X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from [64.129.170.194] (HELO VIRCOM1.fcdata.private) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.5) with ESMTP id 5591067 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 10 Jun 2012 07:41:43 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.129.170.194; envelope-from=cbarber@bellairepolice.com Received: from FCD-MAIL05.FCDATA.PRIVATE (unverified [172.16.5.24]) by VIRCOM1.fcdata.private (Vircom SMTPRS 5.1.1024.13396) with ESMTP id for ; Sun, 10 Jun 2012 06:40:30 -0500 Received: from FCD-MAIL06.FCDATA.PRIVATE ([fe80::697f:d6aa:b87:78d8]) byFCD-MAIL05.FCDATA.PRIVATE ([fe80::809d:a06e:5913:452e%13]) with mapi id14.01.0355.002; Sun, 10 Jun 2012 06:39:59 -0500 Message-ID: Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2012 11:41:04 +0000 From: Chris Barber Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: First flight - Velocity N17010 To: Rotary motors in aircraft X-Modus-BlackList: 172.16.5.24=OK;cbarber@bellairepolice.com=OK X-Modus-RBL: 172.16.5.24=Excluded X-Modus-Trusted: 172.16.5.24=NO X-Modus-Audit: FALSE;0;0;0 Thread-Topic: [FlyRotary] Re: First flight - Velocity N17010 Thread-Index: AQHNRsS/yc5NjNYDkE6m4rSzuBx9S5bzbbZY References: In-Reply-To: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [69.148.239.250] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_000_EA634ACE46516D46BA9063CA417DB37F95596FA3FCDMAIL06FCDATA_" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --_000_EA634ACE46516D46BA9063CA417DB37F95596FA3FCDMAIL06FCDATA_ Content-Type: text/plain;charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Heck, hugs from y'all...and Tracy's Fly Rotary pin were me primary motiva= tors ;-) I am using the "Performance" 48mm Waste gate. It comes with several spri= ngs, from 1.5 lbs to 25 lbs, IIRC Chris Christopher Barber, JD. Corporal; Patrol Division Master Peace Officer Badge 330 Bellaire Police Department 5100 Jessamine Bellaire, Texas 77401 713-668-0487 CBarber@BellariePolice.com ________________________________ From: Rotary motors in aircraft [flyrotary@lancaironline.net] on behalf o= f CozyGirrrl@aol.com [CozyGirrrl@aol.com] Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2012 23:52 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: First flight - Velocity N17010 Congratulations Chris! I knew you'd do it this morning. Please consider y= ourself hugged by both of us. What wastegate are you using with that spring? Chrissi & Randi www.CozyGirrrl.com CG Products, Custom Aircraft Hardware Chairwomen, Sun-N-Fun Engine Workshop In a message dated 6/9/2012 1:17:14 P.M. Central Daylight Time, cbarber@t= exasattorney.net writes: Didn't notice MAP. Since I am concerned about detonation I have the weake= st spring installed. It is 1.5 lbs. Sent from my iPhone 4 On Jun 9, 2012, at 12:42 PM, "Kelly Troyer" > wrote: YAA-HOO Chris !!.................Congrats and keep the reports coming....= =2E.......Be interested in if your oil temp was just hi power takeoff temp that would come down with reduced power and more ai= rspeed............Did you notice what MAP was (amount of boost) ??......................<:) Kelly Troyer On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 12:24 PM, Bobby J. Hughes > wrote: Congrats Chris. Be safe and keep the reports coming. Does your Dynon hav= e ant data logging capability? Bobby Sent from my iPad On Jun 9, 2012, at 11:53 AM, "Chris Barber" > wrote: June 9, 2002 - A trailer pulled up in front of a simple but comfortable h= ome in Houston. Lots of trails, tribulations blood, time, money, recreation, education, f= un, friendships, anger, frustration, problem solving, sweat, pondering et= c....repeat and repeat again and again. Fast forward (it did go fast) June 9, 2012 - Ellington Field - A lone, very nervous man arrives at the = airport shortly before 0900 hrs. Pushes onto the ramp the contraption com= posed of fiberglass, metal et al and the ingredients listed above. He sit= s down and writes a simple holographic (hand written) will and short note= with information to call "Mom" and work. Calls tower to relay intent via= the phone. Preflights the contraption. Gets