REFLECTOR: Oil, P-factor and othe things

[David Rene Dugas]

Good point Brian.  Mine pulled to the left when my retract nose gear pivot bolt was broken on one side.  every thing worked ok but taxi and take-off.

Rene'

Third nose gear.

On Feb 24, 2013, at 12:06 AM, Brian Michalk <michalk at awpi.com> wrote:

> 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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