Pilots Log

[ozzie]

[rayjb60]

[flyalaz]

[Shannon]

[flyalaz]

[Shannon]

[flyalaz]

I wish I had one! My collection consists of 3 spare motors, all with broken crankshafts. Even if I had a crank, all I could cobble together out of what I have is one engine.

[rayjb60]

Why not have the old cranks welded, resurfaced and heat treated.

So you have some additional backups.

They could even be beefed up in the weak areas.

Are the cranks breaking because you are not running the 26" props?

You are running prince P-tips right?

Ray

[JPXman]

I visited my 2-seater this past week in alexandria, met up with bill reed and george elliott, both lazairheads from ottawa! we spent a couple of hours cleaning out the engines and carbs (been sitting for almost 9 months, and in the rain for a week). no sooner did we get both engines purring like kittens, did I notice that a crack had developed in the left hand plastic wheel half. BUMMER!!!!

A few flight hours earlier we had replaced the right side wheel halves with new ones from John Nagy, now why we didn't take the time to replace both sides - who knows! either way, i had to hang my head in shame and return to edmonton with no new time in the log book, sorry folks!

[flyalaz]

Hi Guys,

Ray:

I am not too sure if I would trust a weld job on a part like that. I think I would always be looking at that engine with trepidation. I have always flown with P-tips, however, the guy I bought it from hadf been flying for a couple of years with those big crank breaking wood props, and it might be possible that it caused a weakness in the metal, and that it was luck that let me fly it for two seasons before finally shearing.

Tyler:

Sorry I couldn't get back to you in time, wish I could have helped out. I might have a spare for you in the near future, and could get it at least to Alexandria. Give me a couple more weeks to see what happens at my end, and I'll get back to you.

Cheers,
Karl