panhandler1956
Well Known Member
I had great time at Oshkosh! The RV Social was a blast, the RV Banquet was great, I met a lot of excellent people, and saw some cool machines!
I packed up to leave Wednesday mid-morning. All was fine with the world until I pushed out of my spot at Homebuilt Camping (HBC), hopped in my bird and went to start it. It fired off and then died. Then I managed to run the battery almost dead trying to get it to start. I've never had starting issues, but I've been tinkering with my idle mixture (Bendix FI) and think I have it too rich.
Long story short, we managed to get it started, but it definitely added some unwanted "adventure" to AirVenture.
I wanted to thank the other RV'ers who helped me, of course I can't anyone's name:
1) Push it in-and-out of the aisle several times for start various attempts
2) One RV-8 builder (Jim from Dallas) who helped me uncowl and inspect it, and
3) the EAA Volunteer who did yeoman's work helping jump start it and get me out of there! He had to pull the cables and reload my rear bag (battery in the back) after it started (luckily I have an access door, so no removal of the baggage liner was necessary).
I stopped in MKE to pick up a buddy who needed to drop a rental car. The trip home to Ohio was uneventful on top at 12,500 getting in just before the weather.
Gotta love it! Can't wait til next year!
Here's some of my pics from the Show.
I packed up to leave Wednesday mid-morning. All was fine with the world until I pushed out of my spot at Homebuilt Camping (HBC), hopped in my bird and went to start it. It fired off and then died. Then I managed to run the battery almost dead trying to get it to start. I've never had starting issues, but I've been tinkering with my idle mixture (Bendix FI) and think I have it too rich.
Long story short, we managed to get it started, but it definitely added some unwanted "adventure" to AirVenture.
I wanted to thank the other RV'ers who helped me, of course I can't anyone's name:
1) Push it in-and-out of the aisle several times for start various attempts
2) One RV-8 builder (Jim from Dallas) who helped me uncowl and inspect it, and
3) the EAA Volunteer who did yeoman's work helping jump start it and get me out of there! He had to pull the cables and reload my rear bag (battery in the back) after it started (luckily I have an access door, so no removal of the baggage liner was necessary).
I stopped in MKE to pick up a buddy who needed to drop a rental car. The trip home to Ohio was uneventful on top at 12,500 getting in just before the weather.
Gotta love it! Can't wait til next year!
Here's some of my pics from the Show.
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