Tried to fly
Weather was fairly decent all day. Lots of clouds, but sunbreaks as well. I ran down to the airport after work. Of course down there the weather wasn’t so good. A rainstorm was perched near the airport, but didn’t seem to be moving.
I cowled up the plane and taxied to the runup area. A few drops fell on the plane, but not enough to abort. During the runup, the RPM wasn’t dropping on the right ignition and dropped out completely on left. Not good. Back to the hangar.
I took the top cowl back off and this is what I found.
I’m not a huge fan of these connectors. The screws are so small that you can’t get a real screwdriver on them. I thought I had them torqued down enough, but I really tightened them this time. I also checked the right side. They didn’t seem as loose, but one wire definitely had slipped a little. I’ll check them again after the next flight.
After all of that messing around, the weather really hadn’t improved. Rain was threatening. And the temps were dropping. I figured the last thing I need to deal with is icing. Mission scrubbed for today.