[NSRCA-discussion] Masters sequence

[Jerry Stebbins]

Paul, all the maneuvers, and descriptions are shown in the AMA rule book. 
You can download it as a pdf file from the AMA site.
On the 140-several thoughts:
1. Watch the fuel line while running-if you see bubbles after a while check 
the engine temp. On some early engines the case temp would cause the fuel to 
boil.
2. Take the needle assembly apart and pull out the metering part. Watch out 
for the o rings you can shear them. It comes out easier one way than the 
other-I don't remember which. Look at the slots milled in the bar with a 
magnifying glass and you may find that it is not clean . Doesn't take much 
to screw it up.
3. Call Lamar Blair on his cell phone --256-303-8349 and he can help, plus 
may have other ideas. There is a procedure somewhere-he can tell you where- 
to get the idle adjustment/ regulator set correctly. Has to do with bringing 
it back to idle-checking RPM @ 2000-and seeing what it does setting there. 
The two interact and can get you way out of the ballpark. Again call Lamar 
and talk to him. May have to jog his memory since we have not been flying 
them for several years.
3. Advice on leaky cover gasket is good-check it, also I assume you took the 
regulator apart and cleaned/blew out all passages, and made sure nothing was 
sticking.
4. What fuel and how old? They run best on 30% heli-cool power- it has 
different oil than the pattern blend, and runs better. Old can cause lots of 
different symptoms--bad!! especially if it was in a can.
Hope this helps--if you still cannot get it going you might send it to us, 
and we will give you a loaner until it runs right. Lamar works cheap:)
Hope this gets you going.
Jerry
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <plachance at cox.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 10:22 PM
Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Masters sequence


> Hello again all,
>
> I have 2 things this time.  I do not even know what a couple of the 
> manuevers are in the current Masters class.  I guess that says how long I 
> have been away.  Is there a place that shows or describes the manuevers so 
> I know what they all are?
>
> My second is an observation.  It appears there are not many flying Masters 
> in D2.  I have looked at some past results and it seems there are not even 
> 3 people entering Masters at alot of the contests.  What happened to all 
> the Masters flyers in D2?  Did they all leave for personal reasons as I 
> did for the past 10 years or so?
>
> I may apply to move back a class just to have more competition to push me 
> back into flying better.  I don't want to fly against myself or only one 
> other person.  That will not cause my flying to improve striving to beat 
> the others in the class.   After 10 years I am sure I can find a CD to 
> sign off moving back to advance.  I still have not even flown a pattern 
> plane since deciding to return.
>
> I did run the engine on the Patriot tonight but it is not right yet.  I 
> only got one person to give an opinion on the problem with my engine.  It 
> will idle fine for a while and then not idle almost at all.  I will 
> recheck all my fuel lines to make sure that is not the problem too.  It 
> does surge at idle part of the time and part of the time it idles perfect. 
> The top end seems perfect everytime.  So it is just the idle that not 
> right yet.
>
> Sorry for the long post.  I hope to fly this weekend or early next week.
>
> Paul LaChance
> Chesapeake, VA
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