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Ed,
Thanks, and I certainly appreciate the help that you
have lent me along the way. You and Tracy are the
pioneers of the rotary engine in aviation the way I
see it, and both of you are quick to help with advice,
guidance, and patience.
I could have probably left the airport for a flight,
like today, much earlier, but I was being overly
cautious I suppose (or chicken).
But then again, I haven't had any events that have
left me with skid marks on the pilot seat either.
Thanks again,
Steve
--- Ed Anderson <eanderson@carolina.rr.com> wrote:
Great to hear, Steve.
It seems it always takes some time to work out all
the bugs that inevitably
show up. Sounds like things are going right.
Ed A
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Brooks" <prvt_pilot@yahoo.com>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft"
<flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 6:27 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Good flight
> After having different problems, and working
through
> various issues over the last month or so, I
finally
> had a good flight today.
>
> Up until today, I've stayed within gliding
distance of
> the runway, and most flights were 30 minutes or so
> each.
>
> Today after a short checkout flight, and landing
to
> verify everything, I finally ventured away from
the
> airport. I made a 3 legged flight to 2 other
airports
> and then back to my departing airport. Total of
about
> an hour flight at 120 kts.
>
> I kept the speed to 120 kts., because of an issue
with
> my auto gear extension unit. I've got the
calibration
> messed up, and I'm going to have to dig up the
manual
> on it to get it set right. It was extending at
too
> slow of speed, but now it won't stay retracted,
even
> at 140 kts. So, I flew the whole time with the
nose
> gear down, which adds a fair amount of drag.
>
> I was running at about 55% power I would guess. I
was
> running at 4400 RPM's at a MAP of about 20. Rather
> than a MAP guage, I have a boost guage for the
turbo,
> so I have to calculate my way into MAP. The boost
> guage was showing about a -10.
>
> The rotary ran flawlessly, and is really quite
> interesting to listen to, as you fly along. On
the
> way back, I circled over a friends house (another
> pilot). He heard the plane, and knew immediately
what
> it was. He called and told me that he ran outside
and
> watched it as I circled the lake, and then came
back
> for another pass. He said that it look like it
was
> going really fast, but it really was only doing
the
> 120 kts. I guess that the swept wing Cozy must
look
> fast, even when you're going slow.
>
> At any rate, I was thrilled with the flight, and
> should be able to add several hours on my next
trip
> down to SC to fly. Living 4.5 hours away from the
> plane has really put a crimp in the flying.
>
> I've got about 13 hours now, and with any luck, I
hope
> to let Rusty's record of getting to the 40 hours,
> stand. I've still got a small oil leak, and need
to
> calibrate my fuel guage, but nothing bad enough to
> keep me from flying. I'm not sure what my fuel
burn
> was, but I would imagine that it wasn't too bad at
the
> low power level. I have a digital fuel guage, and
the
> bar graph display went down one bar, but the
gallons
> still stay 12, which is what it stopped at, not
having
> been calibrated. I think that it is fairly
accurate
> from 1 to 12, because it was reading correctly
when I
> filled it 5 gallons at a time. For now, I fly
with
> plenty of fuel in the left tank, and at least 12
> additional in the right (transfer) tank.
>
> Steve Brooks
> Cozy MKIV N75CZ
> Turbo Rotary (stock turbo still alive)
>
>
>
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