---------------------------------------------------------- Yak-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Mon 03/05/18: 4 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 01:47 PM - Re: Re: CJ6 Gill vanes tend to close at Higher IAS (doug sapp) 2. 09:53 PM - Re: CJ6 Gill vanes tend to close at Higher IAS (Lancer) 3. 10:01 PM - Re: Engine stumble in flight (Lancer) 4. 10:15 PM - Re: M14P bent connecting rod (Lancer) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 01:47:36 PM PST US From: doug sapp Subject: Re: Yak-List: Re: CJ6 Gill vanes tend to close at Higher IAS Stephen, Check the wobblers (the little 90 degree arm on each vane). They develop groves in them which catch on the shank of the bolts they pivot on. This will cause the vanes to not open or close fully. Another problem may be in the copper sheath which the control cable runs through. The control cable is made up of a cable with a piece of stainless rod swaged to each end. If the outer sheath has a kink or dent in it it may be preventing the shutter control cable from achieving full movement. Try removing the control from the vane lever and see if you can close the vanes fully without the cable attached. Doug On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 9:05 AM, stephen.hayne wrote: > > Question - how do you know how much they are closing? Camera? > > My CJ gill vanes seem to be 3/4s open on the ground even after I rebuilt > them to new limits. IMHO, the vanes seem "flimsy" enough that I can easily > imagine how they might close a little at higher airspeeds. I do think that > the angle they "rest" at is nicely aligned with the air coming off the > propellor, which makes me think this angle is by design. > > https://drive.google.com/open?id=1OC-TGaAggonunvo1hw7io5my4idDcmfLDg > > Not sure what remedy there might be... > > -------- > - > Dr. Stephen C. Hayne, Professor, CIS, Colorado State University > __!__ > _____(_)_____ 666CJ > > > Read this topic online here: > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=478319#478319 > > ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 09:53:27 PM PST US Subject: Yak-List: Re: CJ6 Gill vanes tend to close at Higher IAS From: "Lancer" I had a similar problem and pulled the winding mechanism apart and found the problem. If you remove the handwheel and look at the face which contacts the body of the mechanism it should have 2 half moon (semicircular) lugs which sit into mating concaves in the body of the mechanism. Spring pressure holds the convex half moons in and locate it in place and stop the handwheel turning. What had happened with mine was the half moons had worn down and there was no longer anything there to hold the wheel from turning. I tig welded and built up the half moons and filed them so they mated nicely into the concaves and it now holds perfectly. -------- You can run but you can't hide Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=478410#478410 ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 10:01:24 PM PST US Subject: Yak-List: Re: Engine stumble in flight From: "Lancer" Vic wrote: > Remember, the alu foil capacitor is wound between primary and secondary windings within the coil - the worst place to put a capacitor. My guess is that the dielectric material and materials in the coil wires may age and since the electrical properties of components will become unsuitable to operate. I figured the capacitor was wound into the coil but wasn't sure and yes it's not the best place to have it located...Thanks Vic -------- You can run but you can't hide Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=478411#478411 ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 10:15:33 PM PST US Subject: Yak-List: Re: M14P bent connecting rod From: "Lancer" richard.goode(at)russiana wrote: > What typically happens is that because of the bending, the connecting rod become shorter and therefore pulls the piston further out of the cylinder. The oil control ring is close to the bottom of the piston, and will then jump out of its groove and attempt to prevent the piston going back up. Inevitably the ring then breaks, and a very obvious sign is high oil consumption and smoke appearing from that one cylinder; and plug fouling. With the Housai Engine, when the rod bends to the point where the lower oil control ring pops out the bottom of the cylinder, the crankshaft counterweights start milling the bottom off of the piston contaminating the inside of the engine and the oil system with loads of tiny shards of aluminum. I'd say the M14 would also do the same. -------- You can run but you can't hide Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=478412#478412 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.