The Magnificent Men and their Flying Machines is playing on Youtube right now. It always gives me a grin, and Bullet was built with that thought in mind.
So.. off on a dawn patrol this morning when I saw some hint of rain on the wind screen. Hmmm. No clouds, I probably should head back and investigate. A little oil is like a little blood. Looks bad, but normally not fatal.Turned toward the aerodrome, and yikes! Broken oil pressure gauge line? Pressure line to the #1 cylinder? Throttled back to 1800 or so and headed direct to 2II3.
I'm glad it isn't more than 10 minutes or so..not a good time for an off airport landing, the corn is chest high or better and the soybeans just might put Bullet on his back. Oil pressure held, and we landed without issue.
Cleaned up the worse part of the mess and baby powdered the general area. I was *assuming* it was either at the block or head..
Nope. Apparently the pressure line to #1 has failed internally (!!!) just below the Adel clamp. I've never heard of such a thing..
I was just thinking as I did the preflight this morning, that this is the driest aircraft engine I've ever operated. It doesn't burn oil, leak oil, or oil the bottom 2 cylinders..
This will be a fine mess to clean up.
