............wow guys.................. I had no idea that a primer was such a controversial subject...........
*Dan* has convinced me that the solenoid might be the best way to go..... But *WE *will decide later.... Thanx for all your inputs...........!! It gets crowded in this foxhole at times...... Keep on keeping on.............. On 11/30/05, Golden, Kevin <kevin.gol...@churchdwight.com> wrote: > > Against my better judgement, I will reply. > > I fly the same airplane that I have owned now for 21 years, (I am 41 > now). When a person becomes a pilot, I believe there is a huge > responsibility to do things right. Yes, we are learning all the time, > (this is part of the fun of it all)but there are things we learn that > may not seem obvious to others that should be passed on. Some are > simple mechanical things that those who aren't so mechanical need to > understand. If you understand how something works in an airplane, then > you might be able to save your hide someday doing the right thing. On a > Yahoo site that I belong to, there is talk about leaning out an engine > before takeoff. Some say to not do it at all. I will tell you if I > hadn't done it, then I would have been in the trees at the end of the > runway more than once. I have had some hard lessons with my airplane > over the years. Some to do with very well paid and popular mechanics > fixing things just to find them literally falling off of the airplane > within an hour or two of repair. This mechanic asked me to bring the > plane back and he will make it right. I just told him no thank you. > Nearly kill me once, shame on you, try to kill me twice, shame on me. > This is one of the main reasons for my interest in homebuilts. > > Bottom line: If I am responsible enough to do a preflight, go through > the checklist before takeoff, and fly responsibly, then I should be able > to remember to push in and lock the primer before takeoff. If anyone > reading this is not, then lock it down before you start the engine. > > Happy flying > Kevin. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: krnet-bounces+kevin.golden=churchdwight....@mylist.net > [mailto:krnet-bounces+kevin.golden=churchdwight....@mylist.net] On > Behalf Of Colin Rainey > Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 12:38 PM > To: kr...@mylist.net > Subject: KR> Priming and teaching > > Steve > Let me first say that my remarks were NOT directed at you but were in > response to Kevin Golden in the way that he stated he used the primer to > supplement fuel supply. It may work, and he may have the experience to > use it that way without consequence, but does he want to be responsible > for a low hour pilot taking that information and using it without having > the experience or knowledge to do so, and getting hurt or someone else > getting hurt. That is my biggest concern about sharing information here > on the net. The Net has been very useful for me while learning about my > KR2, and hope it will continue to be for all the builders here. If I > state something that I was taught, or remember from experience, and it > is wrong, 99% of the time it is erroring on the side of safety, and I > will always come back and openly admit my error, so that all pilots here > can see that I am not an expert, nor infallible, and that all good > pilots are ALWAYS learning. Several who know more than me have > corrected on more than one post, as you have pointed out, and I sit at > home, and go OOOOPPPSSS! I then go look it up, and learn again.... > > Yes I am a CFI, and yes I do teach a controlled response to an engine > failure, or any other problem in flight, and actually teach pausing 10 > seconds to actually assess the condition, as your instructor taught. I > have been with students who in nervous response, pulled the mixture to > cutoff instead of the throttle when the plane's attitude was suddenly > upset from a maneuver to a steep spiral. I agree and teach the same. > If you will remember I preached using those checklists not long ago, and > made sure the links on Dan's site were working for all who wanted them. > > Your friend is probably referring to ATR as being Airline Transport > Rating, and ATP is Airline Transport Pilot rating, which is saying the > same thing two different ways. > > I just caution against disseminating information that is not in the > manuals, or backed up with concrete training procedures because so many > pilots with such a wide variety of experience are on this list and > literally learn a great deal from our discussions, which sometimes are > the first time they have heard of such things. I did not intend for it > to appear to be a slam or flame and apologize if it came across that > way. > > Colin Rainey > brokerpilot9...@earthlink.net > EarthLink Revolves Around You. > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > *The information contained in this message may be confidential and/or > subject to legal privilege, and is for the use of the intended addressee > only. Any unauthorized use, dissemination or copying of the information in > this message is strictly prohibited. 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