is any roughness. So, I guess "lean to rough, rich until smooth" puts you at peak or LOP. More info: http://www.avweb.com/news/columns/182131-1.html http://www.avweb.com/news/columns/182084-1.html I'm sure we can reach a consensus after some discussion. (hee-hee). - Larry Bowen Larry@BowenAero.com http://BowenAero.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Marcus Cooper [mailto:coop85@bellsouth.net] > Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 12:29 PM > To: rvsoutheast-list@matronics.com > Subject: RE: RVSouthEast-List: EIS Leaning > > --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: "Marcus Cooper" > --> > > Just to start another controversy, anybody playing with Lean > of Peak? Seems like a trend that is rapidly gaining > popularity. I've read several articles from the Cessna > Pilots Organization that seems to really support it and the > engines most of us will use (Lycoming IO-540) seems to lend > itself very well to the idea due to fairly consistent > fuel/air mixture between cylinders. > > Marcus > Got the engine, but far from mounting it yet > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-rvsoutheast-list-server@matronics.com > [mailto:owner-rvsoutheast-list-server@matronics.com] On > Behalf Of Wayne Williams > To: rvsoutheast-list@matronics.com > Subject: RE: RVSouthEast-List: EIS Leaning > > --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: "Wayne Williams" > > > I use it all the time. Works great! Just hit reset, then > start leaning. It will identify which peaks first then tell > you degrees from peak. I usually run 75 degrees rich of peak. > > Wayne > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-rvsoutheast-list-server@matronics.com > [mailto:owner-rvsoutheast-list-server@matronics.com] On > Behalf Of Larry Bowen > To: rvsoutheast-list@matronics.com > Subject: RVSouthEast-List: EIS Leaning > > --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: "Larry Bowen" > --> > > I know a couple of you guys have the EIS engine monitor in > your planes. Do you rely on the "digital leaning pages"? > I've had those pages disabled so far. Thinking of trying them.... > > http://www.grtavionics.com/leanpage.htm > > - > Larry Bowen > Larry@BowenAero.com > http://BowenAero.com > > > -- > > > -- > > > Photoshare, and much much more: > > > > > > > ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 01:40:26 PM PST US From: Matt Dralle Subject: RVSouthEast-List: Just A Few More Days Left; Lagging Behind Last Year... --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: Matt Dralle Dear Listers, There are just four more days left of this year's List Fund Raiser! Response has been very good, but we are behind last year as far as the number of people that have made a Contribution and as a percentage of the total number of subscribers. Please remember that there isn't any sort of commercial advertising on the Lists and the *only* means I have of keeping these Lists running through your Contributions during this Fund Raiser. Please make a Contribution today! http://www.matronics.com/contribution Thank you! Matt Dralle Matronics Email List Administrator Matt G Dralle | Matronics | PO Box 347 | Livermore | CA | 94551 925-606-1001 V | 925-606-6281 F | dralle@matronics.com Email http://www.matronics.com/ WWW | Featuring Products For Aircraft do not archive ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 02:44:11 PM PST US From: "Steve Glasgow" Subject: Re: RVSouthEast-List: EIS Leaning --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: "Steve Glasgow" Wayne are you aspirated? Cappy --- Original Message ----- From: "Wayne Williams" Subject: RE: RVSouthEast-List: EIS Leaning > --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: "Wayne Williams" > > > I use it all the time. Works great! Just hit reset, then start leaning. It > will identify which peaks first then tell you degrees from peak. I usually > run 75 degrees rich of peak. > > Wayne > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-rvsoutheast-list-server@matronics.com > [mailto:owner-rvsoutheast-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Larry > Bowen > To: rvsoutheast-list@matronics.com > Subject: RVSouthEast-List: EIS Leaning > > --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: "Larry Bowen" > --> > > I know a couple of you guys have the EIS engine monitor in your planes. > Do > you rely on the "digital leaning pages"? I've had those pages disabled so > far. Thinking of trying them.... > > http://www.grtavionics.com/leanpage.htm > > - > Larry Bowen > Larry@BowenAero.com > http://BowenAero.com > > > -- > > > -- > > > ________________________________ Message 7 _____________________________________ Time: 05:19:10 PM PST US From: Fiveonepw@aol.com