Well, today, we did time the mag. Orma, that is very good information and we had already done those "prerequisite" things. Steve says that it should be timed at 29 deg before TDC. Well this Mag has a 25 deg lag, so, if we did that, and we did, it would try to start, firing at 4 deg BTDC, theoretically That did not work so well. So, we backed it up about 3 Deg and now it is starting on second blade. We are going to time the electronic with a timing light.
It would be interesting to know how you time the mag using a timing light. For those of you who have been following our cowling and carb air inlet installation, I can tell you that the design as it is at this moment is causing the engine to run extremely rough. That is because I have caused an air restriction in the cowling parts, which I am working on. Also, we decided to make new wing gap covers today. We should start calling them WGC, sort of like WAF, then I would not have to spell it out every time This time I layed it up in the hangar on a piece of 8' shelf board that I got from Lowes for about $9. I used a layer of deck cloth on both sides as on the first one, but only put in 3 layers of glass. Jerry made me get started on installing them, much earlier than before. In fact, they were a little bit too tacky, but that is better than too cured. I put one layer of that "seran like" wrap on one side and left it on as it will conform to the wing and protect it. That side went directly on the wing and we taped the cover on with vinyl electrical tape. This tape will not cause any damage to the wing surface and it stretches very well. Jerry and I agree that it was much easier than using the big roll of the stretchy plastic wrap. This one looks very good and will be the one that we use. Amazing, only had to build this one twice to get it right. See N64KR at http://KRBuilder.org - Then click on the pics See you in Mt. Vernon - 2006 - KR Gathering There is a time for building and a time for FLYING and the time for building is OVER. Daniel R. Heath - Lexington, SC
