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I had a problem where my carb was fowling the plugs bad, to the point where the next start up failed the mag test. I pulled the carb apart and thoroughly cleaned the passes related to the idle mixture area. Seems if a tiny hole gets plugged in the idle needle then the carb pumps fuel into the mixture circuit.
So what I thought was fun today was... called in to land 8 miles out. got a right downwind for RWY 18 (9730 feet long). The wind was a 12K left crosswind (my personal limit is 15K). Then was cleared to land #2 behind the Airbus on final. Gota hate that. So my plan is to stay high, way over his wing tip turbulence. I was planning on landing long anyway as the taxiway to my hangar is at the end of this long runway.
So I turn base after the Airbus goes by and I'm way high. All the VASI lights are white. The Airbus lands and I note where he touched down. The tower tells me to do an S-turn. Then the tower clears a Cherokee for take off. I see the Cherokee sitting on the numbers and think to myself...this isn't going to work out. After a couple of really slow S-Turns (I'm at 90 mph), I see the Cherokee making some progress getting off the runway. The Tower tells me to land long. I hear the tower tell whoever is following me that it's going to work out as I'm landing long and he needs to keep us only 3000' apart! I get back into landing mode and make a good landing and hard braking to make the turn off that I need to make. Never a dull moment at KPIE!
Back at the hangar I do a runup to check the mags and everything looks great. Hopefully my plug fouling is fixed!
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Bruce Crain
And that's how it's done folks! Keep em flyin'! How long was it since the flight before this one Mike?
Bruce
---------- Original Message ---------- From: "Mike Dwyer " <q200pilot@...> To: Q_List <Q-List@groups.io> Subject: [Q-List] Flight Report - sorry no video! Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2021 14:16:15 -0500ike
I had a problem where my carb was fowling the plugs bad, to the point where the next start up failed the mag test. I pulled the carb apart and thoroughly cleaned the passes related to the idle mixture area. Seems if a tiny hole gets plugged in the idle needle then the carb pumps fuel into the mixture circuit.
So what I thought was fun today was... called in to land 8 miles out. got a right downwind for RWY 18 (9730 feet long). The wind was a 12K left crosswind (my personal limit is 15K). Then was cleared to land #2 behind the Airbus on final. Gota hate that. So my plan is to stay high, way over his wing tip turbulence. I was planning on landing long anyway as the taxiway to my hangar is at the end of this long runway.
So I turn base after the Airbus goes by and I'm way high. All the VASI lights are white. The Airbus lands and I note where he touched down. The tower tells me to do an S-turn. Then the tower clears a Cherokee for take off. I see the Cherokee sitting on the numbers and think to myself...this isn't going to work out. After a couple of really slow S-Turns (I'm at 90 mph), I see the Cherokee making some progress getting off the runway. The Tower tells me to land long. I hear the tower tell whoever is following me that it's going to work out as I'm landing long and he needs to keep us only 3000' apart! I get back into landing mode and make a good landing and hard braking to make the turn off that I need to make. Never a dull moment at KPIE!
Back at the hangar I do a runup to check the mags and everything looks great. Hopefully my plug fouling is fixed!
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2weeks. I try to fly at least once a week. Not sure why I missed last week. Merry Christmas to all! Mike Dwyer N3QP
On Thu, Dec 16, 2021, 7:00 PM Bruce Crain < jcrain2@...> wrote: And that's how it's done folks! Keep em flyin'! How long was it since the flight before this one Mike?
Bruce ---------- Original Message ---------- From: "Mike Dwyer " < q200pilot@...> To: Q_List < Q-List@groups.io> Subject: [Q-List] Flight Report - sorry no video! Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2021 14:16:15 -0500ike
I had a problem where my carb was fowling the plugs bad, to the point where the next start up failed the mag test. I pulled the carb apart and thoroughly cleaned the passes related to the idle mixture area. Seems if a tiny hole gets plugged in the idle needle then the carb pumps fuel into the mixture circuit.
So what I thought was fun today was... called in to land 8 miles out. got a right downwind for RWY 18 (9730 feet long). The wind was a 12K left crosswind (my personal limit is 15K). Then was cleared to land #2 behind the Airbus on final. Gota hate that. So my plan is to stay high, way over his wing tip turbulence. I was planning on landing long anyway as the taxiway to my hangar is at the end of this long runway.
So I turn base after the Airbus goes by and I'm way high. All the VASI lights are white. The Airbus lands and I note where he touched down. The tower tells me to do an S-turn. Then the tower clears a Cherokee for take off. I see the Cherokee sitting on the numbers and think to myself...this isn't going to work out. After a couple of really slow S-Turns (I'm at 90 mph), I see the Cherokee making some progress getting off the runway. The Tower tells me to land long. I hear the tower tell whoever is following me that it's going to work out as I'm landing long and he needs to keep us only 3000' apart! I get back into landing mode and make a good landing and hard braking to make the turn off that I need to make. Never a dull moment at KPIE!
