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 Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2016 7:07 pm Post subject: Are you ready to takeoff for Oshkosh. |
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In the rush to get your bird ready, don’t cut corners, have a safe flight or drive and bring your shopping list.
See you all on or about Sunday afternoon.
I was looking at the weather and did my flight planning. I’m ready to go... Well sort of. I went for a confidence flight today (which didn’t raise my confidence) in preparation for leaving on Thursday to visit my Mom on the way up. Over the last three months 12AY has been flying great. In preparation for the Thursday departure I changed the oil, and put in a new battery yesterday, however, my confidence flight went poorly today as 12AY wouldn’t start at all (starter now removed as it is spinning at only 250 rpm on crank, unless charged to 13 volts, and on disassembly one nut was found stripped and the armature was coated with baked on grease due to a worn front seal (only 400 hours). I had a poor mag check (350 drop initially and 300 after running it up) so I pulled the right carb to get to the starter anyway, and found a leaking right carb bowl, I hope I have the “O” ring. I could smell gas in the cockpit and noted I developed a small fuel leak at the vent hose fitting (I tightened the clamp and it seemed to work). The climb and cruise checks to 10,000 went well but the fuel low light came on at 17 gallons (I hope all I need to do is reset parameters on my fuel totalizer). Worse yet my wife says I have to buy some new clothes with her tomorrow evening. So it will be a long, long, day tomorrow, but I am really looking forward to seeing you all. If the plane cannot be repaired and operate at 100% by tomorrow on its confidence flight, I’ll drive up in the car.
I’m heeding my own advice to be safe and not cut corners.
See you all there!
Bud Yerly
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elsbland160(at)gmail.com
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| Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2016 7:19 pm Post subject: Are you ready to takeoff for Oshkosh. |
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Hey Bud ,
I hope you are able to fly your bird there ,and I do hope to see you and meet some other owners of the Europas in
Oshkosh.
Bill
On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 11:06 PM, Bud Yerly <budyerly(at)msn.com (budyerly(at)msn.com)> wrote:
| Quote: | In the rush to get your bird ready, don’t cut corners, have a safe flight or drive and bring your shopping list.
See you all on or about Sunday afternoon.
I was looking at the weather and did my flight planning. I’m ready to go... Well sort of. I went for a confidence flight today (which didn’t raise my confidence) in preparation for leaving on Thursday to visit my Mom on the way up. Over the last three months 12AY has been flying great. In preparation for the Thursday departure I changed the oil, and put in a new battery yesterday, however, my confidence flight went poorly today as 12AY wouldn’t start at all (starter now removed as it is spinning at only 250 rpm on crank, unless charged to 13 volts, and on disassembly one nut was found stripped and the armature was coated with baked on grease due to a worn front seal (only 400 hours). I had a poor mag check (350 drop initially and 300 after running it up) so I pulled the right carb to get to the starter anyway, and found a leaking right carb bowl, I hope I have the “O” ring. I could smell gas in the cockpit and noted I developed a small fuel leak at the vent hose fitting (I tightened the clamp and it seemed to work). The climb and cruise checks to 10,000 went well but the fuel low light came on at 17 gallons (I hope all I need to do is reset parameters on my fuel totalizer). Worse yet my wife says I have to buy some new clothes with her tomorrow evening. So it will be a long, long, day tomorrow, but I am really looking forward to seeing you all. If the plane cannot be repaired and operate at 100% by tomorrow on its confidence flight, I’ll drive up in the car.
I’m heeding my own advice to be safe and not cut corners.
See you all there!
Bud Yerly
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jeff(at)rmmm.net
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| Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2016 8:12 pm Post subject: Are you ready to takeoff for Oshkosh. |
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Hey Bud,
I wish you safe travels. So you know I putting a bigger push on selling my Europa. So give my number to anyone you see up there that might be interested.
Again travel safe!!
Jeff RobertsEagleville Marketing
Jeff(at)eaglevillemarketing.com (Jeff(at)eaglevillemarketing.com)
Jeff(at)rmmm.net (Jeff(at)rmmm.net)
615-355-7575 Office
615-406-8651 Cell
On Jul 19, 2016, at 11:06 PM, Bud Yerly <budyerly(at)msn.com (budyerly(at)msn.com)> wrote:
| Quote: | In the rush to get your bird ready, don’t cut corners, have a safe flight or drive and bring your shopping list.
See you all on or about Sunday afternoon.
I was looking at the weather and did my flight planning. I’m ready to go... Well sort of. I went for a confidence flight today (which didn’t raise my confidence) in preparation for leaving on Thursday to visit my Mom on the way up. Over the last three months 12AY has been flying great. In preparation for the Thursday departure I changed the oil, and put in a new battery yesterday, however, my confidence flight went poorly today as 12AY wouldn’t start at all (starter now removed as it is spinning at only 250 rpm on crank, unless charged to 13 volts, and on disassembly one nut was found stripped and the armature was coated with baked on grease due to a worn front seal (only 400 hours). I had a poor mag check (350 drop initially and 300 after running it up) so I pulled the right carb to get to the starter anyway, and found a leaking right carb bowl, I hope I have the “O” ring. I could smell gas in the cockpit and noted I developed a small fuel leak at the vent hose fitting (I tightened the clamp and it seemed to work). The climb and cruise checks to 10,000 went well but the fuel low light came on at 17 gallons (I hope all I need to do is reset parameters on my fuel totalizer). Worse yet my wife says I have to buy some new clothes with her tomorrow evening. So it will be a long, long, day tomorrow, but I am really looking forward to seeing you all. If the plane cannot be repaired and operate at 100% by tomorrow on its confidence flight, I’ll drive up in the car.
I’m heeding my own advice to be safe and not cut corners.
See you all there!
Bud Yerly
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AirEupora
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| Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2016 3:34 pm Post subject: Re: Are you ready to takeoff for Oshkosh. |
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Took an early morning flight in N120EJ to have a new connector put on my VOR cable. Once the new connector and a check with the ground base VOR headed up to 10000 feet. It was beautiful here in northern California. I could see to the fog shrouded San Francisco Bay. Over hundred miles away. Fresh oil and filter, good compression check I'm headed for KOSH on Friday morning. Might make it on Saturday or Sunday. According to My iPad it's right at 13.5 hours and 71 gallons of fuel. I'll be following I-80 most of the way through the mountains. Once I reach Rawlings, WY. It's down hill to KOSH. Looking forward to see all the Europa's and their owners.
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budyerly(at)msn.com
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| Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2016 7:56 pm Post subject: Are you ready to takeoff for Oshkosh. |
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It's midnight and I was thwarted by a failing starter armature. No time to
get a new one, so I'm driving tomorrow to PIE to visit family and friends by
Friday evening and then drive the couple hours north to Osh arriving Sunday
night...
Bud Yerly
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