Mailing List lml@lancaironline.net Message #37080
From: Lancair <lancair@USTEK.COM>
Sender: <marv@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Wing Twist and EI observations
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 12:56:33 -0400
To: <lml>

When I arrived in Redmond January 2005 the new wing jigs had only recently been placed in the shop.  I believe that mine were the first 2 wings made on them.  While flying these past few weeks one thing has become obvious: the wings are dead-on.  With no trim the plane tracks straight ahead hands-off.  Kick the rudder and it's back on track in 2 oscillations with no loss of altitude.  Same with pitch and roll.  There's no doubt that the new jigs are great and if asymmetric twist is your problem then they should bring the bad wings back into spec.
 
I am still flying off hours and playing at low altitudes, but running way lean of peak at 12k ft I am burning 15.5 gph and seeing about 205 kt TAS.  These investigation hours are a mix of fun and frustration.  The EI readouts are all over the map and do not agree with the RPM and MAP displayed on the Grand Rapids EIS.  If the firing angle readout is correct we are at 40 degrees on take off, 32 degrees when cruising ROP but that drops off as we go LOP - and that seems strange.  Could anyone enlighten me on this?
 
Robert M. Simon,
ES-P N301ES
 
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