X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from mail-bk0-f52.google.com ([209.85.214.52] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.5) with ESMTPS id 5590206 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sat, 09 Jun 2012 15:34:51 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.85.214.52; envelope-from=msteitle@gmail.com Received: by bkcjc3 with SMTP id jc3so2384493bkc.25 for ; Sat, 09 Jun 2012 12:34:15 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=WNOVJHPuV/GfBlCIobyLmhL2xeV9UT+254WXeduaj7E=; b=TaFKcHwzqrs+iJ1oYn8QCO+RubKJIE8ihPlDJ5iJJmZHNzsU0p/N+SU4slhKG1vIiT gxEBHcC09Kj5BfeyVYb59Y5etnm3yMtOV0exOCctX/7wK0q8felrzkoE5X8Z4QD2kI3e r7OyrzpAG8iJDAdt63xE8rZmS8G8BZFAfL2df7ef2uNH4h4r965c1u+tD5gnXEjQk93A xt5bsZywKqFzu+ZQNiarmnEjenKulp4ZrH9lqAtXO2VTO9DKtYdCSkroEdeSRcy2j83C kgF88wogT4EVyDjMem9eOr3sHvYLtr4ZuDEag2pPvm/jLWCmTS9vdJykhMcm78op54YZ R01w== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.156.4 with SMTP id u4mr8311460bkw.6.1339270455727; Sat, 09 Jun 2012 12:34:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.97.194 with HTTP; Sat, 9 Jun 2012 12:34:15 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2012 14:34:15 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] First flight - Velocity N17010 From: Mark Steitle To: Rotary motors in aircraft Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0015175cfa32c5985404c20f33e2 --0015175cfa32c5985404c20f33e2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Congratulations and great going Chris! Good report too. Mark S. Austin On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 11:52 AM, Chris Barber wrote: > June 9, 2002 - A trailer pulled up in front of a simple but comfortable > home in Houston. > > Lots of trails, tribulations blood, time, money, recreation, education, > fun, friendships, anger, frustration, problem solving, sweat, pondering > etc....repeat and repeat again and again. > > Fast forward (it did go fast) > > June 9, 2012 - Ellington Field - A lone, very nervous man arrives at the > airport shortly before 0900 hrs. Pushes onto the ramp the contraption > composed of fiberglass, metal et al and the ingredients listed above. He > sits down and writes a simple holographic (hand written) will and short > note with information to call "Mom" and work. Calls tower to relay intent > via the phone. > > Preflights the contraption. Gets in, goes though basic Checklist. Cranks > up the engine, which fires right up at about 0920 hrs. Taxi to Juliet. > Calls tower to verify intent and to taxi to active, 35L. Taxis to Taxiway > Echo. Checks temps. Pushing 195 with OAT reading 95 degrees (geesh it is > only about 0930 hrs). > > Cleared to take active and hold. Taxied out. Lined up castering nose wheel > down center stripe. Cleared to take off. Added power and engine smoothly > ran up. Airspeed coming in. 30 kts...50 kts ....60 kts, approximate > rotation speed. Lots of runway (9000 ft).....hold it....70 kts....72 kts... > Slight pull on the yoke....AIRBORNE!!! Leaped into ground effect. Screw > this, pulled back on yoke and I am climbing. Jiggled the yoke a bit to > verify control authority. > > Climbed to about 400 feet and turned right pattern to crosswind. The > Dynon altitude and airspeed seem to be working. That's reassuring. Pattern > altitude is only 600 feet and I was there already as I turned to downwind. > Leveled off and noticed the clouds were lower than reported and appeared on > the ground. Also, noticed coolant temps had dropped to 190....but oil temps > were flashing at me and had reached 225 (synthetic Royal Purple). Damn. Ok. > Fly the airplane, the oil is not at not a critical level. , but let's just > finish the pattern and land. I grabbed my phone while on downwind and > attempted to record some data but while I can hear the engine the video is > awful....uh, in my defense, I was a bit distracted and way more concerned > with flying. I called the tower and informed them I was coming in. I think > they were looking out for me since as I turned to base I noticed the fire > department staged just off the runways threshold > > I noted I was a bit far out on down wind so I stared easing over to turn > base. Wow. I really overshot it as I blew by the runway and had to use full > right rudder to get back to the runway. I wish I had had more rudder. In > hindsight I think I was not using much aileron as I was cognoscente that I > had no idea of stall characteristics so I did not yet wish too strep a > turn. I was able to get over the runway and dump some altitude as I got > over the numbers and pulled power. Crap, I am fast. I am lined up and right > on the numbers but at 95 kts. I come and touchdown and bounced. Pulled > power to idles and settled down easily but fast at 90 and rolled out and > exited at Delta. The tower was clearing me back to the city hangars as I > was exiting the active. I taxi back and noticed the oil temps had decreased > but I don't recall how much, just noticed they were lower. > > I got back to my hangar and popped the door and shut her down. The > engine went silent without any hissing or gushing. > > I called my mom. > > I am mowing informing the world. > > I did a walk around and did not see anything missing. I am about to pull > the cowl and check things out. > > I did notice I did not develop a slight hand shaking untill after I > landed and exited the aircraft. ;-) Hey, how about that, it really is an > aircraft now. Ten years to the day following delivery. > > Thank you for your support. > > Christopher Barber, JD > Houston, Ellington Field (EFD) > Velocity N17010 > Turbo Rotary 13b > RWS Re-drive and engine computers > Dynon Skyview > Mistral intake > > > Sent from my iPhone 4 > > --0015175cfa32c5985404c20f33e2 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Congratulations and great going Chris! =A0Good report too.

