David Clifford

The theory is that if the bolt head is "up" or facing "forward", if for some reason the nut comes loose and falls off, the bolt will hopefully remain in place as gravity itself will hold it in. I know of one incident that was reported on the VANS RV forum where this came into play and may have prevented a tragic event. The poster stated that during final assembly of one of the controls, he placed the washer and elastic nut on and finger tightened, then forgot to torque this particular nut when he was doing the final torques. The nut had come loose and fell off during a flight. The missing nut was discovered during a preflight.

You don't give a location but checking your TX area code indicates CA. Is this where it is located?

When I was at Oskosh last summer for the week, I spent A LOT of time at the EFIS vendor booths. After only a couple minutes just fooling around with the Skyview, I was able to navigate through the screens without any assistance or coaching from the sales rep,,,so EZ was it to use I would have felt comfortable flying it right then and there. When I was at the MGL booth, the sales rep was trying to demonstrate using the Odyssey. He got it into a screen and was unable to complete the demo to the group gathered in front of him and finally gave up after it locked up on the screen. I have never seen an EFIS with more buttons and knobs. I think that the Odyssey was designed by someone who is extreemly computer tech savy and is appealing to that type of consumer.

Dual Dynon Skyviews are going in my RV-10.

Your not going to find any PIREP's yet on the Skyview as they just started shipping them a couple weeks ago. Lots of reading on choosing an EFIS system here: http://www.vansairforce.com/community/showthread.php?t=52017

This is a great price. If I had not set my mind on the Skyview also I would be all over it.

She will be missed by all who knew her. Our only comfort is knowing that she was not in pain and all her friends and family had the opportunity to visit and comfort her through the end.

Coming along Greg. Just finished the engine reassembly and have the tail section done. Working on the wings now. I think the spar alone weighs more than the whole Cozy MKIV wing!

My C-152 has the Lycoming 0-235-L2C and it is now at a little over 2500 hours. The comps are all in the upper 70's and it uses about a quart of oil every 40 hours. The L2C's have been known to be very durable engines and have been known to go WAY past the 2400 hour TBO. I fly alot which is good for the engine. I change the oil every 40 hours and I got a differential compression tester to monitor the comps. I also have the oil analyzed at oil changes to let me know whats going on inside the motor.

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We don't know why the replacement mesh was finer. The original pump/filter came as a package. There was no information that various screen sizes were available when the new one was ordered. We should look into that with Airflow Performance.

Andair is aviation stuff. The pump/filter we put in the Cozy is Airflow Performance. Yes we put finger strainers in the tanks but we followed directions the installing recommendations by the mfg and placed the filter pre-pump. The point I am trying to make is that for whatever reason, the replacement filter cartridge was finer than the original,,,,,so must finer to the point that it interfered with the fuel flow enough that the engine mounted diaphram pump could not draw enough fuel to generate enough pressure. Under no circumstances would I place the fuel filter after the electric pump. Your just asking for early pump failure doing something like that

Filter is pre-pump per mfg directions. Apparently these HP fuel injection pumps can be easily trashed by debris. Same scenario with my Andair set up. The Andair filter screws right into the IN side of the pump.

Yaeh...we shook the wings while flushing. The problem with the new filter screen was the mesh was too fine, or defective . That alone was enough to lower the fuel pressure with the mechanical fuel pump enough to cause a significant loss of power and roughness. There were no obstructions from debris, just the fine screen micron rating caused the restriction. Switching back to the original screen after we cleaned it fixed it. As a test, I disconnected the fuel line at the pump and let the fuel flow by gravity. It was a slow flow with the new screen and a nice steady stream with the old screen. I purchased the "RV Special" package from the Andair booth at Osh that included their valve, pump, filter, and installation package. I hope I don't have any of these problems.