http://cootlog.net Building a Coot-A and other adventures in aviation Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:47:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After building new side baffles, front baffles, and rear baffles, the next step was to reinstall the whole thing. First, here are a few "before" pictures. I took these in July 2007, while evaluating the airplane for purchase. No doubt they were in even rattier ... http://cootlog.net/?p=171 Okay...I finished these things months ago, but have not finished writing them up. We previously examined the Yankee re-baffling project with new side baffles and new front baffles. The two-piece rear baffle was in pretty good shape. Mostly, the cylinder shrouds had been rendered to ... http://cootlog.net/?p=165 Here is a Youtube video I came across of a Coot landing on and taking off from a lake. http://cootlog.net/?p=161 This evening I'm going over Lycoming Service Instruction 1427B in anticipation of breaking in my Lycoming 0235 in the Yankee tomorrow, following the reconditioning of one cylinder. The document describes the engine break-in procedure in great detail, including ground testing the engine with a test club in place ... http://cootlog.net/?p=153 As suggested in the previous post, I did end up building new front and rear baffles for my Yankee. Here is the journey for the front baffles. First, take a look at these dogs: The first thing to notice is that the rubberized seals are in abominable shape. ... http://cootlog.net/?p=134 My Yankee is undergoing its annual, so that seemed like a good time for a new set of owner-made baffles for the plane's Lycoming O-235 engine. The two side baffles were in absolutely hideous shape. Take a look: The rubberized seals are in good shape, but the ... http://cootlog.net/?p=114 I upgraded the blogging software today. Leave a comment or send email if you notice anything wrong. http://cootlog.net/?p=111 What did I do this past weekend? Here I am with Russ Milham, who was in the left seat flying my Yankee. He did a couple of touch and gos and then landed the third time. We then joined an American Yankee Association fly-in at the Spruce Goose ... http://cootlog.net/?p=110 Fellow Coot-builder, Doug, has posted this wonderful video of the late Peter Breinig building a Spencer AirCar in five minutes. In the opening scene, Peter is looking through Private Pilot and finds an article titled, "Build Your Own Airplane." But the airplane shown is not a ... http://cootlog.net/?p=109 I had an aviation mission today. Namely, testing out a second-hand piece of avionics (a Narco NAV 121 VOR reciever W/CDI) that is going into the Traveler project. Today was a knock-out stunningly beautiful day here in the Pacific Northwest (on the heels of a nasty March), such ... http://cootlog.net/?p=108 Between us, Russ Milham and I have three engines to rebuild. I have a Franklin 165 (6A4-165-B3) to rebuild for my Coot, Russ has his Continental O300 to rebuild for his Coot, and we jointly own a Lycoming 0320 for our Traveler project that needs rebuilding. We looked at commercially ... http://cootlog.net/?p=107 This is part III of a series on N5814L, a 1972 AA-5 Traveler. Two weekends ago, we prepared the plane for trailering from Dave Wheeler's Northwest Aviation at AWO to co-owner Russ Milham's shop just north of Seattle. Our adventures in trailering began with trying to find ... http://cootlog.net/?p=106