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 Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2013 2:30 pm Post subject: Riding the range Part II, the Gather |
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http://vimeo.com/63008374 password owyheeflyer
Today the Cows were to be gathered up. It was about 10 miles of Desert for the neighbors to ride across to get to the cows. So I volunteered to make sure where they were, just to save them some riding. I gave them a radio so that we could communicate, and I intended to give them a head start and then take off to find them.
When I did my annual, I changed the fuel lines as they were getting a bit elderly. I have two kolb tanks for fuel, and they are on a selector rather than spliced together. I decided that I would run the back tank so that I could refresh the fuel. When I changed over as I was doing my mag check, the engine started fading. At first I though it might be a bad mag, but it soon became obvious that it was the tank itself that was the problem. I had five gallons in the front tank, and took off anyway. Well it didn't take more than 50 feet of altitude to decide that I was being foolish, so I turned around and went back to the hanger to fix it. I found that the hose was pinched. I rerouted the hose and again took off, feeling much better.
When I arrived at the east end of Scotts Butte, I found that I had made the right decision as they were still less than halfway to where the cows were last time I flew . I soon found them and gave them directions to ride by circling over the cows. I then went to check on the location of the other ranchers that were gathering north of us. After I located them, I headed home. The wind was pretty brisk and I had a 20 MPH tail wind going home. The wind at my house due to the hills is totally different from the upper winds. It will often be totally reversed on the ground. Once I got over the Hwy where I had an escape landing area, I decided to see if I had actually fixed my tank feed problem. I switched tanks, and kept a 1000 feet just in case of a fuel starvation problem still existed.
I checked with the wife and she gave the wind heading at 222 (at) 10.5 mph. I kept my altitude intending to circle around and land into the wind, but as I got almost over the end of the runway, she called again and informed me that the wind had died. Now I was 1000 feet over the end, so I gave it full deflection on the rudder and maintained 50 MPH with the ailerons. I did drift a bit to the right, but not enough that I could not correct. It would have been easy to land "On the numbers" if I had wanted to, but Its a long runway, so I let up and landed just before the wind sock. No need to wear the tires out.
Larry
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| Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2013 3:52 pm Post subject: Riding the range Part II, the Gather |
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Larry, that's a post from a GOOD pilot. Hope all Kolbers read & heed.
Russ
On Mar 30, 2013, at 6:27 PM, Larry Cottrell wrote:
[quote]http://vimeo.com/63008374 password owyheeflyer
Today the Cows were to be gathered up. It was about 10 miles of Desert for the neighbors to ride across to get to the cows. So I volunteered to make sure where they were, just to save them some riding. I gave them a radio so that we could communicate, and I intended to give them a head start and then take off to find them.
When I did my annual, I changed the fuel lines as they were getting a bit elderly. I have two kolb tanks for fuel, and they are on a selector rather than spliced together. I decided that I would run the back tank so that I could refresh the fuel. When I changed over as I was doing my mag check, the engine started fading. At first I though it might be a bad mag, but it soon became obvious that it was the tank itself that was the problem. I had five gallons in the front tank, and took off anyway. Well it didn't take more than 50 feet of altitude to decide that I was being foolish, so I turned around and went back to the hanger to fix it. I found that the hose was pinched. I rerouted the hose and again took off, feeling much better.
When I arrived at the east end of Scotts Butte, I found that I had made the right decision as they were still less than halfway to where the cows were last time I flew . I soon found them and gave them directions to ride by circling over the cows. I then went to check on the location of the other ranchers that were gathering north of us. After I located them, I headed home. The wind was pretty brisk and I had a 20 MPH tail wind going home. The wind at my house due to the hills is totally different from the upper winds. It will often be totally reversed on the ground. Once I got over the Hwy where I had an escape landing area, I decided to see if I had actually fixed my tank feed problem. I switched tanks, and kept a 1000 feet just in case of a fuel starvation problem still existed.
I checked with the wife and she gave the wind heading at 222 (at) 10.5 mph. I kept my altitude intending to circle around and land into the wind, but as I got almost over the end of the runway, she called again and informed me that the wind had died. Now I was 1000 feet over the end, so I gave it full deflection on the rudder and maintained 50 MPH with the ailerons. I did drift a bit to the right, but not enough that I could not correct. It would have been easy to land "On the numbers" if I had wanted to, but Its a long runway, so I let up and landed just before the wind sock. No need to wear the tires out.
Larry
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