Skagit Aero Education Museum » Piper Cub http://skagitaero.com Fri, 13 Apr 2012 02:43:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Top Overhaul On The L-4 Cubby http://skagitaero.com/2009/09/08/top-overhaul-on-the-l-4-cubby/ http://skagitaero.com/2009/09/08/top-overhaul-on-the-l-4-cubby/#comments Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:13:08 +0000 admin http://skagitaero.com/?p=523 One of the airplanes that’s been begging for some attention in the hangar has been our L-4 Cubby. It’s a Wag Aero Cubby that was built in 1993 and has flown much lately. After towing it over to the maintenance hangar we discovered low compression in they cylinders and decided it was time for a top overhaul. All the cylinders are back and we’ve spent the past few days getting the engine back together.

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Andy busy pulling cylinders on the Cubby. This plane was painted with Canadian livery to resemble the Flitfire Cubs that were built and sold to customers to support Commonwealth nations before the U.S. entered World War II.

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The new top end awaiting assembly and a return to the sky.

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Engine reassembly almost finished. We should do an engine start in the next day or two and have the Cubby back in the air soon.

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