Before You Buy Slick Magnetos

"nauga" wrote in message
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Nauga agreeing with Larry? What's the world coming to? g

jls wrote...

Check out their warranty.

I plan to tomorrow. I've got either a bad lead or
a bizarre problem with the mag, and they're both
brand new.

And you know something else? I don't know how many Slick mags I have
found
on airplanes with the cap backing off the mag because one or more of the
screws has backed out and fallen out of it. It's happened to me with my
personal aircraft twice.

Add two more to your count. I found loose screws
on both caps last week. They were properly torqued
when installed 25 flight hours ago. Blue thread locker
and inspection lacquer, and you better believe I do the
monkey crawl with an inspection mirror as part of every
preflight now.

Dave 'double jointed' Hyde

RV-4 in flight test



Ah, nice to hear a little consensus on such a rare occasion. The agony of
my last exchange with you, then, has abated.

Jim Weir suggests using safety-wired screws. I guess you could get them to
work with the countersunk holes on the distributor caps. Thank you for
your support, and best wishes for you and your aeroplane.

Time for today's episode.
I had no trouble reaching a live person on
the phone at Unison on Monday. The even overnighted
a new harness (I had to promise to return the old one).
Put it in today, and the problem is still there. I'll
know tomorrow if they're as forthcoming with a new mag.

So much for flying to CA next week. :P

Dave 'AOG' Hyde

Final scene:

Steve Carter at Unison arranged for me to pick up a
new mag at a local shop today. Installed it this
evening and everything checks out great. Through
all of this I had no troule reaching a live person
on the phone at Unison, they bent over backwards
to help me, and tried to work within my very pressing
time window. I didn't make it, I'll have to leave
the airplane here when I move and come back for it
later, but they tried their hardest to make it work.

The upside is that the engine feels smoother than it
has since I first started it (~25 flight hours ago).
The downside is that if you count build time
I'm at something like 100 maintenance man-hours
per flight hour g.

Dave 'RFI' Hyde