Subject: Re: RVSouthEast-List: EIS Leaning --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: Fiveonepw@aol.com In a message dated 11/26/2005 10:00:53 PM Central Standard Time, Larry@bowenaero.com writes: I've been doing the same, normally about 1350 for me. I think I'll just stay with my current technique. >>> OK you guys have me bugged- on my E3D (150 hp carbed) I'll normally see about 1520 or so before roughness in cruise, and on the way back from GLE it got all the way to just over 1600 without roughness (around 9.5K' and 2350 rpms). Something wrong with my engine or technique? ps- GLE to SYI (560 nm) in about 3:45 and 6.4 gph averaging above alt & rpm- are these RVs a hoot or WHAT?! Had a great time at FF clinic- thanks again to all y'all Palmettoans! Mark Phillips ________________________________ Message 8 _____________________________________ Time: 05:27:15 PM PST US From: "Ron Schreck" Subject: RVSouthEast-List: Little River Fly-In --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: "Ron Schreck" My friend, Jerry Cornwell is hosting a fly-in at Little River Airpark in north-central Florida. Steve (every day is Saturday) Glasgow and I met Jerry at the Lakeland RV Fly-in last year. Jerry has an award-winning RV-8. We flew back to Jerry's home at Little River Airpark on the way back to Charlotte. Its a great place for a fly-in, especially in December. Jerry expects dozens of RV's to show up and it should be a great time. Hope SERV Squadron can make a great showing. Here's the information on the fly-in: DECEMBER 10, 2005 (rain date December 11th) FLYING LITTLE RIVER AIRPARK (McAlpin, FL) Identifier: FL10 Coordinates: N 30*07.30 W 082*53.91 Frequency: 122.9 (JAX sectional) Runways: RIGHT HAND TRAFFIC FOR RUNWAY 36 LEFT HAND TRAFFIC FOR RUNWAY 18 Use taxiway located on west side of runway 18/36. DO NOT taxi on runway. Burgers and hot dogs with all the fixings will be served. $5.00 donation please. Lunch at noon. Coffee and donuts for early birds. All activities will be held at north end of runway 36 NOTE: THIS IS A PRIVATE AIRPARK. LAND AT YOUR OWN RISK CAUTION: TOWER N.E. OF AIRPORT. For further information contact Jerry Cornwell 386-963-4954 See you there, Ron Schreck Gold Hill Airpark RV-8 (Painting Fuselage Tomorrow if it warms up a bit) ________________________________ Message 9 _____________________________________ Time: 05:37:00 PM PST US From: "Larry Bowen" Subject: RVSouthEast-List: FW: RV FLY-IN --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: "Larry Bowen" Thanks Jerry. I'll pass it on. - Larry Bowen Larry@BowenAero.com http://BowenAero.com Do not archive ================================ From: Rvstinger5@wmconnect.com [mailto:Rvstinger5@wmconnect.com] Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 7:29 PM To: Larry@bowenaero.com Cc: ronschreck@alltel.net Subject: RV FLY-IN Larry: I was given your address by Ron Schrek. He suggests I request that you put our fly-in on your mailing list. If you have any questions please contact me, Jerry Cornwell 386-963-4954. or rvstinger5@wmconnect.com. Thank you. Jerry. DECEMBER 10, 2005 (rain date December 11th) FLYING LITTLE RIVER AIRPARK (McAlpin, FL) Identifier: FL10 Coordinates: N 30*07.30 W 082*53.91 Frequency: 122.9 (JAX sectional) Runways: RIGHT HAND TRAFFIC FOR RUNWAY 36 LEFT HAND TRAFFIC FOR RUNWAY 18 Use taxiway located on west side of runway 18/36. DO NOT taxi on runway. Burgers and hot dogs with all the fixings will be served. $5.00 donation please. Lunch at noon. Coffee and donuts for early birds. All activities will be held at north end of runway 36 NOTE: THIS IS A PRIVATE AIRPARK. LAND AT YOUR OWN RISK CAUTION: TOWER N.E. OF AIRPORT. ________________________________ Message 10 ____________________________________ Time: 05:54:49 PM PST US From: "Larry Bowen" Subject: RE: RVSouthEast-List: EIS Leaning --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: "Larry Bowen" I'm no expert, but I don't think anything is wrong with your technique. Absolute temps are hard to compare across engines. Everyone's temp probes are placed differently, etc. There is no harm leaning very aggressively while at reduced power (9,500 ft). During the summer, CHT's determined how hard I could lean. I had to run a little richer than I wanted to keep them cool. Now that it's cold again I can be more aggressive with the red lever. 6.4 gph is awesome. I usually see about 9.5 gph at 23 squared...but I seldom go higher than 5,500. FWIW, - Larry Bowen, RV-8 O-360/Hartzell/Carb/147 Hrs Larry@BowenAero.com http://BowenAero.