Way to go Bernie!!! You da man!

Mark S.


Subject: [FlyRotary] Another rotary airplane now flying


>
> RV9A made a short circuit around the patch to day. Tom Hahn flew it
since
> I had not realized that I needed a CFI endorsement for my insurance to

> activate. He has flown most of the local RV's on first flight. He had
run
> the airplane at high power 3 times the length of the field (4000 feet
of
> soft turf) and the coolant temp was very hot when he took off. Oil
temps
> were good.
>
> He saw an indicated coolant temp of 249, but no coolant appeared to
blow
> out of the system. Talked to Tracy and he said there were 2 different
> sensors and maybe I was cal'd wrong. We checked it and the cal was
> correct. It did not seem that hot when we taxied in and snatched the
top
> cowl off.
>
> Scratching head on next step, but the airplane flew great!
>
> Bernie