Recent content by Swede

Just wanted to add, there's NEVER a need to rush anything. So what if some training takes 60 hours rather than 50, or 40? The idea is to be safe, and of course, enjoy the ride! Press on!

You will NEVER forget when your CFI exits the airplane and says "Take her up." You'll TO, look right, and wonder "Where is he?" And you'll love the performance boost from losing 180 lb or so of "dead weight." :wink2: Have fun with the journey. It sounds like you have a great attitude. And...

I agree to avoid disturbing the anodize coat if possible... that's common sense. But anodizing is aluminum converted to aluminum oxide, grinding wheel material, very hard. The idea is to cut through grime, grease, etc, without upsetting the underlying anodize. It's hard without power...

Congrats! While I have no time in this series of AC, I've heard nothing but good things said about them. Isn't it a shame that so many fine aircraft are no longer produced? In another 50 years, all we'll have left are "antiques" and new $2,000,000 composite "wunder-birds."

exNCsurfer; thanks for the embedded vids. And all, thanks for the kind comments! After I get comfortable in just basic flying again, I want to do some +G basic acro once more. I do need to upgrade to a proper harness assembly and look into 'chutes. I'm 6' 3", and without a parachute, I'm...

I'm no mechanic, but I'm guessing there's a happy medium between 3 minutes at full power, and simply taking it on the roll. After replacing the fuel line, we did a static run up at about 90% for a minute... I was afraid of going full power on this without someone on the tail. I am new to...

To finish off this intro thread, as promised, pics and video links of my beauty... She flies after 20+ years of neglect! http://www.pilotsofamerica.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1897196#post1897196

Good news... she flies! The problem was a partially blocked flex line from the gascolator to the carb. After removing it, I huffed air into it and compared it to a proper fuel line. The back pressure was obvious. It didn't even look like an aircraft-grade fuel line, more like something from a...

This is going to be a rather long post... but I'm high as a kite right now. Our rebuild project is airborne! Long story short - I moved to an airpark about 8 years ago to get back to what makes flying fun. I bought a 1966 Citabria 7ECA from an older fellow, ex TWA mechanic. It wasn't...

Thanks fellas, I'm just glad to know that the aircraft is delivering fuel properly. The thought of tearing it down to get at the fuel manifold(s) behind the baggage compartment = major nightmare. It's a lot easier knowing the problem lies somewhere between the firewall mounted gascolator, and...

I don't feel like I miscommunicated here. If so, sorry. The initial thought was that the tanks weren't venting. They are. What we did was detach the AN-8 flare fuel line, 8" or so, between the carb and the gascolator. We attached a clear tube to the gascolator, and checked fuel flow...

TY all again, this is a great forum! Here's what we just accomplished - first off, the stock NON-vented caps were used in all cases. 1) All fuel test points were drained/checked; pretty blue 100LL, no dirt, no water. Including the belly drain, the lowest point in the system. 2) with caps ON...

Great stuff fellows, many thanks. The aircraft had 20 gallons of fuel before the initial attempt, so QTY wasn't an issue. Apologize for my initial misleading post. My Buddy thinks we vented improperly during the rebuild. But we checked it... with the gas caps off one at a time, we blew...

Re: Pre-buy question: 17 years SMOH and very low utilization last 9 yeas...what would Here's my tale of woe. In my Citabria rebuild project, I found that the original O-235-C1 was essentially worthless, zero value as a core. I went shopping via trade-a-plane, and found an O-320 that was...

:( From my intro thread... buddy and I rebuilt a 7ECA from the bones up. We installed an O-320 via STC, a pretty 0 SMOH engine. Added 10 gallons of fuel, she was ready to fly. My A&P buddy who did 90% of the work taxied out, added power for the maiden flight, rolled about 100' and the engine...