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jbhart(at)onlyinternet.ne
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 Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 2:32 pm Post subject: Another Milestone??? |
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FireFlyers & Kolbers,
On the 590th landing, I bent landing gear leg. I took off from I22 and had climbed to about 750 feet agl when the engine dropped to an idle. A split connector for the throttle cable had come un screwed. I was too low to return to the airport so elected for a cross wind landing in a corn field that was close to a house and a main road.
Landed with the corn rows. Did not seem like I hit that hard but the up wind landing gear leg was bent back and up about 4 to 6 inches. No damage to the tail feathers. Walked to the house and no one was home, nor was there anyone next door. But a couple of fellows in a pickup drove up. They had been working in a woods not far away and saw me land. They gave me a lift back to the airport.
My wife and son-in-law helped to remove the wings and we strapped them to the back to small pickups and took them to the hangar. Then I put the folded tail up in my pickup and trailed it back to the airport.
I forgot to shut off my stick timer, and by the time everything was back at the airport and in the hangar, 2 hours and 46 minutes has passed.
My wife took some photos, and when I get some time, I will put them up on the web.
I have used this splitter for years with no problem. It is made from a TV cable connector and has very fine threads. I used to check it every flight, but it never came loose. But it did today. I found oil in the connector. I re-lubricated the cables and evidently the oil wicked on into the splitter and lubricated the threaded nuts that hold the cable ends in place. IF!! it had been safetied I would not have to straighten a landing gear leg. IF!! I had kept it on my check list, I may have found it was loose.
End of a good day in that all I have to do is straighten a landing gear leg.
Jack B. Hart FF004
Winchester, IN
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DAquaNut(at)aol.com
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| Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 2:46 pm Post subject: Another Milestone??? |
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In a message dated 4/23/2006 5:33:53 P.M. Central Standard Time,
jbhart(at)onlyinternet.net writes:
End of a good day in that all I have to do is straighten a landing gear leg.
Jack B. Hart FF004
Winchester, IN
Jack,
Sounds like you fared extremely well with minimal damage. This is a
good report as far as I am concerned . Glad to hear you will be back at it soon.
Ive always been concerned about the stock throttle cable ends coming loose.
Has anyone on the list heard of that happening?
Ed (Firefly #062)
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a58r(at)verizon.net
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| Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 2:55 pm Post subject: Another Milestone??? |
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Friend Jack,
You mislabled yer last msg..s/b Millstone! Think you can get the leg
hot enough, just by applying several four-letter functional words to it!
regards,
Bob N.
http://www.angelfire.com/rpg/ronoy/
do not archive
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John Hauck
Joined: 09 Jan 2006
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Location: Titus, Alabama (hauck's holler)
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| Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 3:03 pm Post subject: Another Milestone??? |
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Glad you are alright and only a gear leg bent.
Is there some particular reason you used a TV cable fitting rather
than a normal throttle cable fitting provided by Kolb?
john h
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jbhart(at)onlyinternet.ne
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| Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 4:57 pm Post subject: Another Milestone??? |
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At 06:03 PM 4/23/06 -0500, you wrote:
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Glad you are alright and only a gear leg bent.
Is there some particular reason you used a TV cable fitting rather
than a normal throttle cable fitting provided by Kolb?
john h
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John,
A single long cable from throttle lever to the Bing makes it difficult to
remove the needle and clip for mixture adjustments. To make it easier, I
ran the cable through a housing up to just below the front wing attachment
on the throttle side. Then the cable is free suspended until it reaches the
left front engine mount. Here it enters another housing that leads to the
Bing.
The splitter was placed in the open free region. By doing this one can open
the splitter, remove the top of the Bing and the throttle cylinder and pull
the slack out of the cable in the open free region. This lets one change
the needle clip position without having to decompress the throttle return
spring. Also reassembly is much easier in that you can put everything back
into its relative position without compressing the return spring. Once the
throttle cylinder is back in the bore, you use the top cover plate to
compress the spring, start the holding screws and tighten them. Then the
splitter is reassembled. With this system I do not drop carburetor pieces
in the grass, nor do I have springs flying off.
The cable holding set screw fitting at the throttle was drilled at the front
to accept the cable end lead bead. Then one feeds a cable in through the
front up and another from the Bing down. This lets you use standard bicycle
derailer cables rather than the special long cable provided by Kolb. This
arrangement makes it much easier pull the cables out for cleaning and to
lubricate.
I have some photos somewhere of the splitter. If anyone is interested I
will post them.
Jack B. Hart FF004
Winchester, IN
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