Saturday, April 21, 2007
Training
I've been up twice with Colin for training purposes. I've never flown constant speed, and the insurance company won't cover me until I have 10 hrs with Colin. Going up again today and tomorrow.
This is an awesome plane. The first takeoff was like hanging on to the tigers tail. I've never flown anything so powerful and fast on the climb. Quite an experience.
Discovered that the nose wheel fairing did not have enough clearance to the tire. Did not hurt the fiberglass but it bent it enough to pop some of the paint off. It now has the clearance. I'm in the process of moving my trim indications to the EFIS. The aileron trim indicator is not working and rather than replace it, I'll move it. Pretty simple wiring change.
I moved the rear spar connection about 3/64 in down. Hopefully this will correct the heavy left wing..
I absolutely hate the stick grips I installed. Have ordered grips with a coolie hat on them. Anyone want the old ones? They are Ray Allen with the pushbutton trim switches, a flap switch, and a toggle center off spring back from either end switch.
I found that 50 lbs os sand in the luggage compartment makes it much easier to fly.
This is an awesome plane. The first takeoff was like hanging on to the tigers tail. I've never flown anything so powerful and fast on the climb. Quite an experience.
Discovered that the nose wheel fairing did not have enough clearance to the tire. Did not hurt the fiberglass but it bent it enough to pop some of the paint off. It now has the clearance. I'm in the process of moving my trim indications to the EFIS. The aileron trim indicator is not working and rather than replace it, I'll move it. Pretty simple wiring change.
I moved the rear spar connection about 3/64 in down. Hopefully this will correct the heavy left wing..
I absolutely hate the stick grips I installed. Have ordered grips with a coolie hat on them. Anyone want the old ones? They are Ray Allen with the pushbutton trim switches, a flap switch, and a toggle center off spring back from either end switch.
I found that 50 lbs os sand in the luggage compartment makes it much easier to fly.
Labels: modifications, training
