---------------------------------------------------------- Yak-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Wed 10/07/09: 16 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 03:24 AM - Re: smoke systems (cjpilot710@aol.com) 2. 05:33 AM - Re: Blue Mountain Updates (N395V) 3. 08:45 AM - Re: Re: Blue Mountain Updates (Larry Pine) 4. 08:56 AM - Re: smoke systems (keithmckinley) 5. 09:28 AM - Re: Re: smoke systems (cjpilot710@aol.com) 6. 09:41 AM - Re: Re: Blue Mountain Updates (Warren Hill) 7. 12:10 PM - Re: Re: Blue Mountain Updates (Terry Calloway) 8. 12:13 PM - Re: Re: Blue Mountain Updates (A. Dennis Savarese) 9. 12:49 PM - Re: Blue Mountain Updates (Noplugs) 10. 12:51 PM - Re: Re: Blue Mountain Updates (Greg Young) 11. 01:19 PM - Re: Re: Blue Mountain Updates (Terry Calloway) 12. 03:12 PM - Prop inspection (tigeryak18t) 13. 06:02 PM - Re: Prop inspection (Roger Kemp M.D.) 14. 06:19 PM - Re: Re: Blue Mountain Updates (Tom Elliott) 15. 06:21 PM - Re: Prop inspection (A. Dennis Savarese) 16. 09:41 PM - Re: Re: Blue Mountain Updates (Bill VonDane / Whiskey Victor) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 03:24:22 AM PST US From: cjpilot710@aol.com Subject: Re: Yak-List: smoke systems I found a 'red tagged' (bad bearings) fuel pump that put out about 30 gals an hour. I used the old oil dilution valve as a on/off valve. It is in line with the power wire to the pump. When I close the smoke switch, power goes to the valve to open and than the pump comes on. Switch off, the pump shuts down, and the valve is spring loaded closed. I mounted the injection points high up on the exhaust pipes. The idea was that the exhaust would have more time to burn the oil. I don't recommend that. All the oil does not burn and get blown out the exhaust stacks joints. Makes a mess inside the cowl. I recommend that you inject the oil much lower, maybe just below the last joint. Also you'll need to watch how big you need to make the injector holes. You want them large enough so that the oil you do inject is burned totally. Any more than that, its gets all over the belly. I made my smoke oil tank the same size as the old ADF. Its holds a little over 5 gals. It sits on the old ADF rack. The ADF weighted 45 lbs. A full oil tank weights about 35 lbs, so the rack can take it. When I had the tank welded up, I designed the filler neck so that I could refill though the access hatch just forward of the old ADF access screwed down panel. I just recently put a sight gage on the side of the tank. Jim "Pappy" Goolsby In a message dated 10/6/2009 11:05:11 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, keith.mckinley@townisp.com writes: --> Yak-List message posted by: "keithmckinley" Can any of you guys who have set up custom smoke systems recommend an oil pump? Would it be easier to just go with a unit from smokingairplanes.com Thanks -------- Keith McKinley 700HS KFIT Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=266895#266895 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 05:33:45 AM PST US Subject: Yak-List: Re: Blue Mountain Updates From: "N395V" No one has been able to get updates in spite of the fact that greg says he is working on it. -------- Milt 2003 F1 Rocket 2006 Radial Rocket Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=266923#266923 ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 08:45:04 AM PST US From: Larry Pine Subject: Re: Yak-List: Re: Blue Mountain Updates Good thing I bought one update the day they said they were closing the door s.- I had a feeling that was going to happen. Larry Pine --- On Wed, 10/7/09, N395V wrote: From: N395V Subject: Yak-List: Re: Blue Mountain Updates No one has been able to get updates in spite of the fact that greg says he is working on it. -------- Milt 2003 F1 Rocket 2006 Radial Rocket Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=266923#266923 le, List Admin. =0A=0A=0A ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 08:56:07 AM PST US Subject: Yak-List: Re: smoke systems From: "keithmckinley" Pappy, So it is possible to use a fuel pump and is not necessary to use a pump designed for oil or tranny fluid? I've seen some nice pumps on the Summit Racing web site as well as nice 5 gallon aluminum fuel cells. fuel pump is OK for smoke oil? what size line did you run to the exhaust? and did you just weld a bung and use an AN fitting? size? The other question is I'm guessing there should be an on off switch for the pump and a momentary switch for the solenoid. which leads to the question of a pump being on and building up too much pressure Thanks, -------- Keith