Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 23:37:05 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from conure.mail.pas.earthlink.net ([207.217.120.54] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.8) with ESMTP id 3119668 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 23:24:33 -0500 Received: from 0-1pool122-178.nas10.tucson1.az.us.da.qwest.net ([67.0.122.178] helo=Downstairs) by conure.mail.pas.earthlink.net with smtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1B6MPR-0002Ua-00 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 20:24:08 -0800 X-Original-Message-ID: <000a01c41229$59371e00$0100a8c0@Downstairs> From: "Robert Smiley" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" References: Subject: Re: [LML] New 360 Project X-Original-Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 21:23:42 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0007_01C411E6.47F2C7E0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C411E6.47F2C7E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Recommend you: Install the oil shocks as opposed to the rubber donouts for the main = gears. Install a Micro Encoder in the sixpack in the VSI location. Has the = Transponder Encoder as well as several other very handy instruments and = gadgets. Redundancy is included in this device. Affix your towbar on the right side of the nosewheel well by the left = foot of the passenger seat, clamped with a clip aft and slide the = connector into a pocket near the firewall. Install an air vent in the vertical stab and run the air forward to an = airbox above and behind your head to blow on your neck and head on those = super hot days. Best accessory I have. Install your hydraulic pump behind the passenger seat, drop a wall down = from the aft edge of the seatback. Creates a little room where you can = store oil funnel, extra oil etc. where the hydraulic pump is located. = Battery on the motor mounts or firewall if CG is a problem ie if you = have the short mounts. Mount boost pump in cockpit side of firewall if = possible to avoid heat soaking. If you are going fuel injected, get an Airflow Performance system. = Price includes the boost pump and they are better than the bendix = system. Get Lycon in Visalia CA to modify an IO320 B1A sump for forward feed so = you can mount your flow meter or carburator on the front and directly = ram the air into your engine. For about 6 or 700 bucks you can get a Monroy ATD which tells you if you = are in the vicinity of other transponders and should alert you to nearby = traffic. Saved my bacon once in the Rocky Mountains. Would think = center would keep you informed? Not necessarily so. Install all warning lights, fuel pump lights etc high on the panel so = your peripheral vision will catch them as you are scanning the sky. = Move trim guages low; you only use them for takeoff the go by feel after = that. When installing flex and hard lines; pay attention to future service = problems. ie can I remove this line and service it? etc. You might want = to run some lines under the seat pans or aft of seat pans or raise seat = pans a little for lines and not run all lines down through the console. Sectional maps are the same height as the center console. make a = vertical pocket wide enough for sectionals and thick enough for three = sectionals and your checklist. This pocket is on the inside of the = console next to your right leg. Open up the console and the top of the = sectionals are right there. Put the plane on auto pilot, select the = sectional and do your thing. The fuel system in the plans use one pump for each tank. With some = forethought you can plumb your system so either or both pumps can pump = either or both wing tanks. Redundancy is something to consider. Determine the primary mission for your plane and construct it = accordingly. If speed is paramount keep it light, sparten and simple. = If cross country and comfort is your thing than you have many more = options and weight is not as important. These are a few things to consider without getting into a lot more = detail. and are things I have enjoyed in my bird. ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C411E6.47F2C7E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Recommend you:
 
Install the oil shocks as opposed to = the rubber=20 donouts for the main gears.
 
Install a Micro Encoder in the sixpack = in the VSI=20 location.  Has the Transponder Encoder as well as several other = very handy=20 instruments and gadgets.  Redundancy is included in this=20 device.
 
Affix your towbar on the right side of = the=20 nosewheel well by the left foot of the passenger seat, clamped with a = clip aft=20 and slide the connector into a pocket near the firewall.
 
Install an air vent in the vertical = stab and run=20 the air forward to an airbox above and behind your head to blow on your = neck and=20 head on those super hot days.  Best accessory I have.
 
Install your hydraulic pump behind the = passenger=20 seat,  drop a wall down from the aft edge of the seatback.  = Creates a=20 little room where you can store oil funnel, extra oil etc. where the = hydraulic=20 pump is located.  Battery on the motor mounts or firewall if CG is = a=20 problem ie if you have the short mounts. Mount boost pump in cockpit = side of=20 firewall if possible to avoid heat soaking.
 
If you are going fuel injected, get an = Airflow=20 Performance system.  Price includes the boost pump and they are = better than=20 the bendix system.
 
Get Lycon in Visalia CA to modify an = IO320 B1A sump=20 for forward feed so you can mount your flow meter or carburator on the = front and=20 directly ram the air into your engine.
 
For about 6 or 700 bucks you can get a = Monroy ATD=20 which tells you if you are in the vicinity of other transponders and = should=20 alert you to nearby traffic.  Saved my bacon once in the Rocky=20 Mountains.  Would think center would keep you informed?  Not=20 necessarily so.
 
Install all warning lights, fuel pump = lights etc=20 high on the panel so your peripheral vision will catch them as you are = scanning=20 the sky.  Move trim guages low; you only use them for takeoff the = go by=20 feel after that.
 
When installing flex and hard lines; = pay attention=20 to future service problems. ie can I remove this line and service it? = etc. =20 You might want to run some lines under the seat pans or aft of seat pans = or=20 raise seat pans a little for lines and not run all lines down through = the=20 console.
 
Sectional maps are the same height as = the center=20 console.  make a vertical pocket wide enough for sectionals and = thick=20 enough for three sectionals and your checklist.  This pocket is on = the=20 inside of the console next to your right leg.  Open up the console = and the=20 top of the sectionals are right there.  Put the plane on auto = pilot, select=20 the sectional and do your thing.
 
The fuel system in the plans use one = pump for each=20 tank.  With some forethought you can plumb your system so either or = both=20 pumps can pump either or both wing tanks.  Redundancy is something = to=20 consider.
 
Determine the primary mission for your = plane and=20 construct it accordingly.  If speed is paramount keep it light, = sparten and=20 simple. If cross country and comfort is your thing than you have many = more=20 options and weight is not as important.
 
These are a few things to consider = without getting=20 into a lot more detail. and are things I have enjoyed in my = bird.
 
 
 
 
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