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August 11, 2012 - October 16, 2012



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Subject: Re: Jacking up the airplane for maintenance
From: "Dennis W. Wilt" <dwwilt(at)AOL.COM>
Date: Aug 11, 2012
The September 09 issue of the Lightning Newsletter has a great article abou t jacking up the Lightning. Have a wonderful day, Dennis N616DW (Arion Lightning S/N 132) -----Original Message----- From: N838BF <prophotoga(at)gmail.com> Sent: Fri, Aug 10, 2012 1:00 pm Subject: Lightning-List: Jacking up the airplane for maintenance I have need to lift the airplane to perform some maintenance, i.e. gear leg replacement. What is the best way to do this? -------- Gene and Janeen Mohr N838BF (formerly Bill Fisher's Lightning) Martinez, GA Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=380598#380598 ________________________________________________________________________________
Date: Aug 11, 2012
From: "Bernard Melendez, Jr." <n45bm(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Jacking up the airplane for maintenance
Only problem is, many of us can't open many of the newsletters. Sigh.... Bernardo --- On Sat, 8/11/12, Dennis W. Wilt wrote: From: Dennis W. Wilt <dwwilt(at)AOL.COM> Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Jacking up the airplane for maintenance Date: Saturday, August 11, 2012, 8:14 AM =0AThe September 09 issue of the Lightning Newsletter has a great article a bout jacking up the Lightning.=0A=0A=0A=0A=0AHave a wonderful day,=0A=0A=0A -=0A=0A=0ADennis=0A=0A=0AN616DW (Arion Lightning-S/N 132)=0A=0A=0A=0A =0A=0A=0A-----Original Message----- =0AFrom: N838BF <prophotoga(at)gmail.com> =0ATo: lightning-list =0ASent: Fri, Aug 10, 2012 1:00 pm =0ASubject: Lightning-List: Jacking up the airplane for maintenance =0A " =0A=0AI have need to lift the airplane to perform s ome maintenance, i.e. gear leg =0Areplacement. What is the best way to do this?=0A=0A--------=0AGene and Janeen Mohr=0AN838BF (formerly Bill Fisher's Lightning)=0AMartinez, GA=0A=0A=0A=0A=0ARead this topic online here:=0A=0A http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=380598#380598=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A =0A=0A=0A" target="_blank" saprocessedanchor="true">http://www.matronic s.com/Navigator?Lightning-List=0Aprocessedanchor="true">http://forums.mat ronics.com=0A_blank" saprocessedanchor="true">http://www.matronics.com/co ===========0A=0A ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Re: Jacking up the airplane for maintenance
From: "Dennis W. Wilt" <dwwilt(at)AOL.COM>
Date: Aug 11, 2012
September 09 Newsletter attached. You nee adobe reader to open the file. Do an internet search for adobe and download the reader, it's free. Have a wonderful day, Dennis N616DW (Arion Lightning S/N 132) -----Original Message----- From: Bernard Melendez, Jr. <n45bm(at)yahoo.com> Sent: Sat, Aug 11, 2012 11:02 am Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Jacking up the airplane for maintenance Only problem is, many of us can't open many of the newsletters. Sigh.... Bernardo --- On Sat, 8/11/12, Dennis W. Wilt wrote: From: Dennis W. Wilt <dwwilt(at)AOL.COM> Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Jacking up the airplane for maintenance Date: Saturday, August 11, 2012, 8:14 AM The September 09 issue of the Lightning Newsletter has a great article abou t jacking up the Lightning. Have a wonderful day, Dennis N616DW (Arion Lightning S/N 132) -----Original Message----- From: N838BF <prophotoga(at)gmail.com> Sent: Fri, Aug 10, 2012 1:00 pm Subject: Lightning-List: Jacking up the airplane for maintenance I have need to lift the airplane to perform some maintenance, i.e. gear leg replacement. What is the best way to do this? -------- Gene and Janeen Mohr N838BF (formerly Bill Fisher's Lightning) Martinez, GA Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=380598#380598 " target="_blank" saprocessedanchor="true">http://www.matronics.com/Nav igator?Lightning-List processedanchor="true">http://forums.matronics.com _blank" saprocessedanchor="true">http://www.matronics.com/contribution http://www.matronics.com/N================ ======= " target="_blank" href="http://forums.matronics.com">http://forums.matr --> http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Jacking up the airplane for maintenance
Date: Aug 11, 2012
From: "James, Clive R" <clive.james(at)uk.bp.com>
Thanks Dennis, a good reminder to us all of the great news letters that Buz produced! From: owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Dennis W. Wilt Sent: 11 August 2012 17:12 Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Jacking up the airplane for maintenance September 09 Newsletter attached. You nee adobe reader to open the file. Do an internet search for adobe and download the reader, it's free. Have a wonderful day, Dennis N616DW (Arion Lightning <http://www.flylightning.net/> S/N 132) -----Original Message----- From: Bernard Melendez, Jr. <n45bm(at)yahoo.com> Sent: Sat, Aug 11, 2012 11:02 am Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Jacking up the airplane for maintenance Only problem is, many of us can't open many of the newsletters. Sigh.... Bernardo --- On Sat, 8/11/12, Dennis W. Wilt wrote: From: Dennis W. Wilt <dwwilt(at)AOL.COM> Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Jacking up the airplane for maintenance Date: Saturday, August 11, 2012, 8:14 AM The September 09 issue of the Lightning Newsletter has a great article about jacking up the Lightning. Have a wonderful day, Dennis N616DW (Arion Lightning <http://www.flylightning.net/> S/N 132) -----Original Message----- From: N838BF <prophotoga(at)gmail.com> Sent: Fri, Aug 10, 2012 1:00 pm Subject: Lightning-List: Jacking up the airplane for maintenance I have need to lift the airplane to perform some maintenance, i.e. gear leg replacement. What is the best way to do this? -------- Gene and Janeen Mohr N838BF (formerly Bill Fisher's Lightning) Martinez, GA Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=380598#380598 " target="_blank" saprocessedanchor="true">http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-L i st processedanchor="true">http://forums.matronics.com _blank" saprocessedanchor="true">http://www.matronics.com/contribution http://www.matronics.com/N================ ======= " target="_blank" href="http://forums.matronics.com">http://forums.matr <http://forums.matronics.com%22%3ehttp:/forums.matr> --> http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List processedanchor="true">http://forums.matronics.com _blank" saprocessedanchor="true">http://www.matronics.com/contribution ________________________________________________________________________________
Date: Aug 11, 2012
From: "Bernard Melendez, Jr." <n45bm(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: Jacking up the airplane for maintenance
I thank you too, Dennis. Bernardo --- On Sat, 8/11/12, James, Clive R wrote: From: James, Clive R <clive.james(at)uk.bp.com> Subject: RE: Lightning-List: Jacking up the airplane for maintenance Date: Saturday, August 11, 2012, 12:28 PM Thanks Dennis, a good reminder to us all of the great news letters that Buz produced! -From: owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner -lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Dennis W. Wilt Sent: 11 August 2012 17:12 Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Jacking up the airplane for maintenance -Sep tember 09 Newsletter attached.- You nee adobe reader to open the file.- Do an internet search for adobe and download the reader, it's free.-Have a wonderful day,-DennisN616DW (Arion Lightning-S/N 132)-----Original M essage----- From: Bernard Melendez, Jr. <n45bm(at)yahoo.com> Sent: Sat, Aug 11, 2012 11:02 am Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Jacking up the airplane for maintenanceOnly pr oblem is, many of us can't open many of the newsletters. Sigh.... Bernardo --- On Sat, 8/11/12, Dennis W. Wilt wrote: From: Dennis W. Wilt <dwwilt(at)AOL.COM> Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Jacking up the airplane for maintenance Date: Saturday, August 11, 2012, 8:14 AMThe September 09 issue of the Light ning Newsletter has a great article about jacking up the Lightning.Have a w onderful day,-DennisN616DW (Arion Lightning-S/N 132)-----Original Messa ge----- From: N838BF <prophotoga(at)gmail.com> Sent: Fri, Aug 10, 2012 1:00 pm Subject: Lightning-List: Jacking up the airplane for maintenance--> Lightni ng-List message posted by: "N838BF" -I have need t o lift the airplane to perform some maintenance, i.e. gear leg replacement. - What is the best way to do this? ---------Gene and Janeen MohrN838BF (formerly Bill Fisher's Lightning)Martinez, GA - - - -Read this top ic online here: -http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=380598#380 598 - - - - - - -" target="_blank" saprocessedanchor="tru e">http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-Listprocessedanchor="true ">http://forums.matronics.com_blank" saprocessedanchor="true">http://www. matronics.com/contribution - - -http://www.matronics.com/N=== =====================" target=" _blank" href="http://forums.matronics.com">http://forums.matr-- --> h ttp://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-Listprocessedanchor="true">ht tp://forums.matronics.com_blank" saprocessedanchor="true">http://www.matronics.com/contribution - =0A -======================== ====================0A=0A ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Re: Jacking up the airplane for maintenance
From: Dwwilt <dwwilt(at)AOL.COM>
Date: Aug 11, 2012
Clive and Bernard, You are both very welcome. Blue Skies, Dennis W. Wilt N616DW (Arion Lightning S/N 132) Sent from my iPad On Aug 11, 2012, at 2:22 PM, "Bernard Melendez, Jr." wrote : > I thank you too, Dennis. > Bernardo > > --- On Sat, 8/11/12, James, Clive R wrote: > > From: James, Clive R <clive.james(at)uk.bp.com> > Subject: RE: Lightning-List: Jacking up the airplane for maintenance > To: lightning-list(at)matronics.com > Date: Saturday, August 11, 2012, 12:28 PM > > Thanks Dennis, a good reminder to us all of the great news letters that Bu z produced! > > > > From: owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-lightning-li st-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Dennis W. Wilt > Sent: 11 August 2012 17:12 > To: lightning-list(at)matronics.com > Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Jacking up the airplane for maintenance > > > > September 09 Newsletter attached. You nee adobe reader to open the file. Do an internet search for adobe and download the reader, it's free. > > > > Have a wonderful day, > > > > Dennis > > N616DW (Arion Lightning S/N 132) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bernard Melendez, Jr. <n45bm(at)yahoo.com> > To: lightning-list > Sent: Sat, Aug 11, 2012 11:02 am > Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Jacking up the airplane for maintenance > > Only problem is, many of us can't open many of the newsletters. Sigh.... > Bernardo > > --- On Sat, 8/11/12, Dennis W. Wilt wrote: > > > From: Dennis W. Wilt <dwwilt(at)AOL.COM> > Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Jacking up the airplane for maintenance > To: lightning-list(at)matronics.com > Date: Saturday, August 11, 2012, 8:14 AM > > The September 09 issue of the Lightning Newsletter has a great article abo ut jacking up the Lightning. > Have a wonderful day, > > Dennis > N616DW (Arion Lightning S/N 132) > -----Original Message----- > From: N838BF <prophotoga(at)gmail.com> > To: lightning-list > Sent: Fri, Aug 10, 2012 1:00 pm > Subject: Lightning-List: Jacking up the airplane for maintenance > > > I have need to lift the airplane to perform some maintenance, i.e. gear le g > > replacement. What is the best way to do this? > > -------- > Gene and Janeen Mohr > N838BF (formerly Bill Fisher's Lightning) > Martinez, GA > > > > > > Read this topic online here: > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=380598#380598 > > > > > > > > > " target="_blank" saprocessedanchor="true">http://www.matronics.com/Na vigator?Lightning-List > processedanchor="true">http://forums.matronics.com > _blank" saprocessedanchor="true">http://www.matronics.com/contribution > > > > http://www.matronics.com/N================ ======= > " target="_blank" href="http://forums.matronics.com">http://forums.mat r --> > http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List > processedanchor="true">http://forums.matronics.com > _blank" saprocessedanchor="true">http://www.matronics.com/contribution > > ="http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List">http://www.matronic sfollow" target="_blank" href="http://forums.matronics.com">http://forum ========= > > > ========================== ========= ========================== ========= ========================== ========= ========================== ========= > ________________________________________________________________________________
Date: Aug 11, 2012
From: "Bernard Melendez, Jr." <n45bm(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: Missing newsletters and builder's manual chapters
Dennis, Thanks again, but there are still problems opening many of the newsletters and several chapters in the builder's manual and I have the latest version of Adobe Reader too. My geeky son tells me that the reason I can't open those newsletters and bu ilder's manual chapters is that something got changed in the file name on t hose files. That kinda makes sense to me. I've talked with Mark Stauffer about this issue and he believes that their webmaster kinda screwed up. He mentioned that they needed a new webmaster, but nothing's come of it yet. I realize that many of these Lightnings are being built with factory assist ance, but there are a number of us building these planes at home. Having al l the available information in the newsletters and builder's manual accessi ble to outside builders is very helpful. These are the newsletters that I can't open.: Volumes 1.1 thru 1.11, Volumes 2.1 thru 2.9, and Volume 4.7. These chapters in the builder's manual I can't open.: Chapters 42, 43 and 44. Also the cover and introduction. Maybe someone can figure out how to fix this problem. I hope so. Regards, Bernardo Melendez, kit #110 --- On Sat, 8/11/12, Dwwilt wrote: From: Dwwilt <dwwilt(at)AOL.COM> Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Jacking up the airplane for maintenance Date: Saturday, August 11, 2012, 7:30 PM Clive and Bernard, You are both very welcome. Blue Skies, Dennis W. WiltN616DW (Arion Lightning S/N 132)Sent from my iPad On Aug 11, 2012, at 2:22 PM, "Bernard Melendez, Jr." wrot e: I thank you too, Dennis. Bernardo --- On Sat, 8/11/12, James, Clive R wrote: From: James, Clive R <clive.james(at)uk.bp.com> Subject: RE: Lightning-List: Jacking up the airplane for maintenance Date: Saturday, August 11, 2012, 12:28 PM Thanks Dennis, a good reminder to us all of the great news letters that Buz produced! -From: owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner -lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Dennis W. Wilt Sent: 11 August 2012 17:12 Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Jacking up the airplane for maintenance -Sep tember 09 Newsletter attached.- You nee adobe reader to open the file.- Do an internet search for adobe and download the reader, it's free.-Have a wonderful day,-DennisN616DW (Arion Lightning-S/N 132)-----Original M essage----- From: Bernard Melendez, Jr. <n45bm(at)yahoo.com> Sent: Sat, Aug 11, 2012 11:02 am Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Jacking up the airplane for maintenanceOnly pr oblem is, many of us can't open many of the newsletters. Sigh.... Bernardo --- On=0A Sat, 8/11/12, Dennis W. Wilt wrote: From: Dennis W. Wilt <dwwilt(at)AOL.COM> Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Jacking up the airplane for maintenance Date: Saturday, August 11, 2012, 8:14 AMThe September 09 issue of the Light ning Newsletter has a great article about jacking up the Lightning.Have a w onderful day,-DennisN616DW (Arion Lightning-S/N 132)-----Original Messa ge----- From: N838BF <prophotoga(at)gmail.com> Sent: Fri, Aug 10, 2012 1:00 pm Subject: Lightning-List: Jacking up the airplane for maintenance--> Lightni ng-List message posted by: "N838BF" -I have need t o lift the airplane to perform some maintenance, i.e. gear leg=0A replaceme nt.- What is the best way to do this? ---------Gene and Janeen MohrN838 BF (formerly Bill Fisher's Lightning)Martinez, GA - - -=0A -Read th is topic online here: -http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=3805 98#380598 - - - - -=0A - -" target="_blank" saprocessedanch or="true">http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-Listprocessedancho r="true">http://forums.matronics.com_blank" saprocessedanchor="true">ht tp://www.matronics.com/contribution - - -http://www.matronics.com/N ========================" t arget="_blank" href="http://forums.matronics.com">http://forums.matr- - --> http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-Listprocessedanchor= "true">http://forums.matronics.com_blank" saprocessedanchor="true">http:/ /www.matronics.com/contribution - =0A="http://www.matronics.com/Navigat or?Lightning-List">http://www.matronicsfollow" target="_blank" href="ht tp://forums.matronics.com">http://forum===========0A=0A =0A=0A=0A====================== ==============0A>http://www.matronics.com/Navigat or?Lightning-List=0A================== ==================0Acs.com=0A==== =======0Amatronics.com/contribution=0A======== =========================0A =0A ________________________________________________________________________________
Date: Aug 12, 2012
From: luigi di napoli <elledien(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Missing newsletters and builder's manual chapters
Ciao Bernardo & Co.=0AStarting from January/February2012 the Newsletter dis continued to be off-loaded.=0AI tried with all systems available, in my cap acity. Last Adobe, different format, nothing to do.=0AThe result is to be o ut of the contact with the builders, with the technical news and most impor tant, with the whole world of the Lightning/Esqual lovers.=0AThis is a -r egret. Believe me.=0ASo, please, help us to solve this problem.=0ARegards =0ALuigi=0AEsqual 1-9854=0ARome, Italy=0A=0A=0A____________________________ ____=0A Da: "Bernard Melendez, Jr." =0AA: lightning-list@m atronics.com =0AInviato: Domenica 12 Agosto 2012 6:08=0AOggetto: Lightning- List: Missing newsletters and builder's manual chapters=0A =0A=0ADennis,=0A Thanks again, but there are still problems opening many of the newsletters and several chapters in the builder's manual and I have the latest version of Adobe Reader too.=0AMy geeky son tells me that the reason I can't open t hose newsletters and builder's manual chapters is that something got change d in the file name on those files. That kinda makes sense to me.=0AI've tal ked with Mark Stauffer about this issue and he believes that their webmaste r kinda screwed up. He mentioned that they needed a new webmaster, but noth ing's come of it yet.=0AI realize that many of these Lightnings are being b uilt with factory assistance, but there are a number of us building these p lanes at home. Having all the available information in the newsletters and builder's manual accessible to outside builders is very helpful.=0A=0AThese are the newsletters that I can't open.:=0AVolumes 1.1 thru 1.11, Volumes 2 .1 thru 2.9, and Volume 4.7.=0A=0AThese chapters in the builder's manual I can't open.:=0AChapters 42, 43 and 44. Also the cover and introduction.=0A =0AMaybe someone can figure out how to fix this problem. I hope so.=0A=0ARe gards,=0ABernardo Melendez, kit #110=0A=0A--- On Sat, 8/11/12, Dwwilt To: "lightning-li st(at)matronics.com" =0A>Date: Saturday, August 11, 2012, 7:30 PM=0A>=0A>=0A>Clive and Bernard,=0A>=0A>=0A>You are both ver y welcome.=0A>=0A>Blue Skies,=0A>=0A>=0A>Dennis W. Wilt=0A>N616DW (Arion Li ghtning S/N 132)=0A>Sent from my iPad=0A>=0A>On Aug 11, 2012, at 2:22 PM, " Bernard Melendez, Jr." wrote:=0A>=0A>=0A>I thank you too, Dennis.=0A>>Bernardo=0A>>=0A>>--- On Sat, 8/11/12, James, Clive R =0A>>>Subject: RE: Lightning-List: Jacking up the airplane for maint enance=0A>>>To: lightning-list(at)matronics.com=0A>>>Date: Saturday, August 11 , 2012, 12:28 PM=0A>>>=0A>>>=0A>>>Thanks Dennis, a good reminder to us all of the great news letters that Buz produced!=0A>>>-=0A>>>From:owner-light ning-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-lightning-list-server@matronic s.com] On Behalf Of Dennis W. Wilt=0A>>>Sent: 11 August 2012 17:12=0A>>>To: lightning-list(at)matronics.com=0A>>>Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Jacking up the airplane for maintenance=0A>>>-=0A>>>September 09 Newsletter attached .- You nee adobe reader to open the file.- Do an internet search for ad obe and download the reader, it's free.=0A>>>-=0A>>>Have a wonderful day, =0A>>>-=0A>>>Dennis=0A>>>N616DW (Arion Lightning-S/N 132)=0A>>>-----Ori ginal Message-----=0A>>>From: Bernard Melendez, Jr. <n45bm(at)yahoo.com>=0A>>> 012 11:02 am=0A>>>Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Jacking up the airplane for maintenance=0A>>>Only problem is, many of us can't open many of the newslet ters. Sigh....=0A>>>Bernardo=0A>>>=0A>>>--- On Sat, 8/11/12, Dennis W. Wilt <dwwilt(at)AOL.COM> wrote:=0A>>>=0A>>>From: Dennis W. 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Subject: Re: Missing newsletters and builder's manual chapters
From: Dwwilt <dwwilt(at)AOL.COM>
Date: Aug 12, 2012
I believe I have a copy of every newsletter. I also have a copy of every se ction of the builders manual. I am away from home today, but I will send a copy of the newsletters Luigi a nd Bernardo need as well as the sections of the manual directly to them via t heir e-mail address. Blue Skies, Dennis W. Wilt N616DW (Arion Lightning S/N 132) Sent from my iPad On Aug 12, 2012, at 3:23 AM, luigi di napoli wrote: > Ciao Bernardo & Co. > Starting from January/February2012 the Newsletter discontinued to be off-l oaded. > I tried with all systems available, in my capacity. Last Adobe, different f ormat, nothing to do. > The result is to be out of the contact with the builders, with the technic al news and most important, with the whole world of the Lightning/Esqual lov ers. > This is a regret. Believe me. > So, please, help us to solve this problem. > Regards > Luigi > Esqual 1-9854 > Rome, Italy > > Da: "Bernard Melendez, Jr." > A: lightning-list(at)matronics.com > Inviato: Domenica 12 Agosto 2012 6:08 > Oggetto: Lightning-List: Missing newsletters and builder's manual chapters > > Dennis, > Thanks again, but there are still problems opening many of the newsletters and several chapters in the builder's manual and I have the latest version o f Adobe Reader too. > My geeky son tells me that the reason I can't open those newsletters and b uilder's manual chapters is that something got changed in the file name on t hose files. That kinda makes sense to me. > I've talked with Mark Stauffer about this issue and he believes that their webmaster kinda screwed up. He mentioned that they needed a new webmaster, b ut nothing's come of it yet. > I realize that many of these Lightnings are being built with factory assis tance, but there are a number of us building these planes at home. Having al l the available information in the newsletters and builder's manual accessib le to outside builders is very helpful. > > These are the newsletters that I can't open.: > Volumes 1.1 thru 1.11, Volumes 2.1 thru 2.9, and Volume 4.7. > > These chapters in the builder's manual I can't open.: > Chapters 42, 43 and 44. Also the cover and introduction. > > Maybe someone can figure out how to fix this problem. I hope so. > > Regards, > Bernardo Melendez, kit #110 > > --- On Sat, 8/11/12, Dwwilt wrote: > > From: Dwwilt <dwwilt(at)AOL.COM> > Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Jacking up the airplane for maintenance > To: "lightning-list(at)matronics.com" > Date: Saturday, August 11, 2012, 7:30 PM > > Clive and Bernard, > > You are both very welcome. > > Blue Skies, > > Dennis W. Wilt > N616DW (Arion Lightning S/N 132) > Sent from my iPad > > On Aug 11, 2012, at 2:22 PM, "Bernard Melendez, Jr." wro te: > >> I thank you too, Dennis. >> Bernardo >> >> --- On Sat, 8/11/12, James, Clive R wrote: >> >> From: James, Clive R <clive.james(at)uk.bp.com> >> Subject: RE: Lightning-List: Jacking up the airplane for maintenance >> To: lightning-list(at)matronics.com >> Date: Saturday, August 11, 2012, 12:28 PM >> >> Thanks Dennis, a good reminder to us all of the great news letters that B uz produced! >> >> From: owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-lightning-l ist-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Dennis W. Wilt >> Sent: 11 August 2012 17:12 >> To: lightning-list(at)matronics.com >> Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Jacking up the airplane for maintenance >> >> September 09 Newsletter attached. You nee adobe reader to open the file. Do an internet search for adobe and download the reader, it's free. >> >> Have a wonderful day, >> >> Dennis >> N616DW (Arion Lightning S/N 132) >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Bernard Melendez, Jr. <n45bm(at)yahoo.com> >> To: lightning-list >> Sent: Sat, Aug 11, 2012 11:02 am >> Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Jacking up the airplane for maintenance >> Only problem is, many of us can't open many of the newsletters. Sigh.... >> Bernardo >> >> --- On Sat, 8/11/12, Dennis W. Wilt wrote: >> >> From: Dennis W. Wilt <dwwilt(at)AOL.COM> >> Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Jacking up the airplane for maintenance >> To: lightning-list(at)matronics.com >> Date: Saturday, August 11, 2012, 8:14 AM >> The September 09 issue of the Lightning Newsletter has a great article ab out jacking up the Lightning. >> Have a wonderful day, >> >> Dennis >> N616DW (Arion Lightning S/N 132) >> -----Original Message----- >> From: N838BF <prophotoga(at)gmail.com> >> To: lightning-list >> Sent: Fri, Aug 10, 2012 1:00 pm >> Subject: Lightning-List: Jacking up the airplane for maintenance >> >> I have need to lift the airplane to perform some maintenance, i.e. gear l eg >> >> replacement. What is the best way to do this? >> >> -------- >> Gene and Janeen Mohr >> N838BF (formerly Bill Fisher's Lightning) >> Martinez, GA >> >> >> >> >> >> Read this topic online here: >> >> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=380598#380598 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> " target="_blank" saprocessedanchor="true">http://www.matronics.com/N avigator?Lightning-List >> processedanchor="true">http://forums.matronics.com >> _blank" saprocessedanchor="true">http://www.matronics.com/contribution >> >> >> >> http://www.matronics.com/N================ ======= >> " target="_blank" href="http://forums.matronics.com">http://forums.ma tr --> >> http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List >> processedanchor="true">http://forums.matronics.com >> _blank" saprocessedanchor="true">http://www.matronics.com/contribution >> >> ="http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List">http://www.matroni csfollow" target="_blank" href="http://forums.matronics.com">http://foru m========= >> >> >> >> ========================= ========= >> >http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List >> ========================= ========= >> cs.com >> ========= >> matronics.com/contribution >> ========= >> > http://www.matronics.com/N================ ======= > " target="_blank" href="http://forums.matronics.com">http://forums.mat r --> http://www.matronics.com/Navtarget="_blank" href="http://forums. matronics.com/">http://forums.matro --> > ========================== ========= ========================== ========= ========================== ========= ========================== ========= > ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Re: Missing newsletters and builder's manual chapters
