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Good to hear the report, Mike.
Having had to fly once in my flying career without an airspeed indicator, I
can say you made the smart decision - it's not fun and particular with an
aircraft/powerplant you are still sorting out.
By the way, I went the old school approach on my Rv-6A gear legs and
attached the wooden stiffeners around the gear rods. Never have had a
shimmy after 10 years and 500 hours. The wood tends to dampen any energy
fluctuations that could build up at a resonant frequency and cause shimmy.
Just though I would mention it.
Looking forward to hearing more progress reports
Ed
Ed Anderson
Rv-6A N494BW Rotary Powered
Matthews, NC
eanderson@carolina.rr.com
http://www.andersonee.com
http://members.cox.net/rogersda/rotary/configs.htm#N494BW
http://www.dmack.net/mazda/index.html
-----Original Message-----
From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On
Behalf Of Mike Wills
Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 9:33 PM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: List activity?
OK, I'll kick in my $.02. I've gotten about 5 hours of dual in a Citabria
the last few days and am feeling pretty confident with the taildragger. So
figured it was time to fly (past time?). Got a couple of friends out to
observe and help if needed. Changed the oil and a last minute checkout of
things. Then off to the runway.
Power comes up smoothly and tail is up in a couple of seconds. The RV
handles much nicer than the Citabria up on 2 wheels. A glance at the RMI
uEncoder - rats airspeed reads 0. GPS says groundspeed is 48MPH and I'm
directly into a 6Kt headwind so should be indicating around 55MPH. So rather
than fly a first flight without any indication of airspeed I back off the
power and settle back to 3 points.
As I'm slowing I get a pretty severe shimmy in the gear and tower reports
it's the right main. Pretty typical RV - my old 6A also had gear shimmy
issues.
Now I'm back in maintenance mode, but feel quite a bit more confident of
the RV taildragger handling. Once I got the shimmy stopped I powered back up
and ran pretty much the full 8000 length of the runway on the mains at about
40MPH back to my hangar.
If I can get the airspeed and shimmy situations addressed I may be able to
make another try this weekend.
Oh, should mention that with the extended (8,000') taxi to the departure
end, runup, a 5 minute wait for traffic to clear, and then my high speed
taxi back to the hangar, oil temp was stable at 175 and coolant at 180. I'm
feeling pretty confident in the cooling system also.
Mike Wills
N144MW
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From: "Christopher Barber" <CBarber@TexasAttorney.net>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 11:27 AM
Subject: [FlyRotary] List activity?
> Ok, am I just missing any activity on this list over the last week? Snce
> I have hopefully got my strakes repaired I am back to working on the
> engine and really like knowing you guys and gals are around for support,
> insight and encouragment.
>
> Hello?
>
> All the best,
>
> Chris
>
> preparing for a busy night serving and protecting.......
>
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