X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from fed1rmmtao104.cox.net ([68.230.241.42] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.12) with ESMTP id 3496316 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:00:44 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=68.230.241.42; envelope-from=alventures@cox.net Received: from fed1rmimpo01.cox.net ([70.169.32.71]) by fed1rmmtao104.cox.net (InterMail vM.7.08.02.01 201-2186-121-102-20070209) with ESMTP id <20090217000003.URFF11567.fed1rmmtao104.cox.net@fed1rmimpo01.cox.net> for ; Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:00:03 -0500 Received: from BigAl ([72.192.133.251]) by fed1rmimpo01.cox.net with bizsmtp id Go021b0045RcKeo03o02vR; Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:00:02 -0500 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=vBxdf0EO1fHMceZ_JQEA:9 a=GDG1FGdH1S9_rn8LzhUA:7 a=sLGmtGgCdp_BvaTlEfiq0tRjwp8A:4 a=SKpDKCWXRSQA:10 a=MMuT1oZgynY3npODZR0A:9 a=YRxf4HMpWTEW-_RZ7ewA:7 a=DhLyMyew_t8bHzbT771hETIyPQAA:4 a=AfD3MYMu9mQA:10 X-CM-Score: 0.00 From: "Al Gietzen" To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Second flight Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:00:39 -0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0000_01C9904F.B682EEA0" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6838 Importance: Normal Thread-Index: AcmP8nl/tEjP70UHSGKLicVZDUyyUgAnFY0g In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0000_01C9904F.B682EEA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Great; Mike. Sounds like things are proceeding well. =20 I have the stage point set at about 16.5", and it is completely = seamless. That is helped by the auto-tune feature in the EM2, but I did have it = pretty well nailed before I had the auto-tune - so it is possible. I do find = that above the stage point it gets richer if I disable the secondary, so I = guess at some point I need to adjust mode 6 and do some retuning. =20 Throttled back to 5000 RPM and just flew racetracks over the airport = for an hour. My flight test area is very restrictive. I've got a huge piece of = the desert to the east but have to cross a 3500' mountain and 30 - 40 miles = of rugged terrain to get there. Not until I have a few more hours on it in flight and have 100% confidence. I have the Mexican border 2 miles = south, Class B 2 miles north and the Pacific Ocean 5 miles west. So racetracks = over the airport are going to be the norm for a few hours. =20 Yeah; Brown field was within my test area, but I only went there once - = too restrictive, and bad terrain. I had a similar situation doing flight = testing out of Ramona. It didn't take me long to figure out that climbing out to = the north there is a flat spot with an abandoned strip about 7 miles out; = then I could head ENE over bad terrain about 10 miles over Warner Springs = glider port; then E over the highest terrain and get out over the dessert. = Keeping a climb going until over the highest terrain it was only a few minutes = that I wasn't within gliding distance of some place I could put down if I had = to. Maybe you can find a reasonable route. Borrego Springs is a good place = to go for T & G's, and practice emergency landings - not much traffic out there. Is that within your test area? =20 All the best, =20 Al ------=_NextPart_000_0000_01C9904F.B682EEA0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Great; Mike. Sounds like = things are proceeding well.

I have the stage point set at = about 16.5”, and it is completely seamless. That is helped by the auto-tune feature = in the EM2, but I did have it pretty well nailed before I had the auto-tune – = so it is possible. I do find that above the stage point it gets richer = if I disable the secondary, so I guess at some point I need to adjust mode 6 = and do some retuning.

Throttled back to = 5000 RPM and just flew racetracks over the airport for an hour. My flight test area = is very restrictive. I've got a huge piece of the desert to the east but have to = cross a 3500' mountain and 30 - 40 miles of rugged terrain to get there. Not = until I have a few more hours on it in flight and have 100% confidence. I have = the Mexican border 2 miles south, Class B 2 miles north and the Pacific = Ocean 5 miles west. So racetracks over the airport are going to be the norm for = a few hours.

Yeah; Brown field was within my = test area, but I only went there once – too restrictive, and bad = terrain. I had a similar situation doing flight testing out of Ramona. It = didn’t take me long to figure out that climbing out to the north there is a = flat spot with an abandoned strip about 7 miles out; then I could head ENE over = bad terrain about 10 miles over Warner Springs glider port; then E over the = highest terrain and get out over the dessert. Keeping a climb going until = over the highest terrain it was only a few minutes that I wasn’t within gliding distance of some place I could put down if I had to. Maybe = you can find a reasonable route. Borrego Springs is a good place to go = for T & G’s, and practice emergency landings – not much = traffic out there. Is that within your test area?

All the best,

Al

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