Greetings,
This was a pretty good
day in rotary land. I drove the FD to the airport to verify that I had
successfully tuned out the light throttle lean surge, and it behaved
beautifully (still selling it though).
My planned test flight
was to go to 8000 ft for a long duration climb temp test, then do some
full throttle runs, pull about 3 g's, maybe do some rolls, and call it
quits. Of course, the clouds were at about 3000 ft, so I just decided
to trust
the engine, and go flying for fun. I headed out over the bay at
about 1300 feet, buzzed my house, and the local RC flying field, then did
a 180 mph pass down the beach at about 300 ft (enough offshore to avoid the
people, and kites). The engine
ran perfectly, smooth as glass, temps were great, and the plane handled like
an RV should. This is the first
flight I've actually enjoyed in this
plane.
Numbers from
level flight:
1300
ft
5100 rpm (not close to full throttle, forgot to look at
the MAP though)
170 mph
TAS
OAT
87
Fuel flow-
10.5 gph
Oil temp-
180
Water temp-
158
Fuel pressure
40 psi (35 at 2000 rpm on the ground, and 42 with engine off)
Cheers,
Rusty (now half way through my 40
hours)