2010 – N144TJ – Richard Huges – Cozy III – Pine Bluff, AR – 0

Canopy came open in flight, landed off airport. The airplane was in cruise flight when the right-side hinged cockpit canopy suddenly opened to about a 90-degree up position. The pilot’s headset and several other loose items in the cockpit exited the airplane. The pilot subsequently experienced a “large vibration” in the engine. With the engine […]

[VIDEO] Velocity N44VF Smoke Test 2 – Without Cowl Plugs

This is testing our intake modifications with smoke generators just ahead of our NACA inlets to see if we’re getting better air flow into the NACA after plugging the cowling outlets or not.

Fighting High Oil Temps (with money)

I’ve been ordering supplies like mad that I thought might help us with our oil temperature issues. I’ve got a 2-pass Positech 4218MN oil cooler coming. It has more tubes than the stock cooler, and being two pass should have nearly 1/3 more heat-rejection capacity than the stock cooler. I’m hoping we can mount it in the […]

Beth gets her Cast off, High Oil Temps

Ok, so I’ve been pretty lax in getting updates to the blog. Dave didn’t want Elizabeth flying solo until she (got her cast off and) could open the door on her own in case of emergency. That was slated for (and happened) this week, and we were working on some ideas for getting our oil […]

Vortilons

The vortilons are mounted just before we sign the airplane off for flight, since they’re so easy to break off. However it’s critical that they be installed as the prevent the sweep of the wing from allowing the high pressure air to move laterally down the wing which would hurt lift and make the wings […]

[VIDEO] N44VF Returns to Flight – Best of 25 May 2010

N44VF (Victor Fox) takes her second first flight with Dave Bertram at the controls. This is her first flight with “real” paint, and the first flight since she was landed on State Route 3 in Otisco Indiana!