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jfosse1(at)shawneelink.ne
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Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2006 5:42 pm Post subject: N329F Update

Up, Up and away.  First flight of 1 hour was completed on Sep 26. 

Everything went well except for the last 5 minutes.  The plane handled 

well with no surprises, aerodynamically that is.  The nose seems a 

little heavy in the sense that I ran out of up trim.  Will work on 

that.  Had just finished a stall check and was adding power for climb 

when the engine started running rough above 4000 RPM.  I have the 

Suzuki 1.6 liter engine and up to that point it had performed 

flawlessly.  Thankfully I was only a couple of miles from the air 

field positioned for a straight in approach and landed without 

incident.  Haven't sorted the problem out yet.  Like others before me, 

that first flight of my own creation was fantastic.



Jim Fosse

CH 701, N329F

Goreville, IL

n701rr(at)yahoo.com
Guest

Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 2:11 am Post subject: N329F Update

Congrats Jim.  Keep us posted on what you find.

   

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Jim Fosse <jfosse1(at)shawneelink.net> wrote:

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Up, Up and away. First flight of 1 hour was completed on Sep 26. 

	




Rick 

Sharpsburg, GA. USA 

http://www.n701rr.com [quote][b]

armyret(at)mchsi.com
Guest

Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 4:33 am Post subject: N329F Update

Jim-  Congrats on the 1st flight.  Hope all to come are safe, smooth and 

without incident.  Way to go!!



Al Young

601XL

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n801bh(at)netzero.com
Guest

Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 5:09 am Post subject: N329F Update

Congrats to you, !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It will take weeks to get that smile off your face too. There is a guy in central Idaho running the same powerplant in a 701, he might chime in with his idea on the misfire. 

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Ben Haas

N801BH

www.haaspowerair.com



-- "Jim Fosse" <jfosse1(at)shawneelink.net> wrote:

--> Zenith-List message posted by: "Jim Fosse" <jfosse1(at)shawneelink.net>



Up, Up and away.  First flight of 1 hour was completed on Sep 26. 

Everything went well except for the last 5 minutes.  The plane handled 

well with no surprises, aerodynamically that is.  The nose seems a 

little heavy in the sense that I ran out of up trim.  Will work on 

that.  Had just finished a stall check and was adding power for climb 

when the engine started running rough above 4000 RPM.  I have the 

Suzuki 1.6 liter engine and up to that point it had performed 

flawlessly.  Thankfully I was only a couple of miles from the air 

field positioned for a straight in approach and landed without 

incident.  Haven't sorted the problem out yet.  Like others before me, 

that first flight of my own creation was fantastic.



Jim Fosse

CH 701, N329F

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Tommy Walker

Joined: 12 Jan 2006
Posts: 442
Location: Anniston, AL 36207

Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 6:45 am Post subject: N329F Update

Congratulations on the first flight Jim!   



Just curious, what is your empty weight?

  

 Thanks,

  

 Tommy Walker in Alabama

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N25A - Anniston, AL

Ron Lendon

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 685
Location: Clinton Twp., MI

Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 6:11 pm Post subject: Re: N329F Update

Congratulations on your first filght. Those are memorys that never end.

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WW Corvair with Roy's Garage 5th bearing
CH 601 XLB
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jfosse1(at)shawneelink.ne
Guest

Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 6:33 pm Post subject: N329F Update

The bird weighs in at 692 lbs.  A little heavier than what I would 

like but I attribute most of the weight to the Suzuki engine.  With 

the engine mount, radiator, fuel pumps, coil pack, hoses,  wiring and 

cowling, the total engine weight is close to the 200 lb limit called 

out by Zenith.  Makes it a little limiting on useful load but I will 

probably do 99 percent of my flying solo (my wife doesn't believe 

airplanes can really fly).  The CG is pretty good but a little forward 

of middle range and very close to the forward limit in the most 

forward weight calculations.  I'm using a 3 blade, 68" Kiev prop.



Jim Fosse

n701rr(at)yahoo.com
Guest

Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 2:32 am Post subject: N329F Update

Jim,

   

  Might you have some photos of you're radiator installation/cowling?  I'm at that point right now with my 1.3.

   

  Thanks,

   

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Jim Fosse <jfosse1(at)shawneelink.net> wrote:

Rick 

Sharpsburg, GA. USA 

http://www.n701rr.com [quote][b]

jfosse1(at)shawneelink.ne
Guest

Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 6:21 am Post subject: N329F Update

Well, it appears that I, along with the tech guru at RaceTech, have

solved the rough engine problem.  RaceTech manufactures the electronic

control module for the engine.  Part of the system includes a

provision for adding fuel for acceleration.  This feature is tied in

with a sensor on the throttle plate shaft, the throttle position

sensor (TPS).  It seems that the TPS was sending spurious signals to

the fuel injectors through the accelerator pump function, causing them

to cut off.  The solution was to zero out the settings for the

accelerator pump.  The techy told me that a lot of folks don't even

use the TPS at all and the worst condition I would experience would be

a very slight hesitation during a snap acceleration.  That turned out

to be true.  I flew for an hour yesterday without any burps or coughs.

A nice flight, and, emboldened with the good sounding engine I

ventured a bit South of the airport and circled my home a couple of

times.  I had advised the tower of my intentions and without

prompting, he called Judith and she was standing in the driveway

waving at me.  I now have 3.2 hours in the bird.  Great balls of

fire!!



Jim

n801bh(at)netzero.com
Guest

Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 12:57 pm Post subject: N329F Update

Congrats on finding the hiccup. Your fun is just starting in your new toy.. Fly safe. 

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Ben Haas

N801BH

www.haaspowerair.com



-- "Jim Fosse" <jfosse1(at)shawneelink.net> wrote:

--> Zenith-List message posted by: "Jim Fosse" <jfosse1(at)shawneelink.net>



Well, it appears that I, along with the tech guru at RaceTech, have

solved the rough engine problem.  RaceTech manufactures the electronic

control module for the engine.  Part of the system includes a

provision for adding fuel for acceleration.  This feature is tied in

with a sensor on the throttle plate shaft, the throttle position

sensor (TPS).  It seems that the TPS was sending spurious signals to

the fuel injectors through the accelerator pump function, causing them

to cut off.  The solution was to zero out the settings for the

accelerator pump.  The techy told me that a lot of folks don't even

use the TPS at all and the worst condition I would experience would be

a very slight hesitation during a snap acceleration.  That turned out

to be true.  I flew for an hour yesterday without any burps or coughs.

A nice flight, and, emboldened with the good sounding engine I

ventured a bit South of the airport and circled my home a couple of

times.  I had advised the tower of my intentions and without

prompting, he called Judith and she was standing in the driveway

waving at me.  I now have 3.2 hours in the bird.  Great ball================================================ Use the Matronics List Features Navigator;Archive Search & Download, 7-Day Browse,&n=========================              - NEW MATRONICS WEB FORUMS -

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