Just returned from a one week cross country shakedown flight from our
location in the SW corner of Western Australia to New South Wales, thence
Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, and return in some horrific weather.  Shook the
s... out of everything including cabin occupants.  Dodged massive storms
virtually the entire way back.

 

Electronic ignition system worked flawlessly.  I think I shall thank the
quantum mechanical gods that regulate the motion of electrons, and move on
to my next problem.   A sprinkle of powdered bat's gizzard seems to help
such things.

 

Developed an intermittent connection in the fuel pressure sensor, probably
from the harness wiggling in the brutal turbulence.  Collected enough
bruising banks and bonks in ten hours to exceed the prior thirty years.

 

Always something.

 

Fred, Shaken not Stirred

 

PS Upheld Lancair honour at the SAAA annual fly in (tiny equivalent to EAA)
and won Best Composite and Concours d'Elegance (best in show).  Almost broke
the trophies on the way home, 82 knot quartering headwind at 4500 feet, and
as noted above, it was brutally rough.  At least the wind was more or less
down the runway and only about 40 knots when I landed (at several stops).
Should have cruised lower.  Much lower.

 

 

Posted for Gary Casey <casey.gary@yahoo.com>:

Fred,
 Okay, but.... you tried changing plugs early on and said it didn't fix it.
 And then after you removed the (presumed) short AND changed #1 plug(again)
it
was cured.  I hope so, but I'll act like some of our more frustrating
customers(Ford or Knorr), "now I want you to recreate the problem to
demonstrate you really fixed it"  You should say that once with a German and

once with a Detroit accent to get the full effect.  Obviously, you can't put

the intermittent short back in (you start to see how a customer like that
can
get frustrating), but you could put the bad plug back in and then to confirm

it again, put it in another cylinder.  To make it exactly the same use a
cylinder that is fired by the same polarity spark.  Or even check the plug
in
a plug tester.
 Gary