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stressedout72 added a post in a topic So I guess i'm the fng for today. Ha
hey Jim, send me an email. also you might want to look at the posting here
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stressedout72 added a post in a topic Tanks Tanks Tanks
Here is another Issue, "my tank is leaking and what should i do?
If you have a leak greater then a pinhole you might want to consider repalcing the tank.
if you have a pinhole somewhere, this is typically from air bubbles in the resin and from the manufacturing process, then;
A. Sand the area about 3/4" around the hole (using a 36 grit sanding disc) and slightly in the pin hole, BTW us extreme caution not to go to deep,
B. Clean the are with acetone,
C. Finally use Hysol E-50CR with some glass to repair.
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stressedout72 added a topic in Technical tasks
Tanks Tanks TanksOk all I thought I would start a post regarding issues with older “pre 2004†wing tanks. I say pre 2004 because after a few years of testing I began manufacturing tanks for a few companies.
Here is a Fix that some have tried. "SLOSHING"
I have many issues with "Sloshing" a tank sealant in any fiberglass tank.
#1. If the tanks are in the wings already you have to rotate, flip the entire wing just too hopefully etch it. This is no good in my book because you will never get the whole tank covered with the etching material or sealant.
#2. The manufactures of tank sealants do not know what types of resins the tanks are made of and it’s pretty much an educated guess on their part if their materials will truly work.
#3. If the tank being sealed is not "abraded" I.E. sanded at least with 80grit for the sealant, 9 times out of 10 it will not adhere to the surfaces. If things are not perfect the materials typically peel off within a period of time. I have witnessed this more than once. You cannot use screws, bolts, nails of any other thing to try and abrade the tank surface other than by hand sanding every area.
My final thought on tank sealants, Bad Idea.
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EDMO added a post in a topic BFR - SP vs Private?
I think that has been done in a one-seater for the Private test - Just don't work for BFR. Although, I have heard of a CFI who was too large to fit in the back seat of a J3, but the guy taking the BFR was current and could be PIC, and he did all the maneuvers and made 3 landings while the CFI watched from the ground. The pilot had thousands of hours in taildraggers, and the plane was legal with dual controls.
Sometimes a little common sense is good - too bad the govmt don't have much of it!
Thanks,
ED
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EDMO added a post in a topic Big Boy Toys
I tried the Statins twice - two different ones - both times I felt like I had the flu and had an elephant walk on me - I refused the third brand. I'm in the 200 total area, but had my carotids checked and only had 6% and 12% blockage at age 72. The docs don't even recognize the blockage until it is above 49%.
My 120 lb wife had her carotid checked and it was 87% blockage on one side, and she got a cleanout done. She had been on Statins for a few years, but felt they did no good - she got off Statins and her cholesterol has not changed one bit - but she feels better.
I watch the ads on TV for all the old-age ailments I have, and the side effects are far worse than the pains I am having.
I am a firm believer in good diet, Bud Lite, and minimum pills.
EDMO
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Av8r3400 added a post in a topic BFR - SP vs Private?
Chase is referring to the original flight test, issuing of the LS certificate to the student pilot.
I saw his happen with a friend. The FAA examiner refused to fly with him in the Quicksilver two-seat plane, but chose to do the test via radio from the ground.
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EDMO added a post in a topic BFR - SP vs Private?
Chase,
The rules from AOPA which quote the FAA, says that you cannot take the BFR in a single seat plane it has to be in a plane with dual controls. Don't know what TEST you are talking about. It also says a Sport Pilot must take the BFR in a LSA, but evidently some CFIs get around that because you cannot be PIC without a medical, no matter what ticket you have, unless you have a current BFR.
EDMO
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SkyPirate added a post in a topic BFR - SP vs Private?
if a person is going for sport pilot ,..but gets a standard private pilot student/physical card,..he can take his flight test in a 172/152/etc if he goes to the FSDO or an IA to acquire his Sport Pilot student ticket ( Sport Student Certificates are free and good for 5 years) he can not take his flight test in a 152/172 etc it has to be a ELSA or with exception LSA,..for the flight test the instructor has the option to remain on the ground with radio contact with student ( a must for single seat LSA) or he can ride along if he chooses in a 2 seat LSA
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SkyPirate added a post in a topic Big Boy Toys
the VA gives me cholesterol meds,..I'm border line on the bad and good with the good I fluctuate between 200 n 210 ..6' tall but still can fit in my fatigues that were issued in 1977
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SkyPirate added a post in a topic Home Sweet Home
I have one of them old fashioned circulating 200,000 BTU wood furnaces ,..it eats a cord of wood every 2 to 3 weeks,..it has 4 cold air returns connected to the circulation fan that's mounted in the plenum ,..heating a 3 floor 10,000 square foot house and we have to crack the windows on the top floor or it will drive you out unless the temp is at zero f even with the thermostat set at 70,..summertime is nice though,..1/2 ton AC unit cools the house nicely even in 100F degree heat I have 8" walls with R30 throughout
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959 added a topic in Technical tasks
Installing Rotax Ricks 670 Muffler on a 670Has anyone installed Ricks 670 in an Avid MK-4 and his Muffler system?
