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Problem was discovered, and fixed. Seems that
While the port side Knee bushings are slightly out of tolerance, the Starb'rd
ones are just within. The geometry is changed when jacking one wheel at a
time, allowing side load on the opposite side. The tighter tolerance on
the Starb'rd side caused it to bind when lowered, causing the
"squeak". The bushings are ordered, but we will make our regional
50.00 hamburger fly-in today. It sure is great sitting up higher again,
and since the geometry is back to normal, I can rotate sooner, land on the
mains( as proposed in the original manual), and do things right again.
Hooray!!!!!-----what a bird!!!!!
By the way--- the folks that think that the intensity
of spark, and the integrity of the electrical system in general is
insignificant, never owned a '46" Dodge, and tried to start it on a
moisture laden morning.
And yes I do understand the workings of a magneto, and
it's relation to amperage, and the conversion of same to volts. An
aircraft engine doesn't operate much differently than an auto engine except for
it's source of amperage. And as the plugs deteriorate, the stronger
voltage will span the gap better than that produced by a weak coil. Some
folks here seem to believe that our engines operate both internally and
externally under optimum conditions, while most of us know that just the
opposite is true. Give me the voltage boys, and that takes a "hot"
coil.
Doug-94023
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