Great to see your BD4 join the rotary powered fleet Bob. Button is
on the way.
Two new O.R.B.S. members in a week! Proof that all those
hours & years of planning & work do pay off.
Tracy (trying to figure out how to convert Excel chart into a JPEG
file)
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Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2006 1:17
PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] N93BD BD-4 First
Flight
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
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N93BD -
Rotary Powered BD-4 - http://www.bob-white.com
First
Flight: 11/23/2006 7:50AM
Cables for your rotary installation - http://www.roblinphoto.com/shop/
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