From: Nick Otterback <nick(at)flylightning.net>
Date: Aug 12, 2012
The problem is the link. We have not for some reason been able to fix it. If the newsletters are missing and builders out there have copies please email me and i will try and get them up. We are looking at alternatives to keep access to the letters and build manua ls up to date and working Sent from my pocket On Aug 11, 2012, at 11:08 PM, "Bernard Melendez, Jr." wrot e: > Dennis, > Thanks again, but there are still problems opening many of the newsletters and several chapters in the builder's manual and I have the latest version o f Adobe Reader too. > My geeky son tells me that the reason I can't open those newsletters and b uilder's manual chapters is that something got changed in the file name on t hose files. That kinda makes sense to me. > I've talked with Mark Stauffer about this issue and he believes that their webmaster kinda screwed up. He mentioned that they needed a new webmaster, b ut nothing's come of it yet. > I realize that many of these Lightnings are being built with factory assis tance, but there are a number of us building these planes at home. Having al l the available information in the newsletters and builder's manual accessib le to outside builders is very helpful. > > These are the newsletters that I can't open.: > Volumes 1.1 thru 1.11, Volumes 2.1 thru 2.9, and Volume 4.7. > > These chapters in the builder's manual I can't open.: > Chapters 42, 43 and 44. Also the cover and introduction. > > Maybe someone can figure out how to fix this problem. I hope so. > > Regards, > Bernardo Melendez, kit #110 > > --- On Sat, 8/11/12, Dwwilt wrote: > > From: Dwwilt <dwwilt(at)AOL.COM> > Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Jacking up the airplane for maintenance > To: "lightning-list(at)matronics.com" > Date: Saturday, August 11, 2012, 7:30 PM > > Clive and Bernard, > > You are both very welcome. > > Blue Skies, > > Dennis W. Wilt > N616DW (Arion Lightning S/N 132) > Sent from my iPad > > On Aug 11, 2012, at 2:22 PM, "Bernard Melendez, Jr." wro te: > >> I thank you too, Dennis. >> Bernardo >> >> --- On Sat, 8/11/12, James, Clive R wrote: >> >> From: James, Clive R <clive.james(at)uk.bp.com> >> Subject: RE: Lightning-List: Jacking up the airplane for maintenance >> To: lightning-list(at)matronics.com >> Date: Saturday, August 11, 2012, 12:28 PM >> >> Thanks Dennis, a good reminder to us all of the great news letters that B uz produced! >> >> From: owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-lightning-l ist-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Dennis W. Wilt >> Sent: 11 August 2012 17:12 >> To: lightning-list(at)matronics.com >> Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Jacking up the airplane for maintenance >> >> September 09 Newsletter attached. You nee adobe reader to open the file. Do an internet search for adobe and download the reader, it's free. >> >> Have a wonderful day, >> >> Dennis >> N616DW (Arion Lightning S/N 132) >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Bernard Melendez, Jr. <n45bm(at)yahoo.com> >> To: lightning-list >> Sent: Sat, Aug 11, 2012 11:02 am >> Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Jacking up the airplane for maintenance >> >> Only problem is, many of us can't open many of the newsletters. Sigh.... >> Bernardo >> >> --- On Sat, 8/11/12, Dennis W. Wilt wrote: >> >> From: Dennis W. Wilt <dwwilt(at)AOL.COM> >> Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Jacking up the airplane for maintenance >> To: lightning-list(at)matronics.com >> Date: Saturday, August 11, 2012, 8:14 AM >> >> The September 09 issue of the Lightning Newsletter has a great article ab out jacking up the Lightning. >> Have a wonderful day, >> >> Dennis >> N616DW (Arion Lightning S/N 132) >> -----Original Message----- >> From: N838BF <prophotoga(at)gmail.com> >> To: lightning-list >> Sent: Fri, Aug 10, 2012 1:00 pm >> Subject: Lightning-List: Jacking up the airplane for maintenance >> >> >> I have need to lift the airplane to perform some maintenance, i.e. gear l eg >> >> replacement. What is the best way to do this? >> >> -------- >> Gene and Janeen Mohr >> N838BF (formerly Bill Fisher's Lightning) >> Martinez, GA >> >> >> >> >> >> Read this topic online here: >> >> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=380598#380598 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> " target="_blank" saprocessedanchor="true">http://www.matronics.com/N avigator?Lightning-List >> processedanchor="true">http://forums.matronics.com >> _blank" saprocessedanchor="true">http://www.matronics.com/contribution >> >> >> >> http://www.matronics.com/N================ ======= >> " target="_blank" href="http://forums.matronics.com">http://forums.ma tr --> >> http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List >> processedanchor="true">http://forums.matronics.com >> _blank" saprocessedanchor="true">http://www.matronics.com/contribution >> >> ="http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List">http://www.matroni csfollow" target="_blank" href="http://forums.matronics.com">http://foru m========= >> >> >> >> ========================= ========= >> >http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List >> ========================= ========= >> cs.com >> ========= >> matronics.com/contribution >> ========= >> > http://www.matronics.com/N================ ======= > " target="_blank" href="http://forums.matronics.com">http://forums.mat r --> > ========================== ========= ========================== ========= ========================== ========= ========================== ========= > ________________________________________________________________________________
From: GARY BARNETT <barnett6088(at)msn.com>
Subject: Missing newsletters and builder's manual chapters
Date: Aug 12, 2012
DennisCould you please add me to the distribution of those copys and in par ticular chapters 42=2C 43=2C and 44 of the build manual. Thanks Gary Barn ett Sn133 N335AL gbsss(at)bendbroadband.com Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Missing newsletters and builder's manual chap ters From: dwwilt(at)AOL.COM Date: Sun=2C 12 Aug 2012 06:42:16 -0400 I believe I have a copy of every newsletter. I also have a copy of every s ection of the builders manual. I am away from home today=2C but I will sen d a copy of the newsletters Luigi and Bernardo need as well as the sections of the manual directly to them via their e-mail address. Blue Skies=2C Dennis W. WiltN616DW (Arion Lightning S/N 132)Sent from my iPad On Aug 12=2C 2012=2C at 3:23 AM=2C luigi di napoli wro te: Ciao Bernardo & Co.Starting from January/February2012 the Newsletter discon tinued to be off-loaded.I tried with all systems available=2C in my capacit y. Last Adobe=2C different format=2C nothing to do.The result is to be out of the contact with the builders=2C with the technical news and most import ant=2C with the whole world of the Lightning/Esqual lovers.This is a regre t. Believe me.So=2C please=2C help us to solve this problem.RegardsLuigiEsq ual 1-9854Rome=2C Italy Da: "Bernard Melendez=2C Jr." A: lightning-list(at)matronics.com Inviato: Domenica 12 Agosto 2012 6:08 Oggetto: Lightning-List: Missing newsletters and builder's manual chapters Dennis=2C Thanks again=2C but there are still problems opening many of the newsletter s and several chapters in the builder's manual and I have the latest versio n of Adobe Reader too. My geeky son tells me that the reason I can't open those newsletters and bu ilder's manual chapters is that something got changed in the file name on those files. That kinda makes se nse to me. I've talked with Mark Stauffer about this issue and he believes that their webmaster kinda screwed up. He mentioned that they needed a new webmaster =2C but nothing's come of it yet. I realize that many of these Lightnings are being built with factory assist ance=2C but there are a number of us building these planes at home. Having all the available information in the newsletters and builder's manual accessible to outside builders is very helpful. These are the newsletters that I can't open.: Volumes 1.1 thru 1.11=2C Volumes 2.1 thru 2.9=2C and Volume 4.7. These chapters in the builder's manual I can't open.: Chapters 42=2C 43 and 44. Also the cover and introduction. Maybe someone can figure out how to fix this problem. I hope so. Regards=2C Bernardo Melendez=2C kit #110 --- On Sat=2C 8/11/12=2C Dwwilt wrote: From: Dwwilt <dwwilt(at)AOL.COM> Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Jacking up the airplane for maintenance Date: Saturday=2C August 11=2C 2012=2C 7:30 PM Clive and Bernard=2C You are both very welcome. Blue Skies=2C Dennis W. WiltN616DW (Arion Lightning S/N 132)Sent from my iPad On Aug 11=2C 2012=2C at 2:22 PM=2C "Bernard Melendez=2C Jr." wrote: I thank you too=2C Dennis. Bernardo --- On Sat=2C 8/11/12=2C James=2C Clive R wrote: From: James=2C Clive R <clive.james(at)uk.bp.com> Subject: RE: Lightning-List: Jacking up the airplane for maintenance Date: Saturday=2C August 11=2C 2012=2C 12:28 PM Thanks Dennis=2C a good reminder to us all of the great news letters that B uz produced! From: owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner -lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Dennis W. Wilt Sent: 11 August 2012 17:12 Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Jacking up the airplane for maintenance Septe mber 09 Newsletter attached. You nee adobe reader to open the file. Do an internet search for adobe and download the reader=2C it's free. Have a won derful day=2C DennisN616DW (Arion Lightning S/N 132)-----Original Message-- --- From: Bernard Melendez=2C Jr. <n45bm(at)yahoo.com> Sent: Sat=2C Aug 11=2C 2012 11:02 am Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Jacking up the airplane for maintenanceOnly pr oblem is=2C many of us can't open many of the newsletters. Sigh.... Bernardo --- On Sat=2C 8/11/12=2C Dennis W. Wilt wrote: From: Dennis W. Wilt <dwwilt(at)AOL.COM> Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Jacking up the airplane for maintenance Date: Saturday=2C August 11=2C 2012=2C 8:14 AMThe September 09 issue of the Lightning Newsletter has a great article about jacking up the Lightning.Ha ve a wonderful day=2C DennisN616DW (Arion Lightning S/N 132)-----Original M essage----- From: N838BF <prophotoga(at)gmail.com> Sent: Fri=2C Aug 10=2C 2012 1:00 pm Subject: Lightning-List: Jacking up the airplane for maintenance--> Lightni ng-List message posted by: "N838BF" I have need to lift the airplane to perform some maintenance=2C i.e. gear leg replacement. 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From: N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM
Date: Aug 12, 2012
Subject: Lightning newsletters - booklet copies.
The recent Lightning message traffic about past newsletters being hard/impossible to download from the Arion Lightning web site got me thinking about looking into the possibility of having copies printed in booklet format and making those available to anyone interested. I remember many years ago having a booklet copy of all past International Aerobatic Club newsletters that were very helpful when I still had my Pitts Special (the first airplane I built - and flew for 29 years). I just looked at all 36 issues of the Lightning newsletter that I wrote over a 3 year period (between Feb of 2008 until Jan of 2011) to get an idea of the magnitude of this possible project. Would you believe 923 pages or 963 pages if we included the index. I have no firm idea, but a project with that many pages might have to be in three booklets just based on the total number of pages to be bound together. However, if there is enough interest in the Lightning community, I would be willing to talk to a printer that I am currently working with on another project (that involves 150 copies of a 137 page full color booklet) to get an idea of the cost of such a project on past Lightning newsletters. I have covered this idea with Nick and the thinks having hard copies of past newsletters would be a good idea. We would probably make them available through Arion and other Lightning dealers. So please let me know if you would be interested in a booklet (or booklets) that would be copies of past Lightning newsletters. If there is enough interest I'll get an estimate from the printer and let everyone know the expected cost. Then we can decide if it would be worth the effort and cost. So drop me an email and let me know if you would be interested. Blue Skies, Buz Rich ________________________________________________________________________________
Date: Aug 12, 2012
From: "Bernard Melendez, Jr." <n45bm(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Lightning newsletters - booklet copies.
Hi Buz, Count me as one who likes the idea. Kindly let us know of developments. Hop e you're doing well. Regards, Bernardo --- On Sun, 8/12/12, N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM wrote: From: N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM <N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM> Subject: Lightning-List: Lightning newsletters - booklet copies. Date: Sunday, August 12, 2012, 8:52 PM =0A=0A =0A =0A=0A=0AThe recent Lightning message traffic about past newslet ters being =0Ahard/impossible to download from the Arion Lightning web site got me thinking =0Aabout looking into the possibility of having copies pri nted in booklet format =0Aand making those available to anyone interested. I remember many years ago =0Ahaving a-booklet-copy of all past Internat ional Aerobatic Club =0Anewsletters that were very helpful when I still had my Pitts Special (the first =0Aairplane I built - and flew for 29 years). =0A-=0A=0AI just looked at all 36 issues of the Lightning newsletter that I wrote =0Aover a 3 year period (between Feb of 2008 until Jan of 2011) to get an idea of =0Athe magnitude of this possible project. Would you believ e 923 pages or 963 pages =0Aif we included the index. I have no firm idea, but a project with that many =0Apages might have to be in three booklets ju st based on the total number of pages =0Ato be bound together. =0A-=0A=0A However, if there is enough interest in the Lightning community, I would be =0A=0Awilling to talk to a printer that I am currently working with on ano ther project =0A(that involves 150 copies of a 137 page full color booklet) to get an idea of =0Athe cost of such a project on past Lightning newslett ers. I have covered this =0Aidea with Nick and the thinks having hard copie s of past newsletters would be a =0Agood idea.- We would probably make th em available through Arion and other =0ALightning dealers.- =0A-=0ASo p lease let me know if you would be interested in a booklet (or booklets) =0A that would be copies of past Lightning newsletters. If there is enough inte rest =0AI'll get an estimate from the printer and let everyone know the exp ected cost. =0AThen we can decide if it would be worth the effort and cost. So drop me an email =0Aand let me know if you would be interested. =0A=0AB ===0A=0A ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Re: Lightning newsletters - booklet copies.
From: Dwwilt <dwwilt(at)AOL.COM>
Date: Aug 12, 2012
Buz, I am sure many folks would like a booklet version. I sent a copy of all of t he missing newsletters, less Volume 4.7 to Nick so they can re-post on their website. Blue Skies, Dennis W. Wilt N616DW (Arion Lightning S/N 132) Sent from my iPad On Aug 12, 2012, at 9:52 PM, N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM wrote: > The recent Lightning message traffic about past newsletters being hard/imp ossible to download from the Arion Lightning web site got me thinking about l ooking into the possibility of having copies printed in booklet format and m aking those available to anyone interested. I remember many years ago having a booklet copy of all past International Aerobatic Club newsletters that we re very helpful when I still had my Pitts Special (the first airplane I buil t - and flew for 29 years). > > I just looked at all 36 issues of the Lightning newsletter that I wrote ov er a 3 year period (between Feb of 2008 until Jan of 2011) to get an idea of the magnitude of this possible project. Would you believe 923 pages or 963 p ages if we included the index. I have no firm idea, but a project with that m any pages might have to be in three booklets just based on the total number o f pages to be bound together. > > However, if there is enough interest in the Lightning community, I would b e willing to talk to a printer that I am currently working with on another p roject (that involves 150 copies of a 137 page full color booklet) to get an idea of the cost of such a project on past Lightning newsletters. I have co vered this idea with Nick and the thinks having hard copies of past newslett ers would be a good idea. We would probably make them available through Ari on and other Lightning dealers. > > So please let me know if you would be interested in a booklet (or booklets ) that would be copies of past Lightning newsletters. If there is enough int erest I'll get an estimate from the printer and let everyone know the expect ed cost. Then we can decide if it would be worth the effort and cost. So dro p me an email and let me know if you would be interested. > Blue Skies, > Buz Rich > > ========================== ========= ========================== ========= ========================== ========= ========================== ========= > ________________________________________________________________________________
Date: Aug 13, 2012
From: Ken Wilson <kdwilson1(at)bellsouth.net>
Subject: Re: Lightning newsletters - booklet copies.
Sounts great, Rich.- And thanks for the super job you did over those year s.=0A=0AKen Wilson=0ASN 97=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A________________________________ =0AFrom: "N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM" <N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM>=0ATo: lightning-list@matroni cs.com=0ASent: Sun, August 12, 2012 8:52:53 PM=0ASubject: Lightning-List: L ightning newsletters - booklet copies.=0A=0AThe recent Lightning message tr affic about past newsletters being =0Ahard/impossible to download from the Arion Lightning web site got me thinking =0Aabout looking into the possibil ity of having copies printed in booklet format =0Aand making those availabl e to anyone interested. I remember many years ago =0Ahaving a-booklet-c opy of all past International Aerobatic Club newsletters that =0Awere very helpful when I still had my Pitts Special (the first airplane I built =0A- and flew for 29 years). =0A=0A=0AI just looked at all 36 issues of the Ligh tning newsletter that I wrote over a 3 =0Ayear period (between Feb of 2008 until Jan of 2011) to get an idea of the =0Amagnitude of this possible proj ect. Would you believe 923 pages or 963 pages if =0Awe included the index. I have no firm idea, but a project with that many pages =0Amight have to be in three booklets just based on the total number of pages to be =0Abound t ogether. =0A=0A=0AHowever, if there is enough interest in the Lightning com munity, I would be =0Awilling to talk to a printer that I am currently work ing with on another project =0A(that involves 150 copies of a 137 page full color booklet) to get an idea of =0Athe cost of such a project on past Lig htning newsletters. I have covered this =0Aidea with Nick and the thinks ha ving hard copies of past newsletters would be a =0Agood idea.- We would p robably make them available through Arion and other =0ALightning dealers. - =0A=0A=0ASo please let me know if you would be interested in a booklet (or booklets) that =0Awould be copies of past Lightning newsletters. If the re is enough interest I'll =0Aget an estimate from the printer and let ever yone know the expected cost. Then =0Awe can decide if it would be worth the effort and cost. So drop me an email and =0Alet me know if you would be in === =0A ________________________________________________________________________________
From: "Tex Mantell" <wb2ssj(at)rochester.rr.com>
Subject: newsletters
Date: Aug 13, 2012
BUZ, Again thanks for all the work on the newsletters all these years and I would be in line for a hard copy also. But I think having a reliable web site with the letters is more than sufficient. How we handle that I dont know. Missed you among all the Cubs at Oshkosh. Hope to see you at another flyin sometime. Tex ________________________________________________________________________________
From: "Tex Mantell" <wb2ssj(at)rochester.rr.com>
Subject: builders manual
Date: Aug 13, 2012
Nick, We were talking about the newsletters on line and I think the updates to the builders manual is just as important. I have one of the first kits and rely on the builders manual to see what changes have been made and to determined if I need to update any of those changes on my airplane. When an improvement has been incorporated, a note in the newsletter would be very helpful. ________________________________________________________________________________
Date: Aug 13, 2012
From: Steve Sundquist <sttwig(at)gmail.com>
Subject: Re: builders manual
I am seconding Tex's comments. I am still in the process of building one of the earlier kits and need to reference the build manual and any updates that are available. I would like very much to incorporate as many updates to the design as possible. Also, the newsletters are a rich source of information for builders and owners. I didn't download each edition because I thought they would always be available on line. Without taking anything away from Buz's offer, my personal preference would be an online availability of the build manual and newsletters. Updated information might take some of the load off technical support at Lightning Central, although I do realize it is often easier to call or shoot off a quick email than to look it up. Watch out Nick! Now that I'm working on my project again and stuck out here in the lonely Northwest, I'm compiling a list of questions. Kind regards, Steve Sundquist Kit #48, just back from painting and onto final assembly On 8/13/2012 10:53 AM, Tex Mantell wrote: > Nick, > We were talking about the newsletters on line and I > think the updates to the builders manual is just as important. I have > one of the first kits and rely on the builders manual to see what > changes have been made and to determined if I need to update any of > those changes on my airplane. When an improvement has been > incorporated, a note in the newsletter would be very helpful. > * > > > * ________________________________________________________________________________
From: "Nick Otterback" <nick(at)flylightning.net>
Subject: builders manual
Date: Aug 13, 2012
Tex, Correct and noted. All links to the newsletters were updated this morning and are working. I am running thru the build manual as we speak and should have that finished in the next day or so. Thanks Nick Otterback Arion Aircraft LLC R&D Technical Support 931-680-1781 From: owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Tex Mantell Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 12:53 PM Subject: Lightning-List: builders manual Nick, We were talking about the newsletters on line and I think the updates to the builders manual is just as important. I have one of the first kits and rely on the builders manual to see what changes have been made and to determined if I need to update any of those changes on my airplane. When an improvement has been incorporated, a note in the newsletter would be very helpful. ________________________________________________________________________________
From: "Bob Haas" <checkpoint2(at)comcast.net>
Subject: Re: Lightning newsletters - booklet copies.
