X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from EXHUB003-4.exch003intermedia.net ([207.5.74.111] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.2) with ESMTPS id 4141909 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:35:32 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=207.5.74.111; envelope-from=jwhaley@datacast.com Received: from EXVMBX003-5.exch003intermedia.net ([207.5.74.45]) by EXHUB003-4.exch003intermedia.net ([207.5.74.111]) with mapi; Mon, 1 Mar 2010 07:34:56 -0800 From: Jeff Whaley To: 'Rotary motors in aircraft' Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 07:37:38 -0800 Subject: Another mini-milestone Thread-Topic: Another mini-milestone Thread-Index: Acq5VR+uAPm2yttgRbGaIjiA9UBLhQ== 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_C03ABB0A7362B84BB53D544B3C305E0E017932507933EXVMBX0035e_" MIME-Version: 1.0 --_000_C03ABB0A7362B84BB53D544B3C305E0E017932507933EXVMBX0035e_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Yesterday after 3.5 hours of tail-dragger transition training, I finally so= loed in my 13B-powered homebuilt; I was a bit nervous taxiing back to the t= hreshold but as the wheels left the ground I knew it was going to be okay.= My first landing was a bouncer but I kept it straight - followed up with = a few greasers and a couple more bouncers; it was a great day. I was expec= ting a big increase in climb rate without 200 lbs in the right seat but hav= e to say it was not significant; I guess the power loading and those big wi= ngs aren't affected as much as an under-powered short wing Piper. With 11 trouble-free hours and now solo, I'll start building up more time a= fter a 2 week hiatus in Mexico. Jeff This message, and the documents attached hereto, is intended only for the a= ddressee and may contain privileged or confidential information. Any unauth= orized disclosure is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message= in error, please notify us immediately so that we may correct our internal= records. Please then delete the original message. Thank you. --_000_C03ABB0A7362B84BB53D544B3C305E0E017932507933EXVMBX0035e_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Yesterday after 3.5 hours of tail-dragger transition= training, I finally soloed in my 13B-powered homebuilt; I was a bit nervou= s taxiing back to the threshold but as  the wheels left the ground I k= new it was going to be okay.  My first landing was a bouncer but I kept it straight - followed up with a few grea= sers and a couple more bouncers; it was a great day.  I was expecting = a big increase in climb rate without 200 lbs in the right seat but have to = say it was not significant; I guess the power loading and those big wings aren’t affected as much as an unde= r-powered short wing Piper.

With 11 trouble-free hours and now solo, I’ll = start building up more time after a 2 week hiatus in Mexico.

Jeff

 


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