It was pretty, sunny, and cool day today as we got an early start. We had a lunchtime fly-in at the airport, so we launched at 10 so we could grab some lunch when we got back. Pete decided we’d go to Cincinnati Lunken airport on the Ohio river for some practice at a different […]
Read MoreIt was supposed to storm today, and it did sprinkle a bit on us, but we went nearly an hour without issue. It was kind of nice, the overcast and building clouds off to the west were holding the temperature down. Since we expected weather we just stayed in the pattern, and with the weather […]
Read MoreMore of the same today, except it was quite a bit cooler today, and not quite so bumpy and breezy, and I actually did pretty well. I even hit my own wing tip vortices doing left and right steep turns. Not shabby.
Read MoreWhen we last left our hero was trying to do gross weight testing. If you read that update, you know we got a funky vibration from the right main gear. Since initial investigation didn’t show any real anomolies, aside from some brake drag, we decided to pull the wheels and check the brakes for warping […]
Read MoreWow, was it hot and bumpy today, with a good enough crosswind to keep me working hard. I was all over the place today, and the bumps wore me out mentally pretty fast. I wasn’t terrible, but I wasn’t good, and I was whipped pretty early. It was a busy weekend and I have to […]
Read MoreThe manual shows you how to set your alignment with the plane up on jacks. It also mentions that you should try to get 10 degrees in this configuration. What they never tell you is that it should be 0, or perhaps 1 degree head in (contact surface out) camber with the weight on it. […]
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