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1. 11:22 AM - Update: Matronics Internet Connection... (Matt Dralle)
2. 01:22 PM - Darwin Award, Yak-50, and credulous buyers (Drew Eginton)
3. 03:26 PM - Re: NPR? Say it ain't so (ByronMFox@aol.com)
4. 04:17 PM - Re: Darwin Award, Yak-50, and credulous buyers (KingCJ6@aol.com)
Message 1
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| Subject: | Update: Matronics Internet Connection... |
--> Yak-List message posted by: Matt Dralle <dralle@matronics.com>
Dear Listers,
First let me apologize for the discontinuity of List service over the last
two days. There is a faulty transmit pair between here and the "B-Box" and
I have been having a heck of a time trying to get the phone company
motivated to fix it. I am now trying to get them to take one of the analog
phone circuits to temporary get the T1 line circuit up. They are
indicating that to repair the existing T1 circuit they must dig up a
cross-connect in the street which will require a Permit from the City! Who
knows how long that will take to complete.
For now, connectivity is intermittent, but working. Email should flow
fine, although web server access may be a little sporadic. I'm working as
hard as I can at getting the situation resolved, but with the holiday and
all, its just been a nightmare.
I will post more information as it becomes available... Again, my
apologies; I thought upgrading to a commercial-grade T1 would elevate my
connectivity issues once and for all...
Wish me luck!
Matt Dralle
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| Subject: | Darwin Award, Yak-50, and credulous buyers |
--> Yak-List message posted by: Drew Eginton <deginton@marketswitch.com>
I would like to nominate myself early for the 2003 Darwin Awards
(Seller: "Oh, I've sold a hundred of these and no one ever needed a
pre-buy; I'll take care of any squawks and I'll never, ever let you
down." Drew: "Okay.") but that's another story. (MUST .... NOT ....
A-A-ARGHH .... AIR ... DIRTY .... ARGHHHHH .... LAUNDRY!)
Okay, the latest pneumatics problem has me down, hard. Went out for some
Christmas loop-de-loops in my Yak-50, and discovered another air system
failure: this time my main air system rotary valve seems to have sprung a
leak; when I plugged in my breathing air tank there was massive, audible
leaking (blasting, really) that continued when I closed the value. And the
system pressure bled to zero in five minutes. No idea how this happened,
since the plane's been sitting for a couple of weeks. I now have entries
in my logbook for "Scratching head, contemplating pneumatics, and thinking
vain thoughts of seller instead of flying."
Anyhow, I can't fix it where it's tied down. It's outside, near my
office, so that (under the theory that it would operate) I could fly during
the work week. (Of course I mostly just drive around to sources for
compressed breathing air -- I'm making a market -- and otherwise deny and
avoid the recurring thought that I bought a plane I know nothing about
without a pre-buy, because the seller told me to.)
So I need to get enough air into the system to quickly start it, then fly
it to my hangar 40 miles away, then go to school on pneumatics. (Reminds
me of what one of my professors said; As a photographer, he said, I make a
pretty good writer. Well, as an A&P, I make a pretty good stick and rudder
guy.) Maybe sometime in 2005 I'll be able to fly for fun again.
Okay, here's the big question:
I've reviewed my POH; I believe that if I do get the thing started I can
just fly it with the gear down and locked. Is this correct? My
understanding is that when the gear is down and locked, it doesn't need
primary air system pressure to stay locked. Further, I understand Vsub-le
is 200 kph. So, get the thing started, fly to Winchester with gear down at
200 and locked, put in hangar, start reading cyrillic.
Here's the second question:
Is there an A&P, who is recommended based on first-hand experience, who
knows this aircraft, within 150 miles of Leesburg, VA?
Thanks, and Merry Christmas. And tomorrow I am going to drown my
frustrations in Jet A: flying a Fouga, and not taking an air tank.
--drew
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Drew Eginton
Chairman, CEO & President
Marketswitch Corporation
108 Powers Court
Dulles, VA 20166
www.marketswitch.com
vox: 703.444.6873
efax: 703.783.8696
assistant: Laura Meltzer: 703.444.6750 ext. 232
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| Subject: | Re: NPR? Say it ain't so |
--> Yak-List message posted by: ByronMFox@aol.com
In a message dated 12/24/03 1:12:47 PM Pacific Standard Time, KingCJ6@aol.com
writes:
That's not all, he listens to NPR while driving his Toyota Prius hybrid with
personalized "CJ*6A" plates! Our squad has taken up a collection to replace
his single cylinder Briggs & Stratton with a full-blown, Chrysler big block
hemi.
David & Barry,
In the spirit of Christmas, I going to rise above these shallow insults
knowing that the milk of human kindness truly flows, if haltingly, through your
veins. ...Byron, The Magnanimous
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| Subject: | Re: Darwin Award, Yak-50, and credulous buyers |
--> Yak-List message posted by: KingCJ6@aol.com
In a message dated 12/25/2003 1:22:47 PM Pacific Standard Time,
deginton@marketswitch.com writes:
Okay, here's the big question:
I've reviewed my POH; I believe that if I do get the thing started I can
just fly it with the gear down and locked. Is this correct? My
understanding is that when the gear is down and locked, it doesn't need
primary air system pressure to stay locked. Further, I understand Vsub-le
is 200 kph. So, get the thing started, fly to Winchester with gear down at
200 and locked, put in hangar, start reading cyrillic.
Drew - do you plan on stopping in Winchester once you've landed? If so, you
may need to resort to the "Fred Flintstone" method if you have no air for the
pneumatic brakes.
Dave
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