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From: Bob White <rlwhite@comcast.net>
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Way to go Mark!  Congratulations and best of luck with your fine tuning.

Bob w.


On Sun, 26 Aug 2007 19:31:11 -0500
"Mark Steitle" <msteitle@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey Guys,
> 
> Wow, news sure travels fast on this list.  I just got home from the airport
> and the news is already posted.
> 
>  Yes, I flew my Lancair ES - 20B today and she flies beautifully!  My first
> flight took place Sunday 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.  Really amazing after flying the certified
> stuff for years.  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.
> 
> First flight also revealed some tuning issues, but I'm confident that we
> will get that sorted out shortly as well.
> 
> Head still in the clouds and looking forward to the next flight.
> 
> Mark S.
> Lancair ES/20B
> N208TX
> 
> 
> 
> On 8/26/07, Kelly Troyer <keltro@att.net> wrote:
> >
> >  Group,
> >    I am going to jump the gun here and report what I just copied from
> > Tracy and Laura's site........Congrats Mark !!! Oh envy envy........
> >
> >
> > *Sunday,  August 26, 2007  FIRST FLIGHT of Mark Steitle's Rotary Lancair
> > ES*
> >
> > We JUST received a phone call from Mark Steitle of Austin, TX.  He had his
> > FIRST FLIGHT Of his Lancair ES with a CS  prop.  He said there were no
> > surprises; the plane handled great; he had plenty of power and it was VERY
> > exciting!  He promised to send me a report and a photo soon.  Mark flies the
> > RWS EC2, EM2 and RD-1C.  CONGRATULATIONS MARK!!
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Kelly Troyer
> > "Dyke Delta"_13B ROTARY Engine
> > "RWS"_RD1C/EC2/EM2
> > "Mistral"_Backplate/Oil Manifold
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> 


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