REFLECTOR: N151AJ first flight

[Lawrence Epstein]

Congrats!


On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 2:01 AM, Jack Prock <jackprock at wavecable.com> wrote:

>   CONGRAT! Must be wonderful feeling!!
>
>  *From:* Andrew Ellzey <ajlz72756 at yahoo.com>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 24, 2013 10:46 PM
> *To:* Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list <reflector at tvbf.org>
> *Subject:* REFLECTOR: N151AJ first flight
>
>   N151AJ, Velocity XLRG made its first flight late this afternoon at 7:50
> pm at ROG, Rogers Arkansas airport. I was pilot in command for this first
> flight which lasted 1/2 hour. My aircraft flew quite well, my flight
> controls were very light, any adverse movement came from me not the
> aircraft. Once I lightened up on the control inputs, it flew like a dream.
> I climbed to 1000 AGL and stayed in the pattern for several circles around
> the airport, watching all engine indications for any problems, and just
> getting use to the light flight controls. I opted to leave the gear down
> for this entire flight, didn’t want a gear up landing on my first flight. I
> really had to fight the temptation to pick them up. My #5 CHT bumped
> redline, which I have set to 450F, (Lycoming IO-540 operators manual states
> 500F MAX) once or twice, early on after takeoff. I was however able to
> lower the nose and cool it down pretty quick. After this initial redline it
> seemed to fall in line with the other cylinders, maybe 20 degrees higher
> than the others. I have two oil coolers in series, one in the front,
> standard Velocity nose NACA scoop, and one in the rear. I had already
> completed two high speed taxi test about 40 minutes earlier, so everything
> was already warmed up, before I even taxied to the end of the runway, oil
> temp was already about 230F before I started my take off roll. My Oil
> temperature quickly cooled down to 210 degrees and stayed there through the
> whole flight.  I did a go around on my first landing attempt, a last minute
> gust at the end of the runway pushed me off to the  left side of
> centerline,  in about a 15 deg. crab. I probably could have saved the
> landing, but elected to do a go around to try it again. Second time was a
> charm, touching down on both mains straight down the runway, I even held
> the nose off for a light touchdown. Yea it surprised me also. I forgot to
> save the flight data on my BM EFIS One, so my memory will have to do for
> this first flight. I had my wife video this first flight, but either my
> camera, and or her unsteady hands make some of them too bad to share. This
> link should allow everyone to view the takeoff and landing.
>
>
> http://www.seagateshare.com/share/seagatedasbackup/share/velocity-man/N151AJ%20Velocity%20Reflector%20share/
> -----------------------------------------
> Andrew Ellzey
> 479-631-2851 (Office)
> 479-531-5139 (iPhone)
>
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