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Ellington lies UNDER the class B.. you can transit the VFR corridor
along the north side of I-10 and then turn south when you are east
of the Beltway 8/Sam Houston Tollway and Ship Channel Bridge, and
that will give you a 5 mile straight in to Ellington (just about)...
and never have to get a class b clearance.
Houston approach is good about flight following, but they rarely
used to take handoffs from center for VFR.
On 11/17/2010 7:00 PM, Mark Steitle wrote:
Chris,
I would welcome the chance to look over your project. In
fact, I've actually recently considered dropping by, but with my
stubborn tuning issues I've been forced to stay near my home
base. Now that I've made some good progress (reworked &
upgraded EC-2) I have started flying further from home base.
While I'm not used to flying in Class B airspace, it will
provide a good excuse to brush up on my radio calls. So, I will
definitely stop by one weekend soon.
Mark
On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 2:49 PM, Chris
Barber <cbarber@bellairepolice.com>
wrote:
Mark,
Remember, if you are looking for a
destination, Houston's Ellington Field (EFD) can be a
very welcoming place. Close to NASA and astronauts
have been know to stop by the hangars. Perhaps a slice
of Pizza or even an adult beverage or two if'n you
aren't flying for a bit.
Oh, and perhaps you could even take a look at my
project too ;-)
Cpl
Christopher Barber, JD.
Master
Peace Officer
Badge
330
Bellaire
Police Department
5100
Jessamine
Bellaire,
Texas 77401
713-668-0487
Bill,
Good report! We all like to hear about those.
My BMA EFIS-1 is still working, but I'm about
ready to change to something else. It is good to
hear that it wasn't the FWF that has delayed your
flying.
My biggest obstacle has been tuning, and
mufflers. I think I have the tuning almost ironed
out now. I'm sitting at approx. 168 hrs now, but
many of those hours are from ground running. My
longest trip has been from Lockhart to Denver.
That's about 700 miles each way. The original
side-ported motor turned an honest 159 knots in
cruise mode.
I replaced the side-ported 20b with a p-ported
20b last December. It now cruises at 174 kts.
;-)
Mark
On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at
1:36 PM, Bill Schertz
<wschertz@comcast.net>
wrote:
Mark,
If the weather weren’t so crappy
today, I would have the 40 hours under
my belt. Sitting at 39.4 right now.
It has been an interesting process.
As I reported earlier, My Blue Mountain
failed last year, (after about 10 hours
of flight test) at the same time that
they went ‘belly up’. Greg DID fix the
unit, but I lost over 6 months waiting
for the resolution, so I rewired the
panel for a Grand Rapids system. Got it
back in the air in April this year. Had
some Motor Home travel mixed in, so am
just wrapping up the test program.
I have a 76x76 Catto prop, and can
get 6100 RPM static. Has a very good
climb rate compared to the certified
planes that I used to fly. Still have
some tuning issues to tweak, but it runs
strong and steady over most of the
range. Yesterday I did a circle of the
test area in cruise mode. Equivalent of
> 100 mile cross country.
I think I am still marginal on
cooling for hot weather, but the weather
is cool now so I am delaying doing
anything more about that until summer.
Bill
Schertz
KIS Cruiser #4045
N343BS
Phase I testing (almost done)
Sent: Wednesday,
November 17, 2010 7:51 AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re:
Todd Bartrim on "ebay"...not
Bill,
Good point. I measure mine on the
inlet side of the WP, so it would
naturally read lower.
How's your flying going? Have you
flown off your 40 hours? Any problems
that you would want to share with the
group?
Mark
On Tue, Nov 16,
2010 at 1:22 PM, Bill Schertz
<wschertz@comcast.net>
wrote:
Mark,
It depends where the
pressure sensor is. Mine is
on the outlet side of the
water pump, so it measures
the static pressure as well
as the dynamic head pressure
that is forcing the water
through the radiator. I have
a 10# cap on the reservoir
at the low side, and it
holds the pressure of the
system.
Bill
Schertz
KIS Cruiser #4045
N343BS
Phase I testing
Sent:
Tuesday, November 16,
2010 11:51 AM
Subject:
[FlyRotary] Re: Todd
Bartrim on
"ebay"...not
Doug,
I paused the video on
the EM-2 frames and
noticed a couple of
things. RPM showing NOP,
Fuel Pressure = 50, Water
Pressure = 30. I normally
see about 13 psi WP. I
just though it was
interesting that the RPM
was INOP. Maybe he has a
separate tach.
Personally, I would be
concerned to see 30 psi
WP.
Mark
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