Status
Well, it has been a whole six days with no commentary. At the end of last weekend, I pulled the new PCU prop governor off to have it checked one more time by American Propeller. They declare that it is perfect, so I am getting it back today. I still have a prop surging issue sometimes on initial climb after takeoff. While the governor was off, I took the time to do some more “body work” on the cowl bottom around the new louvers. Just an incremental step down the path toward paint. I also decided to go ahead and modify the air inlet shape of the upper plenum. The plenum is all done and ready for a test flight. That should be very interesting. I can’t wait.
I’ll get the prop governor reinstalled and reset the high rpm stop on the prop (static runup) and do some more test flying. If it still isn’t stable, I have another couple of things I can look at: Pull the prop and make sure the crank plug is secure and do a prop control line pressure bleed test (Lycoming Service Instruction 1462A).
Some of these pictures are just for my reference and amusement. Oh, yeah, I got some of these cute little camloc latches that I’m thinking about using to redo my oil door, as seen on VAF :). Nothing wrong with the one oil door currently, but we know how to do better.