McKinley 700HS KFIT Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=266946#266946 ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 09:28:59 AM PST US From: cjpilot710@aol.com Subject: Re: Yak-List: Re: smoke systems I don't see any reason why a "fuel" pump can't be used. Fuel would harsher on a pump's enters than the oils that are normally used in smoke systems. Exact size of lines and fittings are not in front of me. Anything with a ID of about 1/4 would be fine. What ever you use make sure that the hoses from the firewall forward have either a metal mesh covering or some kind of fire shielding.. I had a lug (AN type) welded to the stack and a probe with a .040 hole to spray the oil. I would not worry about pressure. If you put the two (pump and normally closed valve) on the same circuit- One: Switch ON,- the pump comes on (pressure) and the valve opens. Two; Switch OFF, pump turns off and the valve goes closed. These pumps do not put out that much pressure. Also there little reason to leave smoke pumps running more than just few minutes. Jim "Pappy" Goolsby In a message dated 10/7/2009 11:56:52 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, keith.mckinley@townisp.com writes: --> Yak-List message posted by: "keithmckinley" Pappy, So it is possible to use a fuel pump and is not necessary to use a pump designed for oil or tranny fluid? I've seen some nice pumps on the Summit Racing web site as well as nice 5 gallon aluminum fuel cells. fuel pump is OK for smoke oil? what size line did you run to the exhaust? and did you just weld a bung and use an AN fitting? size? The other question is I'm guessing there should be an on off switch for the pump and a momentary switch for the solenoid. which leads to the question of a pump being on and building up too much pressure Thanks, -------- Keith McKinley 700HS KFIT Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=266946#266946 ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 09:41:47 AM PST US From: Warren Hill Subject: Re: Yak-List: Re: Blue Mountain Updates Larry, I think that Dynon and Grand Rapids will be the two left standing at the end of the day for experimental aircraft. http://www.dynonavionics.com/ http://www.grtavionics.com/product.aspx?productno=1 Very nice products. Warren Hill Mesa, AZ On Oct 7, 2009, at 8:42 AM, Larry Pine wrote: > Good thing I bought one update the day they said they were closing > the doors. I had a feeling that was going to happen. > > Larry Pine > > > --- On Wed, 10/7/09, N395V wrote: > > From: N395V > Subject: Yak-List: Re: Blue Mountain Updates > To: yak-list@matronics.com > Date: Wednesday, October 7, 2009, 5:33 AM > > > No one has been able to get updates in spite of the fact that greg > says he is working on it. > > -------- > Milt > 2003 F1 Rocket > 2006 Radial Rocket > > > Read this topic online here: > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=266923#//www.matronics.com/Navigator?Yak-List > " target=_blank>http://www.matronicp; -Matt > Draronics.com/contribution" ====== > > ________________________________ Message 7 _____________________________________ Time: 12:10:17 PM PST US Subject: Re: Yak-List: Re: Blue Mountain Updates From: Terry Calloway As for the next leader in that market, watch for Garmin. The new G300 display will arrive with the delivery of the Skycatcher and I would expect to see that unit available for GA/Experimental shortly afterward. Pumper ________________________________ Message 8 _____________________________________ Time: 12:13:26 PM PST US From: "A. Dennis Savarese" Subject: Re: Yak-List: Re: Blue Mountain Updates But at what price point? Dennis ----- Original Message ----- From: Terry Calloway To: yak-list@matronics.com Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 2:06 PM Subject: Re: Yak-List: Re: Blue Mountain Updates As for the next leader in that market, watch for Garmin. The new G300 display will arrive with the delivery of the Skycatcher and I would expect to see that unit available for GA/Experimental shortly afterward. Pumper ________________________________ Message 9 _____________________________________ Time: 12:49:30 PM PST US Subject: Yak-List: Re: Blue Mountain Updates From: "Noplugs" This is a nice short video from "KitPlanes" Magazine, on the GX and it talks about the price, options, and features http://www.funplacestofly.com/blog.asp?ID=105 Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=266982#266982 ________________________________ Message 10 ____________________________________ Time: 12:51:52 PM PST US From: "Greg Young" Subject: RE: Yak-List: Re: Blue Mountain