The panel we’ve been flying with was very ugly as it was repurposed after Blue Mountain went out of business and we shoehorned the Grand Rapids EFIS in there. In order to get the interior ready we needed the panel to look nice and we decided it would be easier to start fresh. We’ve elected […]
Read MoreMerry Christmas everybody. We’ve been doing this since 2001, and it only gets better, and this time of year encourages one to reflect on life’s blessings. We’re busy making upgrades, but that’s a topic for another day. Beth and I wish you and yours a happy, healthy holiday and a better new year.
Read MoreWell, I’d been meaning to test our ELT, but not this way. I was busy working on the plane, my usual “Christmas Holiday” work-a-thon, and I must have clipped the manual switch across ground or something as we got a call from the SAR unit in Oklahoma on the cell phone. They were reading my […]
Read MoreThe first flight of Velocity N44VFwith Vortex Generators installed on both the main wing and canard to improve low speed handling and lower stall speed.
Read MoreWe’ve finally flown with our Vortex Generators installed. For more about installing them check out this article. We have found, in the very limited flying we’ve done so far, that the VGs have lowered our ‘pitch buck’ stall speed by 5 kias (to 70 kias with 2 pilots – very close to forward most CG), and […]
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We’re finally to the point where I’m ready to install our vortex generators (we’re in our final paint and have flown enough with our wheel pants to be ready to try the next aerodynamic change). As our baseline we’ll use dual pilot (Elizabeth and Pete, her instructor) as the starting point. In that configuration we’re […]
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