REFLECTOR:First Flight
Dennis Martin
reflector@tvbf.org
Thu, 3 Jul 2003 19:22:17 -0600
--============_-1154840745==_ma============
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" ; format="flowed"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Kevin,
Your bird is beautiful, and the performance numbers encouraging. I'm
on my 6th year and hoping to lift off by fall.
Dennis Martin
N767DG FG
>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=3D4291366131&code=3D5662024&mode=3Di=
nvite>http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=3D4291366131&code=3D5662024&mode=
=3Dinvite
>
>
>
>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=8A
>
>
>
>Kevin
--============_-1154840745==_ma============
Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN">
<html><head><style type=3D"text/css"><!--
blockquote, dl, ul, ol, li { padding-top: 0 ; padding-bottom: 0 }
--></style><title>Re: REFLECTOR:First Flight</title></head><body>
<div>Kevin,</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Your bird is beautiful, and the performance numbers encouraging.
I'm on my 6th year and hoping to lift off by fall. </div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Dennis Martin</div>
<div>N767DG FG </div>
<div><br></div>
<div><br></div>
<blockquote type=3D"cite" cite><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"-1"
color=3D"#000000">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.</font><br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote type=3D"cite" cite><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"-1"
color=3D"#000000"> </font><br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote type=3D"cite" cite><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"-1"
color=3D"#000000">Elite Long-Wing, Fixed-Gear</font><br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote type=3D"cite" cite><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"-1"
color=3D"#000000">Empty Weight 1505</font><br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote type=3D"cite" cite><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"-1"
color=3D"#000000">Re-Man IO-360-C1E6 from Lycon (in CA) with high
compression pistons</font><br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote type=3D"cite" cite><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"-1"
color=3D"#000000">M-T Prop</font><br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote type=3D"cite" cite><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"-1"
color=3D"#000000">Single oil cooler (in front)</font><br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote type=3D"cite" cite><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"-1"
color=3D"#000000">Downdraft cooling</font><br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote type=3D"cite" cite><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"-1"
color=3D"#000000">Presently in primer, no interior (just
seats)</font><br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote type=3D"cite" cite><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"-1"
color=3D"#000000"> </font><br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote type=3D"cite" cite><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"-1"
color=3D"#000000">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.</font><br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote type=3D"cite" cite><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"-1"
color=3D"#000000"> </font><br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote type=3D"cite" cite><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"-1"
color=3D"#000000">Pictures can be seen at:</font><br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote type=3D"cite" cite><a
href=3D
"http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=3D4291366131&code=3D5662024&m=
ode=3Dinvite"><span
></span
>http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=3D4291366131&code=3D5662024<span
></span>&mode=3Dinvite<br>
</a></blockquote>
<blockquote type=3D"cite" cite><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"-1"
color=3D"#000000"> </font><br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote type=3D"cite" cite><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"-1"
color=3D"#000000">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=8A</font><br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote type=3D"cite" cite><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"-1"
color=3D"#000000"> </font><br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote type=3D"cite" cite><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"-1"
color=3D"#000000">Kevin</font></blockquote>
<div><br></div>
</body>
</html>
--============_-1154840745==_ma============--