Glad I am not the only one going threw this, I was getting worried, but now feel better

Are you guys saying it's normal for me to spend 10 minutes looking for the pencil that is sticking out of my mouth? Nothing to worry about then?

I think yhat we all go through this stage in our lives its not what we want but we just have to deal with it and relie on each other cant you just wait for the golden years yaaaaa the golden years are when I was 20

That's exactly what we're talking about....apparently it's totally normal. No need to worry.

8 to 10 hours to assemble my new arf. I think that is working time. Not wandering around my shop looking for my programmer time. ME TOO GUYS ME TOO!!!

Paul,

In your case, your memory issue has been accelerated by the frozen tundra, the home of Nanook of the North. 85 and sunny in Fort Myers today. You better put the plane away tonight and dig out the shovel. Snow is on its way.

I'm having withdrawal pains, haven't been able to fly in two weeks because of winds, air shows, and other activities. Maybe tomorrow.

Chuck

22x8 Or 23 x8 Mejzlik prop for the 55?

22x8 ones it's broken in.
23x8 on a tuned pipe.

Due to its weight, the Mezjlik won't accelerate as fast as eg the Vess 23A.

Hey Talk about moments I lost my bike keys at a Town and country while having a bm and it took 45 min of looking when I had to go again I found my keys inside my underware there was no place else to put my keys at the time I Guess.

HA HA Chuck. You Florida wimp. This has been the coldest snowiest winter I can remember in about 15 years[:@]. I'll be in Stacy on Friday. Whats your address of your abandoned house. I'll go pee on the door knobs for ya. LOL!!

I hate to break up the party But can someone please send me some photo's of their fuel system with a fuel dot installed. I am not sure how to run the vent part of the system????? Thanks Eric in so cal 80 + deg today. But to windy to fly, Same for tomorrow

Here ya go

Thanks great photo's. So it looks like you t right into the line that goes from the tank to the carb right? And then the vent line comes off the tank and does a big loop and then is set up so it drips out the bottom when it is full right? I can't see that well where your vent line goes but is that right? Thanks for that help. The rate I am going and the money not dry yet. I should be in the air by mid week next week

You got it all right Eric, you can let the vent line exit anywhere convenient on the bottom of the fuse or cowl. The loop in the vent line on top of the tank is the most important part. It will keep fuel from being able to siphon out of the tank and if the plane is tipped up on it's nose only a few drops if anything at all can leak out.

I used a 22x8 mezjlik for break-in on a DL50.
23x8 mezjlik is totally fine on a DL50, or 55 and will accelerate nicely. It has lower load constant than Vess and Xoar.

With a tuned pipe, you could run 24x8 prop.

Does any one have any reports on the new DLE 55 if so let us all know what you think of it,

Super08,

I picked up a useful tidbit when looking at your photo. I don't know if it is yours, but that is a great idea to have the "T" facing away from the fuel dot location.

I use the H9 fuel dots and they sometimes pop out (but not the plugs, thankfully!!) because my fuel line runs straight from the "T" to the fuel dot fitting. Your arrangement would put an end to that.

Thanks!

I use the Madison products Miracle fuelers. They are 1/4 turn and work awesome. Never pop out, just twist them out when you want them out. Twist them back in.

http://www.qualityrcproducts.com/pro...clefueler.html

Super08,

Do you have an inline fuel filter? If not, do yourself a favor and put one in.

Chuck

Bob, yes I did that on purpose and it seems to work good.

Chuck I don't run filters on my planes. I use a felt type filter on the pickup in my gas can as well as an inline filter on the filler hose going to the plane. So far I haven't had any problems with gunk building up in my carb screen. That's not saying it won't happen. But so far it has been working for me.

Doug

Thanks, I have saved the link!

I noticed that over the winter some of the fuel lines stiffened up, which I think led to some very small fuel leakage around the "T" and the inline filter when I flew the Yak last week. I plan to re-plumb when I get home from work today. I have a spool of the Du-Bro Tygon tubing (with the milky yellow hue) which seems to maintain resiliency better than the clear stuff.

cmoulder You should replace all fuel line on gas planes every year. nitro doent swell like gas line. I find that my gas line gets lose over time so i safty wire all ends with wire not yip ties. The RoadRunner

Not a bad idea. I lost a plane a couple of years ago due to a clunk line that had stiffened and caused fuel starvation at a most inopportune time...[&o]

I am going to start using Viton (sp?) tubing inside my tanks. It is more expensive , but is supposed to last much longer and stay flexible.

Way back on page 154, only a month ago, I posted this question. I just thought I'd give a post-flight analysis of what I did to fix it. Timing was off, I timed it right - pictures shown on page 155. Jetting was a tad rich on the low end, I slightly changed that. It starts and runs perfect.

Here's a [link=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeLX07dTAU4]video[/link] I posted of my DL pulling my Aeroworks around w/ some smoke. Listen to that beautiful running motor!