I can sympathize, I suffered a bad heart attack 5 years ago, had a defib and pacemaker installed, and take a pile of pills. Thought sure my flying days were over. I am still not my "old self", but can fly a coupe and really enjoy my second chance. Here is hoping you rejoin us down the line as a Coupe owner!
--- In [email protected], "Wayne Woollard" <wooll...@...> wrote: > > Last night my Alon was sold to a successful e-bay bidder ending over 25 years > of Ercoupe/Aircoupe ownership and involvement. I will continue to be > interested with the Day to Day here on the internet, and maybe a fly-in or > two. My reasons for selling out are personal and singular. On my Sisters > Birthday in November of 2008 I suffered a heart attack, I was tended to by > the Dr.'s and sent home. > I never really got my energy back and have curtailed many of my activities. I > still am involved in local politics, and am still involved in the activities > of my Grandson, Cody who is now 18. Given enough time I can still bring in > the groceries for Grandma. > While we were getting the coupe prepared for its first annual in two years, > we discovered that slow seepage had emptied the header tank. I filled it up > with $4.79 cent gasoline and went through all the starting motions, however, > I could not get the engine to run continuously until I bled the fuel lines to > the input to the carburetor of air. Once again I wish to remind folks with > Alon's or any Coupe with a firewall mounted gascolator to be sure and keep > this option in mind. The fuel line routing is such that portions of the line > between the bottom of the tank and the input to the carburetor can develop > isolated air bubbles and these bubbles can migrate resulting in strange > engine behavior at the moment of takeoff and maximum angle of attack. I have > been preached to in the past that great modifications must be done to the > Aircoupe fuel system to prevent "Vapor Lock" and other mysterious behavior on > departure, but the truth of the matter is A.) Make sure that there is not > air in the fuel lines by bleeding them, and B.) never run the header tank out > of fuel. > Rather long, but nice having this chat this morning. > Wayne > > D. Wayne Woollard CPBE > o--iii--( >
