Bruce Darn, I thought a grass strip a Hawaiian lady in a gentleman's club. Man, you learn all sorts of things on the list! Kevin

I landed N96BJ on a 2500' grass strip on Sunday with plenty of runway remaining. Only minimal braking required. I actually had to add power to get to the end where the EAA meeting was held. During

Jim, Thanks for your response. Answers to your questions below: Question "3" The feed line is about 9" to 10" and looks like it is best path or damn close to it. I don't think you could shorten it

Paul and gang, Aside from the engine friction issue, Paul, you may have something here with the fuel cap. Mine is not vented, but, after the fact, I found that it was not tightened particularly well.

Sam - I was on that flight with Art Jewett in Springfield, MO. As I remember it, while Art was fueling his plane he was talking to the fuel truck driver and got distracted. He realized he was

In a message dated 4/18/2005 6:59:41 PM Mountain Daylight Time, kfortin@... writes: Paul and gang, Aside from the engine friction issue, Paul, you may have something here with the

My 0-200A is way hard to turn when it's hot. That's not your problem. A couple other questions that haven't been asked so far... Do you have a vented fuel cap? Yes = bad. I blew up a balloon and

Kevin, Phil makes a good point. Do you have a newly rebuilt engine? Brad's 0200 (Tom Moores airplane) has three or four hundered hours on it and when Brad shuts down, his prop is hard to turn

Kevin, Thanks for the input. It will help solve your problem. Some answers to Jim's questions: Gascolator: NO ******** Good Heat sleeve: YES ******* Good. Fuel line between carb and oil tank:

Kevin: Engines also seize for heat related tight fit conditions. Some of these are piston diameter to cylinder wall diameter not sufficient, piston ring gap not sufficient ( piston ring can grow

Kevin, You are now the "best man for the job". You've got experience! My hanger mate has been saying for some time now that I should pull a little power after the wheels come unstuck from the runway

Bruce the grass strip is great for the Q as I have used my Qdragger for some time on grass and it is very kind to the airframe.As for the power surge are you sure it was not caused by fuel held up in

Kevin congratulations on the way you handled the flight and for the positive attitude to solve the glitch. I had similar power surge with a gravity fed Revmaster caused by fuel in the plans built

Bruce, As far as keeping my head straight is concerned, one thing I am sure of, I was at ABSOLUTE MAX mentally. In fact, to be honest, there are a few seconds of this trip that are missing. These are

Jim and guys, Some answers to Jim's questions: Gascolator: NO Heat sleeve: YES Fuel line between carb and oil tank: NO Aux tank: NO. Straight form header to carb. Fuel on board: About 15

Kevin, I am not sure running the engine on the ground until the oil reached 190 degrees is a good thing. I don't know for sure it is just conjecture. With the engine on the ground with no forward

Kevin, Congratulations you're still alive to tell the story. Some have not been so lucky. Do you have a gascolator? Do you have fuel lines running between the carb and oil tank? Do you have heat

Kevin: Congratulations on the first landing!! Are all cylinders getting equally hot? Could one piston be swelling beyond speck with heat? Piston distorted -- semi round peg in a round hole?

Hey guys, Got N275CH off the ground for the first time and got a few other firsts as well: First engine malfunction First declared emergency First time in the dirt (mud) All this

Guys, I looking for the fuselage fuel mod that I have seen on many of your planes. I'm basically looking for the way you hige the fuel door and should i vent the cap if the header tank is already