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From: Rick Argente <RickArgente@compuserve.com> (by way of Marvin Kaye <marvkaye@olsusa.com>)
Subject: N360ZR Flies!!!
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Day ONE.
After 6 1/2 years of building my Lancair 360 MkII and approximately 2,700
man-hours of construction time, N360ZR finally took to the skies yesterday
morning with Lancair's Chief Test Pilot, Don Goetz, at the controls.  What
a rush!!!!!  Don flew N360ZR for about 20 minutes and came down to 10 feet
of the active runway at 200 Knots for a victory fly-by.  What a sight to
see!!!!  I was a very happy camper yesterday  :-)   

We had to make some adjustments to the cowling and plugged up some holes 
to get the CHT's lower.  On the next flight, CHT's were better but still
needed some more changes and adjustments.   Don also cut a some hole on the
lower cowling to allow more hot air to exit.  The seemed to do the trick,
CHT's on the third flight were finally within acceptable levels.  

Boy, what a great plane to fly!!!!  It's definitely different from anything
I've flown before.  I flew around the airport a couple of times, trying to
get aquinted with my new baby!!  Ground speed was 199KTS!!!  He, he, he!!!
Weeee....!!!

Had the best good night sleep in months zzzzzzzzz

More to follow...

Day TWO.  

Checked out the airport manager and another individual who is a CFII  on
the Lancair.  Everything went well and the airport manager picked-up flying
the Lancair rather quickly.  Made a couple of very nice landings.  

On the fourth flight, while checking out the CFII, experienced 
unacceptable levels of vibration.  Had to cut the flight sort to inspect
the engine,  CFII did two landings but he needs more work.  Checked plugs,
wires, mag timimg, engine compression, mixture settings, etc.  More
adjustments and modifications.  May need to send mags to shop for repairs. 
We shall test if any of our efforts solves and/or minimizes vibration
tomorrow morning.

Rick 
Lancair Pilot!!!


[Way to go, Rick!!!  A big congratulations goes out to you on this
momentous occasion.  Hopefully the vibration problem will turn out to be
something minor and you can get on with your flight testing.  Be sure to
keep us advised of your progress.

I'll "Blue Sky" your Builders' List entry immediately.  Yahoo!!!

    <Marv>   ]
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