REFLECTOR: First flight

[John Dibble]

I second that for the oil cooler.  Are you using the standard oil 
cooler?  I think a problem is that the standard oil cooler is intended 
for engines in the 180-200 hp range and for engines with more hp, a 
larger cooler is needed.  It doesn't take much increase in cooler size 
to make a big difference in cooling, so a larger cooler (1" taller) may 
be all you need and simpler than adding a second.

John

On 6/9/2012 8:28 PM, Al Gietzen wrote:
> Way to go Chris!!  That is a life-changing milestone.  Congratulations!
> Reminiscent of 1st flight with my plane - oil temp hit 225 and ended 
> the flight with one turn around the patch. As you said; not critical, 
> but you  don't want to run a rotary very long above that temp.  For me 
> it took some work on the scoop; and eventually a second oil cooler to 
> keep things in the comfort zone on a hot day.  You might consider an 
> auxiliary oil/coolant heat exchanger.
> Now that you are a "real" pilot, get out there at 0700 when air temp 
> is below 80 and maybe you can fly long enough to enjoy it.
> Al
>
>     -----Original Message-----
>     *From:* reflector-bounces at tvbf.org
>     [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] *On Behalf Of *Chris Barber
>     *Sent:* Saturday, June 09, 2012 9:50 AM
>     *To:* REFLECTOR
>     *Subject:* REFLECTOR: First flight
>
>     Cleared to take active and hold. Taxied out. Lined up castering
>     nose wheel down center stripe. Cleared to take off. Added power
>     and engine smoothly ran up. Airspeed coming in. 30 kts...50 kts
>     ....60 kts, approximate rotation speed. Lots of runway (9000
>     ft).....hold it....70 kts....72 kts... Slight pull on the
>     yoke....AIRBORNE!!! Leaped into ground effect. Screw this, pulled
>     back on yoke and I am climbing. Jiggled the yoke a bit to
>     verify control authority.
>
>     Climbed to about 400 feet and turned right pattern to crosswind.
>     The Dynon altitude and airspeed seem to be working. That's
>     reassuring. Pattern altitude is only 600 feet and I was there
>     already as I turned to downwind. Leveled off and noticed the
>     clouds were lower than reported and appeared on the ground. Also,
>     noticed coolant temps had dropped to 190....but oil temps were
>     flashing at me and had reached 225 (synthetic Royal Purple). Damn.
>     Ok. Fly the airplane, the oil is not at not a critical level. ,
>     but let's just finish the pattern and land. I grabbed my phone
>     while on downwind and attempted to record some data but while I
>     can hear the engine the video is  awful....uh, in my defense, I
>     was a bit distracted and way more concerned with flying. I called
>     the tower and informed them I was coming in. I think they were
>     looking out for me since as I turned to base I noticed the fire
>     department staged just off the runways threshold
>
>     I noted I was a bit far out on down wind so I stared easing over
>     to turn base. Wow. I really overshot it as I blew by the runway
>     and had to use full right rudder to get back to the runway. I wish
>     I had had more rudder. In hindsight I think I was not using much
>     aileron as I was cognoscente that I had no idea of stall
>     characteristics so I did not yet wish too strep a turn. I was able
>     to get over the runway and dump some altitude as I got over the
>     numbers and pulled power. Crap, I am fast. I am lined up and right
>     on the numbers but at 95 kts. I come and touchdown and bounced.
>     Pulled power to idles and settled down easily but fast at 90 and
>     rolled out and exited at Delta. The tower was clearing me back to
>     the city hangars as I was exiting the active. I taxi back and
>     noticed the oil temps had decreased but I don't recall how much,
>     just noticed they were lower.
>
>     I got back to my hangar and popped the door and shut her down. The
>     engine went silent without any hissing or gushing.
>
>     I called my mom.
>
>     I am mowing informing the world.
>
>     I did a walk around and did not see anything missing. I am about
>     to pull the cowl and check things out.
>
>     I did notice I did not develop a slight hand shaking untill after
>     I landed and exited the aircraft. ;-) Hey, how about that, it
>     really is an aircraft now. Ten years to the day following delivery.
>
>     Thank you for your support.
>
>     Christopher Barber, JD
>     Houston, Ellington Field (EFD)
>     Velocity N17010
>     Turbo Rotary 13b
>     RWS Re-drive and engine computers
>     Dynon Skyview
>     Mistral intake
>
>
>     Sent from my iPhone 4
>
>
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