in, goes though basic Checklist. Cranks = up the engine, which fires right up at about 0920 hrs. Taxi to Juliet. Ca= lls tower to verify intent and to taxi to active, 35L. Taxis to Taxiway E= cho. Checks temps. Pushing 195 with OAT reading 95 degrees (geesh it is o= nly about 0930 hrs). Cleared to take active and hold. Taxied out. Lined up castering nose whee= l down center stripe. Cleared to take off. Added power and engine smoothl= y ran up. Airspeed coming in. 30 kts...50 kts ....60 kts, approximate rot= ation speed. Lots of runway (9000 ft).....hold it....70 kts....72 kts... = Slight pull on the yoke....AIRBORNE!!! Leaped into ground effect. Screw t= his, pulled back on yoke and I am climbing. Jiggled the yoke a bit to ver= ify control authority. Climbed to about 400 feet and turned right pattern to crosswind. The Dyno= n altitude and airspeed seem to be working. That's reassuring. Pattern al= titude is only 600 feet and I was there already as I turned to downwind. = Leveled off and noticed the clouds were lower than reported and appeared = on the ground. Also, noticed coolant temps had dropped to 190....but oil = temps were flashing at me and had reached 225 (synthetic Royal Purple). D= amn. Ok. Fly the airplane, the oil is not at not a critical level. , but = let's just finish the pattern and land. I grabbed my phone while on downw= ind and attempted to record some data but while I can hear the engine the= video is awful....uh, in my defense, I was a bit distracted and way mor= e concerned with flying. I called the tower and informed them I was comin= g in. I think they were looking out for me since as I turned to base I no= ticed the fire department staged just off the runways threshold I noted I was a bit far out on down wind so I stared easing over to turn = base. Wow. I really overshot it as I blew by the runway and had to use fu= ll right rudder to get back to the runway. I wish I had had more rudder. = In hindsight I think I was not using much aileron as I was cognoscente th= at I had no idea of stall characteristics so I did not yet wish too strep= a turn. I was able to get over the runway and dump some altitude as I go= t over the numbers and pulled power. Crap, I am fast. I am lined up and r= ight on the numbers but at 95 kts. I come and touchdown and bounced. Pull= ed power to idles and settled down easily but fast at 90 and rolled out a= nd exited at Delta. The tower was clearing me back to the city hangars as= I was exiting the active. I taxi back and noticed the oil temps had decr= eased but I don't recall how much, just noticed they were lower. I got back to my hangar and popped the door and shut her down. The engine= went silent without any hissing or gushing. I called my mom. I am mowing informing the world. I did a walk around and did not see anything missing. I am about to pull = the cowl and check things out. I did notice I did not develop a slight hand shaking untill after I lande= d and exited the aircraft. ;-) Hey, how about that, it really is an aircr= aft now. Ten years to the day following delivery. Thank you for your support. Christopher Barber, JD Houston, Ellington Field (EFD) Velocity N17010 Turbo Rotary 13b RWS Re-drive and engine computers Dynon Skyview Mistral intake Sent from my iPhone 4 Warning: This e-mail transmission, and any documents, files or previous e= -mails attached to it, may contain confidential information that is legal= ly privileged. If you are not the intended recipient or the person respon= sible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notifie= d that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of any of the informa= tion contained in or attached to this transmission is STRICTLY PROHIBITED= =2E If you have received this transmission in error, please immediately n= otify us by telephone at 713-662-8132 and destroy the original transmissi= on and its attachments without reading them. Thank you. --_000_EA634ACE46516D46BA9063CA417DB37F95596FA3FCDMAIL06FCDATA_ Content-Type: text/html;charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Heck, hugs from y'all...and Tracy's Fly Rotary pin were me primary mot= ivators ;-)

