Comments on: First engine run!

By: thorne

thorne — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 21:24:41 +0000

Stever–

Yep, the original engine was a bit gummed up on the trip to the engine shop.

But this new one really puts out….. no plug-fouled engine-out landings (like the one we had at ELP) and lots of gas……

That Twin Comanche trip was one of the best…..

Tom

By: thorne

thorne — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 21:18:58 +0000

Hi Tom—yep, got all that, and the paperwork at my weather talk

Tom

By: Pete Bedell

Pete Bedell — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 15:46:35 +0000

Pretty impressive groundspeeds for a 182 going westbound. What were the winds and TAS/FF numbers? Did you try running LOP? See you at the Summit!

By: Tom Storli

Tom Storli — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 22:50:17 +0000

Hi Tom ! Did you get my E-mail re- the gross weight increase STC ? Would love to participate in the project.

Have a great flight out to LGB. I look forward to meeting you there.

Best regards,

Tom

http://www.182stc.com

By: Steve Ells

Steve Ells — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 22:23:03 +0000

Tom;
Your post reminds me of the long flight you and I made when we flew the AOPA Twin Comanche east from San Luis Obispo to Florida. The previous owner had babied the engines and they took a while (about half the trip) to finally start humming.
There’s something about sitting side by side in a small airplane for 14 hours on a long cross country that either makes or breaks a friendship. Glad we’re still friends.
We headed east though the pass southeast of Bakersfiedl (direct Grape Int then direct PMD vor) the tracked east out the Antelope Valley past 29 Palms and Blythe to our first landing at KGYR. Blasted out of there and made it to El Paso for the night. The engines ran OK in cruise but I recall spending a lot of time trying to synch the props.
A short delay to clean the plugs in El Paso and off we went again.
I remember flying lower as we again headed east from El Paso. With the lower altitude came the ability to put more power to the engines. The engines started running better about halfway through the second day. At no time were we in trouble due to the any engine malfunction but it was obvious that the little Lycomings were finally again getting back to normal.

We landed once more in Texas to refuel then on east. The details fail me now but I remember it as a good adventure and hope that every flight from the first one on the 5th through delivery to the winner will be through smooth air with a good tailwind.
Best,
Steve