How did the wing tanks gets so lop sided? They are connected together and should say even.
Kevin1 --- In [email protected], "profedihmc" <profedi...@...> wrote: > > Okay, N415CB flew yesterday and it was a hoot! My instructor had us > climb to about 2500 feet and stay within gliding distance of the > airport just in case. It left the runway at about 66 mph and I was > surprised at how different it was getting it rotated and flying > compared to the 172s I had flown and the Sky Ranger I owned. But > once in the air she was a well behaved lady. In fact, I was amazed > at the turning ability and being right on the ball. Couple of > squawks: 1. Overpowering odor of 100LL in the cabin. We were flying > with the left tank pretty much empty and the right tank with about > 4.5 gallons of fuel and full header tank. The fuel transfer shut- off > valve was open as I was told by the previous owner to not close it. > On previous days when I did only taxi exercises and then the high > speed taxiing to aborted take off, I didn't smell the fuel odor. 2. > The altimeter is a little "loosey-goosey." Not sure if it's the > original, but it does appear "old" to me. Better to replace or > rebuild if needed? Didn't fly enough out of the pattern to do the > speedometer check, but I will. We concentrated on landings and > takeoffs. I did all my landings full stop. Never got behind the > power curve and didn't miss the rudder pedals at all although my > instructor did! LOL He was tapping the floor more than once. My > landings got better, but it was my first experience in a low wing > aircraft and I was trying to flair too high. Once, I got fixated on > my airspeed indicator and wasn't paying enough attention to the > plane's landing configuration, my instructor had to get my attention > back outside the plane with a tug on the yoke to get the nose up. > All in all, though, it was a blast to fly! We'll continue working > together until both he and I are comfortable with my being ready to > solo three full stop landings (just like the first go around!). > Thanks again to the myriad postings and emails I got from the first > post and all the encouragement. It meant a lot and I tried to put > together as much of the input into my trial flight and it really > helped put me at ease. Oh, another thing, a couple of times during > run up, the engine stalled on me while I was on the ground. I had > been warned that I had to be smooth on the throttle lest it do that. > Never happened in the air, but of course I wasn't going from idle to > full bore either. Comments? > > "Couper" Carl LaVon > (Not sure about the handle, it was suggested...) >
