I had a Sky-Tec HT starter installed on my old engine and it has worked fine for a long time. I’ve pretty much ignored it. Keeping with the ‘while I’m at it’ theme, I decided to give it a thorough inspection before installing on the shiny new Lycoming O-360 (last mentioned here). The first thing?… [Read More]
Missy Energy Budget
As you know from previous posts, I just love the details!! Especially electrical details!! One thing that people occasionally point out is that I have never posted an energy budget for Missy. It’s true… sadly. What’s an energy budget? Read this. The one I did for my Newmar Dutch Star is here. The problem has… [Read More]
Fly-Ski Trip and a Magneto
I’ve done a terrible job and posting lately… my apologies… What can I say… busy… busy, I guess. Remember these fly and ski trips?? Sadly… I haven’t done one in a while. Of course, I was away and without an airplane for a while but now that I’m back. Nothing but poor excuses… very busy… [Read More]
RV-4 Rewiring
The weather guessers were telling us that the weekend would be a bad one for flying. Both days?!?!? I know… crazy! That is nearly unheard of here in paradise – two bad flying days in a row. When I initially moved from the frozen tundra of the north to paradise, I nearly wore myself out…. [Read More]
Fuel Flow??
If you recall, I mentioned the installation of a fuel flow sender in the RV-4 back in this post while I was working on the fuel level. Since that post, I’ve gathered the bits I was missing and have done some work! The fuel flow sensor is made by Electronics International and is the FT6-… [Read More]
LED Aircraft Position Lights
Everyone knows the value of LED lights, right?? Much lower power consumption, much less heat, longer life, etc… A few weeks ago I noticed that my right wingtip position light on the RV-4 was not working. A new “aviation light” was about $35. How’s that for ridiculous!! A new SET – all three position lights… [Read More]
Fuel Remaining in Tank??
Having been away from the poor RV-4 for a while, some maintenance was necessary. When I purchased the airplane it had some very old fuel level gauges. One fuel tank in each wing so two gauges. These can be seen at the top-center of the panel in the following photo. Neither of them has ever worked… [Read More]
A Tiny Little Bump
I’ve installed three of these touch panel dimming light switches in Missy. They support both 12VDC and 24VDC powered lights which is helpful as my permanent lights (mentioned here) are 24VDC but the temporary lights in the bedroom are 12VDC. They are touch switches. I like everything about them… Except… There is no tactile information… [Read More]
Oil Leak Not Leaking Oil Anymore
That’s right! The oil leak that I mentioned here and here is no longer leaking! This oil leak seemed to be coming from the right side of Missy’s engine. The follow up to the second post referenced above is that I eventually learned that the disconnected hose was an air supply. So, certainly not the source… [Read More]
Lightspeed Sierra Headset
Some of my flying mates have been complaining – LOUDLY – that something was wrong with my aircraft communication. The electronic bits… not my mouth/English/verbiage bits… I’ve been using a Quiet Technologies Halo in-ear headset for a number of years and really like it. There is no clamping pressure on one’s head, it is very light,… [Read More]
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