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 Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 3:22 pm Post subject: Today was the day |
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455 Zulu Delta has been down for awhile as I got carried away with improvements. Over the course of last fall, winter, spring, and most of this summer she got a new engine mount per the 618 mounting in the drawings, new cooling system, new fuel and electrical systems and over the last few days a new throttle quadrant, too. Last night I hooked up the manometer to balance the newly rebuilt carbs and this morning was all about the little details and putting the wings back on. Thanks to all who have made suggestions over the last couple of years. Especially those who pointed out that my pitot static system was probably giving wildly over optimistic readings. Yeah, that's new too.
Although I am rusty and all the controls are backward to my trike, I managed to do three full stop landings and one touch and go. Even took a little cruise around the Grand Duchy of Udall when I decided the 582 was probably going to keep running.
Thanks to Bob Nuckolls and the Aeroelectric Connection. The Z-17 architecture is perfect.
Thanks to my wife, Lou, who wasn't feeling all that well but still helped me put the wings back on and took pictures.
Rick Girard
oh yeah, archive this
PS Oh yeah I went through the "C" gearbox and got rid of that *&%$*(*$*) Rice King clutch. Now I have a glide, too.
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beauford
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| Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 6:23 pm Post subject: Today was the day |
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Brother Girard...
Congrats on getting her going again.... (and keeping her going long enough to commit some aviation...)
Looks like the hard work was worth it.
That snappy looking flag paint scheme is a real eye catcher on your fly-by... I had not seen it before... Got any more pix you could post that might better show off the detail of that paintwork?
beauford
FF-076, N173BW
Brandon, FL
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| Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 8:13 pm Post subject: Today was the day |
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Beauford, This is the best I've got right now and unfortunately it shows the dirt where I ran out of Oxy cleaner, too.  Off to the Dollar General for more tomorrow and she gets a good cleaning before she flies again.
Rick
On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 9:25 PM, Beauford T <beauford173(at)verizon.net (beauford173(at)verizon.net)> wrote:
[quote] Brother Girard...
Congrats on getting her going again.... (and keeping her going long enough to commit some aviation...)
Looks like the hard work was worth it.
That snappy looking flag paint scheme is a real eye catcher on your fly-by... I had not seen it before... Got any more pix you could post that might better show off the detail of that paintwork?
beauford
FF-076, N173BW
Brandon, FL
Do Not Archive
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