Things that I have learned in 7.6 Hours of flight: Trim Tabs; trim tabs are not something that you think about until you build your first plane. With the information that Mark sent me and the input from all of you my plane now has fixed trim tabs that work great. I determined that my aircraft was originally set up for a VW engine and I installed a Continental, witch explains the large trim tab on the elevator.
Tail Wheel; the inability to turn right at low taxi speeds was caused by interference from my rudder gap seal. I had installed rudder gap seals on both sides of the rudder witch was binding on the right. I removed the left side gap seal and now it operates as designed. I still fight the P factor. Take off and Landing; I can take off with less than 1000 feet of runway on a grass strip but landing still takes me around 2000 feet to stop. I can get down to 80 mph on final without the belly board but I deploy the belly board for visibility, angle of approach, and it shortens my role. I am still working on getting my touchdown point where I want it and I am still learning where my wheels are on landing. I would like to develop a technique for short field landings, my friend has a 1500 foot grass strip that I would like to some day visit. Travel Time; I am amazed at how far and how fast this plane can take you. I am seeing places and airports with little travel time. Vibration; I have a very slight vibration at cruse flight. I know it's an airplane, but I believe that the spinner that I made has a slight wobble. Wiring; my RPM gauge stopped working during runnup so I trouble shot the wires and then shut it down. I originally used crimp connectors. I went through and soldered all of those connections and the RPM works again. Flight Time; my goal is to fly 2 hours a day so that in 20 days I should have my 40 hours. Every day I am working on something like the wiring, waiting for weather, working, family etc. however, I am just having fun logging flight time. Thanks for all of your help! I never could have built a plane with out the KRNETwork. Joe Nunley Baker Florida N269HJ KR2 _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org
