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> Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 9:16 PM
> Subject: [FlyRotary] Another rotary airplane now flying
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> > RV9A made a short circuit around the patch to day. Tom Hahn flew it since
> > I had not realized that I needed a CFI endorsement for my insurance to
> > activate. He has flown most of the local RV's on first flight. He had run
> > the airplane at high power 3 times the length of the field (4000 feet of
> > soft turf) and the coolant temp was very hot when he took off. Oil temps
> > were good.
> >
> > He saw an indicated coolant temp of 249, but no coolant appeared to blow
> > out of the system. Talked to Tracy and he said there were 2 different
> > sensors and maybe I was cal'd wrong. We checked it and the cal was
> > correct. It did not seem that hot when we taxied in and snatched the top
> > cowl off.
> >
> > Scratching head on next step, but the airplane flew great!
> >
> > Bernie