[NSRCA-discussion] Lost Muffler

[Emory Schroeter]

Teflon tape always worked well for me when I was flying .60 sized pattern 
planes. It kept the header bolts from backing out.

Emory Schroeter.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Pavlick" <jpavlick at idseng.com>
To: "NSRCA Mailing List" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 10:18 PM
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Lost Muffler


> Blue Loctite probably melts on exhaust parts. Loctite is basically CA 
> which
> is plastic. There is a high temperature Loctite (green #640) but even that
> might not work and it would be pretty hard to take it apart without using
> heat. One thing you guys might want to try (other than safety wire) is a
> lock tab. Anyone who's owned an old Harley knows what this is. Basically
> it's a thin piece of metal that is keyed to one of the parts and then bent
> against the flat of the nut after the nut is tightened. The tab keeps the
> nut from spinning - the nut may get loose but it won't fall off. The only
> problem is you need a good way to key it to one of the parts and I don't 
> see
> a good way to do this on a round exhaust part.
>
> John Pavlick
> http://www.idseng.com
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org
>> [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org]On Behalf Of Tom Simes
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 2:16 PM
>> To: NSRCA Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Lost Muffler
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 9 Aug 2006 12:43:47 -0500
>> "R. LIPRIE" <RLIPRIE at centurytel.net> wrote:
>>
>> > Well everyone,
>> >
>> >     I'm not having a perfect day today. Went ahead and brought out the
>> >     FUNTANA 90.I noticed when I started it. It was louder than usual.
>> >     So really thought the glow plug was lose. So checked that. And it
>> >     wasn't.
>> >  And 2nd flight saw a little speck come off the airplane, I thought it
>> >  was the tailwheel so I came by with a low pass. Saw the muffler was
>> >  gone. So I quickly got some altitude , and went ahead and killed the
>> >  engine. Because had no back pressure.
>> >
>> >  And went and deadsticked it. It will be a while before the funtana
>> >  fly's again
>>
>> Sorry to hear the Funtana was damaged Matt.  From what I've seen they
>> are a little fragile in the area behind the wing on hard landings.  For
>> what it's worth, normally I put a little blue locktite on all threaded
>> engine and muffler parts (except the glow plug, needle valves and prop
>> nut) before I run them for the first time.  I still have things come
>> loose occasionally, but the frequency is really reduced.
>>
>>
>> Tom
>>
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