6.2 hours - Stall test, simulated engine out, cross country
I racked up another 6.2 hours on the plane today. Hobbs now reads 27.9 hours. With the weather getting warmer I moved into the actual test phase of flying. Up to this point I was in 'engine break-in mode'.
Stall Testing
First up was some stall testing. I did some basic stalls.. power-off, power-on, flaps, no-flaps.
Power off, no flaps: 59mph IAS
Power off, full flaps: 49mph IAS
Power off, half flaps: 51mph IAS
Power on: Somewhere less than 55mph. I tried a couple of these full-power stalls and the climb angle was very extreme and made me a bit uncomfortable. I got down to 55mph before I recovered it but it never really stalled. Mike found his to be about 53mph and I guess mine would be very close to that. I'll go up with an instructor after the 40 hours are off and do some. I just didn't want to get to far outside my comfort zone.
Simulated Engine Out
You just never know when it will happen, so when I was about 7.5miles out at about 6,000 feet, I pulled the power all the way back and setup a glide of 70mph which is what most RV'rs are using for best glide. This wasn't true testing, I just wanted to see if I could get back to the airport and land without power. I easily made it back to the airport and had to do several 360's overhead to loose some altitude and then easily made a short base and final approach. I was pleased with that. The descent was about 550fpm at ~72mph or so. My ground speed was about 90kts. Again, this was all unscientific. An upcoming flight test will determine my best glide.
Cross Country Flying
The rest of my time was spent flying across my flight test area. I went up to 8,000ft and noted some airspeed numbers which I'll crunch later. Took several pictures of things. Lots of grass burning going on.
4500 ft at 2450rpm
My true airspeed at 8,000ft, 2450 rpm came out to 149.6kts.
(It's now Sunday morning and looks like no flying today.)
Stall Testing
First up was some stall testing. I did some basic stalls.. power-off, power-on, flaps, no-flaps.
Power off, no flaps: 59mph IAS
Power off, full flaps: 49mph IAS
Power off, half flaps: 51mph IAS
Power on: Somewhere less than 55mph. I tried a couple of these full-power stalls and the climb angle was very extreme and made me a bit uncomfortable. I got down to 55mph before I recovered it but it never really stalled. Mike found his to be about 53mph and I guess mine would be very close to that. I'll go up with an instructor after the 40 hours are off and do some. I just didn't want to get to far outside my comfort zone.
Simulated Engine Out
You just never know when it will happen, so when I was about 7.5miles out at about 6,000 feet, I pulled the power all the way back and setup a glide of 70mph which is what most RV'rs are using for best glide. This wasn't true testing, I just wanted to see if I could get back to the airport and land without power. I easily made it back to the airport and had to do several 360's overhead to loose some altitude and then easily made a short base and final approach. I was pleased with that. The descent was about 550fpm at ~72mph or so. My ground speed was about 90kts. Again, this was all unscientific. An upcoming flight test will determine my best glide.
Cross Country Flying
The rest of my time was spent flying across my flight test area. I went up to 8,000ft and noted some airspeed numbers which I'll crunch later. Took several pictures of things. Lots of grass burning going on.
My true airspeed at 8,000ft, 2450 rpm came out to 149.6kts.
(It's now Sunday morning and looks like no flying today.)
posted by Matthew at 8:30 AM
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