KR> Flying -but not uneventful

2008-10-12 Thread Joe H Horton
Guys, It was finally a calm clear evening so I went for a ride before 3 or 4 more days of rain. The temp. was about 80 on the ground. I was going around the pattern once before departing for a pleasure ride. I had all my lights on and called my pattern legs. As I was on short finial the guy

KR> Flying -but not uneventful

2008-10-12 Thread bo...@hatconversions.com
Joe, What kind of carb are you running? Paul just changed his and is building a new intake system. > Guys, > It was finally a calm clear evening so I went for a ride before 3 > or 4 more days of rain. The temp. was about 80 on the ground. I was going > around the pattern once bef

KR> Flying -but not uneventful

2008-10-12 Thread Joe H Horton
On Thu, 20 Apr 2006 18:07:13 -0700 (PDT) bo...@hatconversions.com writes: > Joe, > What kind of carb are you running? Paul just changed his and > is > building a new intake system. > > > Bobby - I have a 38 mm aerocarb, #3 needle, airintake directly from in the cowl with the 3100cc corvair

KR> Flying -but not uneventful

2008-10-12 Thread M & C
Joe did you have the carb heat on when you pulled the power? Mike Turner Jackson, Missouri - Original Message - From: "Joe H Horton" To: Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 8:17 PM Subject: Re: KR> Flying -but not uneventful > > On Thu, 20 Apr 2006 18:0

KR> Flying -but not uneventful

2008-10-12 Thread Joe H Horton
On Thu, 20 Apr 2006 20:38:08 -0500 "M & C" writes: > Joe did you have the carb heat on when you pulled the power? > Mike Turner > Jackson, Missouri > - Original Message - Nope- I have not made that part of the procedure. It does not seem to need it. Joe Horton, Coopersburg, Pa. joe.kr2s.

KR> Flying -but not uneventful

2008-10-12 Thread M & C
20, 2006 9:01 PM Subject: Re: KR> Flying -but not uneventful > > On Thu, 20 Apr 2006 20:38:08 -0500 "M & C" > writes: >> Joe did you have the carb heat on when you pulled the power? >> Mike Turner >> Jackson, Missouri >> - Original Message -

KR> Flying -but not uneventful

2008-10-12 Thread VIRGIL N SALISBURY
I flying Cubs, a landung was with a closed throttle abeam touchdown. Goose it every 30 seconds or so to keep it from loading up. Try it, you might like it, Virg Virgil N. Salisbury - AMSOIL www.lubedealer.com/salisbury Miami ,Fl

KR> Flying -but not uneventful

2008-10-12 Thread ifly...@aol.com
Hi Joe - sounds like you had vapor lock - my aerocarb did that once when it was warm - it stuttered a bit when oil temp was over 240 on a climb out - I leveled off and once it cooled to 235 it was fine. Make sure you have a fresh air cooling tube to a box around the gascolator and put fuel l

KR> Flying -but not uneventful

2008-10-12 Thread D F Lively
hursday, April 20, 2006 9:01 PM > Subject: Re: KR> Flying -but not uneventful > > > > > On Thu, 20 Apr 2006 20:38:08 -0500 "M & C" > > writes: > >> Joe did you have the carb heat on when you pulled the power? > >> Mike Turner > >>

KR> Flying -but not uneventful / Carby heat

2008-10-12 Thread Phil Matheson
Bill wrote Carb heat is not installed on mine - but I suck cowl air anyway. This is interesting, Has anyone had problems with this system. I do not know of car engines getting icing, but the older model car had a manual flap on the air cleaners

KR> Flying -but not uneventful / Carby heat

2008-10-12 Thread D F Lively
Phil: While in flight training it was more than once emphisized to beware of flying with partial Carb-Ht because under some conditions that could create a Carb-Ice problem. I think that flying in the condition you have mentioned could well be analygous to flying with partial Carb Ht. One sould

KR> Flying -but not uneventful / Carby heat

2008-10-12 Thread Barry Kruyssen
The only way to avoid not having carby heat is if you are turbo charged. In our Australian conditions it is possible to get carby icing almost any time. I've had carby icing while climbing through 5000ft under full power, that was the height of the inversion layer on a blue day. Though generally

KR> Flying -but not uneventful

2008-10-12 Thread Brian Kraut
...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net]On Behalf Of ifly...@aol.com Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 11:36 PM To: kr...@mylist.net Subject: Re: KR> Flying -but not uneventful Hi Joe - sounds like you had vapor lock - my aerocarb did that once when it was warm - it stuttered a bit when oil t