President: John Murphy 783-1515 Ted Yon 783-7966

Vice President: Eric Kinnard 631-3264 John Murphy 783-1515

Secretary/Treasurer: John Soukup 783-7128 Young Eagle Coordinator

Newsletter Editor: Fred Mahan 452-5797 Tony Yacono 459-0080

Flight Advisor

Tom Hennessy 452-4021

The next meeting will be the second Friday of April

at the Chapter 724 Annual Banquet at the Cocoa Beach Holiday Inn

NOT Wednesday in the CAP Hangar

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EAA Chapter 724

P. O. Box 320923

Cocoa Beach, FL 32931

April 11-12 Jacksonville, 3rd East Coast Liaison Pilots gathering, 904-733-1196

April 11-13 Sebring, IAC Chapter 23 Aerobatic Contest, 954-943-6050

April 13 St. Petersburg, EAA Chapter 47 Air Adventure Day, 813-323-2029

April 14-20 Sun ‘n Fun

April 14-20 Okeechobee, "Benson Days" gyrocopter annual fly-in, 941-995-3435

April 20-21 Americus, GA, 4th Annual Lindbergh Days Air Show, 912-924-0766

April 27-28 Vidalia, GA, 8th Annual Onion Festival Airshow/Fly-In, 912-537-9177.

May 4-5 Athens, GA, 3rd Annual Air Show, 706-613-3420

May 11-12 Ft. Lauderdale, ‘96 Shell Air & Sea Show, 954-527-5600, ext 88

May 19-25 Vero Beach, 12th Annual Great Southern Air Race, 1-800-247-1006

May 26 Kissimmee, EAA Chapter 74 Pancake Breakfast/Young Eagles

Every Saturday, Breakfast, Cannon Creek Airpark, Lake City, 941-575-6360

Every Second Saturday, Charlotte County Airport, Punta Gorda, 813-575-6360

Every Third Saturday, Dunn Airpark, at the parachute center, 407-269-3660

Every Third Saturday, Sebring Airport, Chapter 803 pancake breakfast

Every First Sunday, Ft. Myers Airport, Chapter 66 pancake breakfast, 941-947-1430

Every Second Sunday, Naples Airport, 941-775-1661

Every Third Sunday, Kissimmee Municipal Airport, west side, 407-295-5928

Every Fourth Sunday, Bob Lee Airport, De Land, Fly-In Lunch, bring your own, 904-985-5373

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Don’t forget, the annual banquet is later this week. As usual, it’s the Friday before Sun ‘n Fun, on April 12. The banquet this year moves to the Cocoa Beach Holiday Inn. Banquet ticket price is $15, which includes a prime rib or fish dinner. Happy Hour starts at 6 p.m., although you can come as early as 5, and supper starts at 7 p.m.

Our guest speaker has been finalized and will be "The Voice of EAA" at Oshkosh and Lakeland, Roscoe Morton. John Murphy will fly over to Lakeland to pick up Roscoe, and will fly him back the same evening after the banquet. No beer for John!

Eric Kinnerd reports that the chapter has received many door prizes from many vendors for the banquet, including a stereo intercom with wiring harness, kneeboards, flashlights, videotapes, headset bags, tee shirts, and gift certificates, and gifts are still coming in. Eric says the deadline for ticket purchase is April 9! Call him for tickets and information at 631-3264.

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At the March Chapter 724 meeting, our officers determined that we had 87 paid-up members, and 10 not-paid-up members. C’mon guys, it’s only $12 per year.

John Murphy did a "show and tell" with the Bendix pressure carburetor from his Bonanza. This old veteran is wearing out and getting hard to maintain (the carburetor, not John!). Rather than pay extremely high prices to get them repaired, some owners are opting to install Bendix RSA injection systems on their Bonanzas, as John is doing. The STC for doing this has been around since the ‘60’s.

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Bob Gluie, new operator of Merritt Island Air Service, is offering 100LL avgas to those pilots who operate out of Merritt Island Airport for only $1.79 per gallon.

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From Cub Clues #68, May/June 1995

An additional problem with a one-piece venturi in MP35AP carb -- this info appeared in a column by Bill Rhodes, editor of the Cessna 120/140 newsletter (Aug. 94, pg. 3). It seems that the one-piece venturi could have changed some parameters.

The newest complaint is increased fuel burn, over ten gallons per hour in one case, and an increase in carburetor icing with the uprated carburetor. Precision admits to sporadic problems in the field and is presently field testing a new fuel nozzle. According to Precision some of their carburetors are sensitive to the airflow in the carb heat box and the venturi change was just enough to cause problems. The redesigned nozzle (called a "pepperbox" type) is supposed to correct the airflow problems in those carburetors. A member with problems with the one-piece venturi should contact Precision (try Randy Jensen from Precision Airmotive 702/699-5555) and find out when the nozzle will be available. One note: The Marvel Schebler is on the continental O-200 and most Lycoming engines. there are a few out there on the A-65, C-85 and C-90’s; however, most of them came equipped with the Bendix NAS3A1. there is a Precision Service Bulletin available from EAA Information Services, telephone 414/426-4821.

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Copies of the current Florida Airport Directory are still available free, with a maximum of five copies per request, from the FDOT Aviation Office, 904/488-8444 or from the Florida Department of Transportation, Airport Directory, 605 Suwanee Street MS 46, Tallahassee, FL 32399-0450.

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From EAA Technical Counselor News, Summer 1995

We had a question on the use of Loctite on elastic stop nuts; I contacted the Loctite Corporation in Cincinnati. Their answer was that Loctite is compatible with phenolic thermal set polyester and nylon elastic stop nuts and should be no problem for the average user of stop nuts. It is like using both a belt and suspenders when you use elastic stop nuts and Loctite, but it doesn’t hurt to be conservative.

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from Chuck Downing

Have you ever had a starter solenoid fail to release after the engine has started? It causes the starter to continue to turn while the engine is running. This is difficult to detect and can damage to the starter and ring gear. Because of the gearing difference between the starter and the ring gear, a running engine drives a stuck starter at an extremely high r.p.m. By adding an easily connected warning light on the panel, you can be alerted when the solenoid does not release and can stop the engine to investigate.

Connect a wire to the output side (starter side) of the starter solenoid and run it to the panel mounted indicator light. Ground the other side of the indicator light. The light will go on during engine start and should go off when the start switch or button is released. If the light does not go off, it indicates that the starting solenoid did not release.

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Ben Owen, Executive Director of the EAA’s Technical Counselor Program, is collecting information on propeller failures on homebuilts. If you hear of any propeller failures on homebuilts, he asks that you contact him with details and, if possible, a photograph at EAA Technical Counselor News, P. O. Box 3086, Oshkosh, WI 54903-3086.

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For Sale, KR-1 project, includes engine, wheels, prop. Contact Curtiss Bliss, 1307 Troon Way, Rockledge, FL 32955, 632-2792

For sale in another newsletter: "Piper J-3 1941, Continental A-65, low time since Cermichrome top overhaul, in flying condition, but out of annual. Fly away! $16,500 (firm), lake Wales, FL, 941-638-3088

Ultralights: The newsletter editor occasionally receives a flyer from Jerry Rooks in Plant City (813-754-4342). It is loaded with ads for ultralights and ultralight parts. Anyone who would like to examine this flyer contact the newsletter editor or come to hangar #69 or #80 (Ted Yon’s) at Merritt Island on Saturdays.

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