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vettin74(at)yahoo.com
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 Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:02 am Post subject: Back from SNF. |
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Glad to hear that everyone is arriving home well we arrived home yesterday afternoon, here in SYI goo weather all the way but some strong head winds. I lost count but i know we did at least 14 demos in N323AL at SNF, i think the experiances were good and i am sure we might here of some now that everyone is home..
Nick
N1BZRich(at)aol.com wrote:
[quote] Jim,
Good to hear you persisted in your quest for the Lightning and it paid off. I kind of felt that the newest seat design would work for you. Hope that John Williams finds out the same thing.
You are on the right track to be studying the build manual while waiting for you build start date. It will get you familiar with the way things go together and probably save some time in the long run as you will understand what the Green Landings team is having you do and the order that things need to be done. I understand you will be doing your own panel, but it is certainly not to early to be thinking about your panel layout. There is a web site you can use to help with that: http://www.epanelbuilder.com/
It allows you to pick instruments and avionics and move them around on your panel outline to see what looks and works best for you. It used to be free, but I think there is a minor charge now. And while you are at it, get one of the three view Lightning line drawings, a box or colored pencils (or crayons from your kids) and start working on your paint scheme and colors. That is always a fun rainy day project. It is also not too early to go to the FAA web site and reserve an N number for your kit. It only cost ten dollars a year to reserve and you can request a special number and the site will tell you if that number is available. Also, any and all time that you spend doing the above type of stuff can be logged as part of your build time. Kit Log Pro is a program developed by an EAA'er that helps keep track of all of this and when you are done, just hit the print button on your computer and you have your builders log to show to the FAA as documentation for your Repairman's certificate.
Sun-N-Fun was great. I got home yesterday after 5.2 hours of flying time - once again with a head wind. I made a fuel / rest stop in Lumberton, NC. Saw the massive fires burning near Waycross, GA. My block to block speeds were down because of the head winds so I only averaged 158 mph. Could not go above about 7,500 due to heaver winds, so my fuel burn was high Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell?
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dashvii(at)hotmail.com
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| Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:40 am Post subject: Back from SNF. |
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Nick,
Will we be ready to do a baseline run without the mods for my testing by
Thursday? (note: it's supposed to storm on Thursday, but wil we be ready?)
I need my measurements on the left side PFD, airspeed in knots. Can we
reprogram for knots for just these tests without too much hassle? It'll
just be one less computation on my part. We're going to do climb/glide, max
speed, and stall speed tests. In between my baseline and modificaition runs
I'd like to take and attach a strip the way we talked onto the prototype's
rudder, to make sure it'll stay attached at speeds. Then after the mod I'll
let you go through the envelope again with the gap seals on to make sure we
don't have any problems with flutter or too sensitive a roll rate or
anything. Also see if we need to pitch the prop a little more due to a drag
reduction. I'm hoping to do this in two installments of tests, 10 hours in
the air or less. Then do some preliminary data reduction, make sure the
data is lining up as we'd expect, so that I don't have to refly any of the
profiles. Will be down tomorrow to discuss more. Brian W.
From: nick otterback <vettin74(at)yahoo.com>
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To: lightning-list(at)matronics.com
Subject: Back from SNF.
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 09:01:50 -0700 (PDT)
Glad to hear that everyone is arriving home well we arrived home yesterday
afternoon, here in SYI goo weather all the way but some strong head winds. I
lost count but i know we did at least 14 demos in N323AL at SNF, i think
the experiances were good and i am sure we might here of some now that
everyone is home..
Nick
N1BZRich(at)aol.com wrote:
Jim,
Good to hear you persisted in your quest for the Lightning and it paid
off. I kind of felt that the newest seat design would work for you. Hope
that John Williams finds out the same thing.
You are on the right track to be studying the build manual while waiting
for you build start date. It will get you familiar with the way things go
together and probably save some time in the long run as you will understand
what the Green Landings team is having you do and the order that things need
to be done. I understand you will be doing your own panel, but it is
certainly not to early to be thinking about your panel layout. There is a
web site you can use to help with that: http://www.epanelbuilder.com/
It allows you to pick instruments and avionics and move them around on
your panel outline to see what looks and works best for you. It used to be
free, but I think there is a minor charge now. And while you are at it, get
one of the three view Lightning line drawings, a box or colored pencils (or
crayons from your kids) and start working on your paint scheme and colors.
That is always a fun rainy day project. It is also not too early to go to
the FAA web site and reserve an N number for your kit. It only cost ten
dollars a year to reserve and you can request a special number and the site
will tell you if that number is available. Also, any and all time that you
spend doing the above type of stuff can be logged as part of your build
time. Kit Log Pro is a program developed by an EAA'er that helps keep track
of all of this and when you are done, just hit the print button on your
computer and you have your builders log to show to the FAA as documentation
for your
Repairman's certificate.
Sun-N-Fun was great. I got home yesterday after 5.2 hours of flying time
- once again with a head wind. I made a fuel / rest stop in Lumberton, NC.
Saw the massive fires burning near Waycross, GA. My block to block speeds
were down because of the head winds so I only averaged 158 mph. Could not
go above about 7,500 due to heaver winds, so my fuel burn was high at 6.0
GPH. But is was a beautiful day fly flying. I normally like to cruise
higher to improve the TAS and fuel burn.
From all the people I met and talked to at Lakeland, it seems like the
Lightning team is going to get busy. I think we can expect several new
Lightnings to fly soon and probably many more to begin construction. I am
already looking forward to Oshkosh.
Blue Skies,
Buz Rich
N31BZ
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