X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from fed1rmmtao106.cox.net ([68.230.241.40] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3c2) with ESMTP id 3974434 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:41:44 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=68.230.241.40; envelope-from=rv-4mike@cox.net Received: from fed1rmimpo01.cox.net ([70.169.32.71]) by fed1rmmtao106.cox.net (InterMail vM.8.00.01.00 201-2244-105-20090324) with ESMTP id <20091113064110.QZUS21192.fed1rmmtao106.cox.net@fed1rmimpo01.cox.net> for ; Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:41:10 -0500 Received: from wills ([68.105.88.66]) by fed1rmimpo01.cox.net with bizsmtp id 4Wh61d0031RtBmC03Wh8hr; Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:41:08 -0500 X-VR-Score: 0.00 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=kviXuzpPAAAA:8 a=N8B9JuSIAAAA:8 a=J6Izfz5Aw3lw6jbEEI4A:9 a=jP83_HArierD8Kxp4HMA:7 a=toW_jKlP7EN4su1ktZE0lWwcDYcA:4 a=4vB-4DCPJfMA:10 a=pGLkceISAAAA:8 a=Ia-xEzejAAAA:8 a=sHvkCCryZF2S5qJE5LgA:9 a=KHSx9X4khEvEgWqJ9l8A:7 a=iZMvzjrn9DSFFdNDdthSQvTE2gwA:4 a=MSl-tDqOz04A:10 a=EzXvWhQp4_cA:10 X-CM-Score: 0.00 Message-ID: From: "Mike Wills" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: flight report Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:41:06 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0019_01CA63E9.38974D10" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5843 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0019_01CA63E9.38974D10 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Probably, but not sure when. Playing it by ear. Mike ----- Original Message -----=20 From: David Leonard=20 To: Rotary motors in aircraft=20 Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 10:18 AM Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: flight report Hey Mike, Are you planning on flying this weekend? If so, maybe I will come = down. Dave On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 8:53 PM, Mike Wills wrote: Not much to say but since Chris is begging for something to read.... Had my first flight away from the immediate vicinity of my home = airport today. I've been hesitant to leave because I'm surrounded by a = lot of mostly unlandable mountains and desert. But the airplane has been = flying well for the past few hours with nothing to do after each flight = but look things over - nothing to fix. So I ventured out over the mountains to Borrego some 50 miles away. = Nothing really to report. Everything worked fine and the airplane seems = to be performing well. It still seems to be matching the performance of = my old 160HP RV-6A (though if the EFISM can be trusted, the fuel burn is = a little higher). And at some point I think there is more performance to = be had since I still think I'm giving up some HP and have some excess = cooling. But those are things to address in the future. For now I'm just = going to fly it.=20 So add another 1.3 hours to the total. 13 hours in the book, 27 more = to go. Mike Wills RV-4 N144MW --=20 David Leonard Turbo Rotary RV-6 N4VY http://N4VY.RotaryRoster.net http://RotaryRoster.net ------=_NextPart_000_0019_01CA63E9.38974D10 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Probably, but not sure when. Playing it = by=20 ear.
 
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 David=20 Leonard
Sent: Thursday, November 12, = 2009 10:18=20 AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: flight = report

Hey Mike,
Are you planning on flying this = weekend?  If=20 so, maybe I will come down.

Dave

On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 8:53 PM, Mike Wills = <rv-4mike@cox.net>=20 wrote:
Not much to say but since Chris is = begging for=20 something to read....
 
Had my first flight away from the = immediate=20 vicinity of my home airport today. I've been hesitant to leave = because I'm=20 surrounded by a lot of mostly unlandable mountains and desert. But = the=20 airplane has been flying well for the past few hours with nothing to = do=20 after each flight but look things over - nothing to = fix.
 
So I ventured out over the = mountains to Borrego=20 some 50 miles away. Nothing really to report. Everything worked fine = and the=20 airplane seems to be performing well. It still seems to be matching = the=20 performance of my old 160HP RV-6A (though if the EFISM can be = trusted, the=20 fuel burn is a little higher). And at some point I think there is = more=20 performance to be had since I still think I'm giving up some HP and = have=20 some excess cooling. But those are things to address in the future. = For now=20 I'm just going to fly it. 
 
So add another 1.3 hours to the = total. 13 hours=20 in the book, 27 more to go.
 
Mike Wills
RV-4=20 N144MW



--=20
David Leonard

Turbo Rotary RV-6 N4VY
http://N4VY.RotaryRoster.nethttp://RotaryRoster.net
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