Hey Guys,

Wow, news sure travels fast on this list.  I just got home from the airport
and the news is already posted.

 Yes, I flew my Lancair ES - 20B today and she flies beautifully!  My first
flight took place Sunday at 9:30 a.m.  I was close to doing it the previous
day, but the winds were directly across the runway at 10-15, and there was
lots of traffic in the pattern, so I waited.  This morning was much better,
except for the fog, which burned off about 9:00 revealing a beautiful August
morning.  I guess I just got tired of doing fast taxis.  She flew like I was
hoping she would, actually better than I had hoped.  I only did one lap
around the pattern, but the only thing I had to adjust was elevator trim.  I
landed with 20* flaps and did the best landing of my life (I'm going to love
this airplane).  It was very difficult not to go for another lap, but I
wanted to get the cowl off and look things over real well.  Three sets of
eyes didn't find anything amiss.

The engine has plenty of power for sure.  I was especially impressed by the
smoothness of the rotary engine.  Really amazing after flying the certified
stuff for years.  It was a little loud, but that is partially due to not
having a door seal, and the ANR headsets took care of most of that.

I'll know more about how well my cooling system is working after a few more
flights.  It appears that oil cooling may need a little tweaking, but then
it was 90* at 9:30 a.m.  H2O seemed to be within limits, from what I could
tell from my brief flight.

First flight also revealed some tuning issues, but I'm confident that we
will get that sorted out shortly as well.

Head still in the clouds and looking forward to the next flight.

Mark S.
Lancair ES/20B
N208TX



On 8/26/07, Kelly Troyer <keltro@att.net> wrote:
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>  Group,
>    I am going to jump the gun here and report what I just copied from
> Tracy and Laura's site........Congrats Mark !!! Oh envy envy........
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> *Sunday,  August 26, 2007  FIRST FLIGHT of Mark Steitle's Rotary Lancair
> ES*
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> We JUST received a phone call from Mark Steitle of Austin, TX.  He had his
> FIRST FLIGHT Of his Lancair ES with a CS  prop.  He said there were no
> surprises; the plane handled great; he had plenty of power and it was VERY
> exciting!  He promised to send me a report and a photo soon.  Mark flies the
> RWS EC2, EM2 and RD-1C.  CONGRATULATIONS MARK!!
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> Kelly Troyer
> "Dyke Delta"_13B ROTARY Engine
> "RWS"_RD1C/EC2/EM2
> "Mistral"_Backplate/Oil Manifold
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