Updates It's already out there. The G300 units are basically panel mount 696's with an AHRS and a little more expensive ~$6K. The G500 is a single box 2 screen at ~$15K. The G600 is the G500 with all the add-ons (the G500 is really a stripped G600) and ~$25K. Regards, Greg Young _____ From: owner-yak-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-yak-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of A. Dennis Savarese Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 2:13 PM Subject: Re: Yak-List: Re: Blue Mountain Updates But at what price point? Dennis ----- Original Message ----- From: Terry Calloway Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 2:06 PM Subject: Re: Yak-List: Re: Blue Mountain Updates As for the next leader in that market, watch for Garmin. The new G300 display will arrive with the delivery of the Skycatcher and I would expect to see that unit available for GA/Experimental shortly p; Navigator Photoshare, and href="http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Yak-List">http://www.matronics==== ===================<; via the Web href="http://forums.matronics.com">http://forums.matronics.com _p; generous bsp; href="http://www.matronics.com/contribution">http://www.matronics.com/c==== =========== ________________________________ Message 11 ____________________________________ Time: 01:19:29 PM PST US From: Terry Calloway Subject: Re: Yak-List: Re: Blue Mountain Updates Sorry my mistake. The G300 in the Skycatcher looks like the G3X which is already on the market according to Garmin's website. ref: https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=155&pID=63892 On Oct 7, 2009, at 2:46 PM, Greg Young wrote: > It's already out there. The G300 units are basically panel mount > 696's with an AHRS and a little more expensive ~$6K. The G500 is a > single box 2 screen at ~$15K. The G600 is the G500 with all the add- > ons (the G500 is really a stripped G600) and ~$25K. > > Regards, > Greg Young > ________________________________ Message 12 ____________________________________ Time: 03:12:54 PM PST US Subject: Yak-List: Prop inspection From: "tigeryak18t" Hello to all, sorry if this subject has already been discussed but I couldn't find anything about it. A friend of mine has a leak on his prop (yak52) . It appears as a thin oil leak on the propeller after half an hour of flight. I would like to inspect his prop hub, joins etc.. Do anyone knows where I can find a schematic of the prop, or a task card or anything that can help to find where does this oil going on the fins comes from. Thanks a lot -------- Didier Tiger YAK18T Member of Commemorative Air Force French Wing Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=267005#267005 ________________________________ Message 13 ____________________________________ Time: 06:02:49 PM PST US From: "Roger Kemp M.D." Subject: RE: Yak-List: Prop inspection Didier, See attached. Doc -----Original Message----- From: owner-yak-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-yak-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of tigeryak18t Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 5:12 PM Subject: Yak-List: Prop inspection Hello to all, sorry if this subject has already been discussed but I couldn't find anything about it. A friend of mine has a leak on his prop (yak52) . It appears as a thin oil leak on the propeller after half an hour of flight. I would like to inspect his prop hub, joins etc.. Do anyone knows where I can find a schematic of the prop, or a task card or anything that can help to find where does this oil going on the fins comes from. Thanks a lot -------- Didier Tiger YAK18T Member of Commemorative Air Force French Wing Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=267005#267005 ________________________________ Message 14 ____________________________________ Time: 06:19:51 PM PST US From: "Tom Elliott" Subject: RE: Yak-List: Re: Blue Mountain Updates The Advance Flight Systems units are good units. they also interface with the trutrac A/P's, hard wired as well as serial radios, transponders, GPS's. Synthetic vision and many other features. Voice annunciation for all Eng parameters as well as flight info ( Nav status ) and others. It is reported that they will have 10 + inch screen out after the first of the year. As big as the Blue MT. Large screen. www.advanced-flight-systems.com Tom Elliott CJ-6A NX63727 702-595-2680 -----Original Message----- From: owner-yak-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-yak-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Warren