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- Fri Mar 19, 2010 14:01
- Forum: Aeronca General items
- Topic: How three of us spent our Tuesday or "The rescue of Tacky"
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Re: How three of us spent our Tuesday or "The rescue of Tacky"
By the way, on the subject of prime... Tacky doesn't have a primer. Seems to have been taken off in 1976 in the previous rebuild. The Stromberg doesn't have a throttle pump, so pushing in the throttle doesn't prime it either. I prime it by closing the throttle completely, turning off the switch, the...
- Fri Mar 19, 2010 13:50
- Forum: Aeronca General items
- Topic: How three of us spent our Tuesday or "The rescue of Tacky"
- Replies: 32
- Views: 30012
Re: How three of us spent our Tuesday or "The rescue of Tacky"
Hey Joe, Grant and Mike: I wanted to publicly thank you for your rescue of Tacky. An awesome job on a tricky mission. I was so concerned when I saw the takeoff run: it took about 25 seconds to get off the ground. Normally that would be about a 6 or 7 second run. I have since gone out to Blythe (last...