Tuesday, April 21, 2009

I Finally Figured It Out

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That's what my dad always used to say, "I finally figured it out". He was always talking about the meaning of life. In my ca...
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Sunday, April 19, 2009

Figuring out the Electronic Ignition

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Gee, no posts for a month. You'd think I wasn't doing anything. Actually, I've been stymied by the engine. The general symptom h...
Sunday, March 22, 2009

Air Intake mods - More Sawsall Art

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I continue to plug away at programming the EC3 and things are getting better. The mixture plot is getting smoother and the engine is runnin...
Saturday, March 14, 2009

More forwards and backwards

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The closer I get to the goal, the farther away it gets - at least, sometimes it seems that way. My current challenge is getting the electron...
Sunday, March 08, 2009

Closer to the Goal

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The recent effort has been directed towards getting the engine to run properly, with the RWS EC3 system. There are all sorts of variables t...
Saturday, February 14, 2009

Fowards and Backwards

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Good news, bad news, good attitude. The good news is the engine runs! Having said that, this is all extremely uncharted territory, and if i...
Sunday, February 08, 2009

My Red Letter Day

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The engine started. Yes, and I think it's starting to set in. It has been one year, two months, and 15 days since I last flew it, and t...
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Thursday, February 05, 2009

Winter

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Went to the hangar today, first time in a week. Too cold to work and enthusiasm was low. There is a ridge of solid ice, about 8" thic...
Thursday, January 29, 2009

Updated Progress Report

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Wednesday, January 28, 2009

No Engine Start This Month

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Winter has dealt an unfortunate blow. Until two days ago, we had a total winter accumulated snowfall of 3/8" and I was gloating about ...
Monday, January 26, 2009

The Drum Roll ... Please

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My goal was to have an engine start by the end of January. The fuel injection lines are all hooked up and I checked for leaks. There is now...
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Saturday, January 24, 2009

Starting to look like an Engine again

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I've got the exhaust mounted, ignition coils, the spark plugs, EGT/CHT, and a bunch of other stuff. The wires look bad, but it's rea...

A Wife Can Cut to the Chase

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At breakfast, I remarked to Sandy that she hadn't produced a painting, suitable for hanging on the wall, since she started taking formal...
Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Sam the Plumber

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Cold weather continues to hamper progress. Last week it was 19 degrees F and the hangar was probably 23F. To me, this electronic fuel injec...
Sunday, January 11, 2009

Throttle connections

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It's kind of hard to see in these photos (click on'em to see them bigger) , but more progress is happening. A new throttle cable i...
Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Year-end Update

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Off topic, from the '70s. Here's an old photo of me and my buddies making a practice jump at East Troy, Wisconsin. We were getting...
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Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Composite Oil Sump is 99.4% Complete

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Don't try this at home! There were just a few things to attend to for the oil sump; like installing a filler cap and post curing the thi...
Saturday, December 13, 2008

Today's report

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Just a quick update. I'm working on the firewall forward stuff now. The bigger challenges here are to install the trigger sensor, the ...
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