X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com X-SpamCatcher-Score: 50 [XX] Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 09:27:17 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from web60011.mail.yahoo.com ([209.73.178.74] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.8) with SMTP id 2042811 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sun, 13 May 2007 23:56:47 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.73.178.74; envelope-from=mattreeves@yahoo.com Received: (qmail 6702 invoked by uid 60001); 14 May 2007 03:55:01 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID; b=v5MYakM/XAYDeGURw7TBZunGHKEECOEShjUDIAOizl55qD8osRAGPW0kRLPDyICF0yI6qKV52n5DXia4/YMElXQ65UgpDsXtE7K5B/0XCHmpD5Xim/FRgW9AodDI1rJe8MYuX7vLbi7fTTFM85sdc1IwXhRWpZ0JqmmEVptbUyQ=; X-YMail-OSG: mxaFA8sVM1kFqPGY9WY4Bal_qtTQbu.phq3oKwQmhAg7MgvpvBz2o1aWKKXYAozMcJLixhnGEBoKjPX4cGGCmZTO0ZHFO2HsR0x90NQwjQxnsnwd.Cf5KNyNI3stgDI- Received: from [74.34.181.226] by web60011.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sun, 13 May 2007 20:55:01 PDT X-Original-Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 20:55:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Matt Reeves Subject: 320 MKII taxi test - successful X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0-930725651-1179114901=:6260" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Original-Message-ID: <225272.6260.qm@web60011.mail.yahoo.com> --0-930725651-1179114901=:6260 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Yesterday was the first day I taxi'd the Lancair under it's own power. A big milestone!!! Everything checked out perfectly and the engine ran like a kitten. I taxi'd in a large oval for about 5 mintues. I noticed no weird sounds, or vibrations, or anything strange, except I did notice that since this was a very slow taxi test and I'm told not to put any side load on this landing gear, I slowed way down for the turns, and I did notice that it felt weird to get the airplane in a turn and then find out I put too much brake and try to get it to turn the other way - so basically, I was doing a lot of S turns down the taxiway. I got better. I didn't taxi fast but did notice if I taxi'd a little faster than a baby's crawl, it was much easier to steer in a straight line. Could be one of those - getting use to steering with brakes instead of the Cessna nosewheel steering. Matt --------------------------------- Get the free Yahoo! toolbar and rest assured with the added security of spyware protection. --0-930725651-1179114901=:6260 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Yesterday was the first day I taxi'd the Lancair under it's own power.    A big milestone!!!
 
Everything checked out perfectly and the engine ran like a kitten.  I taxi'd in a large oval for about 5 mintues.  I noticed no weird sounds, or vibrations,  or anything strange, except I did notice that since this was a very slow taxi test and I'm told not to put any side load on this landing gear, I slowed way down for the turns, and I did notice that it felt weird to get the airplane in a turn and then find out I put too much brake and try to get it to turn the other way - so basically, I was doing a lot of S turns down the taxiway.  I got better.
 
I didn't taxi fast but did notice if I taxi'd a little faster than a baby's crawl, it was much easier to steer in a straight line.  Could be one of those - getting use to steering with brakes instead of the Cessna nosewheel steering. 
 
 
 
Matt

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