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The Clunk
All season long, I have heard a clunking sound every thme I hit a bump. Checked
over everything several times and found nothing, battery secured with a strap, oxygen bottle tightly secured in its cradle, push-rod guides tight against the push-rods, no side play in the gear (retrasted)? I thought it might be the main wheel bouncing in the wheel-well, so I glued in a piece of foam to the top of the wheel-well, so that the retracted wheel would just touch it and prevent any vertical movement. Still had the clunk. Normally, I would forget about it, but this ship was "totaled" by the insurance company, about a year ago, and I had a nagging feeling that I had missed something in the rebuilding process. Last week I lost all electrical powar, didn't have my back-up battery in, because it was just a "fun" flight. Wasn't much "fun" after everything stopped working. Where am I, exactly? How far to that duster strip? How much altitude do I need? DAMN, I'm going to be forced to do some of that "Piloting Stuff". No audio. No vario, we need some altitude, right now or getting home isn't the most emediate problem. Boy, I miss the audio, Can't keep looking inside or I'll run into this other guy (in my thermal) Oh yeah, the B-40 has a back-up internal battery (thanks Mike Borgelt) Getting home, just might work. Lets see now, I'm about here, so how far to home? Should have put some of those "old-fashioned" distance circles on this "old-fashioned" map. OK, at 1000 feet per 15 statute miles, I will need, Hmmmm, 30 miles divided by 10 = 3 times 1500 feet = 4500 feet. No that doesn't sound right? Oh, yeah, that's 30 miles divided by 15 = 2, times 1000 = 2000 feet + 500 for pattern. Now what's the elevation? Let's see now, that's up one page on the GPS, Oh hell, it's now working, remember Anyway, I made it home and found the electrical problem and the "Clunk" at the same time. The clunk was the battery plug, clunking at the end of its 6 inch lead. All this clunking broke the wire at the solder connection to the battery. I now have the plug epoxied to the battery and I'm clunk free at last, clunk free at last, Thank God all mighty, I'm clunk free at last. JJ Sinclair |
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I'm clunk free at last, clunk
free at last, Thank God all mighty, I'm clunk free at last. JJ Sinclair I fly a Pilatus B4 sounds like a coke can when you stress it a bit. I've heared tails of people jumping out because they thought it was breaking up. It can be quite noisy when the air gets lumps in it. Peter S DLA |
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My Libelle has developed a clunk. Seems like something big moving around.
I appreciate the leads on where you looked for yours. David Grah Bishop "JJ Sinclair" wrote in message ... All season long, I have heard a clunking sound every thme I hit a bump. Checked over everything several times and found nothing, battery secured with a strap, oxygen bottle tightly secured in its cradle, push-rod guides tight against the push-rods, no side play in the gear (retrasted)? I thought it might be the main wheel bouncing in the wheel-well, so I glued in a piece of foam to the top of the wheel-well, so that the retracted wheel would just touch it and prevent any vertical movement. Still had the clunk. Normally, I would forget about it, but this ship was "totaled" by the insurance company, about a year ago, and I had a nagging feeling that I had missed something in the rebuilding process. Last week I lost all electrical powar, didn't have my back-up battery in, because it was just a "fun" flight. Wasn't much "fun" after everything stopped working. Where am I, exactly? How far to that duster strip? How much altitude do I need? DAMN, I'm going to be forced to do some of that "Piloting Stuff". No audio. No vario, we need some altitude, right now or getting home isn't the most emediate problem. Boy, I miss the audio, Can't keep looking inside or I'll run into this other guy (in my thermal) Oh yeah, the B-40 has a back-up internal battery (thanks Mike Borgelt) Getting home, just might work. Lets see now, I'm about here, so how far to home? Should have put some of those "old-fashioned" distance circles on this "old-fashioned" map. OK, at 1000 feet per 15 statute miles, I will need, Hmmmm, 30 miles divided by 10 = 3 times 1500 feet = 4500 feet. No that doesn't sound right? Oh, yeah, that's 30 miles divided by 15 = 2, times 1000 = 2000 feet + 500 for pattern. Now what's the elevation? Let's see now, that's up one page on the GPS, Oh hell, it's now working, remember Anyway, I made it home and found the electrical problem and the "Clunk" at the same time. The clunk was the battery plug, clunking at the end of its 6 inch lead. All this clunking broke the wire at the solder connection to the battery. I now have the plug epoxied to the battery and I'm clunk free at last, clunk free at last, Thank God all mighty, I'm clunk free at last. JJ Sinclair |
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I appreciate the leads on where you looked for yours.