I would like to know how involved it is.
Thx Marv
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Av8r3400 added a post in a topic Home Sweet Home
Trane is a great unit (made in Wisconsin ). Sorry you have to make the choice, though-- but you got to keep the family warm.
I had to put new burners in my furnace this year. It's only 7 years old. Furnaces are not meant to last like in the good old days. A 25+ year furnace is not possible any more. Life span is realistically 7-12 years.
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C5Engineer added a post in a topic Home Sweet Home
Well update....had another guy come out today and he put his manometer on the valve it was only putting out .87 instead of 3.5. Turns out it had been dialed way down. This is why it was staying running and it immediately threw up a red flag. He said I hate to do this to you but I gotta pull your burners and inspect your firebox. As soon as he stuck his flashlight in there I could see the issue. The firebox is toast!! I'm wondering now if it's been that way since we've owned the house. I am thinking the valve was turned down to mask the overheating issue. I'm thinking our furnace has been running at about 15% of it's capability since we've owned this house. I guess we get a new furnace for Christmas instead of the engine for our classic Mustang..oh the joys of home ownership. Having a new Trane unit installed on Monday morning.
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jlpeet added a post in a topic So I guess i'm the fng for today. Ha
Man, you're right on time! After 20 years of running gas through my old fiberglass tank it started leaking about a month ago. I've been researching everything there is to find about fixing and replacing and was just about to start to cut my tank open when I came across this post. Needless to say, I'm very interested. If you're going to put price and pictures on here that's fine. If not, I'll email you.
Just let me know. thanks
Jim
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EDMO added a post in a topic Home Sweet Home
I have been in the same - sort of- boat Joey,
My furnace - well, my AC was hit by a surge of lightening one summer - I had the starter capacitor replaced - when fall came and the weather got cool, my furnace wouldn't come on - a "furnace expert" said that the circuit board must have been fried, so he ordered a new one with my $110 - the next day my daughter complained that her hair dryer wouldn't work in her bathroom - I checked it, and reset the GFI for the receptical - well, guess what - the power for the furnace comes thru that GFI........So, I have a naturally unreturnable, new, $110 circuit board just sitting and waiting for the old board to burn out - just have to wait for lightning to strike again, and check the dang GFI first.
Stay Warm, and Go pet your bird!
EDMO
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jlpeet added a post in a topic Welcome home Joey!
Hey , Joey glad you're back , if you get up this way drop in. You're welcome any time.
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akflyer added a post in a topic New Header tank for the Avid
Well, My lap top died last night so I cant post pictures of the mounting of my header tank. I just used Adel clams on the corners of the tank at the mount holes to secure it to the truss that "cages" the mixer assembly.
I have never had a tank "unport" or get air in the system in flight. But my header tank is see through so I can keep an eye on it and if something happens and fuel does not feed, I know I have about 15 minutes to find a place to set it down if need be. the fuel flow meter is the first thing that will give me and indication as to a fuel restriction as I know the fuel flow for RPM while I am flying.
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wolves200 added a post in a topic New Header tank for the Avid
Hey Ed;
thanks for the advice, but I think I will go by Lenis here and I will leave that for the future wing tank if possible!!!
Mvh
Dimi3
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akflyer added a post in a topic Home Sweet Home
I cleaned, vacuumed, blew out etc, all the burners and the entire furnace.. I too only had one burner outta 4 acting up. That was the one the airbox had a crack in. It would burn properly when it first lit off, but as soon as it heated up and the metal expanded a bit and the blower kicked on, it would try to burn the house down.
If its acting up still, I would get the relatives over to look at it. A house fire isn't worth a few bucks Mr.!
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C5Engineer added a post in a topic Home Sweet Home
I put the old original gas valve back in and the damn thing works. Pretty ironic considering that's the first part she replaced. One burner is still acting weird though. I think it may need cleaned. Found out the wife has a relative that owns an HVAC company and would of fixed it for their cost on parts as one last kick in the nuts on this deal.
