Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: "taildrags"
Thanks, you're the MAN!RaySent from my iPad> On Sep 10, 2016, at 7:52 PM, taildrags wrote:> > > Ray: yes, that was with the throttle wide open, but pulling the prop throughto clear excess fuel doesn't mean throwing yourself into it... just pulling itthrough. And my A75 is still quite tight... only about 160 hours on the tachsince the engine was converted to an A75 and rebuilt back to zero time.> > --------> Oscar Zuniga> Medford, OR> Air Camper NX41CC "Scout"> A75 power, 72x36 Culver prop> > > > > Read this topic online here:> > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... 403#460403> > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: afternoon flying

Original Posted By: Ray Krause
Pretty quiet on the list, so I don't feel too bad posting about just an ordinaryafternoon flight. As I wrote yesterday, Scott's "flooded engine start" routineworked perfectly and I put three landings and 1.6 hr in the logbook. I nowknow for sure that I'm going to rig up an air/oil separator for my crankcasebreather. It's just a fine mist that the propwash picks up in cruise flightand brings up onto the port side of the passenger's windscreen, but after an houror more in cruise, it begins to get noticeable. I'm going to fabricate aseparator to mount to the firewall to put an end to it.I forgot that I was going to put a level on my top longeron in cruise flight tosee what angle the fuselage is at in cruise. As I mentioned in another postwhen the subject came up, I have a very nice little (free) app on my iPhone thatgives both a digital readout as well as a "bubble" analog picture of the angle,and the numbers are big enough that I can read them without my reading glasses.I don't remember who had asked about the fuselage attitude in flight,but I've been curious to find out. I'll try to remember it next time.Nothing extraordinary about my afternoon flight. The first leg was over to BeagleSky Ranch (OR96), a one-way dirt strip, for a pretty decent landing and takeoff.Next leg was over to Prospect (64S), a nice little 4000x50 paved stripin some very scenic country. Lost Creek Lake is on the way over there and oneend of the strip is at the edge of a steep dropoff to Mill Creek Falls and the"Avenue of the Boulders" on the Rogue River. It's always gusty there on awarm afternoon and I admit that I ballooned pretty good on initial flare and alsoon the first bounce, but saved it and lived to fly again ;o)My third and final landing was back home at Rogue Valley International... mainrunway is 8800x150 and you really have to try hard to mess up so badly that youhave to go around. My guess is that you could blow a half-dozen approachesone after the other, save each one, power back up after you save one, and stillnot run off the far end of the runway. Don't ask me how I know ;o) This timeall I needed was 1.5 landings to stick it onto the pavement and make the turnoffat A3 (less than 2000' from the numbers). You really get spoiled on bigwide runways when you make your final approach almost at cruise speed, come downwith big bright PAPI lights with the throttle still in, and just pull thepower over the numbers and start scrubbing off speed. I have to keep tellingmyself not to carry too much airspeed on final and to keep the stick coming back.It's just hard to do when there is a regional jet full of passengers fanningthemselves holding for takeoff behind you and the runway distance markersjust seem to be creeping by.My final comment: I was absolutely flabbergasted when I saw how many new marijuanagrows have sprung up around the Rogue Valley just in the last 6-9 months.They are everywhere! So much for Oregon's once-famous Christmas tree farms..."Cannabis Green" is the new state color.--------Oscar ZunigaMedford, ORAir Camper NX41CC "Scout"A75 power, 72x36 Culver propRead this topic online here:http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... __________

Original Posted By: "Charles N. Campbell"
Thanks, Oscar! I needed that. Keep it up and you will have me back on my project!Ray KrauseSkyScout projectSent from my iPad> On Sep 11, 2016, at 9:17 PM, taildrags wrote:> > > Pretty quiet on the list, so I don't feel too bad posting about just an ordinaryafternoon flight. As I wrote yesterday, Scott's "flooded engine start" routineworked perfectly and I put three landings and 1.6 hr in the logbook. Inow know for sure that I'm going to rig up an air/oil separator for my crankcasebreather. It's just a fine mist that the propwash picks up in cruise flightand brings up onto the port side of the passenger's windscreen, but after anhour or more in cruise, it begins to get noticeable. I'm going to fabricatea separator to mount to the firewall to put an end to it.> > I forgot that I was going to put a level on my top longeron in cruise flightto see what angle the fuselage is at in cruise. As I mentioned in another postwhen the subject came up, I have a very nice little (free) app on my iPhonethat gives both a digital readout as well as a "bubble" analog picture of theangle, and the numbers are big enough that I can read them without my readingglasses. I don't remember who had asked about the fuselage attitude in flight,but I've been curious to find out. I'll try to remember it next time.