X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 01:03:44 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from pop-canoe.atl.sa.earthlink.net ([207.69.195.66] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.11) with ESMTP id 2286466 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sun, 26 Aug 2007 23:15:27 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=207.69.195.66; envelope-from=pbricker@earthlink.net Received: from user-vcauofh.dsl.mindspring.com ([216.175.97.241] helo=paulrzm5oth3zt) by pop-canoe.atl.sa.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1) id 1IPV3z-0002kR-00 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sun, 26 Aug 2007 23:14:52 -0400 From: "Paul Bricker" X-Original-To: "'Lancair Mailing List'" References: Subject: RE: [LML] Re: First Flight Report X-Original-Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2007 20:14:46 -0700 X-Original-Message-ID: <00d501c7e858$6c7b1440$6601a8c0@paulrzm5oth3zt> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_00D6_01C7E81D.C01C3C40" X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 thread-index: AcfoRG7wG2udyGrxS02VK6Uh7Zx5AwAE3hyQ X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3138 In-Reply-To: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00D6_01C7E81D.C01C3C40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Congratulations Mark. Happy to welcome anotehr ES flying. I'm sure you'll have a hugh grin on your face for a long time. I presume you got a 40 hour flight test period. It took me 6/25 - 7/21 to fly off my 40 hours, with 2 5 day down periods for mods/fixes. Any plan to make it the Fredericksburg fly in? Depending on what you experience during testing it may be in reach. Paul Bricker N63PB 68 hrs _____ From: Lancair Mailing List [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of marv@lancair.net Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2007 5:52 PM To: lml@lancaironline.net Subject: [LML] Re: First Flight Report Posted for "Mark Steitle" : I can hardly believe that it is my turn to post first flight news. For those of you still building, don't dismay... its is worth it for those who persist. Yes, I flew my 3- rotor Mazda rotary powered Lancair ES today and she flies beautifully! My first flight took place Sunday, 8/25/07, at 9:30 a.m. I was close to doing it the previous day, but the winds were directly across the runway at 10-15, and there was lots of traffic in the pattern, so I waited. This morning was much better, except for the fog, which burned off about 9:00 revealing a beautiful August morning. I guess I just got tired of doing fast taxis. She flew like I was hoping she would, actually better than I had hoped. I only did one lap around the pattern, but the only thing I had to adjust was elevator trim. I landed with 20* flaps and did the best landing of my life (I'm going to love this airplane). It was very difficult not to go for another lap, but I wanted to get the cowl off and look things over real well. Three sets of eyes didn't find anything amiss. The engine has plenty of power for sure. I was especially impressed by the smoothness of the rotary engine. It was a little loud, but that is partially due to not having a door seal, and the ANR headsets took care of most of that. I'll know more about how well my cooling system is working after a few more flights. It appears that oil cooling may need a little tweaking, but then it was 90* at 9:30 a.m. H2O seemed to be within limits, from what I could tell from my brief flight. Thanks to all who contribute to this forum. I couldn't have done it without your help. Head still in the clouds and looking forward to the next flight. Mark S. Lancair ES/20B N208TX P.S. I surprised the photographer and ended up without any pictures... sorry. [A big congratulations to you, Mark... I've been following your progress closely both here and on the other list, and I just knew that you were going to have an extremely favorable first flight report. Please send some photos, especially cowl off... I'm anxious to see the end reult of all that FWF work. Thanks much for sharing the experience with us and please continue with your reports as you expand the envelope. Great job! ] -- For archives and unsub http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/lml/List.html ------=_NextPart_000_00D6_01C7E81D.C01C3C40 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Congratulations Mark. Happy to = welcome anotehr ES flying. I’m sure you’ll have a hugh grin on your = face for a long time.

 

I presume you got a 40 hour flight = test period. It took me 6/25 – 7/21 to fly off my 40 hours, with 2 5 = day down periods for mods/fixes.  Any plan to make it the Fredericksburg fly in? Depending on = what you experience during testing it may be in = reach.

 

Paul = Bricker

N63PB

68 hrs

 

From: = Lancair Mailing List = [mailto:lml@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of marv@lancair.net
Sent: Sunday, August 26, = 2007 5:52 PM
To: = lml@lancaironline.net
Subject: [LML] Re: First = Flight Report

 

Posted for "Mark = Steitle" <msteitle@gmail.com>:

I can hardly believe that it is my turn to post first flight news. = For
those of you still building, don't dismay... its is worth it for those = who
persist.

Yes, I flew my 3- rotor Mazda rotary powered Lancair ES today and she = flies
beautifully! My first flight took place Sunday, 8/25/07, at 9:30 a.m. = I
was close to doing it the previous day, but the winds were directly = across
the runway at 10-15, and there was lots of traffic in the pattern, so = I
waited. This morning was much better, except for the fog, which burned = off
about 9:00 revealing a beautiful August morning. I guess I just got = tired
of doing fast taxis. She flew like I was hoping she would, actually = better
than I had hoped. I only did one lap around the pattern, but the only = thing
I had to adjust was elevator trim. I landed with 20* flaps and did the = best
landing of my life (I'm going to love this airplane). It was very = difficult
not to go for another lap, but I wanted to get the cowl off and look = things
over real well. Three sets of eyes didn't find anything amiss.

The engine has plenty of power for sure. I was especially impressed by = the
smoothness of the rotary engine. It was a little loud, but that is
partially due to not having a door seal, and the ANR headsets took care = of
most of that.

I'll know more about how well my cooling system is working after a few = more
flights. It appears that oil cooling may need a little tweaking, but = then
it was 90* at 9:30 a.m. H2O seemed to be within limits, from what I = could
tell from my brief flight.

Thanks to all who contribute to this forum. I couldn't have done it = without
your help.

Head still in the clouds and looking forward to the next flight.

Mark S.
Lancair ES/20B
N208TX

P.S. I surprised the photographer and ended up without any = pictures...
sorry.
 
[A big congratulations to you, Mark... I've been following your progress closely both here and on the other list, and I just knew that you were = going to have an extremely favorable first flight report.  Please send some = photos, especially cowl off... I'm anxious to see the end reult of all that FWF work.  Thanks much for sharing the experience with us and please = continue with your reports as you expand the envelope.  Great = job!   <marv>   ]

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