5.5 hours.<\/p>\n
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I don’t have time for a lot of jibber-jabber, so I’ll make this short and sweet:<\/p>\n
I installed the new idle linkage bearing and spent a bit of time dialing in the idle. \u00a0 I got it to idle smoothly at 750 RPM with a solid transition to power on throttle advance. \u00a0 CHT’s sitting there uncowled don’t get past 245, which is good. \u00a0 We had a really strong wind today, so it was a good day for engine testing, but a crap day for flying. \u00a0Nobody was out there, so I was left to my own devices. \u00a0The idle fix took about two hours, so then I went for a drive. \u00a0 I taxied down to the west end of the runway, then came back. \u00a0 20+ knot winds variable from 070 to 085 make for some fast footwork on the pedals.<\/p>\n
After that was done, I set about making the fire extinguisher mount. \u00a0 I ended up putting it on the fuel pump cover, in easy reach of both pilot and copilot. \u00a0Of course, if the fuel pump’s on fire, getting the the extinguisher is going to be interesting. \u00a0 I had to reinforce the fuel pump cover with some .032 so the bracket could be safely bolted on, but it seems to work.<\/p>\n
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