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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I would suspect that your mixture valve was
sticking?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Eric.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, February 28, 2005 8:41
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Time off equipment
observations</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Hi All,</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT
face=sans-serif size=2>I've done very little flying or even looking at pattern
equipment over the last 4 months (since D3 champs contest) due to a heavy work
load. Two weeks ago I flew 2 flights, and yesterday I flew about 7
flights. After I located all my tools again and got to the field, I have
some observations about the equipment and setup:</FONT> <BR><FONT
face=sans-serif size=2>1. Transmitter li-ion battery is not holding
charge the way it used too when I was flying and charging more often.</FONT>
<BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>2. Header coupler broke (fixed now and
added additional header support)</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>3.
Webra 160 w/ MC carb: tuning changed dramatically. After
unsuccessfully screwing with it for a while, and Instead of chasing down the
ghosts of this system (mostly created by my lack of use of it I think), I
switched to a Webra 1.45 carburetor and disabled the mixture servo. The
160 runs fantastic on the 1.45 carburetor. No pump adjustments were
necessary. Uplines had continuous rolls from takeoff. I think
given the lack of available time right now, I'm going to stick with the
simpler setup.</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>4. The plane flew
fantastic. All the control rates seemed great. CG seemed just
fine. Mixes and conditions were all right on. I'm glad to discover
that after a while of not flying, that the plane still felt great. I
think it means that the setup is user-friendly and the plane (Ken's
Aggressor), has good tendencies in it!!!</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif
size=2>Unless work interferes, I plan on going to the Ocala contest. See
ya there.</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Jim W.</FONT> <BR><FONT
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