Forum: Messages
07-08-02, 10:47 PM
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Truly amazing
Gosh... you mean that nobody with a turbocharged TCM TSIO-360C/CB engine has ever had to clean out the wastegate? Now I know that just can't be true!
SkyKing
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Forum: Messages
07-08-02, 03:14 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 24,637
KT-76 Repair
Kevin,
If you're unsuccessful at homebase, give Tom Leal a call at Olympia Avionics, Tel: (360) 357-3134. This guy knows his stuff... small mom & pop operation, very friendly. They're at the OLY...
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Forum: Messages
07-07-02, 10:25 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 19,921
Wastegate backflush kit
Has anyone made up a backflush kit for cleaning out the wastegate actuator... especially the restrictor orifice on the inlet side of the TSIO-360C/CB's?
Sometime way back on Peter's old message...
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Forum: Messages
07-07-02, 11:43 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 28,373
Draining the front engine oil on a Skymaster
Richard,
Here's how we do the 'drain-thing' for the front engine on the Skymaster. You don't need a funnel or anything fancy. Just find yourself a wooden block, say 6 X 6, or 8 X 8, that's almost...
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Forum: Messages
07-04-02, 05:40 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 27,032
P337 Air Filters
GMAs,
Just for info for the rest of the crew here, I did some checking on prices for the Cessna air filters on our '77 P-model, and here are the part numbers, superceding P/N and prices:
FRONT...
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Forum: Messages
07-04-02, 03:50 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 20,567
Richard,
Curious what kind of a set-up this...
Richard,
Curious what kind of a set-up this AMSOIL bypass system is. Is it like a double filtration system? I assume your diesel engines already had oil filters installed in the system before you...
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Forum: Messages
07-04-02, 03:44 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 28,373
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Forum: Messages
07-01-02, 01:02 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 39,434
P337 camera port
When I was searching the P337 market a few years ago, I came across a 1975 T337G (pressurized) model, N42WA, that had in fact been used for aerial photo work...ahhhh, but in the un-pressurized mode....
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Forum: Messages
06-29-02, 12:07 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 25,084
Weather Radar
Anybody on the board have the Cessna installed color WX radar on their P337 with the wing-pod, or a field installation? Believe these were Bendix Model RDR-160's, and offered on the 1977 models....
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Forum: Messages
06-28-02, 04:33 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 78,994
User fees? NOT!
Dave,
You sound like it's a fait accompli... or a 'done deal'. It's NOT!
We have a Constitution and Domestic Laws in the USA that basically prohibit any international organization from subjugating...
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Forum: Messages
06-26-02, 12:19 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 55,315
Larry,
You didn't say, or interpolate for us,...
Larry,
You didn't say, or interpolate for us, where the CHT temps were, but assuming they were below 400 degrees and in the green, not much to worry about.... when you get these hot ambient air...
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Forum: Messages
06-25-02, 01:41 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 20,115
Hi Bob,
You're probably already familiar with...
Hi Bob,
You're probably already familiar with "ADDS", but I use it as my home page... it's handy to get a quick view of weather in various sectors using the METAR map page, and if you need detailed...
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Forum: Messages
06-25-02, 01:28 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 78,994
User fees.... coming to the USA?
Dave,
You brought up the specter of "user fees" and this is something we here in the USA haven't had to deal with -- YET!
HOWEVER, I was talking with a controller at the Seattle Center the other...
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Forum: Messages
06-24-02, 02:00 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 78,994
We're getting SCREWED!
Jose,
Sorry to have mis-spelled the name of your country!
As you know the USA imports a considerable amount of oil from your Venezuela, and it is simply amazing to me the disparity in fuel prices,...
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Forum: Messages
06-24-02, 05:06 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 78,994
AvGas Prices in Mexico, Panama, etc.???
Hey Rick Bell, Eustachu-Chachi and others outside the USA...
As you know AirNav doesn't publish AvGAs prices outside the 50 States and we're curious to know what the fuel situation and price is down...
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Forum: Messages
06-23-02, 04:12 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 20,672
Rick,
Before you rummage around in the rear...
Rick,
Before you rummage around in the rear engine compartment, you just might want to pull the right-side avionics hatch off and take a peek at the connector on the back side of the gauges to make...
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Forum: Messages
06-23-02, 03:48 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 25,744
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Forum: Messages
06-18-02, 11:36 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 108,317
Bob, et. al.,
No need to be "sorry"... you're...
Bob, et. al.,
No need to be "sorry"... you're not disagreeing with me, as I am simply relying on the published materials/manuals from American Aviation, Inc., who manufactured and flight tested the...
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Forum: Messages
06-14-02, 06:49 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 108,317
POH fuel flows
Bob,
Sorry that chart was so BIG... guess I need to learn how to make it "fit the window".
If it wasn't readily apparent after looking at the AA Intercooler Power Settings, as you can discern, the...
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Forum: Messages
06-14-02, 05:40 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 29,918
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Forum: Messages
06-13-02, 05:13 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 108,317
AA Intercooler - Recommended Cruise Power
Kevin, Bob, et al.,
Okay, maybe the following chart will help in the discussion, which shows recommended cruise-climb as well as normal cruise power settings.
Bob, your oil temps don't sound...
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Forum: Messages
06-12-02, 10:45 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 108,317
Trying again....
Things seem to be hit and miss tonight... will try again to attach the fuel flow/power data for American Aviation Intercoolers. Hope this is enlightening Bob...
SkyKing
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Forum: Messages
06-12-02, 10:40 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 108,317
Trying again....
Things seem to be hit and miss tonight... will try again to attach the fuel flow/power data for American Aviation Intercoolers. Hope this is enlightening Bob...
SkyKing
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Forum: Messages
06-12-02, 10:07 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 108,317
AA Intercooler - power settings
Bob...
Were you able to successfully open the attachment.... I wasn't able to! Why is it that some items open within the message box and on others you have to click?
In any event, I'm going to try...
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Forum: Messages
06-12-02, 08:46 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 45,024
Roberston/STOL details
For inquiring minds, R/STOL, using Robertson's technique for "NORMAL" and "STOL" takeoffs & landings goes like this:
NORMAL TAKEOFF
1) 2/3 flaps DOWN (or option 1/3)
2) Full throttle/2800RPM &...
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