Return-Path: Received: from mail.viclink.com ([66.129.220.6] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1) with ESMTP id 2509376 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 01 Aug 2003 22:05:09 -0400 Received: from viclink.com (p012.AS1.viclink.com [66.129.192.12]) by mail.viclink.com (8.11.7/8.11.7) with ESMTP id h72257f49564 for ; Fri, 1 Aug 2003 19:05:08 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <3F2B1C0F.8000505@viclink.com> Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2003 19:03:59 -0700 From: Perry Mick User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win95; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020823 Netscape/7.0 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] First flight - another Rotary References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-RAVMilter-Version: 8.4.3(snapshot 20030217) (mail.viclink.com) Bahahud@aol.com wrote: >Today, 08/01/03 I completed the first flight in my rotary powered Lancair 235 >from Half Moon Bay Airpoprt in CAlifornia. > >The flight was uneventful with the following exceptions. These Lancair >airplanes are REALLY twichy on the controla. > >1. I found that when i pushed the transmit button on my radio the rudder >trim went to full left deflection. Bit of a surprise there until I figured out >what was happening. The radio worked OK but I quit talking. > >2. The coolant temperature went to 240 deg. F. / oil to 230 deg F. > >These temps. did not happen during taxi testing but I was unbable to keep the >power up for more than 30 to 45 seconds without a takeoff. > >3. Minor oil leak at rear seal on the PSRU. > >All other items appeared nominal but due to the high temps. I cut the flight >short to stop and consider the problem. > >Hank Huddleston LNC 235 Rotary N644H > > Congratulations to both Hank and Tom. Rotaries will soon rule aviation! -- Perry Mick Custom Composite Props mick@bridgingworlds.com http://www.ductedfan.com