X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from [129.116.87.143] (HELO MAIL01.austin.utexas.edu) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.6) with ESMTP id 914098 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 05 Jan 2006 13:54:44 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=129.116.87.143; envelope-from=mark.steitle@austin.utexas.edu X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5.7226.0 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C61229.63941858" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] A good? flight. Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 12:53:59 -0600 Message-ID: <87DBA06C9A5CB84B80439BA09D86E69E035411C7@MAIL01.austin.utexas.edu> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [FlyRotary] A good? flight. Thread-Index: AcYSIpw4LVXgOW4TTJeDyGDNkpxNWwABqmXQ From: "Mark R Steitle" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C61229.63941858 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable What??? No glider time. You're slacking off Ed. ;-) =20 Mark S. =20 =20 =20 ________________________________ From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Ed Anderson Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 12:05 PM To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: [FlyRotary] A good? flight. =20 So much talk about gear ratios I thought I would relate my flight today {:>). =20 Beautiful day today, no early morning ground fog, so decided to go flying. =20 Area in front of the hangar has been torn up by construction work around the airport and nothing but mud after a rain. But, today it was dry enough to support an RV. =20 So took off and immediately hit the old spark plug SAG, EGT drop down from 1600 to around 1450 on rotor #1, rpm decreased, same old stuff - but always makes the seat cushion pucker when it happens during take off. Aircraft still climbing at 750 fpm so not any danger - just NOT FUN. This was with the new spark plugs (the ones I had just installed when I had the apex seal failure on way to Sun & Fun last April), I finally got up the nerve to put the back in the aircraft - they lasted 31 hours vs the nominal 20 for the stock plugs before Lead gasoline induced fouling(i.e. SAG). =20 As is usually, once your throttle back, the SAG goes away and it did. Then turned east (into the sun) to stay out of the Charlotte class B airspace. It was starting to get warm so I opened one of the eyeball ventilation vents (did I mention that the construction had stirred up a LOT of dust) and the cockpit was immediately filled with dust and debris (straw mostly) blown out of the duct hose. The dust immediately (static electricity?) coated the inside of the canopy which facing into the sun dropped visibility to near zero. Immediately turned 90 deg to the direction of the sun and could again see out the canopy. =20 =20 Finally the dust and straw stopped flying and I had a soft cloth to wipe off the canopy. So continued the flight. Then a few minutes later I notice the vinyl cloth I had covering the top of the instrument panel was starting to balloon up (apparently after 7 years the glue had dried out) due to air apparently leaking in from the front of the canopy. Put a water bottle and few other things on top and that held it down. =20 Are you getting all of this Laura Crook? =20 Well, I guess the gremlins decided I was really committed to flying today (checking out the accuracy of the new EFI monitor) and ceased their activities. =20 Flew for an hour and found 0.01 gallon difference between the gauge and what I refilled the tanks. So that part turned out good. =20 All in all, a great flight - good landing and no damage to aircraft or pilot, but a few things to clear up before flying to the RV Flyin next week. =20 FWIW =20 Ed =20 Ed Anderson Rv-6A N494BW Rotary Powered Matthews, NC eanderson@carolina.rr.com =20 =20 =20 =20 Ed Anderson Rv-6A N494BW Rotary Powered Matthews, NC eanderson@carolina.rr.com ------_=_NextPart_001_01C61229.63941858 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

What??? No glider time.  = You’re slacking off Ed.  ;-)

 

Mark = S.

 

 

 

From: = Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Ed Anderson
Sent: Thursday, January = 05, 2006 12:05 PM
To: Rotary motors in = aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] A = good? flight.

 

So much talk about gear ratios I thought I would = relate my flight today {:>).

 

Beautiful day today, no early morning ground fog, so = decided to go flying.

 

Area in front of the hangar has been torn up by = construction work around the airport and nothing but mud after a rain.  But, = today it was dry enough to support an RV.

 

So took off and immediately hit the old spark plug = SAG, EGT drop down from 1600 to around 1450 on rotor #1, rpm decreased, same old = stuff - but always makes the seat cushion pucker when it happens during take = off.  Aircraft still climbing at 750 fpm so not any danger - just NOT = FUN.  This was with the new spark plugs (the ones I had just installed when I had = the apex seal failure on way to Sun & Fun last April), I finally got up the = nerve to put the back in the aircraft - they lasted 31 hours vs the nominal = 20 for the stock plugs before Lead gasoline induced fouling(i.e. = SAG).

 

As is usually, once your throttle back, the SAG goes = away and it did.  Then turned east (into the sun) to stay out of the = Charlotte = class B airspace.  It was starting to get warm so I opened one of the = eyeball ventilation vents (did I mention that the construction had stirred up a = LOT of dust) and the cockpit was immediately =  filled with dust and debris (straw mostly) blown out of the duct hose.  = The dust immediately (static electricity?) coated the inside of the canopy which = facing into the sun dropped visibility to near zero.  Immediately turned = 90 deg to the direction of the sun and could again see out the canopy.  =

 

Finally the dust and straw stopped flying and I  = had a soft cloth to wipe off the canopy. So continued the flight.  = Then a few minutes later I notice the vinyl cloth I had covering the top of the instrument panel was starting to balloon up (apparently after 7 years = the glue had dried out) due to air apparently leaking in from the front of = the canopy.  Put a water bottle and few other things on top and that = held it down.

 

Are you getting all of this Laura = Crook?

 

Well, I guess the gremlins decided I was really = committed to flying today (checking out the accuracy of the new EFI monitor) and = ceased their activities.

 

Flew for an hour and found 0.01 gallon difference = between the gauge and what I refilled the tanks.  So that part turned out = good.

 

All in all, a great flight - good landing and no = damage to aircraft or pilot, but a few things to clear up before flying to the RV = Flyin next week.

 

FWIW

 

Ed

 

Ed Anderson
Rv-6A N494BW Rotary Powered
Matthews, NC
eanderson@carolina.rr.com

 

 

 

 

Ed Anderson
Rv-6A N494BW Rotary Powered
Matthews, NC
eanderson@carolina.rr.com

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