Vacation is over, but we’re really enjoying our fall flying season. The crisp morning departure to Urbana Grimes, home of the aircraft lighting test bed being one example. The weather was gorgeous so we invited our winged friends to meet us at I74 for breakfast. Potential builder’s Reiff and Melissa Lorenz popped down to our […]
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We’ve been talking with our buddy Andy, the “other” fixed-pitch propeller XL/FG builder, about giving his propeller a whirl. 🙂 His is a P-tipped Prince 2 blade, and since his engine dyno tested at a little lower horsepower reading, he was curious how our plane would perform with this prop. Well, we put in on […]
Read MoreWe brought Andy’s prop home with us when we visited so we could put it on our airplane and see what she can do. The crosswind was a little higher than we wanted to deal with, but we did a static run (2310 RPM) and a high speed taxi. She looks fast, and we’ll fly […]
Read MoreMark flew his Velocity in for a day of fun in the sun on Cape May Beach for Labor Day. We didn’t get to fly in, so he was kind enough to take us out for a fly-by down the shore. You’ve seen the balcony cam, now see the on-board video.
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Forced landing due to rough running engine, serious injuries. | FAA | NTSB initial | NTSB factual | NTSB probable cause | News1 | On September 11, 2010, about 1745 Pacific daylight time, an experimental Savage-Cozy, N9699, airplane, experienced a loss of engine power while in the traffic pattern, and the pilot attempted to land on […]
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