Date: Aug 13, 2012
Count me in! Bob Haas SN 71, I know I have missed several letters and service bulletins. From: Ken Wilson Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 9:35 AM Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Lightning newsletters - booklet copies. Sounts great, Rich. And thanks for the super job you did over those years. Ken Wilson SN 97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- From: "N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM" <N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM> Sent: Sun, August 12, 2012 8:52:53 PM Subject: Lightning-List: Lightning newsletters - booklet copies. The recent Lightning message traffic about past newsletters being hard/impossible to download from the Arion Lightning web site got me thinking about looking into the possibility of having copies printed in booklet format and making those available to anyone interested. I remember many years ago having a booklet copy of all past International Aerobatic Club newsletters that were very helpful when I still had my Pitts Special (the first airplane I built - and flew for 29 years). I just looked at all 36 issues of the Lightning newsletter that I wrote over a 3 year period (between Feb of 2008 until Jan of 2011) to get an idea of the magnitude of this possible project. Would you believe 923 pages or 963 pages if we included the index. I have no firm idea, but a project with that many pages might have to be in three booklets just based on the total number of pages to be bound together. However, if there is enough interest in the Lightning community, I would be willing to talk to a printer that I am currently working with on another project (that involves 150 copies of a 137 page full color booklet) to get an idea of the cost of such a project on past Lightning newsletters. I have covered this idea with Nick and the thinks having hard copies of past newsletters would be a good idea. We would probably make them available through Arion and other Lightning dealers. So please let me know if you would be interested in a booklet (or booklets) that would be copies of past Lightning newsletters. If there is enough interest I'll get an estimate from the printer and let everyone know the expected cost. Then we can decide if it would be worth the effort and cost. So drop me an email and let me know if you would be interested. Blue Skies, Buz Rich http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Ligh============ ========= ________________________________________________________________________________
Date: Aug 13, 2012
From: Steve Sundquist <sttwig(at)gmail.com>
Subject: facebook pictures
Nick, Mark, etc. I just looked at the firewall forward pictures and read the narrative included with each one on your Facebook page. Just what I wanted to see! It really helps to see what works, how to do it and the descriptions add helpful hints without needing to make all the learning mistakes yourself. I hope it is easy to add to that page because it will be an invaluable tool to builders and prospective buyers alike. Great work, Steve Sundquist ________________________________________________________________________________
From: GARY BARNETT <barnett6088(at)msn.com>
Subject: facebook pictures
Date: Aug 13, 2012
SteveIf it would be of any help you are welcome to look over my completed L ightning (Factory built). I live in the Northwest (Sisters Oregon) and han ger the plane in Prineville. SN 133 N335AL gbsss(at)bendbroadband.com > Date: Mon=2C 13 Aug 2012 12:31:24 -0700 > From: sttwig(at)gmail.com > To: lightning-list(at)matronics.com > Subject: Lightning-List: facebook pictures > > > Nick=2C Mark=2C etc. > > I just looked at the firewall forward pictures and read the narrative > included with each one on your Facebook page. Just what I wanted to > see! It really helps to see what works=2C how to do it and the > descriptions add helpful hints without needing to make all the learning > mistakes yourself. I hope it is easy to add to that page because it > will be an invaluable tool to builders and prospective buyers alike. > > Great work=2C > > Steve Sundquist > =========== =========== =========== =========== > > > ________________________________________________________________________________
From: "Tex Mantell" <wb2ssj(at)rochester.rr.com>
Subject: fuel filters
Date: Aug 16, 2012
Doing my anual , can anyone quote the brand and part number for the fuel filters? I wrote down somewhere but its gone now. Tex ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Re: fuel filters
From: Nick Otterback <nick(at)flylightning.net>
Date: Aug 16, 2012
Tex, Go get some Fram G1 filters from the auto store they work the best. Nick Sent from my pocket On Aug 16, 2012, at 6:28 PM, "Tex Mantell" wrote: > Doing my anual , can anyone quote the brand and part number for the fuel f ilters? I wrote down somewhere but its gone now. > Tex > > ========================== ========= ========================== ========= ========================== ========= ========================== ========= > ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Re: fuel filters
From: Dwwilt <dwwilt(at)AOL.COM>
Date: Aug 16, 2012
Fram G1 or equivalent. Blue Skies, Dennis W. Wilt N616DW (Arion Lightning S/N 132) Sent from my iPad On Aug 16, 2012, at 7:28 PM, "Tex Mantell" wrote: > Doing my anual , can anyone quote the brand and part number for the fuel f ilters? I wrote down somewhere but its gone now. > Tex > > ========================== ========= ========================== ========= ========================== ========= ========================== ========= > ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Re: fuel filters
From: n5pb(at)AOL.COM
Date: Aug 17, 2012
Nick, Are these better than the Redden Marine SIE 18-7829? Bear -----Original Message----- From: Nick Otterback <nick(at)flylightning.net> Sent: Thu, Aug 16, 2012 7:35 pm Subject: Re: Lightning-List: fuel filters Tex, Go get some Fram G1 filters from the auto store they work the best. Nick Sent from my pocket On Aug 16, 2012, at 6:28 PM, "Tex Mantell" wrote: Doing my anual , can anyone quote the brand and part number for the fuel f ilters? I wrote down somewhere but its gone now. Tex 3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= 3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= 3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= 3D 3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= 3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= 3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= 3D 3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= 3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= 3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= 3D 3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= 3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= 3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= 3D ________________________________________________________________________________
From: "Nick Otterback" <nick(at)flylightning.net>
Subject: fuel filters
Date: Aug 17, 2012
Bear, Yes I would say they are. I think the marine ones are they same we send in the kits. We don't send those anymore. A customer cut one open and found that the filter inside is more of a screen like the finger fliter in the tank but a little finer, not much. So we have switched to the Fram G1 as we know those are a paper filter, you can see them, they are clear and allow inspection as well. Nick From: owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of n5pb(at)AOL.COM Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 4:42 PM Subject: Re: Lightning-List: fuel filters Nick, Are these better than the Redden Marine SIE 18-7829? Bear -----Original Message----- From: Nick Otterback <nick(at)flylightning.net> Sent: Thu, Aug 16, 2012 7:35 pm Subject: Re: Lightning-List: fuel filters Tex, Go get some Fram G1 filters from the auto store they work the best. Nick Sent from my pocket On Aug 16, 2012, at 6:28 PM, "Tex Mantell" wrote: Doing my anual , can anyone quote the brand and part number for the fuel filters? I wrote down somewhere but its gone now. Tex 3D=========================3 D=================== 3D=========================3 D=================== 3D=========================3 D=================== 3D=========================3 D=================== ________________________________________________________________________________
Date: Aug 19, 2012
From: Gerd + Uli Nowack <NowackLinden(at)gmx.de>
Subject: First Flight!
The first Lightning built in Germany, D-ELIY , kit no.89, made its maiden flight today in the blue evening skies of Upper Hesse, after a construction time of 2 years and 8 months including 4 months waiting for hangar space and a test/evaluation/certification period of 3 months. D-ELIY, as you might have read in earlier postings, is not only the first Lightning throughout Western Europe, but also the first one powered by a Belgian ULPower engine driving a 3blade CS prop. The flight lasted 40 minutes and ended with a landing (that wasn`t even too bad!) at the EDFL / Giessen-Luetzellinden airfield . Engine and prop performed ok . Engine temps were a bit on the warm side but in limits, with OAT above 30C / 85F. It is too early to judge the performance of the new drive, but the first impression is positive. 2600rpm / 25inHg resulted in almost 130 KIAS without the wheel pants. Gerd ________________________________________________________________________________
From: IFLYSMODEL(at)AOL.COM
Date: Aug 18, 2012
Subject: Re: First Flight!
Congratulations, Gerd: Great job. Lynn In a message dated 8/18/2012 6:21:00 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, NowackLinden(at)gmx.de writes: The first Lightning built in Germany, D-ELIY , kit no.89, made its maiden flight today in the blue evening skies of Upper Hesse, after a construction time of 2 years and 8 months including 4 months waiting for hangar space and a test/evaluation/certification period of 3 months. D-ELIY, as you might have read in earlier postings, is not only the first Lightning throughout Western Europe, but also the first one powered by a Belgian ULPower engine driving a 3blade CS prop. The flight lasted 40 minutes and ended with a landing (that wasn`t even too bad!) at the EDFL / Giessen-Luetzellinden airfield . Engine and prop performed ok . Engine temps were a bit on the warm side but in limits, with OAT above 30=B0C / 85=B0F. It is too early to judge the performance of the new drive, but the first impression is positive. 2600rpm / 25inHg resulted in almost 130 KIAS without the wheel pants. Gerd ________________________________________________________________________________
From: Nick Otterback <vettin74(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: First Flight!
Date: Aug 18, 2012
Way to go Gerd! We will be listening closely for the performance numbers on your new jet. Nick Sent from my pocket On Aug 18, 2012, at 5:13 PM, Gerd + Uli Nowack wrote: > The first Lightning built in Germany, D-ELIY , kit no.89, made its maiden flight today in the blue evening skies of Upper Hesse, after a construction time of 2 years and 8 months including 4 months waiting for hangar space and a test/evaluation/certification period of 3 months. > D-ELIY, as you might have read in earlier postings, is not only the first Lightning throughout Western Europe, but also the first one powered by a Belgian ULPower engine driving a 3blade CS prop. > The flight lasted 40 minutes and ended with a landing (that wasn`t even too bad!) at the EDFL / Giessen-Luetzellinden airfield . Engine and prop performed ok . Engine temps were a bit on the warm side but in limits, with OAT above 30C / 85F. > It is too early to judge the performance of the new drive, but the first impression is positive. > 2600rpm / 25inHg resulted in almost 130 KIAS without the wheel pants. > > Gerd > > ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Re: First Flight!
From: n5pb(at)AOL.COM
Date: Aug 18, 2012
Congratulations Gerd. I hope you have many years of fun flying. Bear -----Original Message----- From: Gerd + Uli Nowack <NowackLinden(at)gmx.de> Sent: Sat, Aug 18, 2012 6:20 pm Subject: Lightning-List: First Flight! The first Lightning built in Germany, D-ELIY , kit no.89, made its maiden flight today in the blue evening skies of Upper Hesse, after a construction time of 2 years and 8 months including 4 months waiting for hangar space and a test/evaluation/certification period of 3 months. D-ELIY, as you might have read in earlier postings, is not only the first Lightning throughout Western Europe, but also the first one powered by a Belgian ULPower engine driving a 3blade CS prop. The flight lasted 40 minutes and ended with a landing (that wasn`t even too bad!) at the EDFL / Giessen-Luetzellinden airfield . Engine and prop performed ok . Engine temps were a bit on the warm side but in limits, with OAT above 30=C2=B0C / 85=C2=B0F. It is too early to judge the performance of the new drive, but the first impression is positive. 2600rpm / 25inHg resulted in almost 130 KIAS without the wheel pants. Gerd ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Re: First Flight!
From: Max Voronin <voroninmax(at)gmail.com>
Date: Aug 18, 2012
Congratulations!!!!! Hals- und Beinbruch! Max Sent from my iPhone On Aug 18, 2012, at 6:13 PM, Gerd + Uli Nowack wrote: > The first Lightning built in Germany, D-ELIY , kit no.89, made its maiden flight today in the blue evening skies of Upper Hesse, after a construction time of 2 years and 8 months including 4 months waiting for hangar space and a test/evaluation/certification period of 3 months. > D-ELIY, as you might have read in earlier postings, is not only the first Lightning throughout Western Europe, but also the first one powered by a Belgian ULPower engine driving a 3blade CS prop. > The flight lasted 40 minutes and ended with a landing (that wasn`t even too bad!) at the EDFL / Giessen-Luetzellinden airfield . Engine and prop performed ok . Engine temps were a bit on the warm side but in limits, with OAT above 30C / 85F. > It is too early to judge the performance of the new drive, but the first impression is positive. > 2600rpm / 25inHg resulted in almost 130 KIAS without the wheel pants. > > Gerd > > ________________________________________________________________________________
Date: Aug 18, 2012
From: "Bernard Melendez, Jr." <n45bm(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: First Flight!
Outstanding! Congrats and wishes for a happy test phase. well done. Bernardo SN 110 --- On Sat, 8/18/12, Gerd + Uli Nowack wrote: From: Gerd + Uli Nowack <NowackLinden(at)gmx.de> Subject: Lightning-List: First Flight! Date: Saturday, August 18, 2012, 5:13 PM The first Lightning built in Germany, D-ELIY , kit no.89, made its maiden f light today in the blue evening skies of Upper Hesse, after a construction time of 2 years and 8 months including 4 months waiting for hangar space an d a test/evaluation/certification period of- 3 months. D-ELIY, as you might have read in earlier postings,- is not only the firs t Lightning throughout- Western Europe, but also the first one powered by a Belgian ULPower engine driving a 3blade CS prop. The flight lasted 40 minutes and ended with a- landing (that wasn`t even too bad!) at the- EDFL / Giessen-Luetzellinden airfield . Engine and prop performed ok- . Engine temps were a bit on the warm side but in limits, - with OAT above- 30=B0C / 85=B0F. It is too early to judge the performance of the new drive, but the first im pression is positive. 2600rpm / 25inHg resulted in almost 130 KIAS without the wheel pants. Gerd ________________________________________________________________________________
Date: Aug 19, 2012
From: luigi di napoli <elledien(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: First Flight!
Congratulations Gerd.=0AI wish you hours and hours of flight with the same joy of the -first flight.=0ALuigi=0AEsqual I-9854=0A=0A=0A_______________ _________________=0A Da: Gerd + Uli Nowack =0AA: light ning-list(at)matronics.com =0AInviato: Domenica 19 Agosto 2012 0:13=0AOggetto: Lightning-List: First Flight!=0A =0AThe first Lightning built in Germany, D-ELIY , kit no.89, made its maiden flight today in the blue evening skies of Upper Hesse, after a construction time of 2 years and 8 months includin g 4 months waiting for hangar space and a test/evaluation/certification per iod of- 3 months.=0AD-ELIY, as you might have read in earlier postings, - is not only the first Lightning throughout- Western Europe, but also the first one powered by a Belgian ULPower engine driving a 3blade CS prop. =0AThe flight lasted 40 minutes and ended with a- landing (that wasn`t ev en too bad!) at the- EDFL / Giessen-Luetzellinden airfield . Engine and p rop performed ok- . Engine temps were a bit on the warm side but in limit s,- with OAT above- 30=B0C / 85=B0F.=0AIt is too early to judge the per formance of the new drive, but the first impression is positive.=0A2600rpm / 25inHg resulted in almost 130 KIAS without the wheel pants.=0A=0AGerd ________________________________________________________________________________
From: DDW <ddw55(at)hotmail.com>
Subject: First Flight!
Date: Aug 19, 2012
Congratulations...well done...the first in Europe but certainly not the last one!!! Daniel from Belgium Esqual PH-DWD -----Original Message----- From: owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Gerd + Uli Nowack Sent: zondag 19 augustus 2012 0:14 Subject: Lightning-List: First Flight! The first Lightning built in Germany, D-ELIY , kit no.89, made its maiden flight today in the blue evening skies of Upper Hesse, after a construction time of 2 years and 8 months including 4 months waiting for hangar space and a test/evaluation/certification period of 3 months. D-ELIY, as you might have read in earlier postings, is not only the first Lightning throughout Western Europe, but also the first one powered by a Belgian ULPower engine driving a 3blade CS prop. The flight lasted 40 minutes and ended with a landing (that wasn`t even too bad!) at the EDFL / Giessen-Luetzellinden airfield . Engine and prop performed ok . Engine temps were a bit on the warm side but in limits, with OAT above 30C / 85F. It is too early to judge the performance of the new drive, but the first impression is positive. 2600rpm / 25inHg resulted in almost 130 KIAS without the wheel pants. Gerd ________________________________________________________________________________
From: "MP" <mozart1(at)ctemail.net.au>
Subject: First Flight!
Date: Aug 19, 2012
Congratulations for your maiden and a lot of joy for your following flights. Gruesse Michael -----Original Message----- From: owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Gerd + Uli Nowack Sent: Sunday, 19 August 2012 8:14 AM Subject: Lightning-List: First Flight! The first Lightning built in Germany, D-ELIY , kit no.89, made its maiden flight today in the blue evening skies of Upper Hesse, after a construction time of 2 years and 8 months including 4 months waiting for hangar space and a test/evaluation/certification period of 3 months. D-ELIY, as you might have read in earlier postings, is not only the first Lightning throughout Western Europe, but also the first one powered by a Belgian ULPower engine driving a 3blade CS prop. The flight lasted 40 minutes and ended with a landing (that wasn`t even too bad!) at the EDFL / Giessen-Luetzellinden airfield . Engine and prop performed ok . Engine temps were a bit on the warm side but in limits, with OAT above 30C / 85F. It is too early to judge the performance of the new drive, but the first impression is positive. 2600rpm / 25inHg resulted in almost 130 KIAS without the wheel pants. Gerd ________________________________________________________________________________
From: Waynelenox <waynelenox(at)juno.com>
Subject: Re: First Flight!
Date: Aug 19, 2012
Sent from my iPad On Aug 18, 2012, at 3:13 PM, Gerd + Uli Nowack wrote: > The first Lightning built in Germany, D-ELIY , kit no.89, made its maiden flight today in the blue evening skies of Upper Hesse, after a construction time of 2 years and 8 months including 4 months waiting for hangar space and a test/evaluation/certification period of 3 months. > D-ELIY, as you might have read in earlier postings, is not only the first Lightning throughout Western Europe, but also the first one powered by a Belgian ULPower engine driving a 3blade CS prop. > The flight lasted 40 minutes and ended with a landing (that wasn`t even too bad!) at the EDFL / Giessen-Luetzellinden airfield . Engine and prop performed ok . Engine temps were a bit on the warm side but in limits, with OAT above 30C / 85F. > It is too early to judge the performance of the new drive, but the first impression is positive. > 2600rpm / 25inHg resulted in almost 130 KIAS without the wheel pants. > > Gerd > > ________________________________________________________________________________
From: "Nick Otterback" <nick(at)flylightning.net>
Subject: Updated build manual Sections
Date: Aug 20, 2012
Group, The first set of updated build manuals are posted now. Those sections are dated 8-20-2012 and are as follows, 3, 32,33,32,43,44. All sections should open and work correctly. Over the next few weeks all sections will be updated and posted. thanks Nick Otterback Arion Aircraft LLC R&D Technical Support 931-680-1781 ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Re: Updated build manual Sections
From: "Dennis W. Wilt" <dwwilt(at)AOL.COM>
Date: Aug 20, 2012
Nick, 32 and 33 go to the same document. Have a wonderful day, Dennis N616DW (Arion Lightning S/N 132) -----Original Message----- From: Nick Otterback <nick(at)flylightning.net> Sent: Mon, Aug 20, 2012 4:01 pm Subject: Lightning-List: Updated build manual Sections Group, The first set of updated build manuals are posted now. Those sections are dated 8-20-2012 and are as follows, 3, 32,33,32,43,44. All sections should open and work correctly. Over the next few weeks all sections will be updated and posted. thanks Nick Otterback Arion Aircraft LLC R&D Technical Support 931-680-1781 ________________________________________________________________________________
From: GARY BARNETT <barnett6088(at)msn.com>
Subject: First Flight!
