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1. 03:15 AM - Auto Conversion (Jay McIntyre)
2. 10:06 AM - Lindbergh (Byron M Fox)
3. 11:07 AM - Re: Lindberg (Frank Stelwagon)
4. 10:44 PM - Re: Lindbergh (Jan Mevis)
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Hi all.... would also like to chime in on how good the auto conversion
is... you may remember the following e-mail I sent through a
*Had a CJ through for an annual recently and we noticed a couple of
irregularities which we have not been able to rectify as yet... *
* *
*1) #1 mag exhibits a constant mag drop throughout all RPM ranges of about
100 RPM and nearly stops at idle.*
*Initially we focussed on the mag drop as although not alot, something was
not quite right. We changed the plugs for new items (no effect); retimed
the mag (no effect); changed the coil (no effect); and somewhat grasping at
straws, changed the mags from side to side.*
*This seemed to fix the fault and the owner took the aircraft away but the
fault seems to have returned. Any ideas out there? We are thinking it must
be a plug lead. I know many of you have experienced plug lead woes in the
past but in 15 years of operating CJ's in a dry environment I have never
had a problem before. (aircraft has standard factory harness and leads but
is operated in a wetter environment than I am used to).*
* *
*2) Aircraft can be hard to start. Intitally we thought this was related to
the mag problem but it seems to be more fuel related. Initally after the
annual I could not get it started and thought it was the part-worn set of
plugs we had just installed. I swapped them out for the old plugs with no
effect and then realised the aircraft had been parked on a slope for some
hours with minimal fuel in it... turned the aircraft 180 degrees and sure
enough she started first go.... a-ha - must have been no fuel to carb I
thought....*
*Alas no.... still exhibits hard starting from time to time.... will turn
and turn with no sign of life and then exhibit quite a violent ignition
event on one or two cylinders. Sometimes it seems it is over-primed (lots
of fuel out of the manifold drain) but other times under-primed. Other
times it will start happily and repeatedly. Engine being cold or at
operating temp does not seem to matter.*
*As seen above mag timing has been checked. Additionally we have checked
shower of sparks (OK) and primer line (OK) but are a bit lost as to where
to go now. Next step might be to pull the primer atomiser from the blower
case and check it is not blocked/damaged.*
* *
*Perhaps the two symptoms are related - perhaps not?
Any ideas/help on this gratefully accepted!*
Dennis' kit certainly fixed the problem. Thanks to everyone else who
contribute ideas, but we had checked most of them and the leads were the
last thing to do. The cost of the kit was certainly a whole lot easier than
trying to rework the Chinese one. Once we got the old one out I was
surprised at the poor condition of the braided conduits. These were badly
worn through where the they were clamped to the induction pipes with the
original Chinese hardware and installation. I should point out that this is
the first time I have encountered this in 17 years and after working on
around 6 different CJ's.
Only real problem was the blasted postal system took over 3 weeks to get it
to us here in NZ!
BTW... primer atomiser was all good and on the first start with the new
leads it was still hard to start... was gutted initially but found that it
just needed more prime.... primer must not be putting out the volume of
fuel...
Cheers to all,
Jay
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A very interesting moment in history!
This is very interesting of and by itself but to history buffs, and especial
ly aviation history buffs, it's just outstanding. Check it out.
Win Perkins, a real estate appraiser who specializes in airport properties, h
as posted on his Website,
a video he created of Charles Lindbergh's famous and risky takeoff in the "S
pirit of St. Louis" (20May27).
According to Perkins, this is unlike any other presentation of the takeoff f
ootage.
Perkins said he "painstakingly assembled news footage from five cameras that
filmed Lindbergh's takeoff from Roosevelt Field, Long Island
"and "mixed it with enhanced audio from the same newsreel sources."
This is one of the most interesting videos I've seen come over the Internet.
INSTRUCTIONS Below
When you click on the address, episode #3 comes up ready to play.
I suggest you first click on "CONTACT" to the left and select #1,
then watch them in order, #1 through #4
(each time going back to "contact" and selecting the next one).
I was glued to the screen through all 4.
What guts it took for Lindbergh to overcome the odds against him, and accomp
lish this amazing feat!
http://www.airportappraisals.com/<http://www.airportappraisals.com/>
Blitz Fox
415-307-2405
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Great Byron, Thanks
Frank
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Thanks a lot! Very good!
Jan
From: Byron M Fox <byronmfox@gmail.com>
Subject: Yak-List: Lindbergh
A very interesting moment in history!
> This is very interesting of and by itself but to history buffs, and especially
> aviation history buffs, it's just outstanding. Check it out.
>
>
>
> Win Perkins, a real estate appraiser who specializes in airport properties,
> has posted on his Website,
> a video he created of Charles Lindbergh's famous and risky takeoff in the
> "Spirit of St. Louis" (20May27 <x-apple-data-detectors://10> ).
> According to Perkins, this is unlike any other presentation of the takeoff
> footage.
> Perkins said he "painstakingly assembled news footage from five cameras that
> filmed Lindbergh's takeoff from Roosevelt Field, Long Island
> "and "mixed it with enhanced audio from the same newsreel sources."
>
> This is one of the most interesting videos I've seen come over the Internet.
>
> INSTRUCTIONS Below
> When you click on the address, episode #3 comes up ready to play.
>
> I suggest you first click on "CONTACT" to the left and select #1,
> then watch them in order, #1 through #4
> (each time going back to "contact" and selecting the next one).
>
> I was glued to the screen through all 4.
>
> What guts it took for Lindbergh to overcome the odds against him, and
> accomplish this amazing feat!
>
> http://www.airportappraisals.com/<http://www.airportappraisals.com/>
>
>
Blitz Fox
415-307-2405
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