REFLECTOR: Oil, P-factor and othe things

[Brian Michalk]

The left pull could be an underinflated tire.  It could also be a 
nosewheel/strut that is not vertical.

On 02/23/2013 08:40 AM, David Ullman wrote:
> I now have 80+ hours on my SEFG.  Still have a 50' paint job and the
> interior isn't finished.  When we first started flying we had handling
> problems and so the IO-360 C1C never got broken in correctly as we couldn't
> do full power at first.  Thus, the rings are not seated so I use oil, a lot
> of oil - a quart a tank (maybe I have a 2-cycle engine).  I am thinking of
> pulling the cylinders, honing and reringing.  Any thoughts?
>
> On take off my plane pulls to the left enough that I have to tap the right
> brake.  It is not very much so on taxi.  I don't seem to have brake drag and
> I have tinkered with the toe in.  I though Canards did not have a P-factor
> and if so should be to the right.  IS this really a toe-in issue?  If so,
> which wheel is off.  I have tried 13 different ways of measuring toe in and
> thought I was about right.  But??
>
> I just found that I broke an exhaust pipe.  The factory supplied system had
> one piece for each cylinder, with the two pieces on each side slip fit
> together and projecting forward.  In order to get the 1-3 cylinder assembly
> to fit in the cowl, I cut a Vee in them near the cylinder flange and had
> them rewelded.  I thought we normalized them, but this where the #3 pipe
> cracked.  My cowl does hit this pipe a little.  So I need to replace the
> pipe near the flange and fix the cowl clearance issue.  Anybody know what
> stainless steel this is and a source for it.  I will call the factory on
> Monday and see if they can aim me at the original vendor.
>
> In spite of the oil problem I did a lap around Mt. St Helens last week
> (found the broken exhaust on return).  See attached photos.  First one is
> looking west with the Olympics in the background and the second south with
> the dark, still warm part of the mountain in the lower part of the of the
> image.  I am at 9500 in these photos.
>
> David Ullman
> N444DX
> President EAA 292
> 541-754-3609
> david at davidullman.com
>
>
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