Date: Aug 20, 2012
GerdCongratulations on the first flight . Many happy returns to the air. Gary Barnett SN 133 > Date: Sun=2C 19 Aug 2012 00:13:38 +0200 > From: NowackLinden(at)gmx.de > To: lightning-list(at)matronics.com > Subject: Lightning-List: First Flight! > > The first Lightning built in Germany=2C D-ELIY =2C kit no.89=2C made its > maiden flight today in the blue evening skies of Upper Hesse=2C after a > construction time of 2 years and 8 months including 4 months waiting for > hangar space and a test/evaluation/certification period of 3 months. > D-ELIY=2C as you might have read in earlier postings=2C is not only the > first Lightning throughout Western Europe=2C but also the first one > powered by a Belgian ULPower engine driving a 3blade CS prop. > The flight lasted 40 minutes and ended with a landing (that wasn`t even > too bad!) at the EDFL / Giessen-Luetzellinden airfield . Engine and > prop performed ok . Engine temps were a bit on the warm side but in > limits=2C with OAT above 30=B0C / 85=B0F. > It is too early to judge the performance of the new drive=2C but the firs t > impression is positive. > 2600rpm / 25inHg resulted in almost 130 KIAS without the wheel pants. > > Gerd > ________________________________________________________________________________
From: "Nick Otterback" <nick(at)flylightning.net>
Subject: Updated build manual Sections
Date: Aug 20, 2012
Yep web guy is fixing that. Nick From: owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Dennis W. Wilt Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 3:08 PM Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Updated build manual Sections Nick, 32 and 33 go to the same document. Have a wonderful day, Dennis N616DW (Arion Lightning <http://www.flylightning.net/> S/N 132) -----Original Message----- From: Nick Otterback <nick(at)flylightning.net> Sent: Mon, Aug 20, 2012 4:01 pm Subject: Lightning-List: Updated build manual Sections Group, The first set of updated build manuals are posted now. Those sections are dated 8-20-2012 and are as follows, 3, 32,33,32,43,44. All sections should open and work correctly. Over the next few weeks all sections will be updated and posted. thanks Nick Otterback Arion Aircraft LLC R&D Technical Support 931-680-1781 " target="_blank" saprocessedanchor="true">http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List processedanchor="true">http://forums.matronics.com _blank" saprocessedanchor="true">http://www.matronics.com/contribution ________________________________________________________________________________
From: N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM
Date: Aug 21, 2012
Subject: Lightning Newsletter Booklets
A week or so ago I sent a message to the group asking if there was any interest in having published booklets or "hard copies" of all the past Lightning newsletters. I thought this might be a helpful thing to have based on the numerous times I used a similar product on aerobatics when I was building and flying my Pitts Special. It was always good to have the info available to refer to in the hangar while I was working on the Pitts or getting ready to go practice a new sequence. Several Lightning builders responded that they would like to have this type of resource available, so I have been working with a printer in NC that I have worked with before when I needed booklets published in quantity. Anyway, if we printed all Lightning newsletters from day one (Feb 2008) to the most current one (Jan/Feb 2012) the project would be well over 1000 pages and would likely take a total of four booklets or one for 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011/2012. Unfortunately, that would be pretty expensive. Likely at least $150 for all four booklets. It could be more depending on how many folks order the books. Based on the above, I'm thinking I will just drop the project as the cost is quite a bit more than I expected it to be. If you disagree, let me know. Blue Skies, Buz Rich ________________________________________________________________________________
Date: Aug 21, 2012
From: Larry Romig <peteromig(at)gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Lightning Newsletter Booklets
Can't the Lightning folks just archive your booklet form for folks to download and get printed on there own? Seems the simple way out that leaves the info available. My 2 pence- Thanks for the hard work. Larry Romig On 8/21/2012 5:26 PM, N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM wrote: > A week or so ago I sent a message to the group asking if there was any > interest in having published booklets or "hard copies" of all the past > Lightning newsletters. I thought this might be a helpful thing to > have based on the numerous times I used a similar product on > aerobatics when I was building and flying my Pitts Special. It was > always good to have the info available to refer to in the hangar while > I was working on the Pitts or getting ready to go practice a new > sequence. > Several Lightning builders responded that they would like to have this > type of resource available, so I have been working with a printer in > NC that I have worked with before when I needed booklets published in > quantity. Anyway, if we printed all Lightning newsletters from day > one (Feb 2008) to the most current one (Jan/Feb 2012) the project > would be well over 1000 pages and would likely take a total of four > booklets or one for 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011/2012. Unfortunately, > that would be pretty expensive. Likely *at least $150* for all four > booklets. It could be more depending on how many folks order the books. > Based on the above, I'm thinking I will just drop the project as the > cost is quite a bit more than I expected it to be. If you disagree, > let me know. > Blue Skies, > Buz Rich > * > > > * ________________________________________________________________________________
From: N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM
Date: Aug 21, 2012
Subject: Re: Lightning Newsletter Booklets
Larry, all the past newsletters are currently on the Arion Lightning web site. You can read them there or copy each one as desired. The though, while their web site was having problems, was that it might be useful to have all of them available "in the hangar" so you could refer to them when needed. That all..... maybe solving a problem that really doesn't exist. Blue Skies, Buz Rich In a message dated 8/21/2012 6:21:41 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, peteromig(at)gmail.com writes: Can't the Lightning folks just archive your booklet form for folks to download and get printed on there own? Seems the simple way out that leaves the info available. My 2 pence- Thanks for the hard work. Larry Romig On 8/21/2012 5:26 PM, _N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM_ (mailto:N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM) wrote: A week or so ago I sent a message to the group asking if there was any interest in having published booklets or "hard copies" of all the past Lightning newsletters. I thought this might be a helpful thing to have based on the numerous times I used a similar product on aerobatics when I was building and flying my Pitts Special. It was always good to have the info available to refer to in the hangar while I was working on the Pitts or getting ready to go practice a new sequence. Several Lightning builders responded that they would like to have this type of resource available, so I have been working with a printer in NC that I have worked with before when I needed booklets published in quantity. Anyway, if we printed all Lightning newsletters from day one (Feb 2008) to the most current one (Jan/Feb 2012) the project would be well over 1000 pages and would likely take a total of four booklets or one for 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011/2012. Unfortunately, that would be pretty expensive. Likely at least $150 for all four booklets. It could be more depending on how many folks order the books. Based on the above, I'm thinking I will just drop the project as the cost is quite a bit more than I expected it to be. If you disagree, let me know. Blue Skies, Buz Rich (http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List) (http://www.matronics.com/contribution) ________________________________________________________________________________
Date: Aug 21, 2012
From: "Bernard Melendez, Jr." <n45bm(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Lightning Newsletter Booklets
Hi Buz, You're right. I don't think builders really have to have hard, printed copi es, however nice that might be, as long as the newsletters and all chapters of the builder's manual are available and IF we can open the files to prin t them. Many thanks for your hard work in producing the newsletters for the first t hree years. Regards, Bernardo --- On Tue, 8/21/12, N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM wrote: From: N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM <N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM> Subject: Lightning-List: Lightning Newsletter Booklets Date: Tuesday, August 21, 2012, 4:26 PM =0A=0A =0A =0A=0AA week or so ago I sent a message to the group asking if t here was any =0Ainterest in having published booklets or "hard copies" of a ll the past Lightning =0Anewsletters.- I thought this might be a helpful thing to have based on the =0Anumerous times I used a similar product on ae robatics when I was building and =0Aflying my Pitts Special.- It was alwa ys good to have the info available to =0Arefer to in the hangar while I was working on the Pitts or getting ready to go =0Apractice a new sequence.- =0A-=0ASeveral Lightning builders responded that they would like to have this type =0Aof resource available, so I have been working with a printer in NC-that I =0Ahave worked with before when I needed booklets published in quantity.- =0AAnyway, if we printed all Lightning newsletters from day one (Feb 2008) to the =0Amost current one (Jan/Feb 2012) the project would be well over 1000 pages and =0Awould likely take a total of four booklets or one for 2008, 2009, 2010, and =0A2011/2012.- Unfortunately, that would be pretty expensive.- Likely =0Aat least $150 for all four booklets.- It could be more =0Adepending on how many folks order the books.=0A-=0ABa sed on the above, I'm thinking I will just drop the project as the cost =0A is quite a bit more than I expected it to be.- If you disagree, let me ==========0A=0A ________________________________________________________________________________
Date: Aug 22, 2012
From: Larry Romig <peteromig(at)gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Lightning Newsletter Booklets
But I'd agree that the booklet form( with maybe the just the technical stuff in it) is useful and the format could be on the website, sort of a Reader's Digest condensed (my parents had bookshelves full of the bound copies) version. We'll always have to fight with sites being down which is why the hard copy is valuable. I still value having paper in my hands, I can't read a book on a Kindle or tablet as satisfyingly as an actual book. Hard to think they (books and newspapers) be museum pieces only someday. Anyway have you looked at the volume of just technical stuff compared to the a reprint of the entire newsletter? I'd expect you could reduce the number of pages significantly. If I recall correctly your newsletters had a fair amount of "rich" content (stories and the like) in addition to the technical. That or organize by the technical stuff by systems so you don't have to worry about having the right years printed. Could be as simple as airframe and engine or be divided into smaller categories. Just food for thought... Stay well my friend- Larry On 8/21/2012 6:59 PM, N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM wrote: > Larry, all the past newsletters are currently on the Arion Lightning > web site. You can read them there or copy each one as desired. The > though, while their web site was having problems, was that it might be > useful to have all of them available "in the hangar" so you could > refer to them when needed. That all..... maybe solving a problem > that really doesn't exist. > Blue Skies, > Buz Rich > In a message dated 8/21/2012 6:21:41 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > peteromig(at)gmail.com writes: > > Can't the Lightning folks just archive your booklet form for folks > to download and get printed on there own? Seems the simple way out > that leaves the info available. > My 2 pence- Thanks for the hard work. > Larry Romig > On 8/21/2012 5:26 PM, N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM wrote: >> A week or so ago I sent a message to the group asking if there >> was any interest in having published booklets or "hard copies" of >> all the past Lightning newsletters. I thought this might be a >> helpful thing to have based on the numerous times I used a >> similar product on aerobatics when I was building and flying my >> Pitts Special. It was always good to have the info available to >> refer to in the hangar while I was working on the Pitts or >> getting ready to go practice a new sequence. >> Several Lightning builders responded that they would like to have >> this type of resource available, so I have been working with a >> printer in NC that I have worked with before when I needed >> booklets published in quantity. Anyway, if we printed all >> Lightning newsletters from day one (Feb 2008) to the most current >> one (Jan/Feb 2012) the project would be well over 1000 pages and >> would likely take a total of four booklets or one for 2008, 2009, >> 2010, and 2011/2012. Unfortunately, that would be pretty >> expensive. Likely *at least $150* for all four booklets. It >> could be more depending on how many folks order the books. >> Based on the above, I'm thinking I will just drop the project as >> the cost is quite a bit more than I expected it to be. If you >> disagree, let me know. >> Blue Skies, >> Buz Rich >> * >> >> >> * > > * > > href="http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List">http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List > s.matronics.com/">http://forums.matronics.com > p://www.matronics.com/contribution">http://www.matronics.com/contribution > > * > > * > > > * ________________________________________________________________________________
From: "Nick Otterback" <nick(at)flylightning.net>
Subject: Build sections updated
Date: Aug 22, 2012
All sections of the build manual do open now and the section that were missing 42,43,44 have been revised and up loaded as well. 2 sections have been completed this morning. Section 11 is revised. Section 11A is a supplement to that and is added as an aid. This is something we use in house when building the LS1 and should be used in conjunction with the build manual. All sections being revised will have current dates next to them. Just because the date hasn't changed on the web in 2 years doesn't mean the section is not applicable. Thanks Nick Otterback Arion Aircraft LLC R&D Technical Support 931-680-1781 ________________________________________________________________________________
Date: Aug 22, 2012
From: "Bernard Melendez, Jr." <n45bm(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Build sections updated
Nick, Thank you for updating/revising the builder's manual and newsletters. Your efforts are welcomed and appreciated. Regards, Bernardo --- On Wed, 8/22/12, Nick Otterback wrote: From: Nick Otterback <nick(at)flylightning.net> Subject: Lightning-List: Build sections updated Date: Wednesday, August 22, 2012, 8:39 AM All sections of the build manual do open now and the section that were miss ing 42,43,44 have been revised and up loaded as well. =C2-2 sections have been completed this morning. Section 11 is revised. Section 11A is a suppl ement to that and is added as an aid. This is something we use in house whe n building the LS1 and should be used in conjunction with the build manual. =C2-All sections being revised will have current dates next to them. Ju st because the date hasn=99t changed on the web in 2 years doesn =99t mean the section is not applicable. =C2-Thanks =C2-Nick Otterba ckArion Aircraft LLCR&D Technical Support931-680-1781 =C2- =0A=0A=0A=0A -======================== ====================0A=0A ________________________________________________________________________________
From: N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM
Date: Aug 24, 2012
Subject: Re: Lightning Newsletter Booklets
Larry, I now understand what you were saying - and a good idea. I'll take a look at how much just including the building and technical stuff would decrease the total page count. It may take a while to get around to this "new" project, but I'll put it on my "to do" list. Thanks, Buz In a message dated 8/22/2012 8:06:52 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, peteromig(at)gmail.com writes: But I'd agree that the booklet form( with maybe the just the technical stuff in it) is useful and the format could be on the website, sort of a Reader's Digest condensed (my parents had bookshelves full of the bound copies) version. We'll always have to fight with sites being down which is why the hard copy is valuable. I still value having paper in my hands, I can't read a book on a Kindle or tablet as satisfyingly as an actual book. Hard to think they (books and newspapers) be museum pieces only someday. Anyway have you looked at the volume of just technical stuff compared to the a reprint of the entire newsletter? I'd expect you could reduce the number of pages significantly. If I recall correctly your newsletters had a fair amount of "rich" content (stories and the like) in addition to the technical. That or organize by the technical stuff by systems so you don't have to worry about having the right years printed. Could be as simple as airframe and engine or be divided into smaller categories. Just food for thought... Stay well my friend- Larry On 8/21/2012 6:59 PM, _N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM_ (mailto:N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM) wrote: Larry, all the past newsletters are currently on the Arion Lightning web site. You can read them there or copy each one as desired. The though, while their web site was having problems, was that it might be useful to have all of them available "in the hangar" so you could refer to them when needed. That all..... maybe solving a problem that really doesn't exist. Blue Skies, Buz Rich In a message dated 8/21/2012 6:21:41 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, _peteromig(at)gmail.com_ (mailto:peteromig(at)gmail.com) writes: Can't the Lightning folks just archive your booklet form for folks to download and get printed on there own? Seems the simple way out that leaves the info available. My 2 pence- Thanks for the hard work. Larry Romig On 8/21/2012 5:26 PM, _N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM_ (mailto:N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM) wrote: A week or so ago I sent a message to the group asking if there was any interest in having published booklets or "hard copies" of all the past Lightning newsletters. I thought this might be a helpful thing to have based on the numerous times I used a similar product on aerobatics when I was building and flying my Pitts Special. It was always good to have the info available to refer to in the hangar while I was working on the Pitts or getting ready to go practice a new sequence. Several Lightning builders responded that they would like to have this type of resource available, so I have been working with a printer in NC that I have worked with before when I needed booklets published in quantity. Anyway, if we printed all Lightning newsletters from day one (Feb 2008) to the most current one (Jan/Feb 2012) the project would be well over 1000 pages and would likely take a total of four booklets or one for 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011/2012. Unfortunately, that would be pretty expensive. Likely at least $150 for all four booklets. It could be more depending on how many folks order the books. Based on the above, I'm thinking I will just drop the project as the cost is quite a bit more than I expected it to be. If you disagree, let me know. Blue Skies, Buz Rich href=_"http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List"_ (http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List) >_http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List_ (http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List) s.matronics.com/">_http://forums.matronics.com_ (http://forums.matronics.com/) p://www.matronics.com/contribution">_http://www.matronics.com/contribution_ (http://www.matronics.com/contribution) (http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List) (http://www.matronics.com/contribution) ________________________________________________________________________________
From: "Dave Mccorquodale" <corky(at)hbci.com>
Subject: Re: Esqual Stability
Date: Sep 02, 2012
Hi Clive It is always a pleasure reading your posts. As you know I also have an Esqual with many changes done. I have purchaced a Lightning cowl a couple of years ago, I have not cut it down to fit because I to thought about the longer engine mount. How much did it help moving the engine forward. I have a top over haul just around the corner and was thinking of making the change then.. Also was the mount spendy? When my mount was built it was 2 degrees off so my engine is aiming up 2 degrees of center line. Having an engine inline and weight more forward would have to help Keep up the good work Dave McCorquodale ----- Original Message ----- From: James, Clive R To: lightning-list(at)matronics.com Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2012 2:30 PM Subject: Lightning-List: Esqual Stability Hi Luigi, I am good. The weather in the UK has finally improved and I=99ve been doing some good flying. Back offshore now in the North sea and hoping the weather will still have some summer in it when I get back next time. Mostly the flying was in the Jabiru as the Esqual is still on a test permit and so cannot go further than 25miles past 3 airfields on the East side of England (still 60 miles to play in). The changes I made for the stability were: New engine mount from Arion that moved the engine forward 18mm (I had to buy new cowlings but I wanted the Lightning ones for the cooling anyway). Nick recommended I tip the front of the tail plane down by 3/16=9D, this was about 3 degrees and I managed to get that movement by lifting the back. I fitted a new =98flap type=99 trim tab with electric servo and removed the bungee trim, this was a Lightning retrofit kit trim kit though I did make the flap a bit bigger. During the test flying I limited the flap travel to 22 degrees to help with the trim on approach (as mentioned in the kit planes article for the Lighting which was interesting). It was still too heavy under a FWD C of G so when the evaluation flying was being done for the LAA it was limited some more. Now at 16 degrees max flap it is hands off on approach unless it is solo with low fuel. Minimum stall is still 35 knots All round much nicer to fly but still very sporty. The flight test report was done by an independent test pilot but he was very happy and has sent a positive recommendation. The flight test was to CS-VLA (you can find that on the net). It was great fun as I was the =98talking ballast=99 I really saw what the plane could do. I am just waiting to get feedback on that report and hope to have a full PoF soon. I will send you the report directly. The picture is the test pilot about to do the solo sortie. He was mega experienced, graduate of the Empire Test Pilot program, many years ago now as he is 83. I hope I can still fly like he does when I=99m that age. I trust all is well in Italy and you are flying your Esqual regularly (after you pay your luxury tax to the idiots in charge!). Best Regards, Clive From: owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of luigi di napoli Sent: 07 August 2012 19:40 To: lightning-list(at)matronics.com Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Kitplanes September Issue Hi Clive, how are you ? I read about the Esqual stability and I am curious to know which improvements the Esqual needs. Did you calculate a good C&G to improve the phugoid ? And what about the max flap setting ? I remember that you, some time ago, sent a mail with something inherent but forgot it. Do you have any news ? And what about the PoF for your bird ? Waiting your news best regards and enjoy your vacation. Luigi ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Da: "James, Clive R" A: lightning-list(at)matronics.com Inviato: Marted=C3=AC 7 Agosto 2012 20:05 Oggetto: RE: Lightning-List: Kitplanes September Issue Still in your debt for the fix on the Esqual ! Permit is getting closer but not yet got my hands on it. Regards, Clive From: owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Nick Otterback Sent: 07 August 2012 18:57 To: lightning-list(at)matronics.com Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Kitplanes September Issue Thanks for the kind words. The company is not mine it is Petes. We are partners along with a few other investors. Pete simply allows me the freedom to further design as needed. Thanks Nick Sent from my pocket On Aug 7, 2012, at 11:53 AM, "James, Clive R" wrote: Reads well, as someone who has gone through the stability and trim issues with the Esqual I can appreciate the improvements. So now the Esqual is Swedish? And you didn=C3=A2=82=AC=84=A2t crack a mould off the fuselage? What=C3=A2=82=AC=84=A2s that smell? I=C3=A2=82=AC=84=A2ll bet Francesc is turning is his grave. Good to see you aren=C3=A2=82=AC=84=A2t sitting on your hands, and nice to see Pete gave you the company! 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Date: Sep 04, 2012
From: luigi di napoli <elledien(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: Flap setting
Hello everybody,=0Aon the Esqual POH I found different instructions about t he setting of flap for take-off.=0AIf the setting for landing is well descr ibed from Clive and others, with all the problems arising with the trim, se tting the flap at full travel, is there any info=0Aconcerning the approxima te setting for take-off ?=0AThe Esqual manual says "between 20 and 30 degre es". -I believe this is not right.=0AAny one experienced -different set ting ? With the behaviour of the plane in this condition.=0AThanks=0ALuigi ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Getting ready for Triple Tree Fly-in 9/5-9/9
From: "N838BF" <prophotoga(at)gmail.com>
Date: Sep 04, 2012
Here is 838BF after getting new main tires and a bath. Now tucked into her hangar waiting for our first Triple Tree Fly-in together. For those interested Here is the link to the Triple Tree site, 7000' (yes seven THOUSAND feet) by 400' grass runway. http://www.tripletreeaerodrome.com/triple-tree-fly-in.php -------- Gene and Janeen Mohr N838BF (formerly Bill Fisher's Lightning) Martinez, GA Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=382386#382386 Attachments: http://forums.matronics.com//files/838bf_933.jpg ________________________________________________________________________________
From: "Greg Hobbs" <hobbs28(at)gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Getting ready for Triple Tree Fly-in 9/5-9/9
Date: Sep 04, 2012
Gene and Jeaneen, Wow, does this place look great (Triple Tree). Sometime Greg and I are going to have to fly out there and experience mowed grass. This has been a long hot summer. Crystal Hobbs ----- Original Message ----- From: "N838BF" <prophotoga(at)gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2012 9:57 AM Subject: Lightning-List: Getting ready for Triple Tree Fly-in 9/5-9/9 > > Here is 838BF after getting new main tires and a bath. Now tucked into > her hangar waiting for our first Triple Tree Fly-in together. For those > interested Here is the link to the Triple Tree site, 7000' (yes seven > THOUSAND feet) by 400' grass runway. > http://www.tripletreeaerodrome.com/triple-tree-fly-in.php > > -------- > Gene and Janeen Mohr > N838BF (formerly Bill Fisher's Lightning) > Martinez, GA > > > Read this topic online here: > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=382386#382386 > > > Attachments: > > http://forums.matronics.com//files/838bf_933.jpg > > > ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Flap setting-adjusting max flap travel?
