re: weather: ya, it's like that every. single. year. for us
north-easters..... always blocking fronts rolling through
:-(
-PeteZ
On Thu, Apr 8, 2021 at 5:45 PM Bud Yerly <budyerly@msn.com> wrote:
>
> Anita and I will be there.
>
> Watch the weather up North. It's nice down here but you have to get here
> from there.
>
>
> Heck getting 12AY the 5 miles from Plant City Airport to Lakeland may hav
e
> to be by road.
> My freshly top overhauled engine is leaking oil from the turbo components
> like rain. I'm throwing time and parts at that now. The last oil leak i
s
> at the oil catch can area under the turbo (which is wet between the split
> also) and believe it or not, my hose from the turbo outlet to the manifol
d
> is full of oil and leaking. What a mess. Hopefully, I can troubleshoot
> that and find a less costly fix than I fear the symptoms are leading to.
> On top of that, although all went extremely well during high power flight
> test climbs, stalls, cruise and engine data checks I did some touch and
> goes and after a short/soft field full stop landing, I was feeling good o
n
> taxi back then I find the voltage down to 12 and the amps at -2 at idle
> power. It never does that. It is always 13 minimum and slightly
> positive. I ran it up to 2500 and the voltage rose a bit as did the amps
> indicating there is some life there. Then I saw a small pool of oil under
> the turbo. Either the voltage regulat!
> or has failed (I just put that on in 2007) or my stator has died (I
> repaired that in 2006). Frankly a 14 year old part on a 20 year old engi
ne
> should last forever don't you think? Except it is an airplane of course.
> So back to the airport in the morning to pull the cowl, test the stator,
> replace the regulator, and find the oil leak and hopefully fix it for
> sure. Backup plan is load the plane on the trailer and haul it as time
is
> growing short. Life is an adventure, and I'm up for it.
>
> Bud and Anita Yerly
>
> Custom Flight Creations, Inc.
> US Airmaster Dealer
> Europa N12AY at S'nF site N55.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com> On Behalf Of rampil
> Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2021 12:20 PM
> To: europa-list@matronics.com
> Subject: Europa-List: SnF
>
>
> Like Bud and Anita, Linda and I are double vaxed and planning to attend.
> Our local forecast for next Monday and Tuesday calls for rain, so we will
> be driving.
>
> Would anyone here consider attending an Engineering Meeting (Wednesday
> or Thursday)?
>
> Cheers,
> Ira
> N224XS
>
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