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Indeed. I thought of Bernie.
No, I work excruciatingly slowly and
intermittently among other projects (car, truck, house renovation,
septic, zero-turn mower...)
On the RV-4 I've kept jumping from one
thing to another.
Prop balancing. Cooling. Electrical.
Mainly trying to improve cooling for
taxiing and take-off. Other than that not really an issue. I can
easily climb to pattern altitude before pulling back on power.
Many months ago I started seeing O2
sensor "noise" -- spikes to full lean -- in my engine logs.
Then other electrical glitches, leading
to battery and alternator replacement without definite resolution.
Looks like the power switch to EC3 and
O2 sensor board is intermittently going bad. Arrived in the mail
but not installed yet.
Also have an intake leak so can't get
RPMs below 2,100 when warm (unless I lean mixture a LOT). So next
step is to take intake manifold off (inspect exhaust in the
process), weld on an additional bung for a second O2 sensor.
Replace engine master switch, add run relay to O2 sensor board,
add steering vanes to left radiator, oh yeah, time for an oil
change...
Still need to finish fiberglass work
and do vinyl wrap.
Finn
Finn:
I think you’re
confusing “Bernie Kerr” from our list here who installed a 13B
on his 9A, vs. “Ernest Kerr” who in the article in CONTACT,
was developing a FWF package…
Are you now flying your “4”
regularly, and have it “tweaked” so you can simply turn the
key (like a car), and go fly it? :)
Take care,
Doug
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Don't remember if
he ever got it flying. I do remember his
wife convinced to put a Lycoming in it :(
Using bike tubes
as molds for fiberglass-wrapped intake
runners was something that stuck in my mind
way back then.
Finn
Ernest Kerr
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