X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from EXHUB003-3.exch003intermedia.net ([207.5.74.110] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3c2) with ESMTPS id 3986398 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:44:25 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=207.5.74.110; envelope-from=jwhaley@datacast.com Received: from EXVMBX003-5.exch003intermedia.net ([207.5.74.45]) by EXHUB003-3.exch003intermedia.net ([207.5.74.110]) with mapi; Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:43:51 -0800 From: Jeff Whaley To: 'Rotary motors in aircraft' Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:46:04 -0800 Subject: First X-Country milestone Thread-Topic: First X-Country milestone Thread-Index: AcpsS67niWplxmIVQFG3TQE1YPy5ZA== Message-ID: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: acceptlanguage: en-US Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_000_C03ABB0A7362B84BB53D544B3C305E0E0153A29A6D09EXVMBX0035e_" MIME-Version: 1.0 --_000_C03ABB0A7362B84BB53D544B3C305E0E0153A29A6D09EXVMBX0035e_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable My Mazda 13B powered 2+2 finally got out of the circuit this past weekend. = It was only a 25 mile ferry flight to transfer the airplane from one base = to another but a big milestone none the less. The airplane was moved to my= instructor's airport to facilitate training - I need tail-wheel transition= ing. We flew over 4 lane highways, 2 lane highways and secondary roads to = be as safe as possible but were restricted to 2500' AGL because I don't hav= e a Mode C transponder yet. The flight was without incident; the engine pu= rred along at 5500 rpm all the way except for the "arrive-in-style" high s= peed pass and climb out at 6500 rpm that my instructor/pilot (he's Pitt's A= erobatic Instructor-endorsed) performed - that put a smile on my face! :). The engine is still running cold (W-155F, O-110F); but we both figured it b= est to leave well enough alone until after we return to local operations. = I have restrictor plates made up for the oil cooler inlets and will insert = them 1 at a time to increase the operating temperatures on next flights - w= ill keep you all posted as to how this plays out. Jeff (happy, happy) --_000_C03ABB0A7362B84BB53D544B3C305E0E0153A29A6D09EXVMBX0035e_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

My Mazda 13B powered 2+2 finally got out of the circui= t this past weekend.  It was only a 25 mile ferry flight to transfer the airp= lane from one base to another but a big milestone none the less.  The airpl= ane was moved to my instructor’s airport to facilitate training – I= need tail-wheel transitioning.  We flew over 4 lane highways, 2 lane highwa= ys and secondary roads to be as safe as possible but were restricted to 2500&#= 8217; AGL because I don’t have a Mode C transponder yet.  The flight w= as without incident; the engine purred along at 5500 rpm all the way except fo= r the “arrive-in-style”  high speed pass and climb out at 65= 00 rpm that my instructor/pilot (he’s Pitt’s Aerobatic Instructor-= endorsed) performed – that put a smile on my face! J.

 

The engine is still running cold (W-155F, O-110F); but= we both figured it best to leave well enough alone until after we return to lo= cal operations.  I have restrictor plates made up for the oil cooler inlets and will insert = them 1 at a time to increase the operating temperatures on next flights – = will keep you all posted as to how this plays out.

Jeff (happy, happy)

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