Date: Sep 05, 2012
From: "James, Clive R" <clive.james(at)uk.bp.com>
Hi Luigi, on My Esqual (great big flap model) I use 10 degrees for take-off, maybe a little less. A question: Is there a way of limiting the maximum flap travel electrically? Within the motor unit? Anyone had one apart? Thanks, Clive Regards From: owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of luigi di napoli Sent: 04 September 2012 08:11 Subject: Lightning-List: Flap setting Hello everybody, on the Esqual POH I found different instructions about the setting of flap for take-off. If the setting for landing is well described from Clive and others, with all the problems arising with the trim, setting the flap at full travel, is there any info concerning the approximate setting for take-off ? The Esqual manual says "between 20 and 30 degrees". I believe this is not right. Any one experienced different setting ? With the behaviour of the plane in this condition. Thanks Luigi ________________________________________________________________________________
Date: Sep 05, 2012
From: luigi di napoli <elledien(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Flap setting-adjusting max flap travel?
Thank you , Clive.=0AMore or less the amount I calculate to be correct.=0AY esterday I checked it and should be 11 degrees.The full travel is around 40 degrees. I believe 20/22 degrees is more than enough to land safely=0AIn c ase of go-around, with 40 of flap, should be very dangerous to forget the f lap down (or in case of failure to retract) because the stabilizer may suff er the shadow of the wing and became inoperative. Situation not very good. =0AFor the limit of travel, I opened a similar actuator and, inside, there are two screws which allow to adjust the travel of the motor moving the swi tches .=0ATomorrow I'll try to find the old actuator and take a picture.=0A Ciao,=0ALuigi=0A=0A=0A________________________________=0A Da: "James, Clive R" =0AA: lightning-list(at)matronics.com =0AInviato: M ercoled=EC 5 Settembre 2012 21:47=0AOggetto: RE: Lightning-List: Flap setti ng-adjusting max flap travel?=0A =0A=0AHi Luigi, on My Esqual (great big fl ap model) I use 10 degrees for take-off, maybe a little less.=0A-=0AA que stion: Is there a way of limiting the maximum flap travel electrically? Wit hin the motor unit? Anyone had one apart?=0AThanks, Clive=0A-=0ARegards =0A-=0AFrom:owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-light ning-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of luigi di napoli=0ASent: 04 Sep tember 2012 08:11=0ATo: lightning-list(at)matronics.com=0ASubject: Lightning-L ist: Flap setting=0A-=0AHello everybody,=0Aon the Esqual POH I found diff erent instructions about the setting of flap for take-off.=0AIf the setting for landing is well described from Clive and others, with all the problems arising with the trim, setting the flap at full travel, is there any info =0Aconcerning the approximate setting for take-off ?=0AThe Esqual manual sa ys "between 20 and 30 degrees". -I believe this is not right.=0AAny one e xperienced -different setting ? With the behaviour of the plane in this c ondition.=0AThanks=0ALuigi=0A-=0A-=0Ahttp://www.matronics.com/Navigator ?Lightning-List=0Ahttp://forums.matronics.com=0Ahttp://www.matronics.com/co ==================== ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Flap setting-adjusting max flap travel?
Date: Sep 06, 2012
From: "James, Clive R" <clive.james(at)uk.bp.com>
Thanks Luigi, A picture would be great, the rods are very close to the central beam bracings so I'd like to hold the actuator back a small amount. Certainly 38 degrees (I think it was) of flap needs using with care and knowledge of the implications. Pitch up on go around was horrible and the stick didn't do much to the pitch. We must remember the accident with Bruno, was that ever explained by the investigation? Regards, Clive From: owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of luigi di napoli Sent: 05 September 2012 21:59 Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Flap setting-adjusting max flap travel? Thank you , Clive. More or less the amount I calculate to be correct. Yesterday I checked it and should be 11 degrees.The full travel is around 40 degrees. I believe 20/22 degrees is more than enough to land safely In case of go-around, with 40 of flap, should be very dangerous to forget the flap down (or in case of failure to retract) because the stabilizer may suffer the shadow of the wing and became inoperative. Situation not very good. For the limit of travel, I opened a similar actuator and, inside, there are two screws which allow to adjust the travel of the motor moving the switches . Tomorrow I'll try to find the old actuator and take a picture. Ciao, Luigi ________________________________ Da: "James, Clive R" A: lightning-list(at)matronics.com Inviato: Mercoled=EC 5 Settembre 2012 21:47 Oggetto: RE: Lightning-List: Flap setting-adjusting max flap travel? Hi Luigi, on My Esqual (great big flap model) I use 10 degrees for take-off, maybe a little less. A question: Is there a way of limiting the maximum flap travel electrically? Within the motor unit? Anyone had one apart? Thanks, Clive Regards From: owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of luigi di napoli Sent: 04 September 2012 08:11 Subject: Lightning-List: Flap setting Hello everybody, on the Esqual POH I found different instructions about the setting of flap for take-off. If the setting for landing is well described from Clive and others, with all the problems arising with the trim, setting the flap at full travel, is there any info concerning the approximate setting for take-off ? The Esqual manual says "between 20 and 30 degrees". I believe this is not right. Any one experienced different setting ? With the behaviour of the plane in this condition. Thanks Luigi http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List http://forums.matronics.com http://www.matronics.com/contribution ank" href="http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List">http://www.rel ="nofollow <http://www.rel=%22nofollow> " target="_blank" href="http://forums.matronics.com/">ht=========== ============ ://www.matronics.com/contribution">http://www.matronics.com/contribution ________________________________________________________________________________
Date: Sep 06, 2012
From: luigi di napoli <elledien(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: Flap limit
Ciao Cleve,=0AThe picture of the switch.=0AThe screw allows to adjust the m otor travel.=0AThe accident with Bruno had no official response.=0AThe comm on convinction is the flight in a day with a very strong wind (more than 40 Kts). More than one on the airfield advised them against to fly that day. =0AThe intention to show the handling characteristic of the plane to a poss ible buyer, at low speed, led the two pilot, both without a great experienc e, to fly downwind at very low airspeed.=0AThe inexperience of the co-pilot on that machine, the will to sell the plane , the low height, the sum of a ll, made the rest.=0ACiao=0ALuigi=0A=0A=0A=0A______________________________ __=0A Da: "James, Clive R" =0AA: lightning-list@matr onics.com =0AInviato: Gioved=C3=AC 6 Settembre 2012 8:55=0AOggetto: RE: Lig htning-List: Flap setting-adjusting max flap travel?=0A =0A=0AThanks Luigi, A picture would be great, the rods are very close to the central beam brac ings so I=99d like to hold the actuator back a small amount.=0A=C2- =0ACertainly 38 degrees (I think it was) of flap needs using with care and knowledge of the implications. Pitch up on go around was horrible and the s tick didn=99t do much to the pitch.=0AWe must remember the accident w ith Bruno, was that ever explained by the investigation?=0A=C2-=0ARegards , Clive=0A=C2-=0AFrom:owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:o wner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of luigi di napoli=0ASe nt: 05 September 2012 21:59=0ATo: lightning-list(at)matronics.com=0ASubject: R e: Lightning-List: Flap setting-adjusting max flap travel?=0A=C2-=0AThank you , Clive.=0AMore or less the amount I calculate to be correct.=0AYester day I checked it and should be 11 degrees.The full travel is around 40 degr ees. I believe 20/22 degrees is more than enough to land safely=0AIn case o f go-around, with 40 of flap, should be very dangerous to forget the flap d own (or in case of failure to retract) because the stabilizer may suffer th e shadow of the wing and became inoperative. Situation not very good.=0AFor the limit of travel, I opened a similar actuator and, inside, there are tw o screws which allow to adjust the travel of the motor moving the switches .=0ATomorrow I'll try to find the old actuator and take a picture.=0ACiao, =0ALuigi=0A=C2-=0A=0A________________________________=0A=0ADa:"James, Cli ve R" =0AA: lightning-list(at)matronics.com =0AInviato: Mercoled=C3=AC 5 Settembre 2012 21:47=0AOggetto: RE: Lightning-List: Flap setting-adjusting max flap travel?=0A=C2-=0AHi Luigi, on My Esqual (great big flap model) I use 10 degrees for take-off, maybe a little less.=0A=C2 -=0AA question: Is there a way of limiting the maximum flap travel electr ically? Within the motor unit? Anyone had one apart?=0AThanks, Clive=0A=C2 -=0ARegards=0A=C2-=0AFrom:owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com [ma ilto:owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of luigi di napol i=0ASent: 04 September 2012 08:11=0ATo: lightning-list(at)matronics.com=0ASubj ect: Lightning-List: Flap setting=0A=C2-=0AHello everybody,=0Aon the Esqu al POH I found different instructions about the setting of flap for take-of f.=0AIf the setting for landing is well described from Clive and others, wi th all the problems arising with the trim, setting the flap at full travel, is there any info=0Aconcerning the approximate setting for take-off ?=0ATh e Esqual manual says "between 20 and 30 degrees". =C2-I believe this is n ot right.=0AAny one experienced =C2-different setting ? With the behaviou r of the plane in this condition.=0AThanks=0ALuigi=0A=C2-=0A=C2-=0A=C2 -=0Ahttp://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List=0Ahttp://forums.mat ronics.com=0Ahttp://www.matronics.com/contribution=0A=C2-=0A=C2-=0Aank" href="http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List">http://www.rel ="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://forums.matronics.com/">ht= ========================0A:// www.matronics.com/contribution">http://www.matronics.com/contribution=0A=C2 -=0A=C2-=0A=C2-=0Ahttp://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List =0Ahttp://forums.matronics.com=0Ahttp://www.matronics.com/contribution=0A ================= ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Esqual Stability
Date: Sep 06, 2012
From: "James, Clive R" <clive.james(at)uk.bp.com>
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Subject: All set up for the weekend.
From: Nick Otterback <vettin74(at)yahoo.com>
Date: Sep 07, 2012
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Subject: On the way to the Midwest LSA expo in MT Vernon IL
From: Nick Otterback <vettin74(at)yahoo.com>
Date: Sep 07, 2012
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Subject: Flap limit
Date: Sep 08, 2012
From: "James, Clive R" <clive.james(at)uk.bp.com>
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Subject: Lightnings at Mt Vernon
From: Nick Otterback <vettin74(at)yahoo.com>
Date: Sep 08, 2012
We have got 2 great looking LS1s on the field other than our demo plane. Mik e from the St Louis area just arrived for the days show. Nick Sent from my pocket

      
      
      
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Subject: Re: All set up for the weekend.
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Date: Sep 09, 2012
Looks great. Hope you have a good weekend and a safe return to KSYI. Bear -----Original Message----- From: Nick Otterback <vettin74(at)yahoo.com> Sent: Fri, Sep 7, 2012 1:37 pm Subject: Lightning-List: All set up for the weekend. Sent from my pocket

      
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Subject: Re: Lightning Newsletter Booklets
From: "Caithness Manor" <stay(at)caithness.com.au>
Date: Sep 09, 2012
[Idea] It seems such a lot of work to go printing, or even manually indexing newsletters when the nub of the issue is ready access to a topic, no matter where it exists. I understand people wanting hard copy in their workshop, or to take somewhere to discuss with someone else - paper will always be the best human interface, and I prefer paper too, but....... It seems to me that customers want quick access to all entries about a problem they have with their build project so they can avoid mistakes made by others. I don't know about costs for Arion, but there are brilliant text indexing and retrieval systems available like ISYS (or Google for that matter) which would allow customers to query Arion's entire server network regardless of where the document sits and its format. So the build manual and all newsletters and the website itself (just depends on what Arion allows) can be interrogated for example on topics like "brakes, with or without a reference to Matco". The customer sees a list of all entries like a web-based Google answer, can open in read-only and print if required, and in sub-second response times. If made available to customers only, the cost could be spread across that community minimising Arion's licence fees (I've no idea of likely costs) and it could probably be less than the per person printing costs Buz is being quoted. Alternately Arion could do it as a value-add service for everyone, and reap the benefits of ensuring they have perfect version controls over their manuals by never over-looking a technical reference to any topic during upgrades or cross referencing. ISYS was an Aussie software product I came across in 1989 at KPMG and it has this year been sold to Lexmark. It's used by US Homeland Security, the Las Vegas Police and many other sites worldwide, so has the credentials. It will index Autocad as well as hundreds of file formats. http://www.isys-search.com/products/document-filters As others here have said, only negative is web downtime when it occurs, but ease and elegance of access knowing you've found every reference is surely the point, 24x7 globally. Lots of trees saved too! Oh, and no I don't have shares in it. Someone with better knowhow might be able to source a better product/price point. Always enjoy reading the forum, but rarely post anything, so sorry for this rather long one. Cheers everyone, Paul Smith, Angaston, Sth Aussie. Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=382772#382772 ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Re: Lightnings at Mt Vernon
From: rick(at)trickair.com
Date: Sep 10, 2012
Hi How was your show? We are driving back from the Sea Plane convention in Greenville Maine. It seems like it was a good show for the skis Rick Sent from my U.S. Cellular BlackBerry smartphone -----Original Message----- From: Nick Otterback <vettin74(at)yahoo.com> Sender: owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2012 10:41:06 Vernon ________________________________________________________________________________
From: "Nick Otterback" <nick(at)flylightning.net>
Subject: Lightnings at Mt Vernon
Date: Sep 10, 2012
The Show was ok on Thursday. Weather threatened on Friday and showed up late in the afternoon so the crowd was down a bit that day. Saturday was very good. Demo flights were flown multiple times each day despite slightly lower numbers for the week days. Nick -----Original Message----- From: owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of rick(at)trickair.com Sent: Monday, September 10, 2012 12:50 PM Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Lightnings at Mt Vernon Hi How was your show? We are driving back from the Sea Plane convention in Greenville Maine. It seems like it was a good show for the skis Rick Sent from my U.S. Cellular BlackBerryR smartphone -----Original Message----- From: Nick Otterback <vettin74(at)yahoo.com> Sender: owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2012 10:41:06 Mt Vernon ________________________________________________________________________________
From: N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM
Date: Sep 10, 2012
Subject: Re: Lightning Newsletter Booklets
Hi Paul, Although I'm not sure I totally understand all the intricate details of your suggestion, it sure sounds like a super idea. Certainly your point about quick access is what will be most important to the customer. But is this (ISYS) something the individual would need to have or is it something that Arion would have on their web site? Sorry, but I have not heard of ISYS before, but it sure sounds promising. Blue Skies, Buz In a message dated 9/9/2012 6:58:08 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, stay(at)caithness.com.au writes: --> Lightning-List message posted by: "Caithness Manor" [Idea] It seems such a lot of work to go printing, or even manually indexing newsletters when the nub of the issue is ready access to a topic, no matter where it exists. I understand people wanting hard copy in their workshop, or to take somewhere to discuss with someone else - paper will always be the best human interface, and I prefer paper too, but....... It seems to me that customers want quick access to all entries about a problem they have with their build project so they can avoid mistakes made by others. I don't know about costs for Arion, but there are brilliant text indexing and retrieval systems available like ISYS (or Google for that matter) which would allow customers to query Arion's entire server network regardless of where the document sits and its format. So the build manual and all newsletters and the website itself (just depends on what Arion allows) can be interrogated for example on topics like "brakes, with or without a reference to Matco". The customer sees a list of all entries like a web-based Google answer, can open in read-only and print if required, and in sub-second response times. If made available to customers only, the cost could be spread across that community minimising Arion's licence fees (I've no idea of likely costs) and it could probably be less than the per person printing costs Buz is being quoted. Alternately Arion could do it as a value-add service for everyone, and reap the benefits of ensuring they have perfect version controls over their manuals by never over-looking a technical reference to any topic during upgrades or cross referencing. ISYS was an Aussie software product I came across in 1989 at KPMG and it has this year been sold to Lexmark. It's used by US Homeland Security, the Las Vegas Police and many other sites worldwide, so has the credentials. It will index Autocad as well as hundreds of file formats. http://www.isys-search.com/products/document-filters As others here have said, only negative is web downtime when it occurs, but ease and elegance of access knowing you've found every reference is surely the point, 24x7 globally. Lots of trees saved too! Oh, and no I don't have shares in it. Someone with better knowhow might be able to source a better product/price point. Always enjoy reading the forum, but rarely post anything, so sorry for this rather long one. Cheers everyone, Paul Smith, Angaston, Sth Aussie. Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=382772#382772 ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Only in a Lightning...#2
From: "Bill Strahan" <bill(at)gdsx.com>
Date: Sep 10, 2012
At dinner with my gorgeous wife about 7:30 pm Sunday night, Mitch (my son) calls and says "I have a massive favor to ask." Uh oh... Well, it turns out his girlfriend had taken a bus from college to visit him for the weekend, and they missed getting her to the return bus by 4 minutes. "Dad, can you fly her back?" Heh. OSU is in Stillwater, OK, and I live at F69 in Texas. About 180 nm. No problem. Home from dinner at 8:30, grabbed necessary items and topped off the tanks. Taxiing out at 9:00, I ask Kelsey if she's ever flown in a small plane. Nope. Next question: You don't get motion sickness, do you? The answer was comforting: "No, not at all. I love roller coasters!" I briefed my passenger, took off, and headed North under the DFW class Bravo. It was a beautiful, crystal clear night so I did a quick 360 so Kelsey could see downtown Dallas. She enjoyed that, so any concerns about motion sickness were gone for me. I handed her the audio cable and told her she was the DJ for the flight. Her face lit up and she said "Are you serious?" :) We enjoyed just over an hour of music and chit-chat before I set down in Stillwater and headed back. I flew at 3000' on the way out and managed a net +2 tailwind. 9500' on the way back netted about +10. I rolled 7RW into the hanger just a little after midnight, closed the doors, and turned out the lights. 17 gallons of fuel, a quick flight, and I reaffirm for Mitch that I'm the coolest dad ever. On the way back, I stumbled across what I believe will be the coolest mod to my plane EVER! If you're a bit broad across the shoulders like I am, stay tuned. Now as to that damn shimmy...next post. Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=382839#382839 ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Shimmy update
From: "Bill Strahan" <bill(at)gdsx.com>
Date: Sep 10, 2012
Okay, perhaps I'm doing things in a weird order, but I'm still playing with shimmy stuff. The stiffeners I made from fiberglass didn't help. I'll remove them soon. I switched to the 6-ply tires, no dice. I was running the 6-ply tires at just below the max pressure rating of 50PSI. I read about people getting better results with low pressure, so I dropped it to 26. Holy cow! That made it a TON worse! Weird. So tonight I hopped out to the hanger and did a quick measurement with a laser level. Held it on the brake disks and measured six feet in front and behind the axle, marked it, and calculated toe...came out to 1/2 degree toe-out. I've read so much about this, but so much is conflicting. So now my question is has anyone solved their shimmy by going from toe-out to toe-in? It sure seems toe-in would work much better, but then I've read people claiming the exact opposite. Assuming I decide to go with toe-in, what's the best way to reset? Drill a new hole and put in a new bolt, or drill the existing hole to the next size bolt? Oh, last thing. I didn't verify that each wheel has 1/2 degree toe out. I just measured the difference between laser lines front and back, and it works out to a total of 1 degree. For all I know, one is set differently from the other, but I'll verify that and adjust accordingly if I reset to toe-in. Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=382840#382840 ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Night flying
From: "Bill Strahan" <bill(at)gdsx.com>
Date: Sep 10, 2012
A flurry of late night posts, I know. But as long as I've remembered my password. :) I do a lot of night flying. The first few times in the Lightning were a little weird. 7RW wasn't very pleasant to fly at night, but it's gotten a lot better. Here's a list of changes I made, some of which you may find useful: 1) I didn't build 7RW with an overall cockpit light of any kind. Sometimes I used my phone, or flashlight. Finally I had a little burst of inspiration looking at a little work light stuck to the side of my toolbox. Here's a link: http://www.overstock.com/Sports-Toys/Battery-Operated-Hanging-Light-with-27-LED-Lights/6491727/product.html?cid 2290&kid-53000357392&track=pspla&kw={keyword}&adtype=pla I grabbed a 1" fender washer, stuck velcro to one side, and stuck the washer to the top of the cockpit over the baggage area. The light sticks to the washer, the whole thing comes out easily if I need a flashlight, and it's all removable. Nice, easy fix, and it works perfectly for a cockpit light. 2) The trim and intercom LEDs at night feel like miniature green potlights! I took some thin foam tape, that's sticky on one side, and cut two pieces to fit over the LEDs. Can still see them fine during the day, but not blinding at night. 3) The EFIS reflects off the canopy. I rigged up a quick glare shield over it that I had been using on my iFly, but I will probably build something more permanent. I'll probably take some VERY soft flexible plastic (remember you're hitting that panel in a crash) and make an eyebrow over it that will block all reflection. 4) The landing light reflects off the landing light cutout which is painted white like the wing, and it's pretty bright. I rigged up a reflective shield that fits inside the plexiglass cutout cover that reflects it all downwards. I get a little more light for taxiing, and I'm not as distracted by the light itself when it's really dark outside. And with those changes, 7RW is a pleasure to fly at night. Well, I suppose there's one last little thing, but it may be unique to my plane. With the brightness on the GRT sport EFIS set to 1, when I throttle to idle on landing the EFIS screen brightness jumps around a bit, like it's responding to voltage fluctuations. No big deal, it's a short phase of the flight. Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=382841#382841 ________________________________________________________________________________
Date: Sep 10, 2012
From: "Bernard Melendez, Jr." <n45bm(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Shimmy update
