Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: "Gene Rambo"
Hi all,I finally found a really great guy to go toolin' around with to burn off the 10 hours the insurance company is requiring.- We spent a fantastic 1.2 hours in N8031 last night.- Temps were perfect, wind was calm, and I even nearly greased my first landing in a Piet!- What a great night.Anyway, when I was doing the run-up I observed no RPM drop when checking the mags.- Whoa!- Something's a-miss.- "Off" works as advertised, so I don't think the mags are hot.Googling suggests the following:1. Open p-leads causing hot mags.2. Mag timing advanced beyond the specified setting3. Defective ignition switch4. Open in the grounding circuit of the feed through the capacitors (Bendix S-1200 series mags)5. Open magneto capacitors.I've got Eisemann mags, so I don't know if the Bendix specific warnings are applicable.Since it's affecting both mags, I'm leaning toward defective ignition switch.Anyone else have any other suggestions?Thanks,Dan-- Dan YocumFermilab- 630.840.6509yocum@fnal.gov, http://fermigrid.fnal.govFermilab.- Just zeros and ones.le, List Admin.=0A=0A=0A ________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: shad bell
William Wynne is reworking his FlyCorvair.com website toconcentrate information for specific airframes such asKR, Zenith, and Piet. It's a work in progress but here'sthe beginning of the Piet-specific page for Corvairs:http://www.flycorvair.com/piet.htmlAs many of you know, William is an Air Camper at heart,having cut his initial teeth on flying Corvair conversionson his own Piet. As a result, his conversion work alwayskeeps our application in mind, not just the "all electric,all metal" jobs.Oscar ZunigaAir Camper NX41CCSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net ________________________________________________________________________________Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:43:10 -0700 (PDT)