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Dave,
You may be right - I may be stalling. Also
the new glider I just bought is taking up a considerable amount of my spare
time. I may be a little over committed. :-)
My first hour of dual in the Citabria was a
little sketchy but by hour 2 I was feeling pretty good. Other than the recent
Citabria time I havent flown a TD in about 5 years.
I've got about 150 hours in the -6A so I know
what it's going to do in the air. It's when the wheels are on the
ground....
I'm pretty sure i could just jump right in
and go. But then I think about the 13 years of my life invested in it. I'm going
to feel pretty stupid if I do something dumb that could have been rectified with
a little dual. Anyway, I'm going to hook back up with my buddy for another hour
or two in the Citabria here pretty soon. I'll let you know if I want to take you
up on your offer Dave.
Mike Wills
RV-4 N144MW
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2008 9:49
AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Mike
Wills...when's your first flight?
Mike,
You know how I feel about it, same as Tracy
and Ed. My first take off and landing in an RV-6 was my test flight -
and I had not flown a TD in over 2 years. Basic flying skills are not
particularly fleeting. You have plenty of TW&RV experience, I think
you are just stalling. :-)
So just go fly it before the marine layer
comes back!! Will be glad to help any way I can including my previous
offer of some time in my right seat.
But if you don't do it soon I am
going to sneak over there one of these days and "steal" your first flight just
to get it out of the way ;-)
--
David Leonard
Turbo Rotary
RV-6 N4VY
http://N4VY.RotaryRoster.net
http://RotaryRoster.net
On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 7:14 AM, Tracy Crook <tracy@rotaryaviation.com>
wrote:
Ed's
words on his first flight were virtually a carbon copy of my own. And
this was after flying nothing but ultralights for the 10 years prior to
flying the RV.
I thought about getting an experienced RV pilot to do
the first flight but could not bring myself to ask anyone else to take the
responsibility for such a truly experimental machine. Besides,
no one knows your unique systems and how to handle them better than you.
All the best on your first flight whenever you decide you're
ready. You are the PIC.
Tracy Crook
Hi
Mike,
If you can get a
ride in an RV that would be great. However, I ran into the same
problem – no Rv's available in my area back in 1998. So my first
flight in an RV was my test flight – I don't necessarily recommend that,
however, I found the Rv so easy to fly that in my focus on my very high
oil temperature and decision to abort after one circuit of the patter
(actually ½ circuit), I made a grease landing. On reflection,
I was amazed at how easy the Rv was to fly, I had not had to give any
conscious thought to flying while in the air.
In fact, I find a
Cessna 150 on a hot day much tougher to land. The only thing I would
caution if attempting this – it is better to keep the airspeed up a bit on
the first couple of landings as the short wings are not very forgiving if
you get a high sink rate going. I would recommend keeping it up to
80 MPH IAS on final – particularly if you have a long run way. That
keeps the sink rate low and manageable.
Naturally with a
tail dragger – keep those feet dancing on the peddles to keep the nose
from wandering. But, if you can land the Citabria without any
problem, I would be very surprised if the RV would give you
any.
Good luck on that
first flight – although ""good preparation" would be a better
saying. But, don't let me or anyone else tempt you to do that first
flight until you are good and ready.
Ed
From:
Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Mike Wills
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 7:35
PM
To: Rotary motors in
aircraft
Subject:
[FlyRotary] Re: Mike Wills...when's your first
flight?
The
airplane is ready - the pilot not so much. I was gearing up with a CFI and
did about 5 hours in a Citabria back in September. Was feeling pretty good
about things and wanted to get in just another hour or two to brush up on
wheel landings. Then spent the entire month of October and early November
on the road. Also had some unexpected expenses during this time
frame.
So once
the finances settle out and I can go get a few more hours of dual. I may
still make one last attempt to get a few hours of RV dual too, but when
I've looked into it in the past the guys who do that always seem to be
scheduled 6 months in advance.
----- Original
Message -----
Sent: Friday,
November 21, 2008 2:52 AM
Subject: [FlyRotary]
Mike Wills...when's your first flight?
How soon until
you slip the surley (spelling?) bonds of the earth with your RV-4?
It looked like you were about ready to fly when I saw it earlier in the
year...
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