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Messages - Bill Poynter

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Aircraft For Sale / Re: Culver V for sale
« on: September 26, 2012, 09:24:47 AM »
Culver V serial number 17 is listed for sale on eBay.  It's a project although  it looks as though it could be made ferriable.  Here's a link:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Culver-V-serial-number-17-as-is-where-is-/110956927432?forcev4exp=true#v4-40

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Documentation / Culver V with square wing tips
« on: September 25, 2012, 04:17:34 PM »
I ran across this photo of a Culver V with squared off wingtips.  Does anyone know anything about this?


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Documentation / Drawing needed
« on: September 18, 2012, 09:48:05 PM »
I received the following email from Cristian Sanchez in Argentina.  He's looking for a drawing of the gear interlock plate that screws to the carburetor throttle arm on an LFA Cadet.  He's restoring one there and included some photos of the plane and the part that he wants to make.  Does anyone have the drawing he's looking for?

Dear Bill Poynter, in Argentina are working on the restoration of a Culver Cadet and we need de planes of throttle interconnection with landing gear control.Is a Culver Cadet Model LFA Serial 426, with Engine FRANK.4AC.176.F3.Attached photos. Tank you very much.Cristian E. Sanchez

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Culver General Discussion / Re: beech roby prop
« on: September 11, 2012, 09:41:54 AM »
The installation of an Aeromatic on a Franklin 4AC-199 engine requires that the crankshaft be sawed off.  Getting FAA approval for that today would probably be pretty difficult.  If you could get approval for this mod, I don't know what the FAA would then think about going back to a wood prop on the sawed-off crankshaft.

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Culver General Discussion / Re: Culver Photos Wanted
« on: September 09, 2012, 10:03:48 PM »
I received an email from Neil Deye today with a photo of the first flight of his newly restored Cadet.  He purchased it out of a museum and then completely restored it.  The Cadet is N37828 which graced the cover of the April 1998 issue of Vintage Airplane.  It's also the subject of a nice article in the same issue.  Unfortunately the back issues available online only go back to 2000.  Here's a link to the photo he sent:

 http://www.culvercadet.com/39main.jpg

He has promised some more photos taken during the restoration process.

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Maintenance and Repair / Removing prop hub from taper-shaft Continental engine
« on: September 04, 2012, 09:23:41 AM »
Here's a link to a good article on the Vintage Aircraft Association website.  It's on removing the propeller hub from a taper-shaft Continental engine.  This can be a difficult job if the hub is starting to become seized-up on the shaft.  The hub should probably be removed and oiled on a regular basis.    http://www.vintageaircraft.org/featured/2005%20-%20Vol.%2033,%20No.%2003%20-%20Type%20Club%20Notes.pdf

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Culver General Discussion / Re: Land gear hanging down while flying
« on: September 01, 2012, 11:13:09 AM »
Paul Rule posted a good explaination on adjusting the gear in reply #8 of the thread: http://culvercadet.com/simplemachinesforum/index.php?topic=37.msg191#msg191

The short answer seems to be: Because of the retract geometry, the right gear will always hang a little lower than the left.  To keep it out of the airstream as much as possible, try to adjust both gear legs so that the left one catches the last click of the ratchet as close to the upper limit of travel as possible.  Hopefully, the right gear will be out of the wind.

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Culver General Discussion / Re: Culver Cadet videos
« on: August 31, 2012, 09:26:20 AM »
For comparison purposes, here's a clip taken with an iPhone on the same day.  The only problem with the iPhone video is that the frame-rate makes the prop look funny.

http://www.culvercadet.com/movie/iPhone.mp4

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Culver General Discussion / Re: Culver Cadet videos
« on: August 28, 2012, 10:32:09 AM »
My Cadet was used in the background of a movie being shot near Louisville last week.  Here's a low resolution screenshot of the scene with the Cadet.  There are also a couple of video clips taken during filming.

http://www.culvercadet.com/movie/passes.mp4

http://www.culvercadet.com/movie/movie.mp4

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Culver General Discussion / Re: Cadet parking brake
« on: August 09, 2012, 09:43:58 AM »
I knew I had seen a reference to a parking brake somewhere. 

I don't think the pushrod was an automotive product.  It appears to have been fabricated by Culver to adapt the automotive master cylinder to the rudder pedal.

If you look at the illustration on page 29 of the PQ8-A Erection and Maintenance Instructions, you'll see how this disc could have been used to interface the radio controlled brakes to the pilot operated ones.  It may not have been exactly the same pushrod, but it was probably similar.

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Culver General Discussion / Re: Cadet parking brake
« on: August 08, 2012, 09:04:22 AM »
The rubber boots appear to be missing from the master cylinders in the photo.  Neither of my cadets had the spring or the aluminum looking collar in front of the spring.  Any idea what they are for? My only guess would be to retain the aft end of the rubber boot.

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Culver General Discussion / Cadet parking brake
« on: August 07, 2012, 07:38:05 PM »
Does anyone know if a parking brake was ever an option on the Cadet?  The reason I ask is my curiosity regarding the purpose of the disc welded near the center of the shaft of the master cylinder pushrods.  I've attached a photo to illustrate what I'm talking about.  This is the spot where the radio controlled brake actuator engages the pushrods on the PQ series.  I don't know of any reason for the Cadets to have this other than for a parking brake.  Any ideas?

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Culver General Discussion / Re: original tires
« on: August 02, 2012, 06:24:46 PM »
I bought a set of  tires from Desser Tire for my first Cadet in the late 1960's.  When they arrived, they were the smooth ones.  I don't know whether they were NOS or if they were still in production.  I can remember seeing them on Ercoupes also.

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Culver General Discussion / Re: Culver PQ-8
« on: July 31, 2012, 09:03:39 AM »
I believe that it required a  considerable amount of conversion to get the FAA to bless the PQ-8A for civil operation.  There was a lot of hardware that interfaced the radio system to the flight controls.  The only approval that I'm aware was obtained by Jamieson Aircraft Co.  I think they obtained a new type certificate and called it a Jamieson J-1.  Edward F Fatla had one.  I think I have seen a photo of his at an air show, but I can't locate it now.  His still shows up on the FAA Aircraft registry, but I believe that he is deceased.  The N number is N41778.  There are 2 others on the registry, N61468 and N41781.  It would be interesting to find out the status of these planes and to get some photos.

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Maintenance and Repair / Re: Landing gear oleo pistons
« on: July 31, 2012, 08:47:37 AM »
Neal's landing gear drawings are posted on the culvercadet.com website.

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