You know what they say about FUN, either its senful or it makes you fat
and I don't see you getting fat. I'm praying for you every day.
jim
On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 20:38:18 -0600 "Mark Langford" <[email protected]>
writes:
> Brian Kraut wrote:
>
> >I put gap seals on my Stang in about 15 minutes. My conclusion?
> Mark is
> > just having way too much fun.
>
> I have a mountain of excuses, but I'll spare you...most of them. I
> haven't
> put gap seals on it yet because it's still in primer and I figure
> the tape's
> not going to stick well, but you may have just shamed me into trying
> them
> anyway. I have enough data to be able to show how much difference
> they
> make, even if I they only stay on for a few weeks. I have a brand
> new
> spinner now, but I want to use it as a mold and pull a carbon fiber
> one off
> of it. No real excuse there. Wheel pants, body work, etc. aren't
> done
> because it's been too cold for epoxy to cure, and that excuse is
> about to
> evaporate. I need to redo my cowling, but I'm expecting the
> opportunity to
> put a "fifth bearing" on the front of my next (3100cc) engine, so
> that's on
> hold until the machine work is done on the case and heads, as well
> as the
> previous excuse...cold weather. Another excuse is that I'm trying
> to only
> do one modification at a time, so I'll know what each modification
> does to
> performance. That's why I document every flight with notes and
> electronic
> EIS data stored to files, including altitude, airpseed, barometric
> pressure,
> OAT, etc. I do that because I like to know what I'm talking about
> when it
> comes to KR modifications, rather than speculate.
>
> You're absolutely right about way too much fun though. I'm
> addicted, pure
> and simple. If it's good flying weather, nothing else matters. I
> go to
> work at 6AM, just so I can leave early enough to get some flying in
> every
> afternoon. I used to never miss the news at 5:30...but now it's
> rare that I
> catch it, because the really good flying weather is just before
> sunset. I
> used to never miss Car Talk and stuff like New Yankee Workshop, and
> This Old
> House. Now I don't even remember to set the VCR....too busy flying
> or
> planning to fly, or getting the plane ready to fly again. It's
> addictive, I
> tell you!
>
> Today was a really cool trip. Up there in under two hours, despite
> a
> headwind, and back in 1.5 hours, except I didn't come straight
> back...I had
> to do four touch and goes in Fayetteville, buzz the house and
> surrounding
> area, and then grease one on in super smooth air at Hazel Green just
> as the
> sun went down (when you haven't bothered to install nav lights and
> strobes
> yet, you have to land before dark). I did most of the trip burning
> 4
> gallons of auto fuel an hour at 11,500' and 10,500', up where it's
> smooth
> and clear...and I can glide for 20 miles with no engine. It's so
> smooth up
> there that you can kick back and steer by moving your arms or legs
> to
> different places to make a gradual turn, or keep it going straight.
> I took
> mine to 15,000' the other day, and it was still climbing at
> something like
> 300' per minute at that altitude.
>
> It's amazing how much my plane and Larry's are alike. The one big
> difference is the airfoil, but he has a great excuse...the AS5046
> didn't
> exist back when he built his wings. I think today we proved again
> that it
> makes a difference. I even got to fly Larry's plane again, but it
> was so
> bumpy we decided to cut it short. They fly as similarly as they
> look. See
> photo at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/flesner/060326116m.jpg .
>
> Weather permitting, I'll fly to SNF next Friday, the 7th. People
> will see
> my KR and think "gee, I thought he did better work than that...it
> looks like
> crap". But the biggie to me is that I will have flown it in from
> north
> Alabama, 550 miles away, burning less than 20 gallons of fuel (less
> than I
> could drive it) in under 4 hours (a third of the time it would take
> to drive
> it). So for me, I don't even care how ugly it is... I've created a
> time
> machine!
>
> I parked it tonight with 172 hours on it....
>
> Mark Langford, Harvest, AL
> see homebuilt airplane at http://www.N56ML.com
> email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net
>
>
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