Posted for William Miller
<cwfmd@yahoo.com>:
Q1. What is the best source for the #5 baffle mod? Q2, Are there any published reports or flight
tests? Q3. I saw Fred Moreno mentioned a 5 document .pdf on plenums and pressures but cannot find it on the list or archives. [It's
at the bottom of the "Tips & Tricks" page on the LML website <M> ] Q4. Is there a similar report or flight test on
exhaust tunnel extensions. Q5. Can that big fat landing light disrupt cooling airflow on the right side: CHT #5 and #1 hot, and worse at
high altitude? Update: It was great to see everyone at OSH. I learned that a senior experienced L4P pilot
switches tanks every five minutes during climbout. This caused me to think of DYNAMIC pressures across the fuel vent lines. I removed one, then
the other check valve, in the wingtips and discovered a restricted flow by applying pulmonary pressure. Since I could not
produce a pressure vs flow rate graph at OSH I took a poll of assembled experts and a few agreed with me that the restriction
could not keep up with 40gal/hr ~= 42 cc/sec. I bought some larger tubing at the fly mart and installed it on the flight
line at OSH. Security is very good. I got to talk to several patrols to make sure I was working on my own airplane:) Based on the
good advice from the same guy who switches tanks in climb, I took a suggested detour to 4R4 Fairhope, Alabama to visit TCM customer service.
They found a timing advance of 2 degrees and a low reading fuel flow on my gage by about 15%. These adjustments have solved most cooling issues in
climb and low altitude, but my #5 is still running very(30-40 deg) hotter at 65-75% ROP and 55-65% LOP and high altitude > FL220. I plan to
remove the landing light from in front of #5, then install the mod to the baffle if needed. Then check upper pressures and
outflow.
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