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Fiveonepw@aol.com [mailto:Fiveonepw@aol.com] > Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 8:06 PM > To: rvsoutheast-list@matronics.com > Subject: Re: RVSouthEast-List: EIS Leaning > > --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: Fiveonepw@aol.com > > In a message dated 11/26/2005 10:00:53 PM Central Standard > Time, Larry@bowenaero.com writes: > I've been doing the same, normally about 1350 for me. I > think I'll just stay with my current technique. > >>> > > OK you guys have me bugged- on my E3D (150 hp carbed) I'll > normally see about > 1520 or so before roughness in cruise, and on the way back > from GLE it got > all the way to just over 1600 without roughness (around 9.5K' > and 2350 rpms). > Something wrong with my engine or technique? > > ps- GLE to SYI (560 nm) in about 3:45 and 6.4 gph averaging > above alt & rpm- > are these RVs a hoot or WHAT?! Had a great time at FF > clinic- thanks again to > all y'all Palmettoans! > > Mark Phillips > > > > > > > > ________________________________ Message 11 ____________________________________ Time: 06:27:04 PM PST US From: JohnCClarkVA@cs.com Subject: Re: RVSouthEast-List: EIS Leaning --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: JohnCClarkVA@cs.com Hi Larry and all. I have been playing with the leaning function, but it is not too helpful with my carbureted engine. The RF cylinder runs cold and the RR cylinder runs hot. At cruise or higher setting the RR is about 1400 and the RF is about 1250. As I lean, the other three rise normally, the RR rises some, peaks and drops some. There is no way that I can get a 50 deg Rich of Peak with the RR. So, I let it do what it wants and watch the other three. Some of the engine experts here say that the spread is not an issue, that I now have too much information (from the EIS) for my own good. Not sure that I buy that thought totally, but I am getting the 160 HP speeds that Van predicted. 189 mph TAS. Regards, John. ________________________________ Message 12 ____________________________________ Time: 07:02:13 PM PST US From: sportav8r@aol.com Subject: Re: RVSouthEast-List: EIS Leaning HTML_OBFUSCATE_05_10@roxy.matronics.com, BODY:, Message@roxy.matronics.com, is@roxy.matronics.com, to@roxy.matronics.com, HTML@roxy.matronics.com, obfuscation@roxy.matronics.com --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: sportav8r@aol.com Peak for me is typically 1538*F at 24 squared meaasured at #3 cylinder. I can lean her beyond to about 1480 before it starts to get rough, but have to bring in extra power to counter the dropping rpm and maintain altitude. Leaned that far, you will soon know if you descend w/o enrichening things :-) Runs great, less filling to do later at the pump. -Stormy O-320 160 hp FP -----Original Message----- From: Marcus Cooper Subject: RE: RVSouthEast-List: EIS Leaning --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: "Marcus Cooper" Just to start another controversy, anybody playing with Lean of Peak? Seems like a trend that is rapidly gaining popularity. I've read several articles from the Cessna Pilots Organization that seems to really support it and the engines most of us will use (Lycoming IO-540) seems to lend itself very well to the idea due to fairly consistent fuel/air mixture between cylinders. Marcus Got the engine, but far from mounting it yet -----Original Message----- From: owner-rvsoutheast-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-rvsoutheast-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Wayne Williams Subject: RE: RVSouthEast-List: EIS Leaning --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: "Wayne Williams" I use it all the time. Works great! Just hit reset, then start leaning. It will identify which peaks first then tell you degrees from peak. I usually run 75 degrees rich of peak. Wayne -----Original Message----- From: owner-rvsoutheast-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-rvsoutheast-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Larry Bowen Subject: RVSouthEast-List: EIS Leaning --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: "Larry Bowen" --> I know a couple of you guys have the EIS engine monitor in your planes. Do you rely on the "digital leaning pages"? I've had those pages disabled so far. Thinking of trying them.... http://www.grtavionics.com/leanpage.htm - Larry Bowen Larry@BowenAero.com http://BowenAero.com -- -- ________________________________ Message 13 ____________________________________ Time: 07:21:09 PM PST US From: Demeylor@aol.com Subject: Re: RVSouthEast-List: Today --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: Demeylor@aol.com I stopped at Silver Creek airport about 15 east of 9a9. A really great bunch of guys there as well. I also got the grand tour. An avenger several t-6s. and numerous there ww-2 aircraft. I would also recommend it. They also said they take us the