polkaking27
Active Member
Hi all,
I just bought me a beautiful rv-8 from another member on here. I'm loving it, but have a couple of questions.
During run-up I'm noticing a couple of things.
1-When I have my brakes applied and I check to see if my controls are free and correct I can feel some resistance in the ailerons. When I release the brakes everything is fine and there is no resistance. Is there some sort of interference between the brakes and the aileron controls? Is this normal or something I should look further into?
2- When I do a mag check I get no/very little RPM drop on either right or left mags. I've looked up other threads on this so I tried to troubleshoot myself. I don't see an appreciable rise in EGT on either mag, and when I turn it to off the engine will shut down. Is it possible that the mags are so well timed that I'm not seeing a drop in rpm or rise in EGT, or is one of my p leads bad?
Thanks so much for your help. I feel like I'm at a huge disadvantage to all of you guys because you built your airplanes and know them in and out. Hopefully I can get as comfortable with the mechanical workings as you guys are after my first condition inspection.
Thanks
I just bought me a beautiful rv-8 from another member on here. I'm loving it, but have a couple of questions.
During run-up I'm noticing a couple of things.
1-When I have my brakes applied and I check to see if my controls are free and correct I can feel some resistance in the ailerons. When I release the brakes everything is fine and there is no resistance. Is there some sort of interference between the brakes and the aileron controls? Is this normal or something I should look further into?
2- When I do a mag check I get no/very little RPM drop on either right or left mags. I've looked up other threads on this so I tried to troubleshoot myself. I don't see an appreciable rise in EGT on either mag, and when I turn it to off the engine will shut down. Is it possible that the mags are so well timed that I'm not seeing a drop in rpm or rise in EGT, or is one of my p leads bad?
Thanks so much for your help. I feel like I'm at a huge disadvantage to all of you guys because you built your airplanes and know them in and out. Hopefully I can get as comfortable with the mechanical workings as you guys are after my first condition inspection.
Thanks