David Grah Hi Dave, Check your main wheel, bouncing in the retracted position. I found my 301 Libelle, "clunk" was that. Nobody has jumped me for my obvious mistake in posting, The Clunk. Come on ras. Who will be the first to jump old JJ? JJ Sinclair |
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JJ, I want some of that stuff you are putting on your wings so you can
count on gliding 15sm and only losing 1000 ft |
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Dr. Jack wrote
JJ, I want some of that stuff you are putting on your wings so you can count on gliding 15sm and only losing 1000 ft Right on Jack, Just goes to show how much we rely on our airborne computers, doesn't it? Actually, my rule for kitty gliders is 2000 feet per 15 s/m. In the ASH-25 it's easy, 100 foot per mile :) + or - the wind of course. Flew the Genesis again and this time I put both batteries in. Logged 4 hours, 200 miles and got to 10K, not bad for November. It's all over now though, 26 degrees this morning with rain predicted in the valley and snow for the Sierras. JJ + Genesis 2 = :) JJ Sinclair |
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JJ Sinclair wrote:
Dr. Jack wrote JJ, I want some of that stuff you are putting on your wings so you can count on gliding 15sm and only losing 1000 ft Right on Jack, Just goes to show how much we rely on our airborne computers, doesn't it? I had just been flying my glider the day before but it's LNAV isn't properly calibrated and always thinks I have a 10kt tailwind so I know it's "required altitude" is optimistic and had been doing that kind of mental calucation all day. So when I saw that you used 15 miles it certainly caught my eye. (I use nautical miles, though, since then I can use the latitude scale as a quick ruler, 1minute=1nm). |
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first time I flew a Libelle.. I must have been slightly yawed when I lifted
the gear.. the yaw held a gear door open... sounded like a bowling ball rolling to the tail as that door closed.. now that is an attention getter... and I have never been able to repeat it.. but that's the only thing I can think of that gave that errie sound.. CG rolling Aft... BT "Marry Daniel or David Grah" wrote in message ... My Libelle has developed a clunk. Seems like something big moving around. I appreciate the leads on where you looked for yours. David Grah Bishop "JJ Sinclair" wrote in message ... All season long, I have heard a clunking sound every thme I hit a bump. Checked over everything several times and found nothing, battery secured with a strap, oxygen bottle tightly secured in its cradle, push-rod guides tight against the push-rods, no side play in the gear (retrasted)? I thought it might be the main wheel bouncing in the wheel-well, so I glued in a piece of foam to the top of the wheel-well, so that the retracted wheel would just touch it and prevent any vertical movement. Still had the clunk. Normally, I would forget about it, but this ship was "totaled" by the insurance company, about a year ago, and I had a nagging feeling that I had missed something in the rebuilding process. Last week I lost all electrical powar, didn't have my back-up battery in, because it was just a "fun" flight. Wasn't much "fun" after everything stopped working. Where am I, exactly? How far to that duster strip? How much altitude do I need? DAMN, I'm going to be forced to do some of that "Piloting Stuff". No audio. No vario, we need some altitude, right now or getting home isn't the most emediate problem. Boy, I miss the audio, Can't keep looking inside or I'll run into this other guy (in my thermal) Oh yeah, the B-40 has a back-up internal battery (thanks Mike Borgelt) Getting home, just might work. Lets see now, I'm about here, so how far to home? Should have put some of those "old-fashioned" distance circles on this "old-fashioned" map. OK, at 1000 feet per 15 statute miles, I will need, Hmmmm, 30 miles divided by 10 = 3 times 1500 feet = 4500 feet. No that doesn't sound right? Oh, yeah, that's 30 miles divided by 15 = 2, times 1000 = 2000 feet + 500 for pattern. Now what's the elevation? Let's see now, that's up one page on the GPS, Oh hell, it's now working, remember Anyway, I made it home and found the electrical problem and the "Clunk" at the same time. The clunk was the battery plug, clunking at the end of its 6 inch lead. All this clunking broke the wire at the solder connection to the battery. I now have the plug epoxied to the battery and I'm clunk free at last, clunk free at last, Thank God all mighty, I'm clunk free at last. JJ Sinclair |
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In article ,
"Marry Daniel or David Grah" wrote: My Libelle has developed a clunk. Seems like something big moving around. I appreciate the leads on where you looked for yours. David Grah Bishop Fore and aft play in the wings will produce "clunks" on a Libelle. Check your wing "spigots" (the metal stubs that fit into the wing roots). These usually have shims on them to control the fore and aft play in the wings. These shims have a habit of falling off inside the trailer or onto the ground during disassembly of the ship. I don't remember what the clearances are supposed to be, but get yourself some thin shims or shim stock and try shimming the wing. You can tell when you have too much shim when the holes through the spars for the wing pin won't line up. As always, you can contact Striefeneder for more info and I'm pretty sure he sells shims too. All the best, Wallace H301 N301BW |
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when you are shimming the wing.. make sure to make the proper nose to wing
tip measurements to keep the wings aligned and in trim.. BT "Wallace Berry" wrote in message ... In article , "Marry Daniel or David Grah" wrote: My Libelle has developed a clunk. Seems like something big moving around. I appreciate the leads on where you looked for yours. David Grah Bishop Fore and aft play in the wings will produce "clunks" on a Libelle. Check your wing "spigots" (the metal stubs that fit into the wing roots). These usually have shims on them to control the fore and aft play in the wings. These shims have a habit of falling off inside the trailer or onto the ground during disassembly of the ship. I don't remember what the clearances are supposed to be, but get yourself some thin shims or shim stock and try shimming the wing. You can tell when you have too much shim when the holes through the spars for the wing pin won't line up. As always, you can contact Striefeneder for more info and I'm pretty sure he sells shims too. All the best, Wallace H301 N301BW |
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