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From: "Larry Henney" <LHenney@dellepro.com>, LNC2 IO-360, Ft Worth, TX
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It's racing season! The Sun 100 Air Race is April 3rd this year. Of the 5 major fly-in races last year the LNC2 competition left a little to be desired. Last years Sun 100 had at least 10 LNC2's sitting on the ramp with very few of us to fight off the RV's. Shame on you! Let's get serious this year and show'm why we like glass!
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I thought that I would be ready for the race with my new AeroComposites, carbon fiber propeller. But alas, the crank was just found to be cracked.
I am really happy now that the engine was taken apart. The crack was at the flange. A failure would have caused the prop to depart. Not a situation that I would want to be in.
I am still trying to get in touch with the engine shop to find out if the crank that they have located is standard size or cut down.
Right now, this year's race doesn't look like it is in the cards for me.
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Lorn H. 'Feathers' Olsen, MAA, DynaComm, Corp.
248-478-4301, mailto:lorn@dynacomm.ws
LNC2, O-320-D1F, N31161, Y47, SE Michigan
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