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Hangar Flying / Re: Landing gear bow repair
« on: September 26, 2008, 07:20:15 AM »
Well I'm doing the repair, but it's not my plane.  The Longer version is an Engine came back from overhaul, put back on the airframe and the pilot wanted to do a couple short taxi test with the wheel pants on(non-vented).  Don't do that!  We were also trouble shooting brake leaks and rudder travel issues(which prevented the brakes from being fully actuated), so during the taxi test the rudders were disconnected.  This aggravated the braking required to keep the aircraft centered on the runway (instead of using the rudder force) so a couple factors added into a problem, no single point of failure.  The builders out there build such tight wheel pants they act like ovens.  Read the Canard pushers, specifically CP57,CP70.  Don't do taxi test with wheel pants on (and if you're a new pilot to the Canard type aircraft, think twice about putting them on during getting "comfortable" with the plane).  If you do put on wheel pants, wrap the gear leg with fiberfax and aluminum tape, put on the heat shield and vent the pants so the hot air has somewhere to go.

That should keep your gear leg from melting.

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Hangar Flying / Re: Landing gear bow repair
« on: September 25, 2008, 08:36:13 PM »
Another Long Story short  :-\, gear leg overheated (melted at the point the aluminum heat shield was RTVed on.)  The brake disk was almost touching the aluminum shield (about 1/16" clearance).  The space used to be about 1/2"+ gear leg is definitely distorted.

I've attached pictures after all has been removed(axel and such)

OK how about a bow gear leg that got over heated?  What would be the recommended procedure for the fix?  Heat, reshape, rewrap with bi direction glass wrap, done?  Or cut off the distorted part and repair as described above by Sonset?




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Hangar Flying / Re: Garmin GNC 250 (NOT XL) pinouts
« on: June 27, 2008, 09:07:05 AM »
I found one...THanks!

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Hangar Flying / Garmin GNC 250 (NOT XL) pinouts
« on: June 27, 2008, 07:18:25 AM »
Does anyone have the pinouts for a Garmin 250 (not XL)?  It is a discontinued model I picked up, and am installing.

Thanks in advance.

you can email me a PDF directly + matt [at] kwiatkowski [dot] com

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Hangar Flying / Re: Help me identify this fuel cap
« on: June 19, 2008, 12:03:49 PM »
DJRISE,

THANK YOU SO MUCH...I think that's it!

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Hangar Flying / Help me identify this fuel cap
« on: May 19, 2008, 07:15:11 PM »
Waiter,

I just ordered (and Received the Usher fuel caps) from Aircraft  Spruce and they aren't those..... which model do you think it is?  I don't want to keep ordering and returning fuel caps to Aircraft Spruce!
To be more specific I thought they were model: UD-3 Usher cap.

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Hangar Flying / Help me identify this fuel cap
« on: May 19, 2008, 06:55:32 PM »
OK so I need some help Identifying a fuel cap in my Long-EZ that I'm restoring.  The caps either need to replaced or need to find another cap that will fit in the receptacle.  They use a one piece rubber grommet that gets expanded when the lift tab is depressed.  Any case the pictures tell the story better than I can...The outer ring size is 3" while the inner ring size is around 2 5/8". HELP!

http://lisasimpson.homelinux.com/gallery2/v/defiant/indy_long/fuel_cap/




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Hangar Flying / ID this fuel cap
« on: February 09, 2008, 10:50:28 PM »
Allan,

Did that usher fuel cap have a 2" diameter?  Also what did the hole look like? Is it just a aluminum ring in the wing?  I need to replace my caps as they don't seal anymore but I don't want to replace the receptacle in the wing.  Does anyone out there have any ideas?  The current caps "seal" by exerting outward on a rubber grommet.  The grommet has since gotten hard so now it doesn't seal anymore.  I would be happy with a similar setup if it just sealed!

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Hangar Flying / Electric fuel pumps
« on: January 01, 2008, 11:34:27 AM »
Airflow performance has a great one you can use for continuous use.  They also have a dual pump option if you want redundancy.

http://www.airflowperformance.com/html/cat_10.html

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For Sale/Wanted / instruments for sale
« on: November 24, 2007, 07:47:16 PM »
Dan,

What voltage is the Turn and Bank?  Pictures?

You can email them to matt [at] kwiatkowski [dot] com  

I'm also still interested in your altimeter.

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For Sale/Wanted / Aileron belcrank
« on: November 12, 2007, 09:19:26 PM »
Do you know if the person who bought it has or needs the aileron bellcrank?

The number is CS132L

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For Sale/Wanted / WANTED: O-235 Baffles or Flight instruments
« on: November 12, 2007, 09:17:06 PM »
* O-235 baffles for a long-ez
* attitude indicator (vacuum)
* altimeter
* turn & bank (electric)
* airspeed

I'm thinking anyone who recently converted to dynon may have some instruments collecting dust and or someone who did a o-325 to 320 conversion may have some baffles laying around.

Thanks for looking!

I can be contact directly @ matt [at] kwiatkowski [dot] com

-Matt K A+P

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For Sale/Wanted / Cozy III plans for sale (ebay)
« on: September 23, 2007, 10:34:15 PM »
If anyone is interested there is a set of plans for a Cozy III for sale on ebay.

This is the side by side version and not the Mark IV.  First edition set of plans serial number 560...signed by Nat Puffer.  Plane was never built.  Plans were from an estate sale.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Cozy-Canard-III-First-Edition-Plans-Serial-560_W0QQitemZ260163249328QQihZ016QQcategoryZ26441QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

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