I did have problems with my Posa. I still am not always happy. My problem was that my prop was to much pitch and when the throttle was fully opened, I didn't turn up enough rpm to use up the free flowing fuel that entered the carb. Once I reduced the pitch of my prop, I turned up the rpms enough that rpm more matched the flow of the fuel. I actually would run so rich at high throttle that my eng. wouldn't keep me in the air. Just thought I would throw this in. It may not have anything to do with your problem. Randy Clark Salina, Ks. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lee Van Dyke" <l...@vandyke5.com> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 1:54 PM Subject: KR> Air inlet
> Netters, > > Thank you for the many responses re: my first flight. Yes a little > scarry, but yes I did remain calm. As I was driving to the cruise ship, > an idea came to me re: the inlet of air into the carb. First I have a > POSA carb (yes I know I know) I runs great on the ground, low and high > speed. The high speed RPMs could be higher. I was thinking this was > caused by static forces. Now back to the problem, I have a gap of about > 1" 1 1/2" from the cowl to the inlet of the carb. Does anybody think that > once I got up to speed 90-100, a pressure or/ low pressure situation could > have occured in the lower cowl, causing the flow of air to the carb to > have effected that mixture? The motor never quit, but started to run > really rugh and an incredible amount of power loss. > > Lee Van Dyke > Mesa AZ > l...@vandyke5.com > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >