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Posted for Ken Keeler <ken_keeler@yahoo.com>:
All,
Saturday, 3 Feb 2001 - eight years and ten months after receiving the "slow
build" kit, at
Troutdale, Oregon N28KK has flown. It's been an interesting road, with many
diversions along the
way, but definitely worth it when the wheels initially leave the ground.
First flight was uneventful, lasting a half hour or so. We discovered a
longitudinal stability
issue. If you pitch it down and let go of the stick, or pitch it up and let
go of the stick, it
tends to increase the pitch attitude selected. If you hold the stick it
goes where you point it.
This is a long mount, MT prop, big tail, with CG in mid range for the flight.
The fix was to effectively lengthen the elevator by a couple of inches, now
seems to handle very
well in all flight attitudes. Flight envelope testing is underway.
The flight ended with a stuck left main gear down indicator switch, so the
first landing was
interesting. I thought the test pilot fly by was to wave, but he really
wanted to have the tower
check for gear down.
Builder's assist center for the last few years was Emerald Aircrafters, Ted
Backus is the owner
503.667.3282. Great group of guys to work with, their work is excellant,
Ted has had many good
ideas for improvements, and his team always listened to what I wanted to do
(even when I was
obviously way out in left field).
Test pilot was Len Fox of LAFox unlimited. 8k hours (mostly Navy), great
guy, who has developed a
comprehensive flight test plan for the Lancairs, does a very thorough
preflight (took one entire
day, with only minor issues), and is also great to work with. Len's at
lenfox@hotmail.com, or
503.784.2323.
Only real major problem was recovering from the first flight party hangover.
Now to fly off the hours!
Ken
[Congratulations on that first flight, Ken... it's always great to hear
when another Lancair has been "hatched" from the hangar and finally takes
to the air. I'll "blue-sky" your Builders' List entry and make the photos
you provided available from there as well. Excellent job! Please keep us
advised of your progress throughout the flight-testing phase. <Marv> ]
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