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akflyer added a post in a topic Home Sweet Home
If flames are coming out the side of the fire box, you need to crank the pressure back on the valve to get a nice blue flame.. I just went through this in my garage heater, but in the end, I had a crack in the fire box and when the fan would kick on once heat limit switch kicked in, it would blow the flame back into the box and out the front of the heater.. Mine turned into a new heater. You know us guys, bigger is better right? I went from a 70k heater to a 150k Modine heater as a buddy had one he had taken out of his shop for an upgrade. Free is a great price so I put it in the garage. I can now melt snow off the truck in a matter of minutes instead of hours Heat recovery time when I open the garage door at -25 is damn near instant now!
Good luck on figuring yours out, but on an older heater, if turning the gas pressure at the valve down does not do the trick, I think your looking at a new furnace
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C5Engineer added a post in a topic Home Sweet Home
Oh boy are you guys ready for this?
About a week before I got home the wife came home and the house was freezing. The thermostat was on but no heat. She checked on the furnace and tried a restart procedure and it was making all kinds of funky noises from the gas valve and she could smell gas so she turned it all off and called the gas company. They came out and told her the gas valve was bad and to replace it. Hey they are trained professionals and it was freezing out seemed like an easy fix so the wife dropped $200 on a new valve and her Dad and a family friend with HVAC experience replaced it. Same issue with the new valve.
The guy with some HVAC experience said well it's gotta be the main circuit board then. So she goes and buys that part and her Dad and her replace that which is a huge PIA btw. Same exact syptoms. By now it's been 3 days of that really cold weather the whole West Coast was getting. Next up they said well then it must be the thermostat is not working right. So she goes and buys a fancy new digital wall thermostat. No change with that either.
Fast forward to me getting home. Were now into this project for about $500 and still don't have heat. First thing I called out someone from a large name brand HVAC company. The guy spent about 10 minutes trying to figure out why the pilot wouldn't light before he realized that the induction fan wasn't even starting. I had read the sequence of events in the book but misunderstood how it worked I guess because I didn't catch it either and I have zero experience with furnaces till now. Anyone else with any HVAC experience should of noticed this right away to start with. That fan not starting perfectly described the rest of the symptoms. He tested the board that controls the fan motor and said there was power in and no power out. He went to his van to see if he had one and meanwhile I jumped online and googled the part number real quick. I could get it for around $150. He came back in the house with one in hand and said want me to install it? I said how much and he goes back to his truck and hands me a job quote for $478!!!! I said no thanks and sent him packing. I bought the part locally and installed it in 10 minutes.
The fan started and everything lit off like it's supposed to but the main burners would only stay lit for 30 seconds or so and were coming off and on erratically. Got back onto the HVAC forums (doityourself.com rocks btw) and they said it was a dirty flame sensor. On the Payne model 376 that I have the pilot assembly is all one unit and contains the ignitor, pilot assembly, and flame sensor/safety switch which is a separate thermo couple on a lot of other brands. I cleaned it and no change so I spent another $148 and replaced it too.
The furnace came on and stayed lit and the main fan kicked on and heat was flowing finally for the first time in 8 days. I was about to start jumping up and down and after 10 minutes it shut back down again. It restarted after a cool down cycle and then the cycles kept getting shorter and shorter. It's acting like it's overheating almost. Without a mamometer I dialed the gas down a little bit at the new valve thinking it was putting out too much flame with no change.
After talking to some other folks they suggested putting the old gas valve back in for kicks and seeing what that does so that's my project for this morning. The thing does seem like it's putting out some serious flamage because the flames are shooting out of the sides of the box even but I don't know what it looked like before so who knows. Worth a shot I guess. If this doesn't fix it I guess its' time to call out the "professionals" again and suck up another service fee charge.
Not what I wanted to deal with right when I got home. In hindsight I wish she would of just called someone out right away but the gas company guy confidently telling her to replace the valve set this whole ball into motion. I'm halfway to a brand new furnace at this point and 90% of the cost was for parts that were un needed. Oh well maybe it'll go another 15 years now and she had been wanting a newer thermostat. If nothing else I got a crash course on how a furnace works and feel pretty confident I could replace any piece on it now.
Thanks for reading my story... If you can think of anything else that I might be missing, by all means post up. I have to go and inprocess back at my base this morning and plan to start that gas valve swap when get home.
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C5Engineer added a post in a topic Merry Christmas
Yes those are C5M Super Galaxies with the new engines
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High Country added a topic in Hangar Talk
Merry Christmasyes I know its a bit early but thought this was good and just wanted to wish you all a very Merry Christmas. may the good Lord Bless you all in the upcoming year with blue skies and tail winds. let us not forget about the birth and life of our Savior Jesus Christ and the hope that we have through Him.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFJeaAq5Mv4
Joey this wasn't one of your birds was it?
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EDMO added a post in a topic BFR - SP vs Private?
I looked at most of the AOPA site - but when I wanted to "take the test" as described there - it wouldn't let me without an AOPA account.
EDMO
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