Bill, Standard practice is for toe IN, not toe out. I put 1 1/2 degrees toe in on my plane, but I've yet to test it as I'm not flying yet. The build manual says 1 degree toe in, but I added another 1/2 degree, I hope it helps. Leaf spring gears have less problems with shimmy. I believe that the problem wi th round landing gears is that they are more likely to twist with side load s and once that starts, oh well.... I propose that to help the gear resist twisting motion, shaped wood blocks be well bonded to the front and rear of the gear and shaped to an airfoil s hape, followed by several plies of fiberglass or carbon fiber. Milling the roundness to match the tapered gear is the trick. That's the hard part. If my landing gear exhibits shimmy, that's what I plan to do. The main obje ctive would be to stiffen the gear to prevent twisting loads. All this is j ust speculation on my part, but I can't think of a better way to do it. Bernardo Okay, perhaps I'm doing things in a weird order, but I'm still playing with shimmy stuff.- The stiffeners I made from fiberglass didn't help.- I'l l remove them soon.- I switched to the 6-ply tires, no dice. I was running the 6-ply tires at just below the max pressure rating of 50PS I.- I read about people getting better results with low pressure, so I dr opped it to 26.- Holy cow!- That made it a TON worse!- Weird. So tonight I hopped out to the hanger and did a quick measurement with a la ser level.- Held it on the brake disks and measured six feet in front and behind the axle, marked it, and calculated toe...came out to 1/2 degree to e-out. I've read so much about this, but so much is conflicting.- So now my ques tion is has anyone solved their shimmy by going from toe-out to toe-in?- It sure seems toe-in would work much better, but then I've read people clai ming the exact opposite. Assuming I decide to go with toe-in, what's the best way to reset?- Drill a new hole and put in a new bolt, or drill the existing hole to the next s ize bolt? Oh, last thing.- I didn't verify that each wheel has 1/2 degree toe out. - I just measured the difference between laser lines front and back, and it works out to a total of 1 degree.- For all I know, one is set differen tly from the other, but I'll verify that and adjust accordingly if I reset to toe-in. Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=382840#382840 le, List Admin. ________________________________________________________________________________
From: "Dennis Borchardt" <lightningaustralia(at)bigpond.com>
Subject: Shimmy update
Date: Sep 11, 2012
Bernard All of the lightning kits we have built including both of my own Lightnings we have set with toe out with good results. Not perfect but pretty close. In the build manual "Setting Main Gear Toe" STEP 8, instead of subtracting 2.25" from each side add 2.00" to each side. My 2 cents worth. Regards Dennis Borchardt LIGHTNING AIRCRAFT AUSTRALIA lightningaustralia(at)bigpond.com www.lightningaircraft.com.au Ph 0408 813501 From: owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Bernard Melendez, Jr. Sent: Tuesday, 11 September 2012 1:16 PM Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Shimmy update Bill, Standard practice is for toe IN, not toe out. I put 1 1/2 degrees toe in on my plane, but I've yet to test it as I'm not flying yet. The build manual says 1 degree toe in, but I added another 1/2 degree, I hope it helps. Leaf spring gears have less problems with shimmy. I believe that the problem with round landing gears is that they are more likely to twist with side loads and once that starts, oh well.... I propose that to help the gear resist twisting motion, shaped wood blocks be well bonded to the front and rear of the gear and shaped to an airfoil shape, followed by several plies of fiberglass or carbon fiber. Milling the roundness to match the tapered gear is the trick. That's the hard part. If my landing gear exhibits shimmy, that's what I plan to do. The main objective would be to stiffen the gear to prevent twisting loads. All this is just speculation on my part, but I can't think of a better way to do it. Bernardo Okay, perhaps I'm doing things in a weird order, but I'm still playing with shimmy stuff. The stiffeners I made from fiberglass didn't help. I'll remove them soon. I switched to the 6-ply tires, no dice. I was running the 6-ply tires at just below the max pressure rating of 50PSI. I read about people getting better results with low pressure, so I dropped it to 26. Holy cow! That made it a TON worse! Weird. So tonight I hopped out to the hanger and did a quick measurement with a laser level. Held it on the brake disks and measured six feet in front and behind the axle, marked it, and calculated toe...came out to 1/2 degree toe-out. I've read so much about this, but so much is conflicting. So now my question is has anyone solved their shimmy by going from toe-out to toe-in? It sure seems toe-in would work much better, but then I've read people claiming the exact opposite. Assuming I decide to go with toe-in, what's the best way to reset? Drill a new hole and put in a new bolt, or drill the existing hole to the next size bolt? Oh, last thing. I didn't verify that each wheel has 1/2 degree toe out. I just measured the difference between laser lines front and back, and it works out to a total of 1 degree. For all I know, one is set differently from the other, but I'll verify that and adjust accordingly if I reset to toe-in. Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=382840#382===================== Archive Search <http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=382840#382840> ________________________________________________________________________________
Date: Sep 11, 2012
From: "Gerd Nowack" <nowacklinden(at)gmx.de>
Subject: Re: Shimmy update
Bernardo, I agree with your opinion, that the round gear legs are causing the trouble , and I like your plan to modify them. 1st:Have you started to make your gear legs or are you still planning.? 2nd: have you (or anyone else!)considered to use model builder`s foam instead of wood? The wood might have more "springiness", but one could make up for that with just more (unidirectional) epoxy-glass, maybe even carbon rovings. Andfoam is much easier to shape! 3rd: to save weight it might be a nice idea to sand or mill aluminum from the side off the gear legs first, maybe a 1/4 ", total , or .4 "( 1cm)-of course the ends have to remain round to fit their receiving tubes. Has anybody experience with such a combined aluminum / epoxy- spring? Well, that is roughly what I have in mind if the shimmy starts shaking my baby. During the next days I will bolt the wheel pants on , and then I will see what happens. Btw that will be the time when I can publish a few performance data. And pictures as my contribution for the Lightning Of The Year-contest ;-) Gerd D-ELIY , kit 89 -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Von: "Bernard Melendez, Jr." > An: lightning-list(at)matronics.com > Betreff: Re: Lightning-List: Shimmy update > Bill, > Standard practice is for toe IN, not toe out. I put 1 1/2 degrees toe in > on my plane, but I've yet to test it as I'm not flying yet. The build manual > says 1 degree toe in, but I added another 1/2 degree, I hope it helps. > Leaf spring gears have less problems with shimmy. I believe that the problem > with round landing gears is that they are more likely to twist with side > loads and once that starts, oh well.... > I propose that to help the gear resist twisting motion, shaped wood blocks > be well bonded to the front and rear of the gear and shaped to an airfoil > shape, followed by several plies of fiberglass or carbon fiber. Milling the > roundness to match the tapered gear is the trick. That's the hard part. > If my landing gear exhibits shimmy, that's what I plan to do. The main > objective would be to stiffen the gear to prevent twisting loads. All this is > just speculation on my part, but I can't think of a better way to do it. > Bernardo > > Okay, perhaps I'm doing things in a weird order, but I'm still playing > with shimmy stuff. The stiffeners I made from fiberglass didn't help. I'll > remove them soon. I switched to the 6-ply tires, no dice. > > I was running the 6-ply tires at just below the max pressure rating of > 50PSI. I read about people getting better results with low pressure, so I > dropped it to 26. Holy cow! That made it a TON worse! Weird. > > So tonight I hopped out to the hanger and did a quick measurement with a > laser level. Held it on the brake disks and measured six feet in front and > behind the axle, marked it, and calculated toe...came out to 1/2 degree > toe-out. > > I've read so much about this, but so much is conflicting. So now my > question is has anyone solved their shimmy by going from toe-out to toe-in? > It sure seems toe-in would work much better, but then I've read people > claiming the exact opposite. > > Assuming I decide to go with toe-in, what's the best way to reset? Drill > a new hole and put in a new bolt, or drill the existing hole to the next > size bolt? > > Oh, last thing. I didn't verify that each wheel has 1/2 degree toe > out. I just measured the difference between laser lines front and back, and it > works out to a total of 1 degree. For all I know, one is set differently > from the other, but I'll verify that and adjust accordingly if I reset to > toe-in. > > > > > Read this topic online here: > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=382840#382840 > > > > > > > > le, List Admin. > > > ________________________________________________________________________________
From: "Nick Otterback" <nick(at)flylightning.net>
Subject: Section 7; Seat Belt installation is now updated and Available
Date: Sep 11, 2012
Section 7 has been revised and is ready for you to view at http://www.flylightning.net/images/pdf/7SeatBeltInstallation.pdf It has been revised to clarify the center seat belt attach points for both EXP and Widetrack LSA gear box installs as they are different. Thanks Nick Otterback Arion Aircraft LLC R&D Technical Support 931-680-1781 nick(at)flylightning.net ________________________________________________________________________________
Date: Sep 11, 2012
From: "Bernard Melendez, Jr." <n45bm(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Shimmy update
Hi Gerd, The purpose of the wood fairings solidly bonded to the aluminum gear is to stiffen it and help it from twisting. The foam method is good if all you're trying to do is to streamline it, but I don't think it would prevent it fr om twisting. The interface between the foam and gear would be very weak. No, I've not added the wood fairings to mine, but will do so after I fly it and see if I need them. I'm hoping the 1 1/2 degrees toe-in will help in t hat respect. The REAL solution would have been to design the landing gear as leaf spring gear, in my humble opinion. That, or new leaf landing gear legs with round ends to fit into the existing mount sockets would work. Of course, this wo uld entail expensive machining and new wheel attach weldments would have to be designed. Probably too much to ask. Bernardo- --- On Tue, 9/11/12, Gerd Nowack wrote: From: Gerd Nowack <nowacklinden(at)gmx.de> Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Shimmy update Date: Tuesday, September 11, 2012, 6:15 AM Bernardo, I agree with your opinion, that the round gear legs are causing the trouble , and I like your plan to modify them. 1st:Have you started to make your gear legs or are you still planning.? 2nd: have you (or anyone else!)considered to use model builder`s foam inste ad of wood? The wood might have more "springiness", but one could make up f or that with just more (unidirectional) epoxy-glass, maybe even carbon rovi ngs. And foam- is much easier to shape! 3rd: to save weight it might be a nice idea to sand or mill aluminum from t he side off the gear legs first, maybe a 1/4 ", total , or .4 "( 1cm)-of co urse the ends have to remain round to fit their receiving tubes. Has anybody experience with such a combined aluminum / epoxy- spring? Well, that is roughly what I have in mind if the shimmy starts shaking my b aby. During the next days I will bolt the wheel pants on , and then I will see what happens. Btw that will be the time when I can publish a few performance data. And pictures as my contribution for the Lightning Of The Year-contest ;-) Gerd- D-ELIY , kit 89 -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Von: "Bernard Melendez, Jr." > An: lightning-list(at)matronics.com > Betreff: Re: Lightning-List: Shimmy update > Bill, > Standard practice is for toe IN, not toe out. I put 1 1/2 degrees toe in > on my plane, but I've yet to test it as I'm not flying yet. The build man ual > says 1 degree toe in, but I added another 1/2 degree, I hope it helps. > Leaf spring gears have less problems with shimmy. I believe that the prob lem > with round landing gears is that they are more likely to twist with side > loads and once that starts, oh well.... > I propose that to help the gear resist twisting motion, shaped wood block s > be well bonded to the front and rear of the gear and shaped to an airfoil > shape, followed by several plies of fiberglass or carbon fiber. Milling t he > roundness to match the tapered gear is the trick. That's the hard part. > If my landing gear exhibits shimmy, that's what I plan to do. The main > objective would be to stiffen the gear to prevent twisting loads. All thi s is > just speculation on my part, but I can't think of a better way to do it. > Bernardo > > Okay, perhaps I'm doing things in a weird order, but I'm still playing > with shimmy stuff.- The stiffeners I made from fiberglass didn't help. - I'll > remove them soon.- I switched to the 6-ply tires, no dice. > > I was running the 6-ply tires at just below the max pressure rating of > 50PSI.- I read about people getting better results with low pressure, s o I > dropped it to 26.- Holy cow!- That made it a TON worse!- Weird. > > So tonight I hopped out to the hanger and did a quick measurement with a > laser level.- Held it on the brake disks and measured six feet in front and > behind the axle, marked it, and calculated toe...came out to 1/2 degree > toe-out. > > I've read so much about this, but so much is conflicting.- So now my > question is has anyone solved their shimmy by going from toe-out to toe-i n?- > It sure seems toe-in would work much better, but then I've read people > claiming the exact opposite. > > Assuming I decide to go with toe-in, what's the best way to reset?- Dri ll > a new hole and put in a new bolt, or drill the existing hole to the next > size bolt? > > Oh, last thing.- I didn't verify that each wheel has 1/2 degree toe > out.- I just measured the difference between laser lines front and back , and it > works out to a total of 1 degree.- For all I know, one is set different ly > from the other, but I'll verify that and adjust accordingly if I reset to > toe-in. > > > > > Read this topic online here: > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=382840#382840 > > > > > > > > le, List Admin. > > > le, List Admin. ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Shimmy update
Date: Sep 11, 2012
From: "James, Clive R" <clive.james(at)uk.bp.com>
The original gear for the Esqual was flat spring steel bar. I don't know why Francesc changed it, as I have far too stiffer U/C on my Esqual I'd rather he hadn't. It also has ended up on the Lightning of course. In the UK we are mostly on grass and lots of fields are really bumpy so a little more spring would be good. Regarding toe in or out. I always figured that the 'toe' was so that loaded the wheels would point directly where the vehicle is going or almost. In the case of our gear legs when loaded the legs will tend to bend out and back. So toeing out would be bad and getting worse, strange that it seems to help the shimmy problem in Australia. Has anyone tried a more flexible tyre? Maybe flat block tread rather than conventional aero pattern? Mind you I read less pressure makes the shimmy worse and less pressure would be more flexible. I have block tread square tyres but I did have aero on, got the knobbly ones as my home runway is very rough concrete I think RVs used to bond wood on and streamline it, this was for shimmy and streamlining I believe. Though now they just have the fairings. Aren't RV legs steel? Is that the way to go? A bit heavier but stronger and probably springier. Anyone know? Just thinking out load. I don't have it despite having exactly the same set up on my plane so it baffles me. I do have a loud tapping from the U/C on bumpy fields but I figure that is the legs slightly moving in the sockets as they are a little small. Anybody have that too? What about the bandy legged light sport lightning, does that have shimmy? Regards, Clive Esqual in UK, round ally gear legs from Arion (not sure if they are Lightning or Esqual). From: owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Bernard Melendez, Jr. Sent: 11 September 2012 20:24 Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Shimmy update Hi Gerd, The purpose of the wood fairings solidly bonded to the aluminum gear is to stiffen it and help it from twisting. The foam method is good if all you're trying to do is to streamline it, but I don't think it would prevent it from twisting. The interface between the foam and gear would be very weak. No, I've not added the wood fairings to mine, but will do so after I fly it and see if I need them. I'm hoping the 1 1/2 degrees toe-in will help in that respect. The REAL solution would have been to design the landing gear as leaf spring gear, in my humble opinion. That, or new leaf landing gear legs with round ends to fit into the existing mount sockets would work. Of course, this would entail expensive machining and new wheel attach weldments would have to be designed. Probably too much to ask. Bernardo --- On Tue, 9/11/12, Gerd Nowack wrote: From: Gerd Nowack <nowacklinden(at)gmx.de> Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Shimmy update Date: Tuesday, September 11, 2012, 6:15 AM Bernardo, I agree with your opinion, that the round gear legs are causing the trouble , and I like your plan to modify them. 1st:Have you started to make your gear legs or are you still planning.? 2nd: have you (or anyone else!)considered to use model builder`s foam instead of wood? The wood might have more "springiness", but one could make up for that with just more (unidirectional) epoxy-glass, maybe even carbon rovings. And foam is much easier to shape! 3rd: to save weight it might be a nice idea to sand or mill aluminum from the side off the gear legs first, maybe a 1/4 ", total , or .4 "( 1cm)-of course the ends have to remain round to fit their receiving tubes. Has anybody experience with such a combined aluminum / epoxy- spring? Well, that is roughly what I have in mind if the shimmy starts shaking my baby. During the next days I will bolt the wheel pants on , and then I will see what happens. Btw that will be the time when I can publish a few performance data. And pictures as my contribution for the Lightning Of The Year-contest ;-) Gerd D-ELIY , kit 89 -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > Von: "Bernard Melendez, Jr." > An: lightning-list(at)matronics.com > Betreff: Re: Lightning-List: Shimmy update > Bill, > Standard practice is for toe IN, not toe out. I put 1 1/2 degrees toe in > on my plane, but I've yet to test it as I'm not flying yet. The build manual > says 1 degree toe in, but I added another 1/2 degree, I hope it helps. > Leaf spring gears have less problems with shimmy. I believe that the problem > with round landing gears is that they are more likely to twist with side > loads and once that starts, oh well.... > I propose that to help the gear resist twisting motion, shaped wood blocks > be well bonded to the front and rear of the gear and shaped to an airfoil > shape, followed by several plies of fiberglass or carbon fiber. Milling the > roundness to match the tapered gear is the trick. That's the hard part. > If my landing gear exhibits shimmy, that's what I plan to do. The main > objective would be to stiffen the gear to prevent twisting loads. All this is > just speculation on my part, but I can't think of a better way to do it. > Bernardo > > Okay, perhaps I'm doing things in a weird order, but I'm still playing > with shimmy stuff. The stiffeners I made from fiberglass didn't help. I'll > remove them soon. I switched to the 6-ply tires, no dice. > > I was running the 6-ply tires at just below the max pressure rating of > 50PSI. I read about people getting better results with low pressure, so I > dropped it to 26. Holy cow! That made it a TON worse! Weird. > > So tonight I hopped out to the hanger and did a quick measurement with a > laser level. Held it on the brake disks and measured six feet in front and > behind the axle, marked it, and calculated toe...came out to 1/2 degree > toe-out. > > I've read so much about this, but so much is conflicting. So now my > question is has anyone solved their shimmy by going from toe-out to toe-in? > It sure seems toe-in would work much better, but then I've read people > claiming the exact opposite. > > Assuming I decide to go with toe-in, what's the best way to reset? Drill > a new hole and put in a new bolt, or drill the existing hole to the next > size bolt? > > Oh, last thing. I didn't verify that each wheel has 1/2 degree toe > out. I just measured the difference between laser lines front and back, and it > works out to a total of 1 degree. For all I know, one is set differently > from the other, but I'll verify that and adjust accordingly if I reset to > toe-in. > > > > > Read this topic online here: > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=382840#382840 > > > > > &-> http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List --> h --> <http://forums.matronics.com> <http://www.matronics.com/contribution> ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Re: Lightning Newsletter Booklets
From: "Caithness Manor" <stay(at)caithness.com.au>
Date: Sep 12, 2012
I'll do some research Buz and let you know. Cheers. Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=382915#382915 ________________________________________________________________________________
From: "Nick Otterback" <nick(at)flylightning.net>
Subject: Landing Gear and shimmy
Date: Sep 12, 2012
The original esqual gear was a flat plate steel type which bolted to the fuselage thru the 6 bolts holding the spar box in. the overturn angle of the gear (how much it angled from the fuselage) was very steep. This transfers more load to the attach points and surrounding structure because it wont flex as much. The EXP tube gear has greater angle and less load transfer but is more subject to shimmy being a round rod. The Lightning EXP gear is 7075T6, plenty sturdy for the intended application. The Equal round gear is a different type alloy, although I do not remember what, experience in the field says it=92s something lighter in alloy than the 7075T6. A spring steel gear is not necessarily stronger than aluminum. The RV are spring steel an too subject to shimmy, I have experienced in a few of the RV models I have flown. IT is just a matter of a round tube subject to it. The Steel has a higher frequency and may not exhibit a shimmy at the same speed and aircraft weight of the aluminum. I have even experienced in a Rans S7S with round tube gear, just at a lower speed around 12-15mph on roll out. What we have found works here, covered multiple times. Is about 1 degree toe out on the EXP gear. This coupled with air-pressure in the 22-25psi range with keep drag on the gear and minimize it from moving around . Higher air-pressure just causes the tire to skip and shimmy better. Also it seems that the Better tires help, I believe from the squared off tire tread they have instead of the round tread. If all of this does not help we have almost completely eliminated it on aircraft when bonding hardwood to the gear leg. Simply clamping the hard wood to the Leg will not help. I have used wood like Oak. A piece of hard wood that it fitted to within =BC=94 of the bottom of the fuselage to the lower socket. Mill out one side =BD round to fit the gear leg. The wood should be at least the 1=94 wide that the gear is, by about 2=94 aft of it. Mill the trailing edge to fit under the leg fairing. Lightly sand the aft side of the gear leg. Bond the gear leg to the back of the gear leg with 24hr epoxy and flox, clamp in place to cure. After cure wrap the wood and leg with 10oz glass. The glass should be cut in sections the same length as the hard wood by about 7=94 wide to completely wrap the gear. Also it is critical to cut these sections out of the glass cloth on a 45 degree bias to the weave. IF you simply use the glass in the direction of the weave it will not resist the fore and aft movement of the gear. I have use about 4 layers of glass. I suppose if you wished 2 layers of carbon cut a laminated the same way should work. The wood does stiffen the gear, but keeps the spring it needs, What the wood does is change the frequency that the gear shimmy=92s at and helps dampen out any that may occur. Lighter or softer materials will not work. Simply adding glass to the gear will not help. As for the LSA wide track landing gear. We set the gear at 0 toe, straight ahead, with the wings off the aircraft. Actually we set this with the spar box out of the aircraft during the build process. With a little weight on the gear it may toe out slightly. We very rarely run into shimmy with the big gear, if we do it usually goes back to over inflated tires, flat spots, or infrequent flying that flat spots the tires and creates a skip. The overturn angle of the LSA gear is much greater than the EXP gear. The LSA gear is 2.125=94 at the top and 1.25=94 at the bottom VS 1.375=94 and 1=94 on the EXP gear just for FYI. Nick Otterback Arion Aircraft LLC R&D Technical Support 931-680-1781 nick(at)flylightning.net ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Re: Landing Gear and shimmy
From: "Dennis W. Wilt" <dwwilt(at)AOL.COM>
Date: Sep 12, 2012
