X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from EXHUB003-3.exch003intermedia.net ([207.5.74.110] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.13) with ESMTPS id 3595511 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:06:08 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=207.5.74.110; envelope-from=jwhaley@datacast.com Received: from EXVMBX003-5.exch003intermedia.net ([207.5.74.45]) by EXHUB003-3.exch003intermedia.net ([207.5.74.110]) with mapi; Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:04:51 -0700 From: Jeff Whaley To: 'Rotary motors in aircraft' Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:05:33 -0700 Subject: First time in the left seat ... was great Thread-Topic: First time in the left seat ... was great Thread-Index: AcnE/uFQU5nCUAUTRQeboJOyCbTsAg== Message-ID: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: acceptlanguage: en-US Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_000_C03ABB0A7362B84BB53D544B3C305E0ED17109914FEXVMBX0035exc_" MIME-Version: 1.0 --_000_C03ABB0A7362B84BB53D544B3C305E0ED17109914FEXVMBX0035exc_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Last night I got some tail-dragger taxi instruction and finally a few circu= its in my Rotary powered 2+2; it was great, the experience that is, my stic= k and rudder work needs some improvement. Last time we flew it was 5F, yest= erday it was 56F. The oil temp climbed to 220F by circuit altitude and the = water was at 200F, so the installation is not ideal yet. The oil cooler out= let plenum can be opened more and the radiator air intake can be sealed bet= ter to the lower cowling ... have to do both before next flight ... looking= forward to both challenges. Jeff --_000_C03ABB0A7362B84BB53D544B3C305E0ED17109914FEXVMBX0035exc_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Last night I got some tail-dragger taxi instruction an= d finally a few circuits in my Rotary powered 2+2; it was great, the experien= ce that is, my stick and rudder work needs some improvement. Last time we flew it w= as 5F, yesterday it was 56F. The oil temp climbed to 220F by circuit altitude and = the water was at 200F, so the installation is not ideal yet. The oil cooler out= let plenum can be opened more and the radiator air intake can be sealed better = to the lower cowling … have to do both before next flight … lookin= g forward to both challenges.

Jeff

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