> > Nothing extraordinary about my afternoon flight. The first leg was over to BeagleSky Ranch (OR96), a one-way dirt strip, for a pretty decent landing andtakeoff. Next leg was over to Prospect (64S), a nice little 4000x50 paved stripin some very scenic country. Lost Creek Lake is on the way over there andone end of the strip is at the edge of a steep dropoff to Mill Creek Falls andthe "Avenue of the Boulders" on the Rogue River. It's always gusty there ona warm afternoon and I admit that I ballooned pretty good on initial flare andalso on the first bounce, but saved it and lived to fly again ;o)> > My third and final landing was back home at Rogue Valley International... mainrunway is 8800x150 and you really have to try hard to mess up so badly thatyou have to go around. My guess is that you could blow a half-dozen approachesone after the other, save each one, power back up after you save one, and stillnot run off the far end of the runway. Don't ask me how I know ;o) Thistime all I needed was 1.5 landings to stick it onto the pavement and make theturnoff at A3 (less than 2000' from the numbers). You really get spoiled on bigwide runways when you make your final approach almost at cruise speed, comedown with big bright PAPI lights with the throttle still in, and just pull thepower over the numbers and start scrubbing off speed. I have to keep tellingmyself not to carry too much airspeed on final and to keep the stick comingback. It's just hard to do when there is a regional jet full of passengers fanningthemselves holding for takeoff behind you and th!> e runway distance markers just seem to be creeping by.> > My final comment: I was absolutely flabbergasted when I saw how many new marijuanagrows have sprung up around the Rogue Valley just in the last 6-9 months.They are everywhere! So much for Oregon's once-famous Christmas tree farms..."Cannabis Green" is the new state color.> > --------> Oscar Zuniga> Medford, OR> Air Camper NX41CC "Scout"> A75 power, 72x36 Culver prop> > > > > Read this topic online here:> > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... 421#460421> > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: Jack Textor
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: afternoon flyingYeah!. Oscar, Keep those fingers flying on the keys! It makes those of uswho lose interest in our Piet projects get our noses back to the grindstone. Incidentally, I was hoping to fly mine this summer but I have movedthe projected project completion to the Fall of 2016. Will let you know ifit gets pushed out any further.ChuckOn Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 11:18 AM, Ray Krause wrote:> raykrause(at)frontiernet.net>>> Thanks, Oscar! I needed that. Keep it up and you will have me back on my> project!>> Ray Krause> SkyScout project>> Sent from my iPad>> > On Sep 11, 2016, at 9:17 PM, taildrags wrote:> >> >> >> > Pretty quiet on the list, so I don't feel too bad posting about just an> ordinary afternoon flight. As I wrote yesterday, Scott's "flooded engine> start" routine worked perfectly and I put three landings and 1.6 hr in the> logbook. I now know for sure that I'm going to rig up an air/oil separator> for my crankcase breather. It's just a fine mist that the propwash picks> up in cruise flight and brings up onto the port side of the passenger's> windscreen, but after an hour or more in cruise, it begins to get> noticeable. I'm going to fabricate a separator to mount to the firewall to> put an end to it.> >> > I forgot that I was going to put a level on my top longeron in cruise> flight to see what angle the fuselage is at in cruise. As I mentioned in> another post when the subject came up, I have a very nice little (free) app> on my iPhone that gives both a digital readout as well as a "bubble" analog> picture of the angle, and the numbers are big enough that I can read them> without my reading glasses. I don't remember who had asked about the> fuselage attitude in flight, but I've been curious to find out. I'll try> to remember it next time.> >> > Nothing extraordinary about my afternoon flight. The first leg was over> to Beagle Sky Ranch (OR96), a one-way dirt strip, for a pretty decent> landing and takeoff. Next leg was over to Prospect (64S), a nice little> 4000x50 paved strip in some very scenic country. Lost Creek Lake is on the> way over there and one end of the strip is at the edge of a steep dropoff> to Mill Creek Falls and the "Avenue of the Boulders" on the Rogue River.> It's always gusty there on a warm afternoon and I admit that I ballooned> pretty good on initial flare and also on the first bounce, but saved it and> lived to fly again ;o)> >> > My third and final landing was back home at Rogue Valley> International... main runway is 8800x150 and you really have to try hard to> mess up so badly that you have to go around. My guess is that you could> blow a half-dozen approaches one after the other, save each one, power back> up after you save one, and still not run off the far end of the runway.> Don't ask me how I know ;o) This time all I needed was 1.5 landings to> stick it onto the pavement and make the turnoff at A3 (less than 2000' from> the numbers). You really get spoiled on big wide runways when you make> your final approach almost at cruise speed, come down with big bright PAPI> lights with the throttle still in, and just pull the power over the numbers> and start scrubbing off speed. I have to keep telling myself not to carry> too much airspeed on final and to keep the stick coming back. It's just> hard to do when there is a regional jet full of passengers fanning> themselves holding for takeoff behind you and !> th!> > e runway distance markers just seem to be creeping by.> >> > My final comment: I was absolutely flabbergasted when I saw how many new> marijuana grows have sprung up around the Rogue Valley just in the last 6-9> months. They are everywhere! So much for Oregon's once-famous Christmas> tree farms... "Cannabis Green" is the new state color.> >> > --------> > Oscar Zuniga> > Medford, OR> > Air Camper NX41CC "Scout"> > A75 power, 72x36 Culver prop> >> >> >> >> > Read this topic online here:> >> > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... 421#460421> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>>________________________________________________________________________________