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From: "Ed Anderson" <eanderson@carolina.rr.com>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
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Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: NOMEX-  Wear it!!!
Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2005 07:49:25 -0400
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Forgot to mention that on my test flights I also wore a NOMEX flight suit 
and gloves as well as my old Air Force flight helmet.

Ed A
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From: "Ernest Christley" <echristley@nc.rr.com>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2005 11:52 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: NOMEX- Wear it!!!


> Russell Duffy wrote:
>
>> Greetings,
>>  He just got he airworthiness certificate today,  . . . He managed to 
>> take off in about the first third of the runway,
>
>
> I really don't want to sound abrasive or like an I-told-you-so smarta$$. 
> This is one of those times when email just doesn't cut it.  But a good 
> friend was over today helping me weld axle plates onto my gear legs. (Gas 
> welding 1/2" steel plate to 1" round bar requires help!)  We got on the 
> subject of flight testing, and this very subject came up.
>
> The FAA publishes a circular with very detailed advice on flight testing. 
> Their method includes lots of slow taxiing, with speed slowly building 
> over many runs, and then several hops before first flight.  It was stated 
> that a lot of people ignore this advice and just sort of 'kick the tires, 
> and light the fires'.  So I have a couple related questions.
>
> Did your friend do ground testing get before recieving the airworthiness, 
> or was it a kick-n-light procedure?
>
> What is the general consensus within this group about how much testing is 
> necessary?  Do you lean more toward being fairly cavalier, or have you/do 
> you plan to follow the FAA guidelines and increment taxi speeds at 5mph 
> per several runs until the plane reaches flying speed and then do several 
> hops before an actual flight?  Most important, how do you know when the 
> plane really is ready?  Is there clear signs, or is it just a gut feeling?
>
> -- 
> This is by far the hardest lesson about freedom. It goes against
> instinct, and morality, to just sit back and watch people make
> mistakes. We want to help them, which means control them and their
> decisions, but in doing so we actually hurt them (and ourselves)."
>
>
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