X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from [64.129.170.194] (HELO VIRCOM1.FCDATA.PRIVATE) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.0.1) with ESMTP id 6054123 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sat, 09 Feb 2013 18:35:15 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.129.170.194; envelope-from=cbarber@texasattorney.net Received: from FCD-MAIL06.FCDATA.PRIVATE (unverified [172.16.5.23]) by VIRCOM1.FCDATA.PRIVATE (Vircom SMTPRS 5.13.1309.15521) with ESMTP id for ; Sat, 9 Feb 2013 17:34:02 -0600 X-Modus-BlackList: 172.16.5.23=OK;cbarber@texasattorney.net=OK X-Modus-RBL: 172.16.5.23=Excluded X-Modus-Trusted: 172.16.5.23=NO X-Modus-Audit: FALSE;0;0;0 Received: from FCD-MAIL05.FCDATA.PRIVATE ([fe80::809d:a06e:5913:452e]) by FCD-MAIL06.FCDATA.PRIVATE ([fe80::697f:d6aa:b87:78d8%17]) with mapi id 14.02.0328.009; Sat, 9 Feb 2013 17:35:28 -0600 From: Chris Barber To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Crickets.... Thread-Topic: [FlyRotary] Re: Crickets.... Thread-Index: AQHOBxysX0K2blAChE6UZxLtSMzanZhyLdTb Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2013 23:33:58 +0000 Message-ID: <942A9713-5FDA-4D09-A7AE-BB765BA9DBC3@texasattorney.net> References: In-Reply-To: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Thanks Ed. As always, sage advice.=20 Sent from my iPhone 5 On Feb 9, 2013, at 17:23, "Ed Anderson" wrote: > Great to hear things went well, Chris >=20 > When I decided to leave the pattern, I plotted a course over as many air= fields as I could on the way out to my test area and climbed as quickly as = the power/heat curve permitted. I recall on one of those early flights, up= around 8000 MSL and just in a tight circle around a turning point with one= wing up in the sky and the other pointed at my turning point - the engine= dies. >=20 > Say WHAT? Hastily pulling the wings level, the roar of the engine thankf= ully returned - when one wing tank is low on fuel one should probably not m= ake continuous turns with feeding from the down wing tank. Switch tanks an= d went home to change underwear. >=20 > Point is - its easy to get so enthralled by your creation as to forget so= me basics {:>) >=20 > Whenever its time to leave the nest, you'll know. Don't leave until you = feel comfortable doing so. >=20 > Ed >=20 > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Chris Barber" > Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2013 3:52 PM > To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" > Subject: [FlyRotary] Crickets.... >=20 >> I so dislike when this list goes silent. >>=20 >> Phase One report: After addressing a clogged fuel filter (ultimately re= moving it....very small passages in the screen) I flew again on Thursday. J= ust a quick hop around the patch. This is sometime more an issue than it wo= uld seem at a towered field with heavy military/NASA traffic under Class B. >>=20 >> No squawks and nice data log with the latest Dynon 5.1 update. Along wit= h "Clouds Ahoy" ya get a pretty nice picture off the flight and parameters.= This was only the ninth flight but was more fun as I seem to be getting th= ings sorted. Still haven't left the pattern :-) >>=20 >> Chris >>=20 >> Sent from my iPhone 5 >> -- >> Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ >> Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List= .html >>=20 >>=20 >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2013.0.2897 / Virus Database: 2639/6087 - Release Date: 02/07/1= 3 >=20 > -- > Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/Lis= t.html