X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2013 21:57:27 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from qmta03.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.32] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.0.7) with ESMTP id 6647988 for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 20 Dec 2013 21:07:28 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=76.96.30.32; envelope-from=a36jim@comcast.net Received: from omta03.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.27]) by qmta03.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id 3x3S1n0010b6N64A326uFE; Sat, 21 Dec 2013 02:06:54 +0000 Received: from [10.0.0.6] ([50.173.81.77]) by omta03.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id 426s1n00J1g5Yt68P26tSy; Sat, 21 Dec 2013 02:06:53 +0000 References: In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-3B17E540-DE66-4E29-AFD2-02F6FD185A04 X-Original-Message-Id: <93CE36D4-FAC2-436D-A637-2A3F800DBF60@comcast.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (11B554a) From: Jim Coelho Subject: Re: [LML] Re: First Flight Legacy N447E X-Original-Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2013 18:06:52 -0800 X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List --Apple-Mail-3B17E540-DE66-4E29-AFD2-02F6FD185A04 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mark, it looks like you have fast one. Wishing you many years of safe and jo= yful flying.=20 Jim Coelho Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 20, 2013, at 5:41 PM, Gary Weeks wrote: >=20 > Wow congratulations Mark and Leslie. >=20 > Like me I am certain you will find it impossible not to enjoy yourself eac= h time you jump in and go flying. >=20 > The Legacy is one of the nicest aircraft I have flown, an all around beaut= ifully balanced goer. >=20 > Our first flight was almost 12 months ago. >=20 > Gary Weeks >=20 > L2K-205 >=20 > VH-ZYA (about 110 hrs) >=20 >=20 >> On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 3:45 AM, Dennis Johnson w= rote: >> Posted for Mark and Leslie Summers: >> =20 >> I would like to report the successful first flight of our Lancair Legacy.= After an enjoyable 5 years of building, L2K-327 soared into the air from K= TRK Runway 11 on December 10th, 2013 with Scott Alair in Race #77 flying cha= se. Leslie and I had been preparing for this day since we left Lancair=E2=80= =99s facility in late September 2008 with the Legacy shoehorned into a Ryder= Truck for the trip home. I elected to fly the first flight and began prepa= ring years before with many hours on my flight simulator, the required compl= ex/high performance endorsements and more than 10 hours flying Race #77 with= Scott. The Legacy is everything I imagined and then some. >>=20 >> With every flight I get more comfortable and proficient piloting this =E2= =80=9Crocket ship=E2=80=9D, presently constrained to within 100nm radius of K= TRK during Phase I. On my first low altitude flight to break-in the new en= gine, I strained my eyes to find Oakdale airport hidden in the clutter of Ca= lifornia=E2=80=99s San Joaquin Valley. My focus returned to the small ASI l= ocated just under the glare shield; it was pegged! Subsequent analysis of c= alibrated EFIS data revealed that I was cruising at 254kts TAS on 90% power,= level at 4500ft ASL. The Teledyne Continental Motors representative had re= commended that =E2=80=9CI fly it like I stole it=E2=80=9D =E2=80=93 roger wi= lco. >>=20 >> While building, I watched the LML for any data about a completed Legacy t= o compare with our projected numbers. Our configuration is: >> IO 550N/Hartzell 3 blade/dual alternator/single battery/glass panel/two a= xis autopilot/oxygen/spoilers >> Here is how it finally came out: >> Empty weight of 1971lbs (8 qts of oil, and 1 gal of unusable fuel, no pai= nt or interior yet) >> Empty CG at 84.7in >> =20 >> Only a few significant squawks to report after the first flight: low max f= uel flow (25gph) and low max rpm (2670rpm) were adjusted to 29gph, 2700rpm. = Garmin GNS430W would not hold satellite lock until I added a small aluminum= ground plane (5x7 inches) to the antenna located under the glare-shield. I= observed two small witness marks indicating slight contact between the oil s= ump and nose gear over-center linkage when gear was retraced in flight. Thi= s was solved with a hammer (not as brutal as it sounds). The roll trim tab n= eeded to be adjusted for hands off flight in the solo pilot configuration. I= also cleared a few hard contact points between the baffling and the cowling= which significantly reduced vibration in the cockpit. Of particular intere= st was the performance of the canopy seal. I attached the passive seal incl= uded in the kit, to the canopy instead of the fuselage with the =E2=80=9CV=E2= =80=9D up and it does not leak anywhere. >>=20 >> Our local Lancair community provided encouragement and answers to many of= our questions during construction and initial flight testing. We would lik= e thank Bucky Whittier, Steve Richard, Dennis Johnson, Jim Coelho, Steve and= Claudette Colwell and especially Scott Alair who was extremely generous wit= h his time, experience and beautiful aircraft, Obsession Race #77. >>=20 >> Tailwinds, >> Mark & Leslie Summers >> Experimental N447E >> 6.7 hours total time >=20 --Apple-Mail-3B17E540-DE66-4E29-AFD2-02F6FD185A04 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Mark, it looks like you have fast one.= Wishing you many years of safe and joyful flying. 
Jim Coelh= o