Back at the hangar I do a runup to check the mags and everything looks great. Hopefully my plug fouling is fixed!
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Merry Christmas Mike, Santa has a Go Pro for me if Im good. Might
be able to recipricate next year.
Question, do you use just the stick on mounts ?
Rich T.
On 17/12/2021 01:57, Mike Dwyer wrote:
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2weeks. I try to fly at least once a week. Not
sure why I missed last week.
Merry Christmas to all!
Mike Dwyer N3QP
On Thu, Dec 16, 2021, 7:00 PM
Bruce Crain < jcrain2@...>
wrote:
And that's how it's done folks! Keep em flyin'! How
long was it since the flight before this one Mike?
Bruce
---------- Original Message ----------
From: "Mike Dwyer " < q200pilot@...>
To: Q_List < Q-List@groups.io>
Subject: [Q-List] Flight Report - sorry no video!
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2021 14:16:15 -0500ike
I had a problem where my carb was fowling the
plugs bad, to the point where the next start up failed the
mag test. I pulled the carb apart and thoroughly cleaned
the passes related to the idle mixture area. Seems if a
tiny hole gets plugged in the idle needle then the carb
pumps fuel into the mixture circuit.
So what I thought was fun today was... called in to
land 8 miles out. got a right downwind for RWY 18 (9730
feet long). The wind was a 12K left crosswind (my
personal limit is 15K). Then was cleared to land #2
behind the Airbus on final. Gota hate that. So my plan
is to stay high, way over his wing tip turbulence. I
was planning on landing long anyway as the taxiway to my
hangar is at the end of this long runway.
So I turn base after the Airbus goes by and I'm way
high. All the VASI lights are white. The Airbus lands
and I note where he touched down. The tower tells me to
do an S-turn. Then the tower clears a Cherokee for take
off. I see the Cherokee sitting on the numbers and
think to myself...this isn't going to work out. After a
couple of really slow S-Turns (I'm at 90 mph), I see the
Cherokee making some progress getting off the runway.
The Tower tells me to land long. I hear the tower tell
whoever is following me that it's going to work out as
I'm landing long and he needs to keep us only 3000'
apart! I get back into landing mode and make a good
landing and hard braking to make the turn off that I
need to make. Never a dull moment at KPIE!
Back at the hangar I do a runup to check the mags and
everything looks great. Hopefully my plug fouling is
fixed!
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I found that if a camera is hard mounted, say hung from the canopy, or whatever, that any vibration gets amplified by the length of the mount. I haven't actually found a solution to this other than using the camera functions to reduce vibration. The problem with the vibration is it makes the video blurry or gives it a jello look. The stick mount, inside the canopy are so far the best. I just don't think you can stick on the outside and come back with a camera! I got more work to do on that!
On Fri, Dec 17, 2021 at 1:16 PM Richard Thomson < richard@...> wrote:
Merry Christmas Mike, Santa has a Go Pro for me if Im good. Might
be able to recipricate next year.
Question, do you use just the stick on mounts ?
Rich T.
On 17/12/2021 01:57, Mike Dwyer wrote:
2weeks. I try to fly at least once a week. Not
sure why I missed last week.
Merry Christmas to all!
Mike Dwyer N3QP
On Thu, Dec 16, 2021, 7:00 PM
Bruce Crain < jcrain2@...>
wrote:
And that's how it's done folks! Keep em flyin'! How
long was it since the flight before this one Mike?
Bruce
---------- Original Message ----------
From: "Mike Dwyer " < q200pilot@...>
To: Q_List < Q-List@groups.io>
Subject: [Q-List] Flight Report - sorry no video!
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2021 14:16:15 -0500ike
I had a problem where my carb was fowling the
plugs bad, to the point where the next start up failed the
mag test. I pulled the carb apart and thoroughly cleaned
the passes related to the idle mixture area. Seems if a
tiny hole gets plugged in the idle needle then the carb
pumps fuel into the mixture circuit.
So what I thought was fun today was... called in to
land 8 miles out. got a right downwind for RWY 18 (9730
feet long). The wind was a 12K left crosswind (my
personal limit is 15K). Then was cleared to land #2
behind the Airbus on final. Gota hate that. So my plan
is to stay high, way over his wing tip turbulence. I
was planning on landing long anyway as the taxiway to my
hangar is at the end of this long runway.
So I turn base after the Airbus goes by and I'm way
high. All the VASI lights are white. The Airbus lands
and I note where he touched down. The tower tells me to
do an S-turn. Then the tower clears a Cherokee for take
off. I see the Cherokee sitting on the numbers and
think to myself...this isn't going to work out. After a
couple of really slow S-Turns (I'm at 90 mph), I see the
Cherokee making some progress getting off the runway.
