Month: October 2019

Builders:

Your Sunday morning: You could either watch Meet the Press and see the same old talking heads rehash the same old alarmist arguments, or you can spend the same amount of time watching our 2019 midwest tour video.  I guarantee our video will put you in a better mood to get stuff done on your Airplane today.

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The video above is the work of Ken Pavlou, aka “Kamal Mustafa” . He put nearly 18 hours of editing into it. So if you are tempted to turn the sound off to avoid hearing my low caffeine induced speech impediment of connecting all the sentences with the phrase “and-uh” , just imagine how Ken’s brain has been damaged by editing this for you. A human sacrifice on behalf of advancing the world of Corvairs.

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Builders,

Here is the video notice for Corvair College #45. Please note that this College is an “Operations College” Where the focus of the event is learning the subjects in the New – M.O.P. Manual, a required technical document.

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The event is open to the public, you only need to buy a gate pass for the whole Showcase event, you can learn all about this great hands on, aviation event, based on participation, not on spectating. Here is their info:

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https://www.sportaviationshowcase.com/event-info/index

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Above, the intro Video: Notice I’m wearing spiffy new “Polo Mafia” shirt provided by Larry Nelson.

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In addition to all of the “M.O.P.” information at CC #45, you can:

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Come and see Corvair Powered planes like Phil Maxson’s 601XL and The SPA Panther.

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Meet Corvair Builder/Pilots like Phil Maxson,   Ken Pavlou, and Paul Salter (You can even see verbal sparing matches between Ford Man and ‘Old Hairy Guy’. )

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You can bring all your core parts or assemblies, and I will carefully inspect them. If you like I can bring them back to my hangar or SPA’s shop for reconditioning.

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You can study a running 3,000cc Corvair on my run stand, learn regular maintenance items like distributor installation and prop pitch setting. We will also be demonstrating “Corvair Fast Burn” Ignition timing settings and how air-fuel meters work.

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Have any question answered in a friendly setting, were we will have the resources right on hand to make sure you really understand your power plant.

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Make plans today, It will great event, we are planning on packing a lot into the day, don’t miss it.

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PS, if you have further questions about the event, please ask them here in the comments section, or call me direct at 904-806-8143.

 

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Builders,

Here is something funny from Oshkosh 2019. I am making fun of the square edge of top of Randy Bush’s Pietenpol cowling; this is done in jest, as I love Randy and he knows it, he is the person laughing in the background.

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Randy is part of our Oshkosh crew every year. There is no explanation for it, but some some reason Ken Pavlou, nick named him “Pot Roast”, and the name has stuck ever since.

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If you want to read more about Randy, get a look at these stories:

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Randy Bush’s Pietenpol hits 500 hours.

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Oshkosh 2019

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Above, Randy stands beside his 3,000cc Cleanex at Oshkosh 2017. Yes, “Pot Roast” has two Corvair Powered planes, and they have more than 1,000 hours between them.

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Builders,

Below is a quick look and a video introduction to our new “Maintenance, Operations and Procedures manual

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Above, the cover: If you ar building or flying a Corvair powered plane, you need to own one of these. It is made up from data pulled together from my experience and that of Dan Weseman. Once or twice a month, we have a builder who calls us who has completely missed missed critical technical data we have previously presented in many formats. Here we have gathered critical information into a single, easily followed location. This is thousands of hours of testing, hundreds of hours writing, and all we ask of builders is to spend one hour reading it, and keep it on hand at all times, and follow it.

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Above, a look at the table of contents.

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Above, Three of the people who made the greatest contribution to getting this document into print.

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Above, a video explaining the content of the new MOP manual, and what its different about it.

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You can get your copy here:

http://shop.flycorvair.com/product-category/manuals/

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Thank you, William.