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Maybe the prop strike WAS the shock load test. It ran afterward so it passed the test, right.....?

I only have one complaint with Mogas, it doesn't SMELL like an airplane. Frankly it kinda stinks. I got my SES in a plane on Mogas, and a couple times while taxiing downwind it got rather rank in the...

All the little Lyc's/Cont's were designed to run on 80/87 so I don't see 90 Mogas being any kind of an issue (assuming no ethanol) with mags set to spec. They actually lose power and run slightly...

A heavy airframe compensated for with a heavier engine equals a heavy airplane. It's power-on performance will obviously equal a stock built machine, but it's low speed, power off performance will...

I don't know how I missed this Gordon. No snide remarks, but only because of my tardiness. I'm familiar with the old "W" series Chevy engine. They had a goofy combustion chamber design. Basically an...

Very likely. I didn't want to be the party pooper, but you may learn more than you wanted to know about your airframe.

If you go to an upholstery shop, them them it's for a tractor. I went to a local mattress shop to inquire about making some tempur-type foam cushions to go in my Fine Line covers (their foam kinda...

I second the 82-42.

I did the same thing, using the Caspar Labs kit. I make my oil change an overnight event. Fly one afternoon, come home and open the sump drain and stab the top outer edge of the filter. Come back the...

I second that.

Good job. You should say "I upped my oil pressure, now up yours."

I grew up flying stick & rudder, pitch & power. Still do. I feel sorry for the new crop of GA pilots who are driving airplanes because they never learned how to fly them.

That was exactly my first impression. I liked the modest improvement in elevator authority, but the slightly increased sensitivity of the rudder put me off a bit, at first. After a few trial flights...

That has to be a significant factor. With regard to the first part of your post, keeping the lower cowl sealed against external air entry must help. I went on a campaign a couple years ago to seal...

One thing I haven't seen mentioned, with regard to carb heat, is leaning. Whenever I have to use heat, I lean to restore my EGT to around 1360, which is where mine typically cruises at sea level on...

A good digital EGT is another good indicator. If it drops more than about 20° for no obvious reason, you're probably starting to develop ice.

It CAN be broken in successfully with the 82-41 but you better keep it at a solid 2600 in cruise to achieve a decent MP number. Manifold pressure is what it's about during break in. There's no added...

With a CS prop at a given throttle opening, MP actually does increase somewhat as you pull the prop back, unless you are at or near full throttle. With a fixed prop, I'd want more load than an 82-41...

I'm German from both sides of the family. We don't lose our tempers.....

Ah, sorry I misunderstood. Actually the bottom half of the screw still turns just fine, just freewheeling in place. Dammit anyway....

Almost certain it was Univair, I'll have to look back through the rebuild documents.

I have a double wrap trim syatem. It doesn't slip. The screw is broken.

It broke in cruise trim. It happened apparently when I attempted to crank it up. I had no indication it broke, no "pop" through the crank, etc. Just the stab didn't move.

I'll do that Steve. It broke right at the bottom of the yoke, just like in post #12 above. I'll put up a good pic of the fracture once I get it out. It'll probably be a couple days before I get to it.

Agreed, a spring flattens from losing it's temper (like me) through years of load and cycling. If annealed, re-arched and re-tempered then it's basically new again. Otherwise you're just buying a...