A place where restoration project-type threads can go to avoid falling off the main page in the WIX hangar. Feel free to start threads on Restoration projects and/or warbird maintenance here. Named in memoriam for Gary Austin, a good friend of the site and known as RetroAviation here. He will be sorely missed.
Tue Sep 14, 2010 12:13 pm
I was wondering if anyone else has come across excessive soot in their intake. We had the intake and Venturi full of soot, no intake fire or back firing. I'll post a separate accident report later.
Wed Sep 15, 2010 9:45 am
Below is a link to the NTSB report for a Stearman that crashed up north. The weird thing is the findings are identical to our findings. We are annualling our stearman at the museum. The only difference is we have not had a fire or failure. I'm sure it was coming after we found this. I actually taxied out to fly and turned back because it was puffing black smoke.
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief2.asp?ev_ ... 271&akey=1
Thu Oct 07, 2010 10:55 pm
Sounds like it is running way too rich to me.
Fri Oct 08, 2010 12:19 am
Yep. It is. Question is, who else and why.
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