My EA-B version of the LSA has the LSA gear just because they are supposed to be a bit more sturdy. My only complaint with the lightning gear is that it is not very forgiving on landing. It is pretty stiff, so if you happen to land a little hard, you will bounce and that means a go around for me. Some of you may be better at saving such a landing, but I choose to go aro und and do it again, hopefully without the bounce. I set my toe to 0 degrees without weight on the wheels and keep my air pres sure around 25 psi. I have never had the shimmy. Have a wonderful day, Dennis N616DW (Arion Lightning S/N 132) -----Original Message----- From: Nick Otterback <nick(at)flylightning.net> Sent: Wed, Sep 12, 2012 10:09 am Subject: Lightning-List: Landing Gear and shimmy The original esqual gear was a flat plate steel type which bolted to the fu selage thru the 6 bolts holding the spar box in. the overturn angle of the gear (how much it angled from the fuselage) was very steep. This transfers more load to the attach points and surrounding structure because it wont fl ex as much. The EXP tube gear has greater angle and less load transfer but is more subject to shimmy being a round rod. The Lightning EXP gear is 7075 T6, plenty sturdy for the intended application. The Equal round gear is a d ifferent type alloy, although I do not remember what, experience in the fie ld says it=99s something lighter in alloy than the 7075T6. A spring steel gear is not necessarily stronger than aluminum. The RV are s pring steel an too subject to shimmy, I have experienced in a few of the R V models I have flown. IT is just a matter of a round tube subject to it. T he Steel has a higher frequency and may not exhibit a shimmy at the same sp eed and aircraft weight of the aluminum. I have even experienced in a Rans S7S with round tube gear, just at a lower speed around 12-15mph on roll out . What we have found works here, covered multiple times. Is about 1 degree to e out on the EXP gear. This coupled with air-pressure in the 22-25psi range with keep drag on the gear and minimize it from moving around . Higher air -pressure just causes the tire to skip and shimmy better. Also it seems tha t the Better tires help, I believe from the squared off tire tread they hav e instead of the round tread. If all of this does not help we have almost completely eliminated it on air craft when bonding hardwood to the gear leg. Simply clamping the hard wood to the Leg will not help. I have used wood like Oak. A piece of hard wood t hat it fitted to within =C2=BC=9D of the bottom of the fuselage to th e lower socket. Mill out one side =C2=BD round to fit the gear leg. The woo d should be at least the 1=9D wide that the gear is, by about 2 =9D aft of it. Mill the trailing edge to fit under the leg fairing. Lightly sand the aft side of the gear leg. Bond the gear leg to the back of the ge ar leg with 24hr epoxy and flox, clamp in place to cure. After cure wrap th e wood and leg with 10oz glass. The glass should be cut in sections the sam e length as the hard wood by about 7=9D wide to completely wrap the g ear. Also it is critical to cut these sections out of the glass cloth on a 45 degree bias to the weave. IF you simply use the glass in the direction o f the weave it will not resist the fore and aft movement of the gear. I hav e use about 4 layers of glass. I suppose if you wished 2 layers of carbon c ut a laminated the same way should work. The wood does stiffen the gear, but keeps the spring it needs, What the woo d does is change the frequency that the gear shimmy=99s at and helps dampen out any that may occur. Lighter or softer materials will not work. S imply adding glass to the gear will not help. As for the LSA wide track landing gear. We set the gear at 0 toe, straight ahead, with the wings off the aircraft. Actually we set this with the spar box out of the aircraft during the build process. With a little weight on t he gear it may toe out slightly. We very rarely run into shimmy with the bi g gear, if we do it usually goes back to over inflated tires, flat spots, o r infrequent flying that flat spots the tires and creates a skip. The overt urn angle of the LSA gear is much greater than the EXP gear. The LSA gear i s 2.125=9D at the top and 1.25=9D at the bottom VS 1.375 =9D and 1=9D on the EXP gear just for FYI. Nick Otterback Arion Aircraft LLC R&D Technical Support 931-680-1781 nick(at)flylightning.net ________________________________________________________________________________
From: "Nick Otterback" <nick(at)flylightning.net>
Subject: Landing Gear and shimmy
Date: Sep 12, 2012
I think you might mean springy not stiff. During drop test at gross weight, we have nearly 6=9D deflection of the landing gear system. The little tube in a tube is an easy way to check deflection, set against the ground before the drop and see how far it gets displaced. Usually the bounce comes from the nose gear return and the aircraft going back into a flight attitude with sufficient speed to fly. Attached some pics for fun. The drop test were the funnest testing we did, along with destructive testing of the wing. Nick From: owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Dennis W. Wilt Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 9:18 AM Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Landing Gear and shimmy My EA-B version of the LSA has the LSA gear just because they are supposed to be a bit more sturdy. My only complaint with the lightning gear is that it is not very forgiving on landing. It is pretty stiff, so if you happen to land a little hard, you will bounce and that means a go around for me. Some of you may be better at saving such a landing, but I choose to go around and do it again, hopefully without the bounce. I set my toe to 0 degrees without weight on the wheels and keep my air pressure around 25 psi. I have never had the shimmy. Have a wonderful day, Dennis N616DW (Arion Lightning <http://www.flylightning.net/> S/N 132) -----Original Message----- From: Nick Otterback <nick(at)flylightning.net> Sent: Wed, Sep 12, 2012 10:09 am Subject: Lightning-List: Landing Gear and shimmy The original esqual gear was a flat plate steel type which bolted to the fuselage thru the 6 bolts holding the spar box in. the overturn angle of the gear (how much it angled from the fuselage) was very steep. This transfers more load to the attach points and surrounding structure because it wont flex as much. The EXP tube gear has greater angle and less load transfer but is more subject to shimmy being a round rod. The Lightning EXP gear is 7075T6, plenty sturdy for the intended application. The Equal round gear is a different type alloy, although I do not remember what, experience in the field says it=99s something lighter in alloy than the 7075T6. A spring steel gear is not necessarily stronger than aluminum. The RV are spring steel an too subject to shimmy, I have experienced in a few of the RV models I have flown. IT is just a matter of a round tube subject to it. The Steel has a higher frequency and may not exhibit a shimmy at the same speed and aircraft weight of the aluminum. I have even experienced in a Rans S7S with round tube gear, just at a lower speed around 12-15mph on roll out. What we have found works here, covered multiple times. Is about 1 degree toe out on the EXP gear. This coupled with air-pressure in the 22-25psi range with keep drag on the gear and minimize it from moving around . Higher air-pressure just causes the tire to skip and shimmy better. Also it seems that the Better tires help, I believe from the squared off tire tread they have instead of the round tread. If all of this does not help we have almost completely eliminated it on aircraft when bonding hardwood to the gear leg. Simply clamping the hard wood to the Leg will not help. I have used wood like Oak. A piece of hard wood that it fitted to within =C2=BC=9D of the bottom of the fuselage to the lower socket. Mill out one side =C2=BD round to fit the gear leg. The wood should be at least the 1=9D wide that the gear is, by about 2=9D aft of it. Mill the trailing edge to fit under the leg fairing. Lightly sand the aft side of the gear leg. Bond the gear leg to the back of the gear leg with 24hr epoxy and flox, clamp in place to cure. After cure wrap the wood and leg with 10oz glass. The glass should be cut in sections the same length as the hard wood by about 7=9D wide to completely wrap the gear. Also it is critical to cut these sections out of the glass cloth on a 45 degree bias to the weave. IF you simply use the glass in the direction of the weave it will not resist the fore and aft movement of the gear. I have use about 4 layers of glass. I suppose if you wished 2 layers of carbon cut a laminated the same way should work. The wood does stiffen the gear, but keeps the spring it needs, What the wood does is change the frequency that the gear shimmy=99s at and helps dampen out any that may occur. Lighter or softer materials will not work. Simply adding glass to the gear will not help. As for the LSA wide track landing gear. We set the gear at 0 toe, straight ahead, with the wings off the aircraft. Actually we set this with the spar box out of the aircraft during the build process. With a little weight on the gear it may toe out slightly. We very rarely run into shimmy with the big gear, if we do it usually goes back to over inflated tires, flat spots, or infrequent flying that flat spots the tires and creates a skip. The overturn angle of the LSA gear is much greater than the EXP gear. The LSA gear is 2.125=9D at the top and 1.25=9D at the bottom VS 1.375=9D and 1=9D on the EXP gear just for FYI. Nick Otterback Arion Aircraft LLC R&D Technical Support 931-680-1781 nick(at)flylightning.net " target="_blank" saprocessedanchor="true">http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-L ist processedanchor="true">http://forums.matronics.com _blank" saprocessedanchor="true">http://www.matronics.com/contribution ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Re: Landing Gear and shimmy
From: "Dennis W. Wilt" <dwwilt(at)AOL.COM>
Date: Sep 12, 2012
Nick, could be, but I know of at least 2 that was a bounce off the mains. Cool pictures, I would like to see video. Have a wonderful day, Dennis N616DW (Arion Lightning S/N 132) -----Original Message----- From: Nick Otterback <nick(at)flylightning.net> Sent: Wed, Sep 12, 2012 12:07 pm Subject: RE: Lightning-List: Landing Gear and shimmy I think you might mean springy not stiff. During drop test at gross weight, we have nearly 6=9D deflection of the landing gear system. The littl e tube in a tube is an easy way to check deflection, set against the ground before the drop and see how far it gets displaced. Usually the bounce come s from the nose gear return and the aircraft going back into a flight attit ude with sufficient speed to fly. Attached some pics for fun. The drop test were the funnest testing we did, along with destructive testing of the wing. Nick From: owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-lightning-lis t-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Dennis W. Wilt Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 9:18 AM Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Landing Gear and shimmy My EA-B version of the LSA has the LSA gear just because they are supposed to be a bit more sturdy. My only complaint with the lightning gear is that it is not very forgiving on landing. It is pretty stiff, so if you happen to land a little hard, you will bounce and that means a go around for me. Some of you may be better at saving such a landing, but I choose to go aro und and do it again, hopefully without the bounce. I set my toe to 0 degrees without weight on the wheels and keep my air pres sure around 25 psi. I have never had the shimmy. Have a wonderful day, Dennis N616DW (Arion Lightning S/N 132) -----Original Message----- From: Nick Otterback <nick(at)flylightning.net> Sent: Wed, Sep 12, 2012 10:09 am Subject: Lightning-List: Landing Gear and shimmy The original esqual gear was a flat plate steel type which bolted to the fu selage thru the 6 bolts holding the spar box in. the overturn angle of the gear (how much it angled from the fuselage) was very steep. This transfers more load to the attach points and surrounding structure because it wont fl ex as much. The EXP tube gear has greater angle and less load transfer but is more subject to shimmy being a round rod. The Lightning EXP gear is 7075 T6, plenty sturdy for the intended application. The Equal round gear is a d ifferent type alloy, although I do not remember what, experience in the fie ld says it=99s something lighter in alloy than the 7075T6. A spring steel gear is not necessarily stronger than aluminum. The RV are s pring steel an too subject to shimmy, I have experienced in a few of the R V models I have flown. IT is just a matter of a round tube subject to it. T he Steel has a higher frequency and may not exhibit a shimmy at the same sp eed and aircraft weight of the aluminum. I have even experienced in a Rans S7S with round tube gear, just at a lower speed around 12-15mph on roll out . What we have found works here, covered multiple times. Is about 1 degree to e out on the EXP gear. This coupled with air-pressure in the 22-25psi range with keep drag on the gear and minimize it from moving around . Higher air -pressure just causes the tire to skip and shimmy better. Also it seems tha t the Better tires help, I believe from the squared off tire tread they hav e instead of the round tread. If all of this does not help we have almost completely eliminated it on air craft when bonding hardwood to the gear leg. Simply clamping the hard wood to the Leg will not help. I have used wood like Oak. A piece of hard wood t hat it fitted to within =C2=BC=9D of the bottom of the fuselage to th e lower socket. Mill out one side =C2=BD round to fit the gear leg. The woo d should be at least the 1=9D wide that the gear is, by about 2 =9D aft of it. Mill the trailing edge to fit under the leg fairing. Lightly sand the aft side of the gear leg. Bond the gear leg to the back of the ge ar leg with 24hr epoxy and flox, clamp in place to cure. After cure wrap th e wood and leg with 10oz glass. The glass should be cut in sections the sam e length as the hard wood by about 7=9D wide to completely wrap the g ear. Also it is critical to cut these sections out of the glass cloth on a 45 degree bias to the weave. IF you simply use the glass in the direction o f the weave it will not resist the fore and aft movement of the gear. I hav e use about 4 layers of glass. I suppose if you wished 2 layers of carbon c ut a laminated the same way should work. The wood does stiffen the gear, but keeps the spring it needs, What the woo d does is change the frequency that the gear shimmy=99s at and helps dampen out any that may occur. Lighter or softer materials will not work. S imply adding glass to the gear will not help. As for the LSA wide track landing gear. We set the gear at 0 toe, straight ahead, with the wings off the aircraft. Actually we set this with the spar box out of the aircraft during the build process. With a little weight on t he gear it may toe out slightly. We very rarely run into shimmy with the bi g gear, if we do it usually goes back to over inflated tires, flat spots, o r infrequent flying that flat spots the tires and creates a skip. The overt urn angle of the LSA gear is much greater than the EXP gear. The LSA gear i s 2.125=9D at the top and 1.25=9D at the bottom VS 1.375 =9D and 1=9D on the EXP gear just for FYI. Nick Otterback Arion Aircraft LLC R&D Technical Support 931-680-1781 nick(at)flylightning.net " target="_blank" saprocessedanchor="true">http://www.matronics.com/Nav igator?Lightning-List processedanchor="true">http://forums.matronics.com _blank" saprocessedanchor="true">http://www.matronics.com/contribution http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List http://forums.matronics.com http://www.matronics.com/contribution ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Landing Gear and wing drop at the stall
Date: Sep 13, 2012
From: "James, Clive R" <clive.james(at)uk.bp.com>
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Subject: Re: Landing Gear and wing drop at the stall
From: "Dennis W. Wilt" <dwwilt(at)AOL.COM>
Date: Sep 13, 2012
Grumman put the same stall strips on the Cheetah and Tiger. Have a wonderful day, Dennis N616DW (Arion Lightning S/N 132) -----Original Message----- From: James, Clive R <clive.james(at)uk.bp.com> Sent: Thu, Sep 13, 2012 10:15 am Subject: RE: Lightning-List: Landing Gear and wing drop at the stall Good info thanks Nick, and interesting. A couple of questions if you =99ve a moment? When I bought new U/C legs for my Esqual from you in 2009 what would you ha ve supplied? Lightning gear or Esqual (=98something lighter in alloy =99). Are they physically the same size and so interchangeable? Do you have any suggestions as to how I could change the gear leg material to make the legs more springy? More forgiving of bumpy grass runways? Wing drop at the stall. Regarding the Esqual, I still have the aircraft on a test permit and the LA A engineer is still not 100% happy with the performance. The final (I hope) issue is wing drop at the stall. CS-VLA calls for less 15 degrees and duri ng testing we were getting more than that. So we plan to do some more work with stall strips. Currently I fitted a single strip, see attached. We =99re going to try another one outboard. Appreciate comments anyone has on the wing drop issue? There was talk of VGs but as I think they look awfu l and spoil the clean lines of a wing I=99d like to avoid them. Thanks, Regards, Clive From: owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-lightning-lis t-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Nick Otterback Sent: 12 September 2012 17:03 Subject: RE: Lightning-List: Landing Gear and shimmy I think you might mean springy not stiff. During drop test at gross weight, we have nearly 6=9D deflection of the landing gear system. The littl e tube in a tube is an easy way to check deflection, set against the ground before the drop and see how far it gets displaced. Usually the bounce come s from the nose gear return and the aircraft going back into a flight attit ude with sufficient speed to fly. Attached some pics for fun. The drop test were the funnest testing we did, along with destructive testing of the wing. Nick From: owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-lightning-lis t-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Dennis W. Wilt Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 9:18 AM Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Landing Gear and shimmy My EA-B version of the LSA has the LSA gear just because they are supposed to be a bit more sturdy. My only complaint with the lightning gear is that it is not very forgiving on landing. It is pretty stiff, so if you happen to land a little hard, you will bounce and that means a go around for me. Some of you may be better at saving such a landing, but I choose to go aro und and do it again, hopefully without the bounce. I set my toe to 0 degrees without weight on the wheels and keep my air pres sure around 25 psi. I have never had the shimmy. Have a wonderful day, Dennis N616DW (Arion Lightning S/N 132) -----Original Message----- From: Nick Otterback <nick(at)flylightning.net> Sent: Wed, Sep 12, 2012 10:09 am Subject: Lightning-List: Landing Gear and shimmy The original esqual gear was a flat plate steel type which bolted to the fu selage thru the 6 bolts holding the spar box in. the overturn angle of the gear (how much it angled from the fuselage) was very steep. This transfers more load to the attach points and surrounding structure because it wont fl ex as much. The EXP tube gear has greater angle and less load transfer but is more subject to shimmy being a round rod. The Lightning EXP gear is 7075 T6, plenty sturdy for the intended application. The Equal round gear is a d ifferent type alloy, although I do not remember what, experience in the fie ld says it=99s something lighter in alloy than the 7075T6. A spring steel gear is not necessarily stronger than aluminum. The RV are s pring steel an too subject to shimmy, I have experienced in a few of the R V models I have flown. IT is just a matter of a round tube subject to it. T he Steel has a higher frequency and may not exhibit a shimmy at the same sp eed and aircraft weight of the aluminum. I have even experienced in a Rans S7S with round tube gear, just at a lower speed around 12-15mph on roll out . What we have found works here, covered multiple times. Is about 1 degree to e out on the EXP gear. This coupled with air-pressure in the 22-25psi range with keep drag on the gear and minimize it from moving around . Higher air -pressure just causes the tire to skip and shimmy better. Also it seems tha t the Better tires help, I believe from the squared off tire tread they hav e instead of the round tread. If all of this does not help we have almost completely eliminated it on air craft when bonding hardwood to the gear leg. Simply clamping the hard wood to the Leg will not help. I have used wood like Oak. A piece of hard wood t hat it fitted to within =C2=BC=9D of the bottom of the fuselage to th e lower socket. Mill out one side =C2=BD round to fit the gear leg. The woo d should be at least the 1=9D wide that the gear is, by about 2 =9D aft of it. Mill the trailing edge to fit under the leg fairing. Lightly sand the aft side of the gear leg. Bond the gear leg to the back of the ge ar leg with 24hr epoxy and flox, clamp in place to cure. After cure wrap th e wood and leg with 10oz glass. The glass should be cut in sections the sam e length as the hard wood by about 7=9D wide to completely wrap the g ear. Also it is critical to cut these sections out of the glass cloth on a 45 degree bias to the weave. IF you simply use the glass in the direction o f the weave it will not resist the fore and aft movement of the gear. I hav e use about 4 layers of glass. I suppose if you wished 2 layers of carbon c ut a laminated the same way should work. The wood does stiffen the gear, but keeps the spring it needs, What the woo d does is change the frequency that the gear shimmy=99s at and helps dampen out any that may occur. Lighter or softer materials will not work. S imply adding glass to the gear will not help. As for the LSA wide track landing gear. We set the gear at 0 toe, straight ahead, with the wings off the aircraft. Actually we set this with the spar box out of the aircraft during the build process. With a little weight on t he gear it may toe out slightly. We very rarely run into shimmy with the bi g gear, if we do it usually goes back to over inflated tires, flat spots, o r infrequent flying that flat spots the tires and creates a skip. The overt urn angle of the LSA gear is much greater than the EXP gear. The LSA gear i s 2.125=9D at the top and 1.25=9D at the bottom VS 1.375 =9D and 1=9D on the EXP gear just for FYI. Nick Otterback Arion Aircraft LLC R&D Technical Support 931-680-1781 nick(at)flylightning.net " target="_blank" saprocessedanchor="true">http://www.matronics.com/Nav igator?Lightning-List processedanchor="true">http://forums.matronics.com _blank" saprocessedanchor="true">http://www.matronics.com/contribution http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List http://forums.matronics.com http://www.matronics.com/contribution ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Re: Landing Gear and wing drop at the stall
From: "Bill Strahan" <bill(at)gdsx.com>
Date: Sep 13, 2012
dwwilt wrote: > Grumman put the same stall strips on the Cheetah and Tiger. > > Have a wonderful day, > > Dennis > N616DW (Arion Lightning (http://www.flylightning.net/)S/N 132) > > > > -- Yep. One on the inboard 3rd, one on the middle 3rd. No strip on the outer 3rd of the wing panel. The one on the inboard 3rd is right at the front of the leading edge. The middle strip is much further down, about where the leading edge would be at a 15 degree angle of attack. Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=383010#383010 ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Re: Landing Gear and wing drop at the stall
Date: Sep 14, 2012
From: "James, Clive R" <clive.james(at)uk.bp.com>
Thanks Bill, just surfing to buy some balsa wood -----Original Message----- From: owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Bill Strahan Sent: 13 September 2012 23:30 Subject: Lightning-List: Re: Landing Gear and wing drop at the stall dwwilt wrote: > Grumman put the same stall strips on the Cheetah and Tiger. > > Have a wonderful day, > > Dennis > N616DW (Arion Lightning (http://www.flylightning.net/)S/N 132) > > > > -- Yep. One on the inboard 3rd, one on the middle 3rd. No strip on the outer 3rd of the wing panel. The one on the inboard 3rd is right at the front of the leading edge. The middle strip is much further down, about where the leading edge would be at a 15 degree angle of attack. Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=383010#383010 ________________________________________________________________________________
From: "Nick Otterback" <nick(at)flylightning.net>
Subject: Thoughts and reasons for the Evoution of a Design.
Date: Sep 14, 2012
Group, I have been getting a lot of emails and questions about the MK2 horizontal tail since it was released. Mostly these are one on one conversations on the phone or at airshows. I thought I would write those down for someone to read if they wanted. I am sure this will stir some more questions and that is great I always like talking planes, and the Lightning the most. I think this forum is the best place for it. Please keep in mind, I am not an English major, I think most anyone who has read the build manual knows that, but it gets the job done. These are just my thoughts on it, hopefully in an organized manner. Also I hope everyone has had a Chance to Read the Kit Planes September 2012 article. It basically sums up what I have written from a Marc Cook. Our Mark has said it is possible to post this article to the Facebook page. I am also going to get it up on the web site as well so it does not get lost. As promised we have designed a set of tail cuffs for those wanting to upgrade. We should have several sets in our shop by the middle of next week for anyone wanting to have that installation done for them. I am writing an install guide for the cuffs. I should have it done next week and posted for those wanting to do it at home. Thanks Nick Otterback Arion Aircraft LLC R&D Technical Support 931-680-1781 nick(at)flylightning.net ________________________________________________________________________________
From: GARY BARNETT <barnett6088(at)msn.com>
Subject: Thoughts and reasons for the Evoution of a Design.