Mark S.=A0
Austin

On Sat, Jun 9, 2012= at 11:52 AM, Chris Barber <cbarber@texasattorney.net> wrote:
June 9, 2002 - A trailer pulled up in front of a simple but comfortable home in Houston.=A0

Lots of trails, tribulations blood, time, money, recreation, educatio= n, fun, friendships, anger, frustration, problem solving, sweat, pondering = etc....repeat and repeat again and again.=A0

Fast forward (it did go fast)

June 9, 2012=A0- Ellington Field - A lone, very nervous man ar= rives at the airport shortly before 0900 hrs. Pushes onto the ramp the cont= raption composed of fiberglass, metal et al and the ingredients listed above. He sits down = and writes a simple holographic (hand written) will and short note with inf= ormation to call "Mom" and work. Calls tower to relay intent via = the phone.

Preflights the contraption. Gets in, goes though basic Checklist. Cra= nks up the engine, which fires right up at about 0920 hrs. Taxi to Juliet. = Calls tower to verify intent and to taxi to active, 35L. Taxis to Taxiway E= cho. Checks temps. Pushing 195 with OAT reading 95 degrees (geesh it is only about 0930 hrs).=A0

Cleared to take active and hold. Taxied out. Lined up castering nose = wheel down center stripe. Cleared to take off. Added power and engine smoot= hly ran up. Airspeed coming in. 30 kts...50 kts ....60 kts, approximate rot= ation speed. Lots of runway (9000 ft).....hold it....70 kts....72 kts... Slight pull on the yoke....AIRBORNE= !!! Leaped into ground effect. Screw this, pulled back on yoke and I am cli= mbing. Jiggled the yoke a bit to verify=A0control authority.= =A0

Climbed to about 400 feet and turned right pattern to crosswind. The D= ynon altitude and airspeed seem to be working. That's reassuring. Patte= rn altitude is only 600 feet and I was there already as I turned to downwin= d. Leveled off and noticed the clouds were lower than reported and appeared on the ground. Also, noticed coolant= temps had dropped to 190....but oil temps were flashing at me and had reac= hed 225 (synthetic Royal Purple). Damn. Ok. Fly the airplane, the oil is no= t at not a critical level. , but let's just finish the pattern and land. I grabbed my phone while on do= wnwind and attempted to record some data but while I can hear the engine th= e video is =A0awful....uh, in my defense, I was a bit distracted and way mo= re concerned with flying. I called the tower and informed them I was coming in. I think they were looking out for= me since as I turned to base I noticed the fire department staged just off= the runways threshold

I noted I was a bit far out on down wind so I stared easing over to tu= rn base. Wow. I really overshot it as I blew by the runway and had to use f= ull right rudder to get back to the runway. I wish I had had more rudder. I= n hindsight I think I was not using much aileron as I was cognoscente that I had no idea of stall characterist= ics so I did not yet wish too strep a turn. I was able to get over the runw= ay and dump some altitude as I got over the numbers and pulled power. Crap,= I am fast. I am lined up and right on the numbers but at 95 kts. I come and touchdown and bounced. Pulled pow= er to idles and settled down easily but fast at 90 and rolled out and exite= d at Delta. The tower was clearing me back to the city hangars as I was exi= ting the active. I taxi back and noticed the oil temps had decreased but I don't recall how much, just = noticed they were lower.

I got back to my hangar and popped the door and shut her down. The eng= ine went silent without any hissing or gushing.=A0

I called my mom.=A0

I am mowing informing the world.=A0

I did a walk around and did not see anything missing. I am about to pu= ll the cowl and check things out.=A0

I did notice I did not develop a slight hand shaking untill after I la= nded and exited the aircraft. ;-) Hey, how=A0about that, it really is an aircraft now. Ten years to the day following deliver= y.=A0

Thank you for your support.=A0

Christopher Barber, JD
Houston, Ellington Field (EFD)
Velocity N17010
Turbo Rotary 13b
RWS Re-drive and engine computers
Dynon Skyview
Mistral intake


Sent from my iPhone 4


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