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Greetings,
This was a pretty good day
in rotary land. I drove the FD to the airport to verify that I had
successfully tuned out the light throttle lean surge, and it behaved beautifully
(still selling it though).
My planned test flight was
to go to 8000 ft for a long duration climb temp test, then do some full
throttle runs, pull about 3 g's, maybe do some rolls, and call it quits.
Of course, the clouds were at about 3000 ft, so I just decided
to trust the
engine, and go flying for fun. I headed out over the bay at about
1300 feet, buzzed my house, and the local RC flying field, then did a 180
mph pass down the beach at about 300 ft (enough offshore to avoid the people,
and kites). The engine ran
perfectly, smooth as glass, temps were great, and the plane handled like an RV
should. This is the first flight I've
actually enjoyed in this plane.
Numbers from
level flight:
1300
ft
5100 rpm (not close to full throttle, forgot to look at
the MAP though)
170 mph
TAS
OAT
87
Fuel flow- 10.5
gph
Oil temp-
180
Water temp-
158
Fuel pressure 40
psi (35 at 2000 rpm on the ground, and 42 with engine off)
Cheers,
Rusty (now half way through my 40
hours)
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