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<DIV>I was more concerned with it launching through this thin cowl into the cow
pasture =) I can hold my own a little, but MAN talk about a balance issue!</DIV>
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<DIV>Tore up the inside of the cowl, the nose ring mount tabs, the throttle
linkage, cracked the chin cowl in several places, and shook every screw in the
plane loose. </DIV>
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<DIV>BUT.....it's still on my wall charging for tomorrow =) And yes Cameron, I
tightened the bolts before you even say it =P</DIV>
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<DIV>-Mike</DIV>
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<A title=Rcmaster199@aol.com
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=discussion@nsrca.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, February 05, 2005 10:01
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Not to Shabby</DIV>
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<DIV>Heck Mike, it shouldn't have been a problem. Just a bunch of down and you
would have been fine</DIV>
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<DIV>Matt</DIV>
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<DIV> In a message dated 2/5/2005 9:30:57 PM Eastern Standard Time, <A
href="mailto:kerlock@comcast.net">kerlock@comcast.net</A> writes:</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yup excellent day here in N Ga,
but....</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I must be the luckiest guy alive. After 4
flights my engine became erratic. After landing I noticed a black streak of
soot trailing from the chin cowl. Upon removing the chin cowl, I discovered
that the entire mount would rotate completely in either direction, all the
way till it hit cowl.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Took it apart, discovered that 3 of 4 bolts
came loose that hold the mount to the firewall, and the last one was holding
by 3 threads. It did a lot of damage, but after an all afternoon shift, it's
ready to go again in the morning.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So, ask me if I feel lucky =)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>-Mike (with what is now a free
plane!)</FONT></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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