The Tower tells me to land long. I hear the tower tell
whoever is following me that it's going to work out as
I'm landing long and he needs to keep us only 3000'
apart! I get back into landing mode and make a good
landing and hard braking to make the turn off that I
need to make. Never a dull moment at KPIE!
Back at the hangar I do a runup to check the mags and
everything looks great. Hopefully my plug fouling is
fixed!
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Richard Thomson
I will try experimenting during my taxi trials to see what gives
the best results.
Where abouts have you placed it.
Rich T.
On 17/12/2021 18:25, Mike Dwyer wrote:
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Show quoted text
I found that if a camera is hard mounted, say hung
from the canopy, or whatever, that any vibration gets amplified
by the length of the mount. I haven't actually found a solution
to this other than using the camera functions to reduce
vibration. The problem with the vibration is it makes the video
blurry or gives it a jello look. The stick mount, inside
the canopy are so far the best. I just don't think you can stick
on the outside and come back with a camera! I got more work to
do on that!
On Fri, Dec 17, 2021 at 1:16
PM Richard Thomson < richard@...>
wrote:
Merry Christmas Mike, Santa has a Go Pro for me if Im
good. Might be able to recipricate next year.
Question, do you use just the stick on mounts ?
Rich T.
On 17/12/2021 01:57, Mike Dwyer wrote:
2weeks. I try to fly at least once a
week. Not sure why I missed last week.
Merry Christmas to all!
Mike Dwyer N3QP
On Thu, Dec 16, 2021,
7:00 PM Bruce Crain < jcrain2@...>
wrote:
And that's how it's done folks! Keep em flyin'!
How long was it since the flight before this one
Mike?
Bruce
---------- Original Message ----------
From: "Mike Dwyer " < q200pilot@...>
To: Q_List < Q-List@groups.io>
Subject: [Q-List] Flight Report - sorry no video!
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2021 14:16:15 -0500ike
I had a problem where my carb was
fowling the plugs bad, to the point where the next
start up failed the mag test. I pulled the carb
apart and thoroughly cleaned the passes related to
the idle mixture area. Seems if a tiny hole gets
plugged in the idle needle then the carb pumps
fuel into the mixture circuit.
So what I thought was fun today was...
called in to land 8 miles out. got a right
downwind for RWY 18 (9730 feet long). The wind
was a 12K left crosswind (my personal limit is
15K). Then was cleared to land #2 behind the
Airbus on final. Gota hate that. So my plan is
to stay high, way over his wing tip turbulence.
I was planning on landing long anyway as the
taxiway to my hangar is at the end of this long
runway.
So I turn base after the Airbus goes by and
I'm way high. All the VASI lights are white.
The Airbus lands and I note where he touched
down. The tower tells me to do an S-turn. Then
the tower clears a Cherokee for take off. I see
the Cherokee sitting on the numbers and think to
myself...this isn't going to work out. After a
couple of really slow S-Turns (I'm at 90 mph), I
see the Cherokee making some progress getting
off the runway. The Tower tells me to land
long. I hear the tower tell whoever is
following me that it's going to work out as I'm
landing long and he needs to keep us only 3000'
apart! I get back into landing mode and make a
good landing and hard braking to make the turn
off that I need to make. Never a dull moment at
KPIE!
Back at the hangar I do a runup to check the
mags and everything looks great. Hopefully my
plug fouling is fixed!
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Bruce Crain
Probably not enough time for the rings to drain down into the plugs so nothing to see here. Moving on.
On Dec 17, 2021, at 12:26 PM, Mike Dwyer <q200pilot@...> wrote:
I found that if a camera is hard mounted, say hung from the canopy, or whatever, that any vibration gets amplified by the length of the mount. I haven't actually found a solution to this other than using the camera functions to reduce vibration. The problem with the vibration is it makes the video blurry or gives it a jello look. The stick mount, inside the canopy are so far the best. I just don't think you can stick on the outside and come back with a camera! I got more work to do on that! On Fri, Dec 17, 2021 at 1:16 PM Richard Thomson < richard@...> wrote:
Merry Christmas Mike, Santa has a Go Pro for me if Im good. Might
be able to recipricate next year.
Question, do you use just the stick on mounts ?
Rich T.
On 17/12/2021 01:57, Mike Dwyer wrote:
2weeks. I try to fly at least once a week. Not
sure why I missed last week.
Merry Christmas to all!
Mike Dwyer N3QP
On Thu, Dec 16, 2021, 7:00 PM
Bruce Crain < jcrain2@...>
wrote:
And that's how it's done folks! Keep em flyin'! How
long was it since the flight before this one Mike?
Bruce
---------- Original Message ----------
From: "Mike Dwyer " < q200pilot@...>
To: Q_List < Q-List@groups.io>
Subject: [Q-List] Flight Report - sorry no video!