country club for lunch. Dean ________________________________ Message 14 ____________________________________ Time: 07:30:27 PM PST US From: Demeylor@aol.com Subject: Re: RVSouthEast-List: EIS Leaning --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: Demeylor@aol.com I have an aero sport engine with the gami injectors. All cylinders peak with in .2/10's of a gallon and runs smooth lean of peak. That's gami's claim to fame. But you do loose some airspeed On a hot day cylinder head temp's run much cooler there. Dean ________________________________ Message 15 ____________________________________ Time: 07:32:38 PM PST US From: sportav8r@aol.com Subject: RVSouthEast-List: Woeful saga of stranded airplane --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: sportav8r@aol.com Well, Thanksgiving weekend is in the archives now, and the work week resumes for me with a vengeance tomorrow. I took my daughter back to college in the RV this afternoon, and wouldn't you know the wx was immediately worse than forecast. Shoot, it was worse that the current observations I had checked 10 minutes before. Ignoring the voice of reason that told me to turn back immediately and pack the car instead, I pressed on eastward into lowering overcast and patches of 1-2 miles vis in showers, fully expecting to make Newport News withjout incident, and by then fully expecting to have quite a time of it getting as far back home as I could. That's about how it went, too. KPHF wx was as nice as I was told to expect, but back in the vicinity of RIC, the gauntlet remained to be run. I made it as far as western edge of the Ric Class C before the looks of things westward got too spooky. Set course for CHO, but the Approach freq was full of traffic wanting vectors around leve l 3 precip. No thanks! Hasty 180 to my last landmark with decent viz, namely Louisa, where I landed in a driving rain and 5 miles reported visibility (yeah, right) below a 1600 foot ceiling. Brought back memories of some foolishness I was part of coming home from OSH last year, off the edge of Chicago's class B ;-) Miriam and I got home in the car tonight about the same time we would have had we driven Melanie to Christopher Newport in the car. Plus, my baby is out in the rain (too cheap to pop for hangar rent for who knows how long) and I get to retrieve her later when the weather breaks. Oh well, at least I got to fly today. A chance to scare yourself in an airplane- priceless. I did this same stuck-away-from-home trick 14 years ago, with a rented Cessna 152, when the ink on my ticket was still wet. One stranding every 14 years-maybe not a bad average overall for VFR-boy. Bob & Larry: no grafitti on my airplane while I'm away! Lesson learned: when wx is twice as bad as forecast right out of the gate, you should hear an inner voice saying "turn back." 2: when you hear said voice, listen quickly, before you get far enough into your trip to talk yourself into pushing on. 3: Got time to spare? Go by air! 4: Santa, I want an IFR plane and a rating to go with it, please. 5: Nevertheless, IFR is no help getting home to a private strip that is itself below minimums. That's why they call me "Stormy..." ________________________________ Message 16 ____________________________________ Time: 07:45:25 PM PST US From: James Clark Subject: Re: RVSouthEast-List: Woeful saga of stranded airplane --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: James Clark The "good news" is that you and passenger are safely on the ground. Glad to hear that. James On 11/27/05, sportav8r@aol.com wrote: > > --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: sportav8r@aol.com > > Well, Thanksgiving weekend is in the archives now, and the work week > resumes for me with a vengeance tomorrow. I took my daughter back to > college in the RV this afternoon, and wouldn't you know the wx was > immediately worse than forecast. Shoot, it was worse that the current > observations I had checked 10 minutes before. Ignoring the voice of reason > that told me to turn back immediately and pack the car instead, I pressed on > eastward into lowering overcast and patches of 1-2 miles vis in showers, > fully expecting to make Newport News withjout incident, and by then fully > expecting to have quite a time of it getting as far back home as I > could. That's about how it went, too. KPHF wx was as nice as I was told to > expect, but back in the vicinity of RIC, the gauntlet remained to be run. I > made it as far as western edge of the Ric Class C before the looks of things > westward got too spooky. Set course for CHO, but the Approach freq was full > of traffic wanting vectors around leve > l 3 precip. No thanks! Hasty 180 to my last landmark with decent viz, > namely Louisa, where