Sent from my iPhone

On Dec 20, 2013, at 5:41 PM, Gary= Weeks <g.weeks550@gmail.com&= gt; wrote:

Wow congratulations Mark and Leslie.

Like me I am c= ertain you will find it impossible not to enjoy yourself each time you jump i= n and go flying.

The Legacy is one of the nicest a= ircraft I have flown, an all around beautifully balanced goer.

Our first flight was almost 12 months ago.
Gary Weeks

L2K-205

VH-ZYA (about 110 hrs)


On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 3:45 AM, Dennis Johns= on <pinetownd@volcano.net> wrote:
Posted for Mark and Leslie Summers:
 

= I would like=20 to report the successful first flight of our Lancair Legacy.  After an enjoyable 5 years of building,=20 L2K-327 soared into the air from KTRK Runway 11 on December 10th,= =20 2013 with Scott Alair in Race #77 flying chase.  Leslie an= d I had been preparing for this=20 day since we left Lancair=E2=80=99s facility in late September 2008 with the= Legacy=20 shoehorned into a Ryder Truck for the trip home.  I electe= d to fly the first flight and=20 began preparing years before with many hours on my flight simulator, the=20 required complex/high performance endorsements and more than 10 hours flying= =20 Race #77 with Scott.  The Legacy is=20 everything I imagined and then some.

= With every=20 flight I get more comfortable and proficient piloting this =E2=80=9Crocket s= hip=E2=80=9D,=20 presently constrained to within 100nm radius of KTRK during Phase I.&n= bsp;  On my first low altitude flight to=20 break-in the new engine, I strained my eyes to find Oakdale airport hidden i= n=20 the clutter of California=E2=80=99s San Joaquin Valley.  M= y focus returned to the small ASI=20 located just under the glare shield; it was pegged!  Subse= quent analysis of calibrated EFIS=20 data revealed that I was cruising at 254kts TAS on 90% power, level at 4500f= t=20 ASL.  The Teledyne Continental=20 Motors representative had recommended that =E2=80=9CI fly it like I stole it= =E2=80=9D =E2=80=93 roger=20 wilco.

W= hile=20 building, I watched the LML for any data about a completed Legacy to compare= =20 with our projected numbers.  Our=20 configuration is:

I= O=20 550N/Hartzell 3 blade/dual alternator/single battery/glass panel/two axis=20= autopilot/oxygen/spoilers

H= ere is how it=20 finally came out:

E= mpty weight=20 of 1971lbs (8 qts of oil, and 1 gal of unusable fuel, no paint or interior=20= yet)

E= mpty CG at=20 84.7in

 

= Only a few=20 significant squawks to report after the first flight: low max fuel flow (25g= ph)=20 and low max rpm (2670rpm) were adjusted to 29gph, 2700rpm.  Garmin GNS430W would not hold satellite=20 lock until I added a small aluminum ground plane (5x7 inches) to the antenna= =20 located under the glare-shield.  I=20 observed two small witness marks indicating slight contact between the oil s= ump=20 and nose gear over-center linkage when gear was retraced in flight.&nb= sp; This was solved with a hammer (not as=20 brutal as it sounds).  The roll trim=20 tab needed to be adjusted for hands off flight in the solo pilot=20 configuration.  I also cleared a few=20 hard contact points between the baffling and the cowling which significantly= =20 reduced vibration in the cockpit. =20 Of particular interest was the performance of the canopy seal.&= nbsp; I attached the passive seal included in=20 the kit, to the canopy instead of the fuselage with the =E2=80=9CV=E2=80=9D u= p and it does not=20 leak anywhere.

= Our local=20 Lancair community provided encouragement and answers to many of our question= s=20 during construction and initial flight testing.  We would l= ike thank Bucky Whittier,=20 Steve Richard, Dennis Johnson, Jim Coelho, Steve and Claudette C= olwell=20 and especially Scott Alair who was extremely generous with his time, experie= nce=20 and beautiful aircraft, Obsession Race #77.

T= ailwinds,

M= ark &=20 Leslie Summers

E= xperimental=20 N447E

6= .7 hours=20 total time


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