Fellow rotarians,
I'm happy to announce that, after
just over 5 years building, Cozy IV plans # 757 danced the skies this morning
in a short but sucessful flight.
I've read others say that their first
flight was "uneventful" and thought this to be a strange choice of words. Now
I can appreciate the term because that's exactly what it was - uneventful.
Take off run was about 2000 ft on
just over 1/2 throttle and wastegate fully open. Coolant temp was at about 185
in the climb, and 175 on the downwind. The engine purred smoothly, if a litle
rich. (The fuel injection computer still needs some airborne tuning at various
Manifold pressures.) The approach was a little fast but I managed to put her
on the numbers at 75kts (thanks, Paul) and the touchdown was smooth. I used
only a little braking to pull off at the end of the 3400 ft runway. I flew her
once around the pattern - total time about 6 minutes.
My thanks to all the people on this group without who's input this could
not have been done.
So now, the adventure
begins...
John Slade
Cozy Mk IV Turbo Rotary
N96PM