X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com X-SpamCatcher-Score: 1 [X] Return-Path: Received: from alnrmhc13.comcast.net ([206.18.177.53] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.4) with ESMTP id 1722490 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 28 Dec 2006 21:21:58 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=206.18.177.53; envelope-from=rlwhite@comcast.net Received: from quail.site (c-68-35-160-229.hsd1.nm.comcast.net[68.35.160.229]) by comcast.net (alnrmhc13) with SMTP id <20061229022051b1300q6rfje>; Fri, 29 Dec 2006 02:21:11 +0000 Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 19:22:05 -0700 From: Bob White To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Yet another non-event story Message-Id: <20061228192205.5ac860c8.rlwhite@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.3.0 (GTK+ 2.8.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Thanks Buly, I needed that! The weather here is just cranking up. Glad to hear it's going well and you're getting some quality fight time in. Bob W. On Thu, 28 Dec 2006 20:37:58 -0500 Bulent Aliev wrote: > After having bad weather and high winds for few weeks, today the > weather was turning perfect for another flight. So I punched out > early from work and went to get the plane ready. By the time I was > all done, my minister of finance, safety & communications officer > arrived from work. She mounted up and I tried to lift the nose of the > plane from grazing position with the electric nose lift. No go? > Started checking the electric connections and one of the micro > switches fell apart in my hand. Anyway I fixed that and left the gear > down. Taxied to the runup area and made the usual run-up checks. > Waited forever behind couple of jets to come and go, than was my > turn. Full power and we were rolling. On climb out the temps went to > 210F, but dropped on downwind very fast to 170-190. Made couple of > wide circles over the airport at 1500 ft but it was already getting > dark, and she requested permission to join the pattern and land. > Snuck in front of a jet on long final and did a beautiful landing. I > let it roll almost to the end of the 6K ft runway and made the jet go > around behind me. Payback is a bitch :). > By the time we taxied back to the hangar it was dark. This time we > had few extra moments to enjoy the plane with the sunset on one side > and the Atlantic on the other. that's what she told me. My eyeballs > were stuck to the panel and EC2. > During the flight I noticed my mixture bar was going from lean to > totally desapearing. Turning the knob to full rich was not enough. So > I have to do some more tuning. > Bulent "Buly" Aliev > FXE Ft lauderdale, FL > http://tinyurl.com/dcy36 > > > -- > Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/ -- N93BD - Rotary Powered BD-4 - http://www.bob-white.com First Flight: 11/23/2006 7:50AM - 0.7 Hours Total Time Cables for your rotary installation - http://www.roblinphoto.com/shop/