Quote from ercoguru
"installation of a 5" nose wheel and tire for the previous 4" nose
> wheel and tire,"
What? We're supposed to have a 4" tire on the nose gear? After the spacers,
my sill is very close to being level, but not quite, so maybe it is the 5"
nosewheel tire? If so , I need to change it. Somebody let me know.
Also, I used to get the Ercoupe JC maneuver while landing in a crosswind even
though I touch down with the yoke full aft. (I have the 1320 STC installed so
the speed is about 47 mph). I attributed part of the weathervane swerve to the
effect of the "down aileron", as you are trying to keep the airplane from
weathervaning, increasing the lift of the upwind wing enough to allow it to
start rising. To stop the wing rise, the reaction is to lower the wing by
rolling into the crosswind but all that does is magnify the weathervaning
tendency.
Also, just finished the annual and found a couple of interesting things.
First, I have been fighting a "generator" problem since last year. Generator
was not charging the battery. At Sun-n-Fun, I installed a new voltage
regulator and found a working generator at the Fly Market and installed it.
Neither fixed it.
And then, the rest of the story.
My intrepid IA pulled the voltage regulator and found the RCR points remained
open all the time. I believe the points are supposed to close when the
generator is powering the battery and open when the battery tries to power the
generator. Hooked up some test wires, held the RCR relay closed manually and
viola' - generator begins charging the battery. (Old voltage regulator that was
replaced had RCR points burned so bad the were gone, like in the wind). New
voltage regulator on order.
Also, I had didn't have suction guage or a functioning attitude indicator since
I bought the airplane. Intrepid IA pulls the vacuum regulator and finds:
a. The filter screen is clogged with years of wheat/corn/milo harvest debris.
b. On disassembly, the spring is out of position and the interior valve is
sitting somewhat crosswise. Smoothed up valve, cleaned filter, reinserted
spring and yippe! 4-5 inches of suction at 100 mph. Fun to watch the attitude
indicator start working again.
Also found the fuel pump leaking slightly, (or I should say Lynn Nelson did at
a fly-in a few weeks ago) and couldn't fix it by tightening up fuel lines, so
new fuel pump is on order. This is going to be one hell of a plane when I get
through with it. And, oh yes I must tell Lynn I am cleaning the oil off the
bottom of the plane that blew out of the cowling from the botched oil change I
did.
Ahem.
Ah. Too much information. I gotta quit.
Bart
