X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from QMTA01.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.16] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.16) with ESMTP id 3822436 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 23 Aug 2009 23:04:01 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=76.96.30.16; envelope-from=hoursaway1@comcast.net Received: from OMTA06.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.51]) by QMTA01.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id Y1el1c00816AWCUA133MX5; Mon, 24 Aug 2009 03:03:21 +0000 Received: from sz0081.ev.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.26.137]) by OMTA06.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id Y33R1c0012xV6SL8S33Rb6; Mon, 24 Aug 2009 03:03:25 +0000 Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 03:03:25 +0000 (UTC) From: hoursaway1@comcast.net To: Rotary motors in aircraft Message-ID: <1797724175.739971251083005019.JavaMail.root@sz0081a.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net> In-Reply-To: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] today's test flight MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_37138_1685818378.1251083005018" X-Originating-IP: [76.20.141.85] X-Mailer: Zimbra 5.0.16_GA_2927.RHEL5_64 (ZimbraWebClient - IE6 (Win)/5.0.16_GA_2927.RHEL5_64) ------=_Part_37138_1685818378.1251083005018 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Love to hear this kind of stuff Mike, thanks for the update.=C2=A0 David R.= Cook=C2=A0 RV6A.=20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: "Mike Wills" =20 To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" =20 Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2009 10:58:52 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern=20 Subject: [FlyRotary] today's test flight=20 Mostly went pretty well. OAT at the airport was 24C (76F so pretty nice). M= ax coolant temp seen was 185F, max oil temp was 190F, seen during the climb= to 5000'. Level at 5000 and flew for an hour with coolant at 180 and oil a= t 185. Max RPM at full throttle was 5750 and max IAS was 180MPH. Little dis= appointed in the speed but the ASI hasnt been calibrated and I didnt have t= he GPS so dont know what the ground speed was.=20 The flight was to check out three problems I found during the last flight:= =20 1) Rudder trim still not right. I finally got it this time.=20 2) Radio volume too weak to hear the tower at cruise power. Bypassed the in= tercom which was attenuating the volume somewhat. And borrowed my buddy's L= ightspeed Zulu headset. This flight cost me $850 - I gotta have a Zulu. Tow= er was loud and clear.=20 3) Gear shimmy on landing rollout. A common problem with RVs (my -6A also d= id it). I added gear leg stiffeners. Only one landing today, but first with= no shimmy. And my best landing so far.=20 All in all a good flight until I switched tanks - and the engine quit. Back= to the right tank and it immediately restarted. One more time with same re= sult. Thats enough of that, lets troubleshoot that on the ground. Of course= on the ground it worked just fine like it always has. I think I have a pla= n to fix it - will see how it goes.=20 Mike Wills=20 RV-4 N144MW ------=_Part_37138_1685818378.1251083005018 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

Love to hear this kind of stuff Mike, thanks for the update. David R. Cook RV6A.
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From: "Mike Wills" <rv-4mike@cox.net>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 23, 2009 10:58:52 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: [FlyRotary] today's test flight

Mostly went pretty well. OAT at the airport was 24C (76F so pretty nice). Max coolant temp seen was 185F, max oil temp was 190F, seen during the climb to 5000'. Level at 5000 and flew for an hour with coolant at 180 and oil at 185. Max RPM at full throttle was 5750 and max IAS was 180MPH. Little disappointed in the speed but the ASI hasnt been calibrated and I didnt have the GPS so dont know what the ground speed was.

The flight was to check out three problems I found during the last flight:

1) Rudder trim still not right. I finally got it this time.

2) Radio volume too weak to hear the tower at cruise power. Bypassed the intercom which was attenuating the volume somewhat. And borrowed my buddy's Lightspeed Zulu headset. This flight cost me $850 - I gotta have a Zulu. Tower was loud and clear.

3) Gear shimmy on landing rollout. A common problem with RVs (my -6A also did it). I added gear leg stiffeners. Only one landing today, but first with no shimmy. And my best landing so far.

All in all a good flight until I switched tanks - and the engine quit. Back to the right tank and it immediately restarted. One more time with same result. Thats enough of that, lets troubleshoot that on the ground. Of course on the ground it worked just fine like it always has. I think I have a plan to fix it - will see how it goes.

Mike Wills

RV-4 N144MW

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