Return-Path: Received: from postoffice2.direcpc.com ([198.77.116.30]) by ns1.olsusa.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-64832U3500L350S0V35) with ESMTP id com for ; Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:39:38 -0500 Received: from hostname ([206.71.125.115]) by postoffice2.direcpc.com (Post.Office MTA v3.1.2 release (PO203-101c) ID# 0-45425U50000L50000S0) with SMTP id AAA12671 for ; Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:52:20 -0500 Message-ID: <00bf01c08446$f2d9a1a0$4968140a@direcpc.com> From: "Fred Moreno" To: "Lancair List" Subject: Flying a turbine Lancair IV Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 23:42:58 -0800 X-Mailing-List: lancair.list@olsusa.com Reply-To: lancair.list@olsusa.com Mime-Version: 1.0 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> << Lancair Builders' Mail List >> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> Yup, I did it in December, in Perth, Western Australia thanks to the help of Gary Burns. It was a short test flight in a 740 horsepower Walter-powered beauty owned by Frank Fry. I wrote an article which is too long for this venue, and so Marv will publish it in the Lancair Network News. Brief summary: smells like kerosene, climbs like hell, very smooth and quiet, needs a good high speed prop to take advantage of the turbine (current prop is a dog), burns lots of dense jet fuel, so payload is limited. Think two place airplane. Bring a platinum Exxon card. But a sustained 4000 feet per minute with the nose up 20 degrees is not soon forgotten. Nor is the 4000 feet per minute descent at flight idle, nor the highly effective prop reverse after touchdown. Big grins. Read about it soon in Lancair Network News. Fred Moreno >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> LML website: http://www.olsusa.com/Users/Mkaye/maillist.html LML Builders' Bookstore: http://www.buildersbooks.com/lancair Please send your photos and drawings to marvkaye@olsusa.com. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>