X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Tue, 06 May 2014 12:36:24 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from omr-d06.mx.aol.com ([205.188.109.203] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.0.9e) with ESMTPS id 6860637 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 06 May 2014 08:22:39 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.188.109.203; envelope-from=vtailjeff@aol.com Received: from mtaout-mab01.mx.aol.com (mtaout-mab01.mx.aol.com [172.26.249.81]) by omr-d06.mx.aol.com (Outbound Mail Relay) with ESMTP id C98E170004116 for ; Tue, 6 May 2014 08:22:03 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.1.134] (24-107-68-166.dhcp.stls.mo.charter.com [24.107.68.166]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mtaout-mab01.mx.aol.com (MUA/Third Party Client Interface) with ESMTPSA id 5E9343800008C for ; Tue, 6 May 2014 08:22:03 -0400 (EDT) From: Jeff Edwards Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Subject: Re: [LML] Re: [LNC2] Fast taxi testing X-Original-Message-Id: <83DE08CA-5362-46F8-92D2-8C8A14F477F1@aol.com> X-Original-Date: Tue, 6 May 2014 07:22:04 -0500 References: In-Reply-To: X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List X-Mailer: iPad Mail (11B511) x-aol-global-disposition: G x-aol-sid: 3039ac1af9515368d3eb0a0b X-AOL-IP: 24.107.68.166 15 years storage on the engine? Was it preserved iaw Lycoming's bulletin? If= not then I would recommend a boresope of the crank, cam and cylinders for c= orrosion. Jeff Sent from my iPad > On May 6, 2014, at 6:43 AM, John Cooper wrote: >=20 > In response to Tom Thibault: >=20 >> It sounds like this is preparation for first flight??? Did you build? > Yes, and yes. Would you believe I bought the kit in 1987 and am just now f= inishing it? In my defense, though, I had a job change, took ten years off t= o build a house, and had to trailer the plane from FL to NC. >=20 > The Sheng Shin tires are fairly new and look perfect to me. I now have 70 P= SI in the mains and 42 in the nose. >=20 > This morning I'm going to drive out to the hangar and re-check the alignme= nt of the main gear. I'll be surprised if it's off because 15 years ago - be= fore the job change and the house - I did a fast taxi on a long runway with n= o problems whatsoever with directional control. It taxied straight as an arr= ow at that time. >=20 > Next I'll jack up the plane and check for free tire rotation and turn the n= ose wheel from side to side to check the resistance of the oleo strut. >=20 > Different topic, but since the plane is so old already, almost everything r= ubber on the airframe and engine has been changed out. All ADs on the engine= have been complied with. All the Lancair Service Bulletins have been incorp= orated. >=20 > -- > For archives and unsub http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/lml/List.htm= l