Ricky_231

I’m currently on a trip abroad but I’d be happy to take you up in the eagle when I’m back in about 2 weeks. I’m out of LRO. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

This is the first time I've heard something like that. I flew a K until very recently. Same engine setup. I'd set power at 38" and 2700 RPM for take off and never saw it creep up. it'd just hold there until I would transition to "climb power" at 33" / 2600 RPM. I've seen MAP creep down if the friction lock wasn't tightened properly, but never up. That being said, I've always increased power very gently. Increase to ~28", let the turbo pick up, which would bring it up to ~33", then add the rest to 38". Maybe you're advancing the throttle to fast and the when the turbo catches up with it it shoots up to 42"?

My K used to get water in the line after a big rain or an overnight freeze. I'd see the VSI and altimeter become "jumpy"; altitude would freeze then jump 200 ft after a few seconds. I never noticed anything on the ASI. Regardless, what I found would clear it up is I'd go up to anywhere between 5k and 8kft and do a couple of steep turns (45-55 degrees of bank). As soon as I rolled off the turns, the jumpiness would be gone and stay that way until the next rain or freeze. I guess it's the equivalent of jumping up and down when you get water in your ears after swimming.

Lasar was charging more than double that at the time, $1200 I believe. I can make spaghetti and mow a lawn, but I definitely don't have the skills or equipment to make a gear door (or any door for that matter) :-), so $500 seemed reasonable.

I've had a cover from mac's for 6 years now and they look new: https://www.airplane-covers.com/mac/ It's endured scorching heat, rain, snow; no fading at all, except the tail number embroidering, that's lost all its color.

I've had them replaced on my K. Here are the part numbers: LHS: 550060-001 RHS: 550060-002 Lasar has (had) them, but I got them from wentworth for $500 a pop.

So in theory the stall warning was supposed to come through the headset, but it wasn't. I heard a chirp once but that was it. In inspecting the headliner, I found a hole and a connector labeled "STALL" with nothing attached to it. So I knew something was afoot :-). Also, a stall warning that only comes through the headset presents quite a challenge to be able to test it on the ground (doable, but a hassle that involves connecting the headset from the outside through the pilot window and stretching to get to the little tab on the wing). So I'm happy to report that I bought the hifonics speakers EricJ mentioned and they're a perfect fit. Now everything is fixed, and the tone comes both from the headset and the speaker.

I'm going to give this guy a try. Will report back. Thanks all!

Correct. And if I’m right it’s the same speaker for the stall and gear warning. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Long story, but I'm missing the stall/gear warning speaker on my Eagle. I have a working speaker that won't fit in the headliner - is there a standard part number, or any speaker that fits within certain specs will do? Thanks!

Mains. I feel like it's more likely I'll blow a main gear tire than a nose tire.

unfortunately no GAMIs... feels like that's next on the list.

Water, snacks (kind bars, chips), a waterproof/weatherproof jacket, spare tire+tube (to be fair that's always in the plane), oil, basic tools. Wife typically downloads movies/series on her ipad. Regardless of flight time: knife (on you, not in your bag), garmin inreach, flashlights (plural), power bank, backup radio, batteries.

I recently sold my K and bought an Eagle (poor man's Ovation so I assume I can post here :-)) with the 301HP STC. The engine has just been overhauled and I spent the past 30 hours breaking it in. Now that oil consumption and temps are stable, I figured it was time to start running it LOP and stop burning 17 gph. I have never run an engine LOP before. I have an EI MVP-50P, so I figured I'd follow the engine manual + STC guidance (50 degrees LOP for best economy) and see what happened. I set the EI on LOP mode and leaned until the last cylinder peaked, then leaned further until 50 LOP. Fuel burn went down to 12 gph (awesome!) but my airspeed also took a big hit (145 KIAS vs 160-165 KIAS I see 50 ROP). Is that what I was supposed to see? Or did I lean too far? What are folks seeing, and how are you running your engines LOP (MAP/RPM)? This was at 24" MAP and 2400 RPM @ 3500ft. Should I just go WOT? Or should I go higher (this flight was short so higher didn't make sense)? LOP rookie questions probably, but I figured if anyone can help me it's this group. Thanks in advance!

just curious: is there a downside to priming with high boost (2-3 seconds) and cranking? it's how i saw them do it at Maxwell last month, also from an Ovation CFI. catches immediately every time.