REFLECTOR: From IVO

[Brian Michalk]

I should have never sent this email.  I'll pre-apologize and put myself on
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 Brian Michalk  <http://www.michalk.com>
Life is what you make of it ... never wish you had done something.
Aviator, experimental aircraft builder, motorcyclist, SCUBA diver
musician, home-brewer, entrepreneur and barely single


> -----Original Message-----
> From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org]On
> Behalf Of Brian Michalk
> Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2004 8:41 PM
> To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
> Subject: RE: REFLECTOR: From IVO
>
>
> Also, never buy tires unless first checking for squareness, as it
> might tend
> to shimmy on touchdown.  Oh, might want to have it  balanced within a
> microgram, like the certified ones are.
>
> Also, I'd never recommend landing at any speed above 50KTS, as that's
> probably dangerous.
> I'm sure there are other clever remarks I could make about things
> I have no
> knowledge about, but I can't think of any at the moment.
>
>  Brian Michalk  <http://www.michalk.com>
> Life is what you make of it ... never wish you had done something.
> Aviator, experimental aircraft builder, motorcyclist, SCUBA diver
> musician, home-brewer, entrepreneur and barely single
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org]On
> > Behalf Of Scott Derrick
> > Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2004 7:28 PM
> > To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
> > Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: From IVO
> >
> >
> > I'd be very careful using an IVO on anything over 100 HP.
> >
> > Do a lot of ground runs at full power before flying with it.
> >
> > Inspect that puppy with a magnifying glass before and after every flight
> > for the first 80 hours.
> >
> > Scott
> >
> > At 11:35 AM 6/27/2004, you wrote:
> > >When I bought my IVO, they asked me a whole slew of questions
> > such as HP,
> > >torque, engine, redrive ratio, exhaust setup, etc. When I was done
> > >answering he said: Use the biggest prop you can swing, and have your
> > >ground clearance. He then said that their 76" magnum IVO would
> > be perfect,
> > >and sold me the whole package.
> > >
> > >They did seem concerned about pulse and harmonics, but
> > apparently I passed
> > >their test.
> > >
> > >Kurt Winker
> > >325HP 4.3L aluminum V-6 Oddfire.
> > >1.7:1 NWaero redrive
> > >
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