Hill Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 9:30 AM Subject: Re: Yak-List: Re: Blue Mountain Updates Larry, I think that Dynon and Grand Rapids will be the two left standing at the end of the day for experimental aircraft. http://www.dynonavionics.com/ http://www.grtavionics.com/product.aspx?productno=1 Very nice products. Warren Hill Mesa, AZ On Oct 7, 2009, at 8:42 AM, Larry Pine wrote: > Good thing I bought one update the day they said they were closing the > doors. I had a feeling that was going to happen. > > Larry Pine > > > --- On Wed, 10/7/09, N395V wrote: > > From: N395V > Subject: Yak-List: Re: Blue Mountain Updates > To: yak-list@matronics.com > Date: Wednesday, October 7, 2009, 5:33 AM > > > No one has been able to get updates in spite of the fact that greg > says he is working on it. > > -------- > Milt > 2003 F1 Rocket > 2006 Radial Rocket > > > Read this topic online here: > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=266923#//www.matronics.com/Navig ator?Yak-List > " target=_blank>http://www.matronicp; -Matt > Draronics.com/contribution" ====== > > ________________________________ Message 15 ____________________________________ Time: 06:21:23 PM PST US From: "A. Dennis Savarese" Subject: Re: Yak-List: Prop inspection Didier, The prop hub is quite simple to inspect. If you have a spinner, remove the spinner to expose the prop hub dome. If you do not have a spinner, remove the 30 mm nut and cotter pin. Then remove the small dome cap. Look inside the dome cap to see if the felt is oil soaked. Next, look for the lock tab with a screw through it on the edge of the hub directly above or below the center of the dome. Cut the safety wire, remove the screw and slide the locking tab out of the hub. Now, rotate the hub dome to align the slots with the tabs and slide the dome out SLOWLY. There is oil inside this dome. So be sure to tilt the front of the dome downward as you pull it out of the hub. The oil tube will be dripping oil at this time. Make a plug from a paper towel and plug the end of the oil tube. Next, while holding the dome in your hand, pull the piston out of the dome. Remember, there is oil inside the dome. So don't tip the dome over while pulling the piston out of the dome. There are 2 seals in the prop hub piston. The outer seal, is large and if damaged will cause oil to leak out around the prop hub dome. Remember I said to look at the felt inside the dome cap? If there is oil on this felt, the outer seal of the piston is leaking. Oil will be evident on the outside of the hub and on the cooling louvers and disk. There is also an inner seal in the hub piston. It is twice the size of the hole in the center of the piston and somewhat "fun" to replace. If this seal is bad, there will be oil inside the hub. Look inside the hub for oil. If oil is pooling inside the hub, the inner seal on the hub piston is leaking. The inner seal rides on the oil tube which you previously plugged with a paper towel or something similar. Check the inside of the dome for scoring. If the scoring is bad, it will damage a new seal when you reassemble the piston and dome. Purchase a prop hub seal kit and prepare to replace the two seals on the piston. Clean the dome and piston thoroughly before reassembling. Be absolutely certain you observe which way the seals are installed. Now remove and replace the seals. Carefully install the piston back into the dome. Do not damage the outer seal. If you put either seal in backwards, when you start the engine you will give your airplane an oil bath. If there is oil inside the hub, soak the oil up with shop towels or something similar. You will need to remove the prop blades because oil has been diluting the grease around the hub bearings. You will need a large hook spanner wrench to do this. First remove the two lock tabs on either end of the hub. They have 2 slotted screws in them and the screws are safety wired together. Mark the slot in the castellated nut where the tab in the fits into the nut with a Sharpie pen. You will use this mark when you tighten the nut back up. Next, as you face the hub, using the hook spanner wrench, place the wrench in the large castellated nut just inside the counterweight and loose the nut. You may need to use a hammer at first to loosen the nut. Unscrew the nut and the entire blade assembly will drop out. BE CAREFUL and don't drop the inner bearing which will be on the end of the blade hub. There is square slider (about 25 mm) on the inside of the hub fitted into a slot. It has a hole in it where the pin on the end of the blade fits in to. Remove this. CAREFULLY OBSERVE HOW THE