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2021 14:16:15 -0500ike
I had a problem where my carb was fowling the
plugs bad, to the point where the next start up failed the
mag test. I pulled the carb apart and thoroughly cleaned
the passes related to the idle mixture area. Seems if a
tiny hole gets plugged in the idle needle then the carb
pumps fuel into the mixture circuit.
So what I thought was fun today was... called in to
land 8 miles out. got a right downwind for RWY 18 (9730
feet long). The wind was a 12K left crosswind (my
personal limit is 15K). Then was cleared to land #2
behind the Airbus on final. Gota hate that. So my plan
is to stay high, way over his wing tip turbulence. I
was planning on landing long anyway as the taxiway to my
hangar is at the end of this long runway.
So I turn base after the Airbus goes by and I'm way
high. All the VASI lights are white. The Airbus lands
and I note where he touched down. The tower tells me to
do an S-turn. Then the tower clears a Cherokee for take
off. I see the Cherokee sitting on the numbers and
think to myself...this isn't going to work out. After a
couple of really slow S-Turns (I'm at 90 mph), I see the
Cherokee making some progress getting off the runway.
The Tower tells me to land long. I hear the tower tell
whoever is following me that it's going to work out as
I'm landing long and he needs to keep us only 3000'
apart! I get back into landing mode and make a good
landing and hard braking to make the turn off that I
need to make. Never a dull moment at KPIE!
Back at the hangar I do a runup to check the mags and
everything looks great. Hopefully my plug fouling is
fixed!
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I use suction mount on
the inside of the canopy with my DJI OSMO and video
stabilization. Here is a still grab from a flight over Lake Tahoe
at Emerald Bay.
Terry
N41521 Dragonfly MkI
KSCK
On 12/17/2021 11:20 AM, Richard Thomson
wrote:
I will try experimenting during my taxi trials to see what
gives the best results.
Where abouts have you placed it.
Rich T.
On 17/12/2021 18:25, Mike Dwyer
wrote:
I found that if a camera is hard mounted, say
hung from the canopy, or whatever, that any vibration gets
amplified by the length of the mount. I haven't actually
found a solution to this other than using the camera functions
to reduce vibration. The problem with the vibration is it
makes the video blurry or gives it a jello look. The stick
mount, inside the canopy are so far the best. I just don't
think you can stick on the outside and come back with a
camera! I got more work to do on that!
On Fri, Dec 17, 2021 at 1:16
PM Richard Thomson < richard@...>
wrote:
Merry Christmas Mike, Santa has a Go Pro for me if Im
good. Might be able to recipricate next year.
Question, do you use just the stick on mounts ?
Rich T.
On 17/12/2021 01:57, Mike Dwyer wrote:
2weeks. I try to fly at least once a
week. Not sure why I missed last week.
Merry Christmas to all!
Mike Dwyer N3QP
On Thu, Dec 16,
2021, 7:00 PM Bruce Crain < jcrain2@...>
wrote:
And that's how it's done folks! Keep em
flyin'! How long was it since the flight before
this one Mike?
Bruce
---------- Original Message ----------
From: "Mike Dwyer " < q200pilot@...>
To: Q_List < Q-List@groups.io>
Subject: [Q-List] Flight Report - sorry no video!
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2021 14:16:15 -0500ike
I had a problem where my carb was
fowling the plugs bad, to the point where the
next start up failed the mag test. I pulled the
carb apart and thoroughly cleaned the passes
related to the idle mixture area. Seems if a
tiny hole gets plugged in the idle needle then
the carb pumps fuel into the mixture circuit.
So what I thought was fun today was...
called in to land 8 miles out. got a right
downwind for RWY 18 (9730 feet long). The
wind was a 12K left crosswind (my personal
limit is 15K). Then was cleared to land #2
behind the Airbus on final. Gota hate that.
So my plan is to stay high, way over his wing
tip turbulence. I was planning on landing
long anyway as the taxiway to my hangar is at
the end of this long runway.
So I turn base after the Airbus goes by and
I'm way high. All the VASI lights are white.
The Airbus lands and I note where he touched
down. The tower tells me to do an S-turn.
Then the tower clears a Cherokee for take
off. I see the Cherokee sitting on the
numbers and think to myself...this isn't going
to work out. After a couple of really slow
S-Turns (I'm at 90 mph), I see the Cherokee
making some progress getting off the runway.
The Tower tells me to land long. I hear
the tower tell whoever is following me that
it's going to work out as I'm landing long and
he needs to keep us only 3000' apart! I get
back into landing mode and make a good landing
and hard braking to make the turn off that I
need to make. Never a dull moment at KPIE!
Back at the hangar I do a runup to check
the mags and everything looks great.
Hopefully my plug fouling is fixed!
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