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Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 21:24:16 -0600
From: andres katz <t6@concentric.net>
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To: Lancair <lancair.list@olsusa.com>
Subject: sceet tube heat valve sticking IV-P
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For the first time we took our IV-P transcontinental from Dallas to
Watsonville in an attempt to complete all the minor details and the
major detail ie pressurization woes with the help of the guys at
Aircrafters who seem to be a good bunch. Our trip at 10k altitude due to
heavy headwinds and lack of pressurization took less than 7 hrs with one
stop in Deming, NM. It was a magnificent flight despite the icing we
encountered at 4k during the descent to Watsonville that marred the
night. Temps were less than 400 CHT all the time despite the maximum
leaning I had to go to make it in the last 2 hrs of the fligth when 50
degrees lean of peak gave me 13.5 gallons/hr. We worked there for 5 days
until my wife's passport ran out. The flight back via National from SFO
to Las Vegas and back to Dallas commercially took from 9.00 am to 2.00
am next day. so much for the commercial side. We got singled out (do not
buy airline tickets within 24 hrs via the internet or you will be
singled out at every stop). We got searched 5 times.
The heat valve was sticking during trials to secure inflow as per
Charlie Kohler and we found the sticky substance to come from the Sceet
tube. We ordered a new set of Sceet double ply tube but we noticed again
the same gooey substance in the inside. With the heath in the system it
gets transferred to the heat valve. Anybody else noticed this problem?
It makes actuation of the cold/hot valve difficult and produces binding.

Anyway all those years of work (Gary Hanlon bless his heart) were worth
it. Keep on sanding...

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