I landed in a driving rain and 5 miles reported > visibility (yeah, right) below a 1600 foot ceiling. Brought back memories > of some foolishness I was part of coming home from OSH last year, off the > edge of Chicago's class B ;-) > > Miriam and I got home in the car tonight about the same time we would have > had we driven Melanie to Christopher Newport in the car. Plus, my baby is > out in the rain (too cheap to pop for hangar rent for who knows how long) > and I get to retrieve her later when the weather breaks. Oh well, at least > I got to fly today. A chance to scare yourself in an airplane- > priceless. I did this same stuck-away-from-home trick 14 years ago, with a > rented Cessna 152, when the ink on my ticket was still wet. One stranding > every 14 years-maybe not a bad average overall for VFR-boy. > > Bob & Larry: no grafitti on my airplane while I'm away! > > Lesson learned: when wx is twice as bad as forecast right out of the > gate, you should hear an inner voice saying "turn back." 2: when you hear > said voice, listen quickly, before you get far enough into your trip to talk > yourself into pushing on. 3: Got time to spare? Go by air! 4: Santa, I want > an IFR plane and a rating to go with it, please. 5: Nevertheless, IFR is > no help getting home to a private strip that is itself below minimums. > > That's why they call me "Stormy..." > > -- This is an alternate email. Please continue to email me at james@nextupventures.com . ________________________________ Message 17 ____________________________________ Time: 07:59:30 PM PST US From: "Larry Bowen" Subject: RE: RVSouthEast-List: Today --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: "Larry Bowen" Sounds nice. We'll have to add it to our places to go. Are flight suits allowed in the country club? :) http://airnav.com/airport/NC52 - Larry Bowen Larry@BowenAero.com http://BowenAero.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Demeylor@aol.com [mailto:Demeylor@aol.com] > Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 10:21 PM > To: rvsoutheast-list@matronics.com > Subject: Re: RVSouthEast-List: Today > > --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: Demeylor@aol.com > > I stopped at Silver Creek airport about 15 east of 9a9. A > really great bunch of guys there as well. I also got the > grand tour. An avenger several t-6s. > and numerous there ww-2 aircraft. I would also recommend it. > They also said > they take us the country club for lunch. > Dean > > > > > > > > ________________________________ Message 18 ____________________________________ Time: 08:13:00 PM PST US From: "Larry Bowen" Subject: RE: RVSouthEast-List: Woeful saga of stranded airplane --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: "Larry Bowen" I got wet this morning too while flying to breakfast at RUQ. I made it back before cigs and vis came down though. Let me know if you need help retrieving your ride. - Larry Bowen Larry@BowenAero.com http://BowenAero.com > -----Original Message----- > From: sportav8r@aol.com [mailto:sportav8r@aol.com] > Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 10:32 PM > To: rvsoutheast-list@matronics.com; Mid-AtlRVwing@yahoogroups.com > Subject: RVSouthEast-List: Woeful saga of stranded airplane > > --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: sportav8r@aol.com > > Well, Thanksgiving weekend is in the archives now, and the > work week resumes for me with a vengeance tomorrow. I took > my daughter back to college in the RV this afternoon, and > wouldn't you know the wx was immediately worse than forecast. > Shoot, it was worse that the current observations I had > checked 10 minutes before. Ignoring the voice of reason that > told me to turn back immediately and pack the car instead, I > pressed on eastward into lowering overcast and patches of 1-2 > miles vis in showers, fully expecting to make Newport News > withjout incident, and by then fully expecting to have quite > a time of it getting as far back home as I could. That's > about how it went, too. KPHF wx was as nice as I was told to > expect, but back in the vicinity of RIC, the gauntlet > remained to be run. I made it as far as western edge of the > Ric Class C before the looks of things westward got too > spooky. Set course for CHO, but the Approach freq was full > of traffic wanting vectors around leve l 3 precip. No > thanks! Hasty 180 to my last landmark with decent viz, > namely Louisa, where I landed in a driving rain and 5 miles > reported visibility (yeah, right) below a 1600 foot ceiling. > Brought back memories of some foolishness I was part of > coming home from OSH last year, off the edge of Chicago's class B ;-) > > Miriam and I got home in the car tonight about the same time > we would