Joe what speed does your bird start wanting to fly? What are you indicating over the fence? Bobby
> Joe, > Reading about flying is NEVER boring. Keep 'em coming! > Thanks for taking us along for the ride, it was fantastic! > Frank Ross sitting at a computer on a very over-cast day in East Anglia. > > > "Joseph H. Horton" <[email protected]> wrote: > Guys, > Another fine day for flying. Temp was about 60 deg. today and I could > have flown just wearing tee shirt. I spent the afternoon getting my > medical out of the way for another 2 years and headed to the airport. The > wing tanks were empty but the header tank was all but full. I only had a > little over an hour of daylight left so i perflighted and started her up > and with the warmer air it did not take long to get up to temps. The oil > pressure seemed normal but I would keep an eye on it. I departed to the > west climbing at about 1300/min > and leveled out at 2000 ft. At full throttle she gained speed quickly and > I was soon doing just about 170 indicated. I was headed to a larger > airport just south of Allentown and by the time I got trimmed up and the > radio changed I was only 5 miles out and called for the active and > entered the pattern. I am very familiar with this airport and the pattern > went as expected. The runway is about 30 ft wider and about 1000 ft > longer than at home. It looked huge compared to what I have been landing > on. Touch down was good and I basically was practicing to keep the nose > wheel up for a longer time in the roll out to try and shorten up the roll > out. > This runway is so smooth. At home there is a bump that I have been using > to jump off the ground on take off and if I am on the runway before I get > to it on landing it pops the plane back into the air. Which has not been > a problem by just doing nothing but hold the controls steady and let it > settle back down. I did 4 patterns here before heading home by way of > circling my house for the kids and my uncles hose for my dad visiting > from Florida. > All this time I have kept track of the oil pressure and it stayed > pretty normal the whole time not going over 52 #. Now I don't know what > to think except that WW told me to check out the electric sender unit, > and right now that seems like a very real chance that it may be acting > up. > One more landing to do back at home on the narrow, short and > rough runway. I ended up a little high and tried the slip again. I lost > altitude quickly and did not gain any speed. I love this plane. I was a > little fast a touch down but had no trouble stopping. I have changed my > flap procedure to dropping the flaps on finial > and judging when to put the last notch in by my position on finial. The > other thing to note is I have to take out all the power pretty early in > finial. > Sorry to bore all of you but finish your planes and I promise to > read your flight reports too. > Joe Horton, Coopersburg, PA. > [email protected] > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Autos. Looking for a sweet ride? Get pricing, reviews, & more on > new and used cars. > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >
