Left MVN on Wed afternoon and noticed a fuel leak in the left wing tank but when i leveled out it stoped so i continued to Houston MO with a headwind. Got "Russ's Baby" home to 18MO all in one piece. Had a wonderful time at the gathering as usual. Russ Barnett N8227
-----Original Message----- >From: Jeff Scott <jscott.planes at gmx.com> >Sent: Oct 8, 2013 7:38 PM >To: KRnet <krnet at list.krnet.org> >Subject: KR> Home Again > >I'm back home again after a fun filled weekend and multiple KR Banquets. ?Dan >Heath and I both launched from Mt Vernon with me following him out before we >turned in opposite directions. ? > >Overall for this trip, I flew a totale of 18.4 hours with stops in Woodward, >OK, Melbourne, AR, Jackson, TN, Mt Vernon, IL, Neosho, Mo, Woodward, OK, >Dalhart, TX and Los Alamos, NM. ?The winds out west were bad today. ?I hadn't >planned on stopping at Dahlhart, but was bucking 30 - 35kt winds, so had to >add another fuel stop. ?Winds on the ground in Dalhart were 24G33 kts, when I >dropped in to top off the tanks and go again. > >I had a generator failure about 30 minutes into my flight after I left Sunday >morning, so turned around and flew back to Mt Vernon where I knew I would have >an FBO and airport manager that would support my repair efforts. ?Now I know, >the life for the brushes in a 20 Amp generator runs about 800 hours. ?Had I >been at home, I would have put new brushes in it and been fixed for $10. ?On >the road, the rules change with borrowing tools from the FBO and having them >pick up parts. ?It cost me $550 for a replacement generator and another 2 >nights in the Holiday Inn. ?I had to pull the left P-mag to gain access to the >generator, so Dan got to walk through the timing procedure for timing a P-mag. >?If I had known I was going to have to do that anyway, I would have included >it in the engine seminar. > >Dan had his issues and stuck around with me (probably suspicious that I had >sabataged his plane so I would have some company!) We spent much of the day >Monday chasing parts for his plane while we waited for Rich from SRT to arrive >with my replacement generator. ?We got Dan fixed just in time to spend the >evening swapping out my generator, had a late dinner, then launched as soon as >we could this morning. > >Next year, plan on traveling west. ?I'll write a short tutorial on Mountain >Flying for those that plan to fly to Chino next year. > >Thanks to those that hung around to keep me company and help with repairs, >especially Larry and Gwen for delaying their trip home to keep me company on >Sunday. > >Best regards, > >-Jeff > >_______________________________________________ >Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. >To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org >please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change >options