have had we driven Melanie to Christopher Newport in > the car. Plus, my baby is out in the rain (too cheap to pop > for hangar rent for who knows how long) and I get to retrieve > her later when the weather breaks. Oh well, at least I got > to fly today. A chance to scare yourself in an airplane- > priceless. I did this same stuck-away-from-home trick 14 > years ago, with a rented Cessna 152, when the ink on my > ticket was still wet. One stranding every 14 years-maybe not > a bad average overall for VFR-boy. > > Bob & Larry: no grafitti on my airplane while I'm away! > > Lesson learned: when wx is twice as bad as forecast right > out of the gate, you should hear an inner voice saying "turn > back." 2: when you hear said voice, listen quickly, before > you get far enough into your trip to talk yourself into > pushing on. 3: Got time to spare? Go by air! 4: Santa, I > want an IFR plane and a rating to go with it, please. 5: > Nevertheless, IFR is no help getting home to a private strip > that is itself below minimums. > > That's why they call me "Stormy..." > > > Photoshare, and much much more: > > > > > > ________________________________ Message 19 ____________________________________ Time: 08:42:56 PM PST US From: "Radomir Zaric" Subject: RE: RVSouthEast-List: Woeful saga of stranded airplane --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: "Radomir Zaric" Stormy, I spent 6 hours today going through that same weather too. Luckily, we had all the gizmos possible on board (oh joys of flying a Cirrus SR-22), so majority of our trip was spent deviating around those same cells. We also lucked out with altitude (7k going up to Lancaster, PA, and 8k on the way back) that we were in between layers most of the time. However, if we didn't have XM weather on board, it would have been one very rough ride. Glad to hear everything worked out OK. Radomir -7A Fuselage ________________________________ Message 20 ____________________________________ Time: 09:14:26 PM PST US From: James Clark Subject: Re: RVSouthEast-List: Prop --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: James Clark Some more questions and some review for me if you don't mind ... 1. What engine? O-360or O-320? Probably not a factor at all but tells me what to "feel". 2. What prop? Wood? Metal? FP or CS? Makes a big difference if all else is constant. Wood much smoother. 3. What RPM or scenarion for vibration? The question of harmonics come to mind. With a "Prop Tach" you can tell the exact RPM. A harmonic should felt at multiples of the RPM. 4. Carburetor or fuel injected? Is the "carbbie" appropriately adjusted. I suspect so. 5. What mounts? Conical or Dynafocal? With conicals you can almost feel the bugs hitting the tops of the cylinders. If conical, make sure the mounts are Lord Mounts. 6. Fuel and fuel system deviation from "norm"? Maybe a chance of fuel getting too hot and boiling either in a line or the carb bowl. Especially if auto gas and it is hot outside. 7. Prop *tracking*? (especially if wood) Metal is probably hard to be out of "alignment" but wood can be based on how it is torqued. Just some things to jumpstart the dialog again. James On 11/17/05, Ron and Shannon AWAD wrote: > > --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: "Ron and Shannon AWAD" < > sawad13@msn.com> > > Okay, lets do it! > > > Ron Awad > > > >From: James Clark > >Reply-To: rvsoutheast-list@matronics.com > >To: rvsoutheast-list@matronics.com > >Subject: Re: RVSouthEast-List: Prop > >Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 01:01:37 -0500 > > > >--> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: James Clark > > > > >Ron, > > > >Let's try to get together some time AFTER this weekend (off to Texas for > >Formation Clinic). > > > >Don't know if I can help but I will gladly share "opinions". :-) > > > >Call me: 803-238-2113. > > > >James > > > >On 11/15/05, Ron and Shannon AWAD wrote: > > > > > > --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: "Ron and Shannon AWAD" < > > > sawad13@msn.com> > > > > > > No visits, just emails so far. Bill is going to try to see if his prop > >on > > > his plane now will fit mine....? > > > > > > > > > Ron Awad > > > > > > > > > >From: "Larry Bowen" > > > >Reply-To: rvsoutheast-list@matronics.com > > > >To: > > > >Subject: RE: RVSouthEast-List: Prop > > > >Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 17:25:44 -0500 > > > > > > > >--> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: "Larry Bowen" < > > > Larry@BowenAero.com> > > > > > > > >Didn't James and/or some others meet with you a while ago to try to > > > figure > > > >it out? Was any progress made? > > > > > > > >- > > > >Larry Bowen > > > >Larry@BowenAero.com > > > >http://BowenAero.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: Ron and Shannon AWAD [mailto:sawad13@msn.com] > > > > > Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 11:12 PM > > > > > To: rvsoutheast-list@matronics.com > > > > > Subject: Re: RVSouthEast-List: Prop > > > > > > > > > > --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: "Ron and Shannon AWAD" > > > > > --> > > > > > > > > > > I tried to put Bill Crothers prop on my plane today to see if > > > > > my prop is out of whack... his prop is thicker than mine and > > > > > I didn't think my bolts would be long enough, so I left his > > > > > prop in the box and my prop on the plane. > > > > > > > > > > Flew Mike Bicks RV-4 Saturday and the engine/prop was > > > > > smoother than the engine in my toyota car.... very > >frustrating!!!!!!!! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ron Awad > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >From: James Clark > > > > > >Reply-To: rvsoutheast-list@matronics.com > > > > > >To: rvsoutheast-list@matronics.com > > > > > >Subject: Re: RVSouthEast-List: Prop > > > > > >Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 22:08:19 -0400 > > > > > > > > > > > >--> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: James Clark > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Ron, > > > > > > Call me on this. > > > > > > I have spent a bit of time dealing with "vibes" on our 6. > > > > > > Do you have a conical engine mount or a dynafocal?. > > > > > > James > > > > > > 803-238-2113 > > > > > > > > > > > > On 9/24/05, Bill Repucci wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: "Bill Repucci" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ron, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > After thinking about what you said at Long Island this > >afternoon: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 1) The vibration is most pronounced when you close the > > > > > throttle to slow > > > > > > > down so you can deploy the flaps. > > > > > > > 2) You tried dynamically balancing the prop and it didn't make > >any > > > > > > > difference. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't really know but if I had to guess I would take a > > > > > close look at > > > > > > > the engine mount, both the vibration dampeners and where > > > > > it bolts to the > > > > > > > firewall. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Some of the other folks on this list might have a thought > > > > > or two as > > > > > > > well. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Bill > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > > From: owner-rvsoutheast-list-server@matronics.com > > > > > > > [mailto:owner-rvsoutheast-list-server@matronics.com] On > > > > > Behalf Of Ron > > > > > > > and Shannon AWAD > > > > > > > To: rvsoutheast-list@matronics.com > > > > > > > Subject: Re: RVSouthEast-List: Prop > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: "Ron and Shannon AWAD" > > > > > > > --> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > How much and does he have a spinner for it? I just want to try > a > > > > > > > different > > > > > > > prop to see if that is the source of my viberations, if > > > > > it is then what > > > > > > > ever > > > > > > > I borrow I would probably want buy. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ron Awad > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >From: Lenleg@aol.com > > > > > > > >Reply-To: rvsoutheast-list@matronics.com > > > > > > > >To: rvsoutheast-list@matronics.com > > > > > > > >Subject: Re: RVSouthEast-List: Prop > > > > > > > >Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 10:17:59 EDT > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >--> RVSouthEast-List message posted by: Lenleg@aol.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >In a message dated 9/23/2005 8:39:25 AM Eastern Standard > Time, > > > > > > > >sawad13@msn.com writes: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >No one has a spare prop they can loan out or rent to me > > > > > for testing > > > > > > > >purposes??? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Ron Awad > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Wayne8 has a 3 blade Cato he is trying to sell. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Len > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >-- > > > > > >This is an alternate email. Please continue to email me at > > > > > >james@nextupventures.com . > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > , > > > > > > > > > > > >-- > >This is an alternate email. Please continue to email me at > >james@nextupventures.com . > > > > > > -- This is an alternate email. Please continue to email me at james@nextupventures.com .