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Great job, Bob!!

Bob White wrote:
> I finally got my plane in the air, lifting off at 7:50AM this morning.
> OAT was about 40F.  Flew for about 20 minutes, did one stall and landed
> to check everything.
>
> I bobbled around a bit on take off getting used to the control feel.
> Landing was uneventful.
>
> I will need to do some work on cooling as I expected.  The oil cooler
> location is poor with not enough room behind it and oil temps are
> running about 10-15 deg warmer than the water.  Both are too high for
> summer time flying.  Max oil temp was about 220F, so it was higher than
> I wanted to see.  I also want to recheck the calibration on the sensors
> just to make sure I didn't mess that up.
>
> Another rotary is now flying at least a little.  Send me one of those
> buttons Tracy! :)
>
> Bob White
>
>