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Nasa Icing courses
"Sylvain" wrote in message
t... you said, and I quote: "...a primary student's knowledge of icing need not extend much further than "don't fly when freezing rain is forecast"..." That was the specific statement of yours with which I do disagree. Your reply illustrated no such disagreement. My statement and yours are not mutually exclusive. I did illustrate my point with a very specific and real life example where a primary student's knowledge of icing DOES indeed need to extend further than don't fly when freezing rain is forecast. I never said that it doesn't. Don't be so defensive, I was not attacking your beloved windows operating system! :-) I am of the opinion that no operating system is "beloved". Operating systems are a stupid way to waste an emotion like love. How that pertains to this thread at all, I have no idea. Pete |
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Engine Making Metal (Was: Nasa Icing courses)
Mary and I fly more than anyone at the airport, and we just barely put
200 hours on last year. Really? I would have thought you put far more than that on, per year. 200 hours per year is a LOT of flying, if you're not either (a) retired, or (b) getting paid to do it. It's the equivalent of flying from Iowa to Michigan -- and back -- every week. Or, put another way, it's four 1-hour hamburger flights per week, every week, all year long... -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Engine Making Metal (Was: Nasa Icing courses)
Start with the throttle 1/2 open, zero rpm to 1800 with no
oil pressure. Etc. I aim to keep RPMs at 1000 (or less) from start-up to run-up. (My A&P showed me that 1000 RPM is too low to kick up stones, so being patient and taxiing slowly really saves your prop.) What do you think causes a problem like Ray's, Jim? It just seems to, I don't know -- random. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Engine Making Metal (Was: Nasa Icing courses)
And mechanical failures should have simple explanations, no? WHY did
one of the cam lobes fail? Why didn't ALL of the cam lobes fail? Timeless issue. www.aviationconsumer.com has hours of reading on the subject. The common factor is infrequent flying. I suppose the *real* issue should be: Why do camshafts work at all? When you sit down and rationally analyze what is happening inside your engine, the danged thing should just throw itself to pieces in the first ten minutes of operation. Yet, most of them don't. Some, however, like Ray's engine, do -- and in very peculiar ways. (Just ONE cam lobe went bad?) Why? -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Engine Making Metal (Was: Nasa Icing courses)
I wonder if there is any statistical evidence on this issue regarding incidences per region? Are planes out here in the desert SW less prone to this? Just wondering out loud... That would be an interesting study. It might tell how much of a factor condensation is. -- Jim in NC |
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Engine Making Metal (Was: Nasa Icing courses)
"Jay Honeck" wrote Some, however, like Ray's engine, do -- and in very peculiar ways. (Just ONE cam lobe went bad?) Why? Could it be a bad part? Nah!!! Lycosarus never makes a bad part! Not! -- Jim in NC |
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Engine Making Metal (Was: Nasa Icing courses)
On Sun, 08 Jan 2006 13:45:12 GMT, Jay Honeck wrote:
Or, put another way, it's four 1-hour hamburger flights per week, every week, all year long... Is this slightly low Jay? 1/2 hour each way? My hamburger runs are minimum 1 hour each way, which would reduce it to 2 hamburger flights per week. You are right, 200 hours a year is an awful lot of flying. You had me curious for me, how much in a year I fly, and it was as follows: 2001 11.7 2002 49.5 2003 142.2 2004 192.9 2005 126.4 2006 4.0 I try to fly once a week at minimum myself and no less then one hour air time when I fly. I was told ground runs is one of the worst things you can do to an airplane engine, as it was designed for sustained high RPM operations, not ground run RPMS. Allen |
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Engine Making Metal (Was: Nasa Icing courses)
I was told ground runs is one of the worst things you can do to an airplane
engine, as it was designed for sustained high RPM operations, not ground run RPMS. You know, I've heard that since Day One of ownership, too, but ya just gotta wonder if it's not yet another "old wive's tale", like so many of these "tried and true" things. How does the engine know the difference between ground runs at, say 2000 RPM (run-up speed on our plane) and an extended descent? Is *that* "bad" for the engine, too? Doesn't running it for 30 minutes on the ground circulate the oil, and prevent corrosion? Can't you get oil temps up to 150 or better (I know, 180 is optimal, but...) with a ground run? Isn't that better than letting it sit and rot till spring? I fly too often for this to really matter, but I always wonder if it's a real issue or not? Kinda like "shock cooling" and "pulling the prop through" before starting on a cold day... And Marvel Mystery oil, while we're at it... :-) -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Engine Making Metal (Was: Nasa Icing courses)
On 1/8/2006 5:51 AM, Jay Honeck wrote:
And mechanical failures should have simple explanations, no? WHY did one of the cam lobes fail? Why didn't ALL of the cam lobes fail? Timeless issue. www.aviationconsumer.com has hours of reading on the subject. The common factor is infrequent flying. I suppose the *real* issue should be: Why do camshafts work at all? When you sit down and rationally analyze what is happening inside your engine, the danged thing should just throw itself to pieces in the first ten minutes of operation. Yet, most of them don't. Some, however, like Ray's engine, do -- and in very peculiar ways. (Just ONE cam lobe went bad?) Why? I wonder if this was the first cam lobe to actually fail. Have they all been measured and determined to be within spec? -- Mark Hansen, PP-ASEL, Instrument Airplane Sacramento, CA |
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Engine Making Metal (Was: Nasa Icing courses)
Strictly my opinion -
Your bad lobe is one of the cam lobes that operates two lifters, so it, or its companion will be the first to go in a marginal lubrication situation. The lobes depend on oil thrown from the crankshaft cheeks - some thing that I don't think happens for a couple of minutes after a cool start - especially with a cold engine. It isn't a question of how quickly does the oil pump get oil get to the cam bearings as journal bearings will retain enough oil to allow them to be starved for a minute or two and oil gets there in a few seconds anyway. More critical though is how quickly does the crankcase develop that general fog/spray of oil to finally lubricate all the miscellaneous (and expensive) surfaces such as cam lobes and cylinder bores. The cam is at the top of the engine & the lobes are the last thing to get lube. Possibly if the crank is turning too slow, gravity is such that thrown blobs of oil can't even make it to the lobes until the oil; gets really thin. Remember that a new engine will inherently have considerably less oil leakage from the bearings. That's why preheat is so important to a Lycoming engine. It isn't as though it is someting that should be done (usually). It is something that must be done religiously every time (especially with summer weight oil) as once cam surfaces are scratched, failure isn't far away. The longer an engine has been sitting, the more the need for preheat. The newer the engine, the more the need for preheat too. When and how much? Who knows. Also - thick oil reduces the flow demand of the engine, and more of it will simply blow over the relief valve. Oil that is bypassed this way has no access to the heat of the engine. Oil warmup will be slow even if the CHT is getting into an operating range. My guess is that there was a cold start or summer oil combination somewhere in its history although you indicated you always preheated. Or maybe the cam which is supposed to be case hardened isn't as hard as it should be. You might check the cam hardness with a new file on another lobe. It should not be able to bite into it. If it does, get a hardness test done on it. |
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