 

I am using the "Performance" 48mm Wa= ste gate.  It comes with several springs, from 1.5 lbs to 25 = lbs, IIRC

 

Chris

 

Christopher Barber, JD.<= /font>
Corporal; Patrol Divisio= n
Master Peace Officer
Badge 330
Bellaire Police Departme= nt
5100 Jessamine
Bellaire, Texas 77401
 
From: Rotary motors in aircraft [flyro= tary@lancaironline.net] on behalf of CozyGirrrl@aol.com [CozyGirrrl@aol.c= om]
Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2012 23:52
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: First flight - Velocity N17010

Congratulations Chris! I knew you'd do it this morning. Please consi= der yourself hugged by both of us.
What wastegate are you using with that spring?
 
 
Chrissi & Randi
www.CozyGirrrl.c= om
CG Products, Custom Aircraft Hardware
Chairwomen, Sun-N-Fun Engine Workshop
 
In a message dated 6/9/2012 1:17:14 P.M. Central Daylight Time, cbar= ber@texasattorney.net writes:
Didn't notice MAP. Since I am concerned about detonation I have the = weakest spring installed. It is 1.5 lbs. 

Sent from my iPhone 4

On Jun 9, 2012, at 12:42 PM, "Kelly Troyer" <= keltro@gmail.com> wrote:

YAA-HOO Chris !!.................Congrats and keep the reports comin= g............Be interested in if your oil temp was just
hi power takeoff temp that would come down with reduced power and mo= re airspeed............Did you notice what
MAP was (amount of boost) ??......................<:)
 
Kelly Troyer

On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 12:24 PM, Bobby J. Hugh= es <bhughes@qnsi.net> wrote:
Congrats Chris.  Be safe and keep the reports coming. Does your= Dynon have ant data logging capability?

Bobby

Sent from my iPad

On Jun 9, 2012, at 11:53 AM, "Chris Barber" <cbarber@texasattorney.net> wrote:

June 9, 2002 - A trailer pulled up in front of a simple but co= mfortable home in Houston. 

Lots of trails, tribulations blood, time, money, recreation, educat= ion, fun, friendships, anger, frustration, problem solving, sweat, ponder= ing etc....repeat and repeat again and again. 

Fast forward (it did go fast)

June 9, 2012 - Ellington Field - A lone, very nervous m= an arrives at the airport shortly before 0900 hrs. Pushes onto the ramp t= he contraption composed of fiberglass, metal et al and the ingredients li= sted above. He sits down and writes a simple holographic (hand written) will and short note with information to call = "Mom" and work. Calls tower to relay intent via the phone.

Preflights the contraption. Gets in, goes though basic Checklist. C= ranks up the engine, which fires right up at about 0920 hrs. Taxi to Juli= et. Calls tower to verify intent and to taxi to active, 35L. Taxis to Tax= iway Echo. Checks temps. Pushing 195 with OAT reading 95 degrees (geesh it is only about 0930 hrs). 
Cleared to take active and hold. Taxied out. Lined up castering nos= e wheel down center stripe. Cleared to take off. Added power and engine s= moothly ran up. Airspeed coming in. 30 kts...50 kts ....60 kts, approxima= te rotation speed. Lots of runway (9000 ft).....hold it....70 kts....72 kts... Slight pull on the yoke....AIRBOR= NE!!! Leaped into ground effect. Screw this, pulled back on yoke and I am= climbing. Jiggled the yoke a bit to verify control aut= hority. 

Climbed to about 400 feet and turned right pattern to crosswind. The= Dynon altitude and airspeed seem to be working. That's reassuring. Patte= rn altitude is only 600 feet and I was there already as I turned to downw= ind. Leveled off and noticed the clouds were lower than reported and appeared on the ground. Also, noticed coola= nt temps had dropped to 190....but oil temps were flashing at me and had = reached 225 (synthetic Royal Purple). Damn. Ok. Fly the airplane, the oil= is not at not a critical level. , but let's just finish the pattern and land. I grabbed my phone while on down= wind and attempted to record some data but while I can hear the engine th= e video is  awful....uh, in my defense, I was a bit distracted and w= ay more concerned with flying. I called the tower and informed them I was coming in. I think they were looking out f= or me since as I turned to base I noticed the fire department staged just= off the runways threshold

I noted I was a bit far out on down wind so I stared easing over to = turn base. Wow. I really overshot it as I blew by the runway and had to u= se full right rudder to get back to the runway. I wish I had had more rud= der. In hindsight I think I was not using much aileron as I was cognoscente that I had no idea of stall characteri= stics so I did not yet wish too strep a turn. I was able to get over the = runway and dump some altitude as I got over the numbers and pulled power.= Crap, I am fast. I am lined up and right on the numbers but at 95 kts. I come and touchdown and bounced. Pulled p= ower to idles and settled down easily but fast at 90 and rolled out and e= xited at Delta. The tower was clearing me back to the city hangars as I w= as exiting the active. I taxi back and noticed the oil temps had decreased but I don't recall how much, just no= ticed they were lower.

I got back to my hangar and popped the door and shut her down. The e= ngine went silent without any hissing or gushing. 

I called my mom. 

I am mowing informing the world. 

I did a walk around and did not see anything missing. I am about to = pull the cowl and check things out. 

I did notice I did not develop a slight hand shaking untill after I = landed and exited the aircraft. ;-) Hey, how about that, it re= ally is an aircraft now. Ten years to the day following delivery. 

Thank you for your support. 

Christopher Barber, JD
Houston, Ellington Field (EFD)
Velocity N17010
Turbo Rotary 13b
RWS Re-drive and engine computers
Dynon Skyview
Mistral intake


Sent from my iPhone 4





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