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This year's annual by
A Lieberma
It's been a solid week, and I am still not flying in my Sundowner.....
Problems encountered.
Oil analysis came back with high count of copper
#3 cylinder low on compressions
Corrosion on a side panel of the fuselage
Small pipe (Exhaust outake?) had small crack in it
Air in the brake lines (took...
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Starter question by
A Lieberma
Went flying today. Go to crank the engine for start, nothing. Turn the
key, got like a jiggle of the prop. Turn all electrical things off,
figuring the battery drained, and then started just the alt and bat, same
thing, jiggle of the prop. Tried once more, and got the prop to turn and
fired...
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Overhaul time.... by
A Lieberman
Well, decided to make that move. I managed to get 2040 hours out of my
engine in my Sundowner, and now have another cylinder acting up (both
plugs getting "wet") at slow idle. I just had a cylinder put in (ate an
exhaust valve) last month, so instead of nickle and diming my expenses
away in this...
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Prop Balancing Question by
A Lieberman
Past couple of flights, found a screw that was loose on the spinner and
actually lost one in flight. A&P replaced them, and said during preflight,
check them. If they work their way loose again, need to get the prop
balanced.
Logs show no maintenance on the prop, so I am sure it's well overdue...
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Electrical issues question by
A Lieberman
I realize that lots of theories may exist, and trouble shooting is a crap
shoot from afar but I am wondering, what would cause a full discharge
indication when I put my landing light on.
This started shortly b4 I had my radio put in, and when I flew it back from
the avionics shop, on the short...
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Oil weight question and cold weather by
A Lieberman
I run aeroshell 15W50 in my lycoming 360 AK4 engine.
I am planning a trip to Ohio the second week of November where the weather
forecast is for upper 40s low 50's during the day and 30's at night. I
plan to say a week.
Do I need to adjust my oil accordingly, like get an oil change with...
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Out of annual.... by
A Lieberman
and back in the saddle, but not without a little excitement *smile*.
30 hours later, $1,700 less in my wallet and new wheel bearings to show for
it, I decided to take a short hop from KMBO (Madison, MS) to KJAN (Jackson
MS) which was a whole 9 NM to pick up a passenger who was coming in on...
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October 31st 05 03:47 AM
by Dave
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"Bounce" those bugs away... by
A Lieberman
We get a ton of "love bugs" down here in my part of the world. I don't
know the scientific name for these things, but they sure do make a mess of
anything in their flight path.
A co-worker of mine said that Bounce dryer sheets will help you clean the
bugs. I figured, nothing to lose, if it's...
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Sticky DG and DME distance question by
A Lieberman
Couple of questions.
Went up to practice some ILS approaches. While being vectored for my
approaches, my DG kept sticking through the 270 heading. First time on my
initial approach and the second approach. Third and fourth approaches, DG
acted normal, though seem a little off compared to the...
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July 11th 05 01:32 AM
by Newps
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Pitot Static 411 413 followup post by
A Lieberman
Well, I finally got my plane to another place to get my .411 and 413 pitot
static / transponder check, and it went from bad to worse.....
First person inspecting said everything was fine except for the VSI not
being hooked into the static system.
I take it to the new place (where I had it done 2...
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411 413 inspection question by
A Lieberman
Unpleasant surprise on my .411 .413 check.
Person doing the check would not certify the inspection. He said that the
VSI is not connected to the pitot static system.
I am the first to say I am clueless about "systems". He said I would have
to take it to a certified repair place to get it...
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Sundowner Wing Flaps by
A Lieberman
..... dont retract "on their own".
Beech Sundowner.
I will be talking to my A&P tomorrow, but just curious if anybody knows
whether I am talking major expense or something simple like a spring
that pulls the flaps up that came loose in the innards of the wings.
A gentle nudge on the outside and...
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ILS Runway 1, Visual approach runway 4 KMEI - Video by
A Lieberma[_2_]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYuQa_UcwZA
2 approaches into Meridian MS first being an ILS approach. View
segmented every 10 to 15 seconds from instrument to outside view.
Second approach is a visual into KMEI on runway 4
I didn't have my patch cord with me therefore no ATC COMS in this
video.
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Extra slow flight - Ground speed that is! - Video by
A Lieberma[_2_]
Windy today so figured it would be a good day for "slow flight" 20
knots on the surface so I was curious what it was above my head.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kyjc7y1aAI
For safety reasons, I did not go to stall speed on the airspeed
indicator since my hand was not on the throttle for...
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ILS approach KJAN with ATC communications - Video by
A Lieberma[_2_]
Under VMC conditions figure to knock out some approaches. As you can
see from the ATC transmissions, it really does pay to make a face to
face visit to your local controllers. It really does make it much
more "personal" over the radio putting a face to a...
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IFR flight to the practice area with ATC COMMS - Video by
A Lieberma[_2_]
I was determined to touch a cloud today. Been quite some time and I
need to maintain my proficiency even if I couldn't do an approach in
actual conditions at least I did poke my head inside a cloud.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sVHjlwz7us
Flight was a pop up IFR where I requested a block...
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KNEW ATC timelapse - Video by
A Lieberma[_2_]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUJiDRpSH-E
Images captured from http://www4.passur.com/msy.html
200 images stitched together using Windows Movie Maker. Departing
KNEW, 18 minutes flight time compressed to 40 seconds. I am the
"slow" red plane.
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VFR flight to KMEI Flight Following with ATC comms - Video by
A Lieberma[_2_]
VFR flight to Meridian Key Field, Meridian MS.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRrAtUkYtqg
Pop up VFR flight following requested. ATC and intercom
communications included in whole video..
Thought it was strange that KMEI tower would ask me to report 3 mile
left base when they had radar coverage....
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Transponder problems with ATC COMS - Video by
A Lieberma[_2_]
I was passenger on a $100 hamburger run.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBl3rbiwpTA
Note, pilot is fresh on getting her VFR ticket and wanted to get some
ground ops experience so she asked me to come along. She also thought
it would be cool to capture her comms with ATC so I brought the
recorder...
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Startup, runup, shutdown, turns and landings - 2 videos by
A Lieberma[_2_]
Monkeying around with my new camera today as well as warming up the
engine for an oil change that was due.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ki79yX4bhJ4
This video that shows my startup, runup and shutdown procedures.
Entire video is on the ground. Text overlay's explain "why I did do
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