More holes in the sky over Kansas
Rained all day yesterday so not a bit of flying.. we did need the rain though.
This morning it was overcast but looked like we'd be able to get some flying time in. First fligh of the day was 1.7 hours just bombing around locally since it was pretty hazy and I didn't feel like venturing to far out and having the weather go south.
Flight 2 of the day was some cross country from flying from Ottawa down to Chanute (CNU) and then over to Butler (BUM) and back. The cloud bank overhead was heading east so I climbed up to 10,500 and played around the back edge of the clouds for a few minutes. It was nice and smooth up there. :-)
Flight 3 of the day was more cross country over to Emporia (EMP) to pick up a sectional chart, then over to Fort Scott (FSK) and then back to Ottawa.
I put 5.3 hours on for the day. It seems that putting on the main wheel pants has actually slowed me down some. I'm only getting 150mph indicated at 2400. I'm going to pull them off and see if that makes any difference. I have the filtered airbox back on again. It also seems to affect my mixture and top end RPM. I'm not sure exactly why. It could be my imagination. I need to fly with and without it on the same day to see what affect it really does have.
Overall the plane is flying great. A breeze to handle and land. Visibility through the tip-up canopy is fantastic. (I'll never understand why someone would build a slider.) Handles very well in crosswinds. I haven't done much in the way of actual flight testing since I'm breaking in the engine for the first 25 hours and the weather has benn pretty cool. Next flights I'll start doing some actual flight testing.
Hobbs: 21.7 hours
This morning it was overcast but looked like we'd be able to get some flying time in. First fligh of the day was 1.7 hours just bombing around locally since it was pretty hazy and I didn't feel like venturing to far out and having the weather go south.
Flight 2 of the day was some cross country from flying from Ottawa down to Chanute (CNU) and then over to Butler (BUM) and back. The cloud bank overhead was heading east so I climbed up to 10,500 and played around the back edge of the clouds for a few minutes. It was nice and smooth up there. :-)
Flight 3 of the day was more cross country over to Emporia (EMP) to pick up a sectional chart, then over to Fort Scott (FSK) and then back to Ottawa.
I put 5.3 hours on for the day. It seems that putting on the main wheel pants has actually slowed me down some. I'm only getting 150mph indicated at 2400. I'm going to pull them off and see if that makes any difference. I have the filtered airbox back on again. It also seems to affect my mixture and top end RPM. I'm not sure exactly why. It could be my imagination. I need to fly with and without it on the same day to see what affect it really does have.
Overall the plane is flying great. A breeze to handle and land. Visibility through the tip-up canopy is fantastic. (I'll never understand why someone would build a slider.) Handles very well in crosswinds. I haven't done much in the way of actual flight testing since I'm breaking in the engine for the first 25 hours and the weather has benn pretty cool. Next flights I'll start doing some actual flight testing.
Hobbs: 21.7 hours
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