Pics of the F21B in flight

[CraigH]

Made a $100 BBQ run down to the Hard 8 BBQ in Stephenville, TX yesterday. Some friends tagged along in a C152 and took a few pics on the way home. Some of them turned out pretty good!

http://www.wotelectronics.com/flying/2004Mar28/

[Robert Lees]

Craig, does this mean the tank is installed & working?

Rob

[CraigH]

Yes. Required some minor alterations of the fittings, but it is up and flying.

[dennispip]

Nice looking arch on that taiwheel spring! The plane looks good in the air, Craig. Looks like a good match on the paint from the tank job.

[crispy critter]

Nice pictures Craig.Glad to see your having fun with it.

[paulp]

photos

Craig,

Fine looking machine. Glad to see that it's in the air. The photos are great!

[Forrest Barber]

AT LAST!

She looks great , nice tail spring set up....

[CraigH]

Had a great 12 hours in the plane up until yesterday. On the way home from a neighboring field, I picked up a bad vibration / RPM loss. Made it back home to find that one of the cylinders isn't firing. Mags, plug leads and plugs are good however the bottom plug was covered with oil, and becomes oil fouled after a 1-2 minute run. Still getting compression though with a differential compression test. Removing the cylinder tomorrow to see what turns up.

[Robert Lees]

Craig, before removing the cylinder, try rotating the ignition leads (by which I mean make the mags fire to a different cylinder, simply re-wire the leads at the mags [both left and right]). No flight required, just a ground run.

If the problem remains at the same cylinder, then a cylinder problem. If the re-routed ignition moves the problem to a new cylinder, then the ignition is the problem.

Rob

[CraigH]

Thanks Rob, but we tested the leads yesterday.

[CraigH]

Problem found. Adjustment nut had backed off the rocker arm causing the intake valve not to function. Cylinder wasn't firing because it wasn't getting any fuel.

[Brady]

Ready for some good luck...

Craig,

If there's any justice in the cosmos, you should be ready for some good luck now. Glad to hear it wasn't anything too serious!

Brady