INNER BEARING AND RACE ARE FITTED INTO THE HUB. The bearing has a flared inner edge. This edge goes toward the end of the blade. There is also another bearing that will remain on the blade just inside the threads of the large castellated nut. Clean all the parts, grease them with Aeroshell #5 or similar grease, place the loose race back in the hub then place the loose bearing in the hub flush up against the race. Now place the square slider in the slot and position the sliding mechanism at the bottom center of the hole. Now reinstall the prop blade being care to align the pin on the end of the blade with the slider at the bottom center of the hub hole. Now thread the castellated nut back into the hub. DO NO TIGHTEN at this time. Now rotate the prop 180 degrees so the recently reinstalled blade is on the left. Now using the hook spanner wrench, tighten the castellated nut so the locking tab will line up when the nut is tight. Repeat the above procedure for the other blade. Now reinstall the hub dome and piston back into the front of the hub. Reinstall the hub dome locking tab and screw. Safety wire the screw to the hole in the locking tab. Reinstall the dome cap or the spinner. Dennis ----- Original Message ----- From: tigeryak18t To: yak-list@matronics.com Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 5:12 PM Subject: Yak-List: Prop inspection Hello to all, sorry if this subject has already been discussed but I couldn't find anything about it. A friend of mine has a leak on his prop (yak52) . It appears as a thin oil leak on the propeller after half an hour of flight. I would like to inspect his prop hub, joins etc.. Do anyone knows where I can find a schematic of the prop, or a task card or anything that can help to find where does this oil going on the fins comes from. Thanks a lot -------- Didier Tiger YAK18T Member of Commemorative Air Force French Wing Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=267005#267005 ________________________________ Message 16 ____________________________________ Time: 09:41:25 PM PST US From: "Bill VonDane / Whiskey Victor" Subject: Re: Yak-List: Re: Blue Mountain Updates Dynon's new SkyView products are going to set the bar up a few notches... http://www.dynonavionics.com/docs/news_technology_preview.html -Bill VonDane www.whiskeyvictor.com On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 7:16 PM, Tom Elliott wrote: > > The Advance Flight Systems units are good units. they also interface with > the trutrac A/P's, hard wired as well > as serial radios, transponders, GPS's. Synthetic vision and many other > features. Voice annunciation for all Eng > parameters as well as flight info ( Nav status ) and others. It is reported > that they will have 10 + inch > screen out after the first of the year. As big as the Blue MT. Large > screen. > > www.advanced-flight-systems.com > > Tom Elliott > CJ-6A NX63727 > 702-595-2680 > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-yak-list-server@matronics.com > [mailto:owner-yak-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Warren Hill > Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 9:30 AM > To: yak-list@matronics.com > Subject: Re: Yak-List: Re: Blue Mountain Updates > > > Larry, > > I think that Dynon and Grand Rapids will be the two left standing at the > end > of the day for experimental aircraft. > > http://www.dynonavionics.com/ > > http://www.grtavionics.com/product.aspx?productno=1 > > Very nice products. > > Warren Hill > Mesa, AZ > > > On Oct 7, 2009, at 8:42 AM, Larry Pine wrote: > > > Good thing I bought one update the day they said they were closing the > > doors. I had a feeling that was going to happen. > > > > Larry Pine > > > > > > --- On Wed, 10/7/09, N395V wrote: > > > > From: N395V > > Subject: Yak-List: Re: Blue Mountain Updates > > To: yak-list@matronics.com > > Date: Wednesday, October 7, 2009, 5:33 AM > > > > > > No one has been able to get updates in spite of the fact that greg > > says he is working on it. > > > > -------- > > Milt > > 2003 F1 Rocket > > 2006 Radial Rocket > > > > > > > > > > Read this topic online here: > > > > > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=266923#//www.matronics.com/Navig > ator?Yak-List > > " target=_blank>http://www.matronicp; -Matt > > Draronics.com/contribution" ====== > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message yak-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Yak-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/yak-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/yak-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.