Re: Waiex #0056 - N569KM First Flight 4/2/2012
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 7:57 pm
Hi Kip,
I now have three test flights completed but have been at FSI in Wilmington for recurrent all week so not much for this week. Thus far all seems to be pretty good...I'm seeing CHT's around 380-390 on climb out, and they drop to 350-360 in cruise when the EGT's are around 1150-1200. At 3000' and 3000 rpm, IAS is around 125 and the MGL calculates around 128 mph true. On my last landing I got a fairly severe brake chatter/shimmy which bent my gear leg fairing a little, so my plane is currently up on a jack to get this annoying brake issue solved before I fly again. I also keep opening the gap between my flywheel ignition magnet and upper primary coil as they were rubbing. The specs call for 0.10" gap but I'm up to 0.16" and still getting just a little rubbing so I need to go a little bigger.
The good news is the airframe itself has been great so far...I have a barely noticeable heavy right wing but it's so close I'll probably ignore it for now. I've also gone through and have written a building and flying story for the Sonex website about my adventures, so hopefully that gets posted soon.
How about you Kip...you flying your plane much?
I now have three test flights completed but have been at FSI in Wilmington for recurrent all week so not much for this week. Thus far all seems to be pretty good...I'm seeing CHT's around 380-390 on climb out, and they drop to 350-360 in cruise when the EGT's are around 1150-1200. At 3000' and 3000 rpm, IAS is around 125 and the MGL calculates around 128 mph true. On my last landing I got a fairly severe brake chatter/shimmy which bent my gear leg fairing a little, so my plane is currently up on a jack to get this annoying brake issue solved before I fly again. I also keep opening the gap between my flywheel ignition magnet and upper primary coil as they were rubbing. The specs call for 0.10" gap but I'm up to 0.16" and still getting just a little rubbing so I need to go a little bigger.
The good news is the airframe itself has been great so far...I have a barely noticeable heavy right wing but it's so close I'll probably ignore it for now. I've also gone through and have written a building and flying story for the Sonex website about my adventures, so hopefully that gets posted soon.
How about you Kip...you flying your plane much?