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<DIV> There is a Murphy's Law corollary that sez there has never been a thread locker good enough to keep the nut always tight. Which nut you might ask? Why, the nut in front of the controls, what else.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Don, for whatever comfort there is....for a LONG time when I was running the 120 AC's and SC's, I hooked up the butterfly to rotate THE WRONG WAY.....</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>TWO different times....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There must be a rule about "not learning from mistakes" somewhere. Probably secret.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=mailto:donramsey@cox-internet.com href="mailto:donramsey@cox-internet.com">Don Ramsey</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=mailto:discussion@nsrca.org href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, August 09, 2004 4:26 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Enlightening Experience</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Some things you hate to admit especially when you are the dumbest link in the chain. Hope this might help someone.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Thursday I changed transmitters on my plane. Also, on that day I changed to a new type of fuel. During practice, the plane seemed to be a little low on power but not too bad. I only did 2 flights.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Friday we left for the contest in Lubbock. Wind that day was quite strong and I only got one flight on the plane because of a problem. Power was down but it was a little hot, the altitude was 3500 feet where I normally fly at sea level and the strong wind really didn't let me see the power profile.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Saturday is gorgeous, cool with only light winds. On the first round I realized my power was far off what I needed. The verticals almost stopped at the top and I was struggling. Before the second round I added half Magnum 1.5 to the new fuel I was trying. Still no power and struggling thought the tops even with smaller maneuvers. Third round, change prop without any help. Fourth round change props again and add some Mag 2 to the fuel mix. Some help but not enough. Sunday, I'm discouraged and still having power problems. Fly poorly.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Today I'm looking over my plane and thinking about the contest. For my backup transmitter I have all the setting recorded that are different from the other trx. There is nothing about the throttle there so it must be the same. I got the trx and opened the throttle while looking at the engine. You guessed it, it's only open about 3 quarters. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I'm still trying to learn the obvious. If you've got a problem, first check the obvious.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Don</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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