Date: Sep 14, 2012
NickGood discription of a change that is certainly needed. We will see how it works out in practice. Gary From: nick(at)flylightning.net Subject: Lightning-List: Thoughts and reasons for the Evoution of a Design. Date: Fri=2C 14 Sep 2012 15:12:11 -0500 Group=2C I have been getting a lot of emails and questions about the MK2 ho rizontal tail since it was released. Mostly these are one on one conversati ons on the phone or at airshows. I thought I would write those down for so meone to read if they wanted. I am sure this will stir some more questions and that is great I always like talking planes=2C and the Lightning the mos t. I think this forum is the best place for it. Please keep in mind=2C I a m not an English major=2C I think most anyone who has read the build manual knows that=2C but it gets the job done. These are just my thoughts on it =2C hopefully in an organized manner. Also I hope everyone has had a Chance to Read the Kit Planes September 2012 article. It basically sums up what I have written from a Marc Cook. Our Mark has said it is possible to post t his article to the Facebook page. I am also going to get it up on the web s ite as well so it does not get lost. As promised we have designed a set of tail cuffs for those wanting to upgrade. We should have several sets in our shop by the middle of next week for anyone wanting to have that installati on done for them. I am writing an install guide for the cuffs. I should hav e it done next week and posted for those wanting to do it at home. Thanks N ick OtterbackArion Aircraft LLCR&D Technical Support931-680-1781nick@flylig htning.net ________________________________________________________________________________
From: "Nick Otterback" <nick(at)flylightning.net>
Subject: Another first flight N290AL exp.
Date: Sep 14, 2012
Reggie started building his Lightning SN76 about 4 years ago. He could tell you the whole story but as with all things life gets in the way. So shortly after Sun n fun this year Reggie trucked N290AL back to SYI for some help in getting his Jet airborne. Heres a pic after the first flight today. All checks out well with a little dual time in our bird he should be flying hours off his next week. Congrats on the new Jet! Nick Otterback Arion Aircraft LLC R&D Technical Support 931-680-1781 nick(at)flylightning.net ________________________________________________________________________________
Date: Sep 14, 2012
From: "Bernard Melendez, Jr." <n45bm(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Thoughts and reasons for the Evoution of a Design.
Hi Nick, Some designers solve this problem by using strakes at the leading edge of t he horizontal tail, I believe. I suppose if someone feels their tail needs more authority, they may consider this method too. Food for thought. Bernardo Kit #110 --- On Fri, 9/14/12, Nick Otterback wrote: From: Nick Otterback <nick(at)flylightning.net> Subject: Lightning-List: Thoughts and reasons for the Evoution of a Design. Date: Friday, September 14, 2012, 3:12 PM Group, -I have been getting a lot of emails and questions about the MK2 h orizontal tail since it was released. Mostly these are one on one conversat ions on the phone or at airshows.- I thought I would write those down for someone to read if they wanted. I am sure this will stir some more questio ns and that is great I always like talking planes, and the Lightning the mo st. I think this forum is the best place for it. -Please keep in mind, I am not an English major, I think most anyone who has read the build manual knows that, but it gets the job done. These are just my thoughts on it, ho pefully in an organized manner. -Also I hope everyone has had a Chance to Read the Kit Planes September 2012 article. It basically sums up what I ha ve written from a Marc Cook. -Our Mark has said it is possible to post t his article to the Facebook page. I am also going to get it up on the web s ite as well so it does not get lost. -As promised we have designed a set of tail cuffs for those wanting to upgrade. We should have several sets in our shop by the middle of next week for anyone wanting to have that instal lation done for them. I am writing an install guide for the cuffs. I should have it done next week and posted for those wanting to do it at home. -T hanks -Nick OtterbackArion Aircraft LLCR&D Technical Support931-680-1781n ick(at)flylightning.net - ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Re: Thoughts and reasons for the Evoution of a Design.
From: Nick Otterback <nick(at)flylightning.net>
Date: Sep 15, 2012
Strakes clean up airflow and direct it where you want if you have a airstrea m problem around the fuse or elsewhere. Yes the biproduct is slightly better stability and low speed handling. For the purpose we were aiming at a large r tail and constant cord airfoil was really the answer. Nick Sent from my pocket On Sep 14, 2012, at 10:15 PM, "Bernard Melendez, Jr." wrot e: > Hi Nick, > Some designers solve this problem by using strakes at the leading edge of t he horizontal tail, I believe. I suppose if someone feels their tail needs m ore authority, they may consider this method too. Food for thought. > Bernardo > Kit #110 > > --- On Fri, 9/14/12, Nick Otterback wrote: > > From: Nick Otterback <nick(at)flylightning.net> > Subject: Lightning-List: Thoughts and reasons for the Evoution of a Design .. > To: Lightning-list(at)matronics.com > Date: Friday, September 14, 2012, 3:12 PM > > Group, > > > > I have been getting a lot of emails and questions about the MK2 horizontal tail since it was released. Mostly these are one on one conversations on th e phone or at airshows. I thought I would write those down for someone to r ead if they wanted. I am sure this will stir some more questions and that is great I always like talking planes, and the Lightning the most. I think thi s forum is the best place for it. > > > > Please keep in mind, I am not an English major, I think most anyone who ha s read the build manual knows that, but it gets the job done. These are just my thoughts on it, hopefully in an organized manner. > > > > Also I hope everyone has had a Chance to Read the Kit Planes September 201 2 article. It basically sums up what I have written from a Marc Cook. > > > > Our Mark has said it is possible to post this article to the Facebook page . I am also going to get it up on the web site as well so it does not get lo st. > > > > As promised we have designed a set of tail cuffs for those wanting to upgr ade. We should have several sets in our shop by the middle of next week for a nyone wanting to have that installation done for them. > > I am writing an install guide for the cuffs. I should have it done next we ek and posted for those wanting to do it at home. > > > > Thanks > > > > Nick Otterback > > Arion Aircraft LLC > > R&D Technical Support > > 931-680-1781 > > nick(at)flylightning.net > > > > > ========================== ========= ========================== ========= ========================== ========= ========================== ========= > ________________________________________________________________________________
From: N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM
Date: Sep 15, 2012
Subject: Re: Thoughts and reasons for the Evoution of a Design.
Nick, Excellent rundown on the new evolutionary stabilizer for the Light Sport Lightning. It will help a lot of people understand the Arion business philosophy of having the best possible product in terms of performance, handling characteristics, economy, and obviously looks. Yes, I still think the Lightning is the best looking aircraft available either for the Light Sport market or the EAB market. Keep up the great work. But for past and future customers, please don't think that this stabilizer change is to "solve a problem". I think Nick was very clear in his article. This design change is evolutionary. If you are used to flying airplanes with a sporty feel that are very responsive, you probably really like the way the original Lightning flies. I know I do. But if you would prefer a more conventional feel and response rate, then you might think about modifying your Lightning to this new stabilizer. I have not flown the new demo Lightning with the new stab yet, but I look forward to flying it just before the annual Lightning Homecoming and Fly-In on the weekend of 6 October. Heck, it is the only Lightning version that I haven't flown - so far. From the very first Lightning wing on an Esqual fuselage (the Frankensqual), then the original Lightning prototype, and since then every demo experimental and Light Sport Lightning they have built, I've had the extreme pleasure of flying them all. And I'm convinced it is one super airplane. Blue Skies, Buz PS: Hope to see everyone at SYI for the Lightning Fly-In in three weeks. On Sep 14, 2012, at 10:15 PM, "Bernard Melendez, Jr." <_n45bm(at)yahoo.com_ (mailto:n45bm(at)yahoo.com) > wrote: Hi Nick, Some designers solve this problem by using strakes at the leading edge of the horizontal tail, I believe. I suppose if someone feels their tail needs more authority, they may consider this method too. Food for thought. Bernardo Kit #110 --- On Fri, 9/14/12, Nick Otterback <_nick(at)flylightning.net_ (mailto:nick(at)flylightning.net) > wrote: From: Nick Otterback <_nick(at)flylightning.net_ (mailto:nick(at)flylightning.net) > Subject: Lightning-List: Thoughts and reasons for the Evoution of a Design. Date: Friday, September 14, 2012, 3:12 PM Group, I have been getting a lot of emails and questions about the MK2 horizontal tail since it was released. Mostly these are one on one conversations on the phone or at airshows. I thought I would write those down for someone to read if they wanted. I am sure this will stir some more questions and that is great I always like talking planes, and the Lightning the most. I think this forum is the best place for it. Please keep in mind, I am not an English major, I think most anyone who has read the build manual knows that, but it gets the job done. These are just my thoughts on it, hopefully in an organized manner. Also I hope everyone has had a Chance to Read the Kit Planes September 2012 article. It basically sums up what I have written from a Marc Cook. Our Mark has said it is possible to post this article to the Facebook page. I am also going to get it up on the web site as well so it does not get lost. As promised we have designed a set of tail cuffs for those wanting to upgrade. We should have several sets in our shop by the middle of next week for anyone wanting to have that installation done for them. I am writing an install guide for the cuffs. I should have it done next week and posted for those wanting to do it at home. Thanks Nick Otterback Arion Aircraft LLC R&D Technical Support 931-680-1781 _nick(at)flylightning.net_ (mailto:nick(at)flylightning.net) ================================== >_http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List_ (http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List) =================================== ums.matronics.com">http://forums.matronics.com =================================== http://www.matronics.com/contribution">http://www.matronics.com/contribution =================================== (http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List) (http://www.matronics.com/contribution) ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Re: Another first flight N290AL exp.
From: n5pb(at)AOL.COM
Date: Sep 16, 2012
Congratulations Reggie! Hope you have many hours of fun flying. Bear. N82PB (#74) -----Original Message----- From: Nick Otterback <nick(at)flylightning.net> Sent: Fri, Sep 14, 2012 5:45 pm Subject: Lightning-List: Another first flight N290AL exp. Reggie started building his Lightning SN76 about 4 years ago. He could tell you the whole story but as with all things life gets in the way. So shortly after Sun n fun this year Reggie trucked N290AL back to SYI for some help in getting his Jet airborne. Heres a pic after the first flight today. All checks out well with a little dual time in our bird he should be flying hours off his next week. Congrats on the new Jet! Nick Otterback Arion Aircraft LLC R&D Technical Support 931-680-1781 nick(at)flylightning.net ________________________________________________________________________________
From: "Nick Otterback" <nick(at)flylightning.net>
Subject: A good video splash of the LS1 at Mt Vernon LSA expo
Date: Sep 17, 2012
IF you have ever been to Dan Johnsons Web site you know he covers a lot on the LSA market. www.bydanjohnson.com There is a Midwest LSA expo video up on the latest blog, it has mini intros to all the planes that attended. The first few minutes are about the expo and have several good Lightning flying sequences. Than once the mini intros start fast forward to right around 34 minutes, he ahs a good talk about the LS1 and flying vids too. thanks Nick Otterback Arion Aircraft LLC R&D Technical Support 931-680-1781 nick(at)flylightning.net ________________________________________________________________________________
From: "MP" <mozart1(at)ctemail.net.au>
Subject: Elevator Trim Control Horn
Date: Sep 19, 2012
Gents I'm building Lightning # 143 and struggle with a little thing. Could somebody tell me what the elevator trim deflection should be? >From the manual it should be 30deg down but how much is it up? The trim servo has a travel of 17mm with my trim tap cut to the manual measurements it is not possible to a have a control horn similar to the one in the manual and deflection +- of 30deg. As by my calculation, if the pushrod attach point would be on the bottom skin of the trim tap the travel of the servo is still not enough for +- 30deg. My Trim tap is at the trailing edge 15mm thick => requires 10mm travel for 30deg if attached on the bottom skin. So what is the solution? The next servo up with 26mm travel would work? Or is only a down travel required? I guess also a very short control horn is not very stable as the angel of control is very low (I would have on my RC model plane bigger horns then on the full size) if this makes sense? Any ideas very appreciated thanks Michael ________________________________________________________________________________
From: Nick Otterback <vettin74(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Elevator Trim Control Horn
Date: Sep 26, 2012
When i get into the shop tommorow i will measure the deflection down from th e tip of the elevator. That may proove to be a better dimension. The only is sue with making the input hole closer to the tab hinge line is the sensetivi ty of the trim tab than. I would suggest not moving the horn closer than alr eady shown. Very little movement by the motor will givr a bigger deflection a nd that is not what you want. We measure the deflection from the top skin, c heck the the tab has 30 degrees travel for clearance, the tab movement insta lled will be less. Nick Sent from my pocket On Sep 19, 2012, at 7:45 AM, "MP" wrote: > Gents > > > > I=99m building Lightning # 143 and struggle with a little thing. > > Could somebody tell me what the elevator trim deflection should be? > > =46rom the manual it should be 30deg down but how much is it up? > > The trim servo has a travel of 17mm with my trim tap cut to the manual mea surements it is not possible to a have a control horn similar to the one in t he manual and deflection +- of 30deg. > > As by my calculation, if the pushrod attach point would be on the bottom s kin of the trim tap the travel of the servo is still not enough for +- 30deg . My Trim tap is at the trailing edge 15mm thick => requires 10mm travel f or 30deg if attached on the bottom skin. > > So what is the solution? The next servo up with 26mm travel would work? Or is only a down travel required? I guess also a very short control horn is n ot very stable as the angel of control is very low (I would have on my RC mo del plane bigger horns then on the full size) if this makes sense? > > > > Any ideas very appreciated thanks > > > > Michael > > > ========================== ========= ========================== ========= ========================== ========= ========================== ========= > ________________________________________________________________________________
Date: Sep 29, 2012
From: "Bernard Melendez, Jr." <n45bm(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: Main gear alignment
Hi guys, For those interested in the method I used for aligning the main gear, I submit these pics. Two 1/2" diameter aluminum rods were inserted into the axle sockets such that they met in the middle of the fuselage and were aligned with each other. This told me that the wheels were parallel with each other. Then, deciding how much toe-in I wanted, and using the magical math of trigonometry, I offset one gear to the length of the short leg of the triangle. The gear tube was drilled and the other gear was turned so that the 1/2" rod ends were together again, and the other gear leg was then drilled. It's easier done than explained. More than one way to skin a cat. Hope this helps. Bernardo ________________________________________________________________________________
Date: Sep 29, 2012
From: "Bernard Melendez, Jr." <n45bm(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: Main gear alignment
Hi guys, Here's my method for aligning the main gear. Of course, it helps to have a machinist buddy to make my drilling jig(s). First, two 1/2" aluminum tubes are inserted in the axles so that they meet in the middle. That tells me that the wheels are parallel with the fuselage center line. Then using trigonometry to determine and rotate the gear to match the short leg of the triangle, twist one gear leg to the desired toe-in (I used 1 1/2 degrees toe-in). The gear socket is then drilled, preferably using a drill jig. Once that's done, twist the other gear leg so that the end of the aluminum rods again meet and drill the second leg. Easy peachy, lemon squeezy. Hope this helps. Bernardo ________________________________________________________________________________
Date: Sep 29, 2012
From: "Bernard Melendez, Jr." <n45bm(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: Gear socket drilling jig.
Guys, Sorry that the basic same message got sent twice, that was my boo boo. I have AutoCAD drawings of the drilling jigs for both the main gear and the nose gear sockets. If you have access to ACAD, I can forward the drawings, for those that want it, or contact me offline and send me a SASE and I'll send a copy. Bernardo ________________________________________________________________________________
Date: Sep 29, 2012
From: "Bernard Melendez, Jr." <n45bm(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: Canopy fittin'
Infidels! Here's a couple or three (or four) canopy fitting pics for your review and consideration. Enjoy. Bernardo ________________________________________________________________________________
Date: Sep 29, 2012
From: "Bernard Melendez, Jr." <n45bm(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: Oil return bottle
Guys, Some mods that I made to the oil return bottle. The fiberglass top and bottom were removed and replaced with 1/16" aluminum. The internal baffle was also welded to the new top. Just because, no other reason. Looks more better, less worse. Bernardo ________________________________________________________________________________
Date: Sep 29, 2012
From: "Bernard Melendez, Jr." <n45bm(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: Gear drill jigs
Guys, A couple more pics of the main and nose drill jigs. The hardened steel guide is the only way to go. Enjoy. Bernardo ________________________________________________________________________________
Date: Sep 29, 2012
From: "Bernard Melendez, Jr." <n45bm(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: Control stick pivot bolts.
Infidels! I personally don't like to use plain bolts on moving surfaces. Soooo, I used drilled head bolts. Of course, I had to drill the assembly someplace to attach the safety wire. Gives me peace of mind. Bernardo ________________________________________________________________________________
Date: Sep 29, 2012
From: "Bernard Melendez, Jr." <n45bm(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: Rudder cable attach
Guys, I had a little issue with the way the rudder cables were attached at the bell crank behind the panel. Basically, the cable needed to be sandwiched between two parts (like a hinge.) The way it's designed puts a twisting load on the pin or bolt. Not a good thing, IMHO. My solution is to make tabs from 4130 .062" steel and rivet them in place. Voila! the cable no longer puts an asymmetrical load on the pin. Smart them Chinese, huh? Bernardo ________________________________________________________________________________
Date: Sep 29, 2012
From: "Bernard Melendez, Jr." <n45bm(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: Wing tip mods
Group, A couple of early pics of my extended wing tip mods. Modifications are now complete and all of the parts behind the firewall are now ready for primer and paint. More pics coming.... Bernardo ________________________________________________________________________________
Date: Sep 29, 2012
From: "Bernard Melendez, Jr." <n45bm(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: More wing tip mod pics
guys, Since I decided to extend the ailerons by 10", this meant that the tips also would need a "little" work (yeah, right! a little). The rear spar had to be extended as well. I'm very glad that's over, it was a bunch of work! Bernardo ________________________________________________________________________________
Date: Sep 29, 2012
From: "Bernard Melendez, Jr." <n45bm(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: Exttended wing tip progress
Infidels! And so it goes.... Bernardo ________________________________________________________________________________
Date: Sep 30, 2012
Subject: Fwd: FREE Bose A 20 Headset with Lightning Kit or LS-1,
and $1,000 to cover travel for a Demo Flight upon purchase of a new LS-1
From: Jay Sullivan <flylightningls1(at)gmail.com>
All, Yes, the subject line is correct, a* FREE Bose A 20 Headset* is included with a New LS-1 purchase, but I will go one further and even include with a kit purchase. The purchase must be made by the end of the* AOPA SUMMIT* and will be sent with your new plane or kit. This is a Dealer Promotion only, sponsored by Sullivan Equipment Leasing in the Promotion of the Arion Aircraft Lightning Kit and the LS-1. Also, we have an additional Promotion to Pay up to *$1000 towards travel cost* for taking a Demo Flight with Sullivan Equipment Leasing that ends with the purchase of an LS-1 and will be paid upon completion of the purchase. This is an offer that we are making to get a few more planes out West, so if you have ever thought of enjoying a NEW PLANE it doesn't get any better than this. Can you fly any other plane at a *FULL 120 knots at about 5gph*? It truly doesn't get any better than the LS-1. Going a step further, if you partnered up, you could have a Brand New LS-1 for about $60,000/partner with *synthetic vision and a 2 axis auto pilot with vertical commands*, a full *2000 hr TBO* * 6 cylinder Power Plant* and other *state of the art avionics*, no one else has a *US Manufactured Aircraft* with this *quality*at anything near this price (based on a 2 member partnership). For additional information on the LS-1, please see the Arion Aircraft web site or call me for any needed details on our special offer or aircraft information and scheduling a DEMO flight (see below). http://flylightning.net/ Looking forward to seeing you at the AOPA Summit or on a DEMO flight that we can schedule at your convenience. Jay B. Sullivan EAA# 1021168 Sullivan Equipment Leasing, LLC Hangar #23 (KREI) Redlands, CA 909.362.7294 c 909.721.0949 c ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Lightning Fly-in
From: "N838BF" <prophotoga(at)gmail.com>
Date: Oct 01, 2012
So who is planning to attend the Lightning Fly-In this weekend? We are definitely going to try weather permitting. -------- Gene and Janeen Mohr N838BF (formerly Bill Fisher's Lightning) Martinez, GA Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=384430#384430 ________________________________________________________________________________
From: IFLYSMODEL(at)AOL.COM
Date: Oct 02, 2012
Subject: Re: Lightning Fly-in
Hey Gene: I expect to attend with N 13LN (Frostproof FL) & I believe Paul Bryant from Clearwater will be there too. Lynn Nelsen In a message dated 10/1/2012 8:47:54 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, prophotoga(at)gmail.com writes: --> Lightning-List message posted by: "N838BF" So who is planning to attend the Lightning Fly-In this weekend? We are definitely going to try weather permitting. -------- Gene and Janeen Mohr N838BF (formerly Bill Fisher's Lightning) Martinez, GA Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=384430#384430 ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Re: Lightning Fly-in
From: "Dennis W. Wilt" <dwwilt(at)AOL.COM>
Date: Oct 02, 2012
I would like to go, but I am just too busy. Still finishing up my annual, too. It has taken way too long, but I am nearly finished. Have a wonderful day, Dennis N616DW (Arion Lightning S/N 132) -----Original Message----- From: IFLYSMODEL <IFLYSMODEL(at)AOL.COM> Sent: Tue, Oct 2, 2012 6:28 am Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Lightning Fly-in Hey Gene: I expect to attend with N 13LN (Frostproof FL) & I believe Paul B ryant from Clearwater will be there too. Lynn Nelsen In a message dated 10/1/2012 8:47:54 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, prophotoga @gmail.com writes: --> Lightning-List message posted by: "N838BF" So who is planning to attend the Lightning Fly-In this weekend? We are definitely going to try weather permitting. -------- Gene and Janeen Mohr N838BF (formerly Bill Fisher's Lightning) Martinez, GA Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=384430#384430 ________________________________________________________________________________
From: N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM
Date: Oct 02, 2012
Subject: Re: Lightning Fly-in
I will be there. Looking forward to renewing old friendships and meeting many of the new folks that are now part of the Lightning community. Blue Skies, Buz Rich ________________________________________________________________________________
From: "Mark Stauffer" <mark(at)flylightning.net>
Subject: Lightning Homecoming
Date: Oct 02, 2012
Hello all! We've had our first arrival, Paul Bryant from Clearwater, FL. Unfortunately Paul had to drive up due to weather but he's here nonetheless. We look forward to seeing everybody this coming weekend. As usual we'll be cooking out Friday night and flying out to Winchester, TN for breakