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John Hauck
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 Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 5:53 pm Post subject: Owyhee Canyon Pictures |
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Folks,
The photos don't compare with flying the Owyhee.
First time I flew it I had Arty Trost on board. I think John W had dropped down in the canyon ahead of me. We were up on the lip. I asked Arty if she was game for flying the canyon. Her reply was go for it. We dropped in and she grinned and yelped the rest of the flight. As big as the canyon is, it still feels like your wing tips will hit the sides, once down in the bottom right over the river.
Had the opportunity to fly it every year since then. Think that was 2006.
john h
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[quote] To keep from getting bored with the scenery I went to the Canyon, which always holds fascination for me. Larry
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| Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 8:27 pm Post subject: Owyhee Canyon Pictures |
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Larry
This just doesn't sound right. Your going to have problems when it warms up. I'm sure you told us before but are you running too lean? What do your spark plugs look like? What temps are the other Kolb HKSs running? My VW guru has me jetting my VW on what I would say is on the rich side. A bit richer than I see on a water cooled engine. Seems like running a bit rich lowered my VWs oil temps but not my cht. Go figure. My VW CHTs run on the cool side but when pushed beyond cruise power they warm up. Are you running with too much prop pitch. Do you notice a large noise reduction when pulling power back to cruise power? Do you need to fashion some cooling scoops around those cylinders. My VW needs to have cooling air forced all the way around the cylinders and thru the heads. But a HKS has only one cylinder on each side so cooling should fine but? Most HKSs run with a big fan in front, do you need something extra in pusher mode.
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lcottrell
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| Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2009 9:24 pm Post subject: Owyhee Canyon Pictures |
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John Hauck
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| Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 5:46 am Post subject: Owyhee Canyon Pictures |
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Looks like more than half of your oil cooler is blocked by the gap seal.
With the muffler positioned where it is, that may also be degrading the oil cooler's performance.
The oil cooler placed under and rear of the muffler may be kicking air off of or blocking cooling air from the cylinders.
A couple straight stacks out the rear of the engine would eliminate that big "can" muffler. Got to be disrupting air flow and increasing drag.
I know you want your airplane quiet, and I don't blame you. Wish mine could be put into stealth mode, as my hearing quickly fades away. Very fatiguing flying all day in a snare drum like mine.
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As you can see the muffler and oil cooler block a lot of air. I am just not sure if moving the cooler will make that much difference however. Oh if you are wondering this was the set up that was sucessful on a Slingshot. I am not convinced that it is going to work on a Firestar however.
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