Diana
Final Approach
Today I lost almost three quarts of oil doing aerobatics; most of which now covers the Citabria. It was dripping off of the airplane like rainwater after a downpour. Yesterday I did five hammerheads and barely lost any oil and hardly any on the airplane. Today I did seven hammerheads. We can’t figure out what’s going on. There is no oil splashed in the engine compartment, so it seems like it’s all coming out the breather tube. Any ideas?
The hammerhead maneuver seems to cause the most oil to be tossed out of any of the maneuvers that I do. I still don’t really understand why the oil comes out in the first place.
The hammerhead maneuver seems to cause the most oil to be tossed out of any of the maneuvers that I do. I still don’t really understand why the oil comes out in the first place.