REFLECTOR:First Flight

Andy Millin reflector@tvbf.org
Mon, 30 Jun 2003 14:57:46 -0400


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Kevin,

Fantastic job!!

Great job and good luck with your transition training.

Best,

Andy
  -----Original Message-----
  From: reflector-admin@tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-admin@tvbf.org]On Behalf
Of Velocity_AZ
  Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 2:27 PM
  To: reflector@tvbf.org
  Subject: REFLECTOR:First Flight


  After 3 years and 4 months of building, this past weekend Mike Pollock,
Velocity owner and test pilot, made the first flights of our Velocity,
N111VX.  My wife and I flew chase with Milt Mersky and Dave Bertram in Milt’
s & Mike’s Velocity.



  Elite Long-Wing, Fixed-Gear

  Empty Weight 1505

  Re-Man IO-360-C1E6 from Lycon (in CA) with high compression pistons

  M-T Prop

  Single oil cooler (in front)

  Downdraft cooling

  Presently in primer, no interior (just seats)



  Saturday 6/28: The outside temp was about 90 (it was morning) (it’s hot in
Scottsdale, AZ now).   CHTs were high (over 400) on taxi.  She flew
beautifully for about 15 minutes over the airport but the oil temp was
slowly rising.  At 245 degrees, Mike decided to land.  The lowest oil temp
on descent was 230.  Mike said that the wire duct was quite hot.  CHTs were
high but under 425 in flight.  Oil reached around 256 and CHTs reach around
467 by the time Mike taxied back and shutdown.  We were expecting high temps
until the engine was broken in but the oil temp was concerning.  Duane Swing
suggested that a small NACA scoop in the fuselage at the forward end of the
pilot wire duct that holds both oil lines would help by keeping the lines
cooler in flight.  We put in the NACA scoop (or hole for the time being) and
the next morning we flew again.  CHTs were below 425 (mostly around 370-380)
and oil temp was below 245 the entire time.  Between the engine slowing
breaking in and the small NACA for the oil lines all temps were in check.
We flew for almost 2 hours in the local practice area around 6,000’.  Mike
did slow flight, stalls, steep turns and flutter tests – everything went
fine – she flew beautifully.



  Pictures can be seen at:

  http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4291366131&code=5662024&mode=invite



  I should have my transition training completed sometime this week and will
hopefully personally fly her before the weekend.  Can’t wait and still can’t
find the words…



  Kevin

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<DIV><SPAN class=3D064105418-30062003><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff =

size=3D2>Kevin,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D064105418-30062003><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff =

size=3D2></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D064105418-30062003><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff =

size=3D2>Fantastic job!!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D064105418-30062003><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff =

size=3D2></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D064105418-30062003><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff =
size=3D2>Great=20
job and good luck with your transition training.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D064105418-30062003><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff =

size=3D2></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D064105418-30062003><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff =

size=3D2>Best,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D064105418-30062003><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff =

size=3D2></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=3D064105418-30062003><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff =

size=3D2>Andy</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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  size=3D2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> =
reflector-admin@tvbf.org=20
  [mailto:reflector-admin@tvbf.org]<B>On Behalf Of=20
  </B>Velocity_AZ<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, June 30, 2003 2:27 =
PM<BR><B>To:</B>=20
  reflector@tvbf.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> REFLECTOR:First=20
  Flight<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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  <P class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN class=3DEmailStyle18><FONT face=3DArial =
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  style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: =
12.0pt">After=20
  3 years and 4 months of building, this past weekend Mike Pollock, =
Velocity=20
  owner and test pilot, made the first flights of our Velocity, =
N111VX.<SPAN=20
  style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>My wife and I flew chase =
with Milt=20
  Mersky and Dave Bertram in Milt=92s &amp; Mike=92s=20
  Velocity.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
  <P class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN class=3DEmailStyle18><FONT face=3DArial =
color=3Dblack=20
  size=3D2><SPAN=20
  style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: =
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  <P class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN class=3DEmailStyle18><FONT face=3DArial =
color=3Dblack=20
  size=3D2><SPAN=20
  style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: =
12.0pt">Elite=20
  Long-Wing, Fixed-Gear<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
  <P class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN class=3DEmailStyle18><FONT face=3DArial =
color=3Dblack=20
  size=3D2><SPAN=20
  style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: =
12.0pt">Empty=20
  Weight 1505<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
  <P class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN class=3DEmailStyle18><FONT face=3DArial =
color=3Dblack=20
  size=3D2><SPAN=20
  style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: =
12.0pt">Re-Man=20
  IO-360-C1E6 from Lycon (in CA) with high compression=20
  pistons<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
  <P class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN class=3DEmailStyle18><FONT face=3DArial =
color=3Dblack=20
  size=3D2><SPAN=20
  style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: =
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  Prop<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
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color=3Dblack=20
  size=3D2><SPAN=20
  style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: =
12.0pt">Single=20
  oil cooler (in front)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
  <P class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN class=3DEmailStyle18><FONT face=3DArial =
color=3Dblack=20
  size=3D2><SPAN=20
  style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: =
12.0pt">Downdraft=20
  cooling<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
  <P class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN class=3DEmailStyle18><FONT face=3DArial =
color=3Dblack=20
  size=3D2><SPAN=20
  style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: =
12.0pt">Presently=20
  in primer, no interior (just =
seats)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
  <P class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN class=3DEmailStyle18><FONT face=3DArial =
color=3Dblack=20
  size=3D2><SPAN=20
  style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: =
12.0pt">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
  <P class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN class=3DEmailStyle18><FONT face=3DArial =
color=3Dblack=20
  size=3D2><SPAN=20
  style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: =
12.0pt">Saturday=20
  6/28: The outside temp was about 90 (it was morning) (it=92s hot in =
Scottsdale,=20
  AZ now).<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>CHTs =
were high=20
  (over 400) on taxi.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>She =
flew=20
  beautifully for about 15 minutes over the airport but the oil temp was =
slowly=20
  rising.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>At 245 degrees, =
Mike=20
  decided to land.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>The =
lowest oil=20
  temp on descent was 230.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; =
</SPAN>Mike=20
  said that the wire duct was quite hot.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: =
yes">&nbsp;=20
  </SPAN>CHTs were high but under 425 in flight.<SPAN=20
  style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>Oil reached around 256 and =
CHTs reach=20
  around 467 by the time Mike taxied back and shutdown.<SPAN=20
  style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>We were expecting high temps =
until the=20
  engine was broken in but the oil temp was concerning.<SPAN=20
  style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>Duane Swing suggested that a =
small=20
  NACA scoop in the fuselage at the forward end of the pilot wire duct =
that=20
  holds both oil lines would help by keeping the lines cooler in =
flight.<SPAN=20
  style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>We put in the NACA scoop (or =
hole for=20
  the time being) and the next morning we flew again.<SPAN=20
  style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>CHTs were below 425 (mostly =
around=20
  370-380) and oil temp was below 245 the entire time.<SPAN=20
  style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>Between the engine slowing =
breaking in=20
  and the small NACA for the oil lines all temps were in check.<SPAN=20
  style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>We flew for almost 2 hours =
in the=20
  local practice area around 6,000=92.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: =
yes">&nbsp;=20
  </SPAN>Mike did slow flight, stalls, steep turns and flutter tests =96 =

  everything went fine =96 she flew=20
  beautifully.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
  <P class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN class=3DEmailStyle18><FONT face=3DArial =
color=3Dblack=20
  size=3D2><SPAN=20
  style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: =
12.0pt">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
  <P class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN class=3DEmailStyle18><FONT face=3DArial =
color=3Dblack=20
  size=3D2><SPAN=20
  style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: =
12.0pt">Pictures=20
  can be seen at:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
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  style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A=20
  =
href=3D"http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=3D4291366131&amp;code=3D566=
2024&amp;mode=3Dinvite"><FONT=20
  face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D3><SPAN=20
  style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; =
mso-bidi-font-size: =
10.0pt">http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=3D4291366131&amp;code=3D566=
2024&amp;mode=3Dinvite</SPAN></FONT></A></SPAN></FONT><FONT=20
  face=3DArial color=3Dblack size=3D2><SPAN=20
  style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; =
mso-color-alt: windowtext"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
  <P class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN class=3DEmailStyle18><FONT face=3DArial =
color=3Dblack=20
  size=3D2><SPAN=20
  style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: =
12.0pt">&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
  <P class=3DMsoNormal><SPAN class=3DEmailStyle18><FONT face=3DArial =
color=3Dblack=20
  size=3D2><SPAN=20
  style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: =
12.0pt">I=20
  should have my transition training completed sometime this week and =
will=20
  hopefully personally fly her before the weekend.<SPAN=20
  style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>Can=92t wait and still =
can=92t find the=20
  words=85<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
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12.0pt">Kevin</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT=20
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