X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2006 15:44:10 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from smtp101.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com ([68.142.198.200] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.1) with SMTP id 1522542 for lml@lancaironline.net; Thu, 02 Nov 2006 11:50:13 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=68.142.198.200; envelope-from=elippse@sbcglobal.net Received: (qmail 11994 invoked from network); 2 Nov 2006 16:49:50 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=sbcglobal.net; h=Received:Message-ID:From:To:Subject:Date:MIME-Version:Content-Type:X-Priority:X-MSMail-Priority:X-Mailer:X-MimeOLE; b=moEWk5gjUZ//n9u9WJQ9XukSnwHUIR33/LNfy90IAeJItIfa53PbFrID6vDmYAn4KMp1leI3eZ61cKC1vCy2jMWAmBQR6WaL0HIdi4xeBSELbm0k2lwWh6GlPYSML6PMlueYyTS1X7slnJwccrGIAFwfO6JuiyJAZ0vUFT0aabM= ; Received: from unknown (HELO Computerroom) (elippse@sbcglobal.net@75.15.132.77 with login) by smtp101.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; 2 Nov 2006 16:49:49 -0000 X-Original-Message-ID: <000a01c6fe9e$e97c8ea0$4d840f4b@Computerroom> From: "Paul Lipps" X-Original-To: "Marv Kaye" Subject: Copperstate, et alia X-Original-Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 08:49:45 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0007_01C6FE5B.D8B44650" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2962 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C6FE5B.D8B44650 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable There I was at 11,500' over Ojai Friday morning, enroute to Casa = Grande, when my O-235 gave a sharp BANG. Well, that brought me up out of = my autopilot-induced stupor, but I eventually dismissed it as one of = those things that sometimes happen. But when it did it 20 seconds later, = and 5 seconds after that, I decided some action was in order. Since I = was basically over Santa Paula and my friend Klaus' hangar, I thought = that that old phrase of "I'd rather be on the ground wishing I was up = there rather than up there wishing I was on the ground!" came to mind. = After an un-eventful landing, I sought out Klaus and his expertise. = While standing around getting in his way, an acquaintance at SP, Alex = Kosloff, came wandering over with a friend to see what the fun was = about. He said to me that he wanted to introduce me to his friend, Taras = Kiceniuk, of Icarus hang-gliding fame! 'Shiver me timbers! I had just = been reading about Taras in an article on flying wings in Sport = Aviation. Taras, with Alex's help, is working on the concept of = Regenerative Soaring, as written up in the 2006 May "Today's Pilot". We = wandered off to Alex's hangar to look at Taras' radio-controlled, = proof-of-concept model, and talk about prop design. That also helped = Klaus to work his magic without an audience. Klaus found that I had done a rather sloppy job of making connection = to a couple of coils, and after correcting a number of wiring = deficiencies that didn't accord with his Teutonic concept of order, = waved his hands over the engine while uttering Germanic incantations, = and pronounced the engine healthy. I didn't feel that continuing on to = Copperstate with a plane just out of shop was in my best interests, so I = elected to return to my home base of Santa Maria. I decided to climb to = 8500' over the Santa Paula, Camarillo, Oxnard, and NAS Point Mugu area = before setting course up the coast to first Santa Barbara, then to Santa = Ynez, and then home. (Notice that Barbara and Inez are preceded by = Santa, and Francis and John are preceded by San. What's that say about = SanTA Klaus?) Everything worked well on the return, but due to a late = arrival, I held off doing any more flight testing 'til the following = day. I wanted to get in 1 or 2 hours more testing at various power = settings before going cross-country, so there went my Copperstate plans. = So if any of you were hoping to hear my forum talk about prop design and = wanted to know why I didn't show up, here's the answer. Paul ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C6FE5B.D8B44650 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
    There I was at 11,500' over = Ojai Friday=20 morning, enroute to Casa Grande, when my O-235 gave a sharp BANG. Well, = that=20 brought me up out of my autopilot-induced stupor, but I eventually = dismissed it=20 as one of those things that sometimes happen. But when it did it 20 = seconds=20 later, and 5 seconds after that, I decided some action was in order. = Since I was=20 basically over Santa Paula and my friend Klaus' hangar, I thought that = that old=20 phrase of "I'd rather be on the ground wishing I was up there rather=20 than up there wishing I was on the ground!" came to mind. After an=20 un-eventful landing, I sought out Klaus and his expertise. While = standing around=20 getting in his way, an acquaintance at SP, Alex Kosloff, came wandering = over=20 with a friend to see what the fun was about. He said to me that he = wanted to=20 introduce me to his friend, Taras Kiceniuk, of Icarus hang-gliding fame! = 'Shiver=20 me timbers! I had just been reading about Taras in an article on flying = wings in=20 Sport Aviation. Taras, with Alex's help, is working on the concept of=20 Regenerative Soaring, as written up in the 2006 May "Today's = Pilot". We=20 wandered off to Alex's hangar to look at Taras' radio-controlled,=20 proof-of-concept model, and talk about prop design. That also = helped Klaus=20 to work his magic without an audience.
    Klaus found that I had done a = rather=20 sloppy job of making connection to a couple of coils, and after = correcting a=20 number of wiring deficiencies that didn't accord with his Teutonic = concept=20 of order, waved his hands over the engine while uttering Germanic=20 incantations, and pronounced the engine healthy. I didn't feel that = continuing=20 on to Copperstate with a plane just out of shop was in my best = interests, so I=20 elected to return to my home base of Santa Maria. I decided to climb to = 8500'=20 over the Santa Paula, Camarillo, Oxnard, and NAS Point = Mugu area=20 before setting course up the coast to first Santa Barbara, then = to Santa=20 Ynez, and then home. (Notice that Barbara and Inez  are preceded by = Santa,=20 and Francis and John are preceded by San. What's that say about SanTA = Klaus?)=20 Everything worked well on the return, but due to a late arrival, I held = off=20 doing any more flight testing 'til the following day. I wanted to get in = 1 or 2=20 hours more testing at various power settings before going cross-country, = so=20 there went my Copperstate plans. So if any of you were hoping to = hear my=20 forum talk about prop design and wanted to know why I didn't show up, = here's the=20 answer.  Paul
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