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1. 04:35 PM - Is your hose seeping coolant? (LarryMcFarland)
2. 04:57 PM - Left canopy latch was not (LarryMcFarland)
3. 04:58 PM - Re: Is your hose seeping coolant? (Kelly Meiste)
4. 05:48 PM - Re: Left canopy latch was not (Michel Therrien)
5. 06:32 PM - Re: Left canopy latch was not (Bryan Martin)
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| Subject: | Is your hose seeping coolant? |
--> Stratus-List message posted by: LarryMcFarland <larry@macsmachine.com>
Hi guys,
This is a minor thing, but day before yesterday, I was asked about hoses
on my Stratus and the connecting sizes involved. Such detail is only
found by review at my age, so the plane was visited and notes were
made while I inspected and detailed each hose. The hose that returns
coolant from the radiator to the water pump passes beneath the upper
right Stratus motor mount. In 85 hours of run-time, the hose was just
worn and cracked at the spot where it touches the mount. It was seeping
a very small amount of coolant. Because it's also on a suction side of the
water pump, I'd suppose only air would be taken in while the engine was
running. Never-the-less, I thought that because it's only 3-inches from
the water-pump, it's likely that several of you will have the same kind of
contact and wear between the hose and the mount and you'd want to
have a heads-up and take a look too.
I bought a new set of hoses this afternoon and will be replacing the
worn one, or patching the hose before I fly again.
Best regards,
Larry McFarland - 601HDS - Stratus - at www.macsmachine.com
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| Subject: | Left canopy latch was not |
--> Stratus-List message posted by: LarryMcFarland <larry@macsmachine.com>
Hi guys,
Last Saturday afternoon I was giving a friend a "first flight"
in my 601HDS and just before takeoff, I lowered the canopy
and heard the latches click. I lifted the right side because
it had once before not been secure. On that occasion I closed
and latched it easily using my right hand and the flight continued.
On this occasion, the left latch had come down just outside the
latch-bar and I failed to check it just before takeoff.
Well, about 300 feet up, the left side had an inch of gap at my elbow
and it couldn't be forced down well enough to secure it, so I called
tower and requested an immediate turn-about. I told my passenger
that it might be awkward to hold the canopy with my left hand and fly
stick and throttle with my right but we'd fly the plane, fly the plane, etc.
It was a little jerky switching between throttle and stick, but we landed
and I revisited the process and allowed my passenger to calm down
and then we took off for a good hour of flight without further problems.
Beautiful day.
No damage was done, but I'm going to revisit the latch and see if
better security is possible for the forward hinged canopy latch system.
Anyone done that already?
Larry McFarland - 601HDS at www.macsmachine.com
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| Subject: | Re: Is your hose seeping coolant? |
--> Stratus-List message posted by: "Kelly Meiste" <kellymeiste@jcwifi.com>
Hi Larry,
When building my plane I've noted that may be an issue as mine looked to be
touching as yours is. So from day one I've added some protection from wear
at that point, and to date it's holding up just fine.
I do get a slight seepage from time to time the from the small hose coming
out of the water pump, had to tighten it again just this week.
Thanks for the heads up, I'll double check my lower hose just in case.
Kelly
----- Original Message -----
From: "LarryMcFarland" <larry@macsmachine.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 6:34 PM
Subject: Stratus-List: Is your hose seeping coolant?
The hose that returns
> coolant from the radiator to the water pump passes beneath the upper
> right Stratus motor mount. In 85 hours of run-time, the hose was just
> worn and cracked at the spot where it touches the mount. It was seeping
> a very small amount of coolant.
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| Subject: | Re: Left canopy latch was not |
--> Stratus-List message posted by: Michel Therrien <mtherr@yahoo.com>
Keep us posted on what you do Larry. (on Zenith list)
This happened to me a couple of times. Once, I left
it like that, did one circuit and landed. Another
time, I trimmed the plane, used both hands and was
able to close the canopy in flight.
Michel
do not archive
--- LarryMcFarland <larry@macsmachine.com> wrote:
> --> Stratus-List message posted by: LarryMcFarland
> <larry@macsmachine.com>
>
> Hi guys,
> Last Saturday afternoon I was giving a friend a
> "first flight"
> in my 601HDS and just before takeoff, I lowered the
> canopy
> and heard the latches click. I lifted the right
> side because
> it had once before not been secure. On that
> occasion I closed
> and latched it easily using my right hand and the
> flight continued.
> On this occasion, the left latch had come down just
> outside the
> latch-bar and I failed to check it just before
> takeoff.
> Well, about 300 feet up, the left side had an inch
> of gap at my elbow
> and it couldn't be forced down well enough to secure
> it, so I called
> tower and requested an immediate turn-about. I told
> my passenger
> that it might be awkward to hold the canopy with my
> left hand and fly
> stick and throttle with my right but we'd fly the
> plane, fly the plane, etc.
> It was a little jerky switching between throttle and
> stick, but we landed
> and I revisited the process and allowed my passenger
> to calm down
> and then we took off for a good hour of flight
> without further problems.
> Beautiful day.
> No damage was done, but I'm going to revisit the
> latch and see if
> better security is possible for the forward hinged
> canopy latch system.
>
> Anyone done that already?
>
> Larry McFarland - 601HDS at www.macsmachine.com
>
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Michel Therrien CH601-HD, C-GZGQ
http://mthobby.pcperfect.com/ch601
http://www.zenithair.com/bldrlist/profiles/mthobby
http://pages.infinit.net/mthobby
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| Subject: | Re: Left canopy latch was not |
--> Stratus-List message posted by: Bryan Martin <bryanmmartin@comcast.net>
On my 601XL, I have had one side come loose in flight because I didn't check
it latched well enough. All I had to do is pull the throttle to idle and I
was able to pull it back down and latch it.
I think I read a post here once where someone released the latch on an XL in
flight to see what would happen. As I recall, the poster stated that the
canopy only opened a few inches and stayed there. He was able to land
normally. The post might still be in the archives.
--
Bryan Martin
N61BM, CH 601 XL, Stratus Subaru.
on 3/14/06 7:56 PM, LarryMcFarland at larry@macsmachine.com wrote:
> --> Stratus-List message posted by: LarryMcFarland <larry@macsmachine.com>
>
> Hi guys,
> Last Saturday afternoon I was giving a friend a "first flight"
> in my 601HDS and just before takeoff, I lowered the canopy
> and heard the latches click. I lifted the right side because ...
>
> No damage was done, but I'm going to revisit the latch and see if
> better security is possible for the forward hinged canopy latch system.
>
> Anyone done that already?
>
> Larry McFarland - 601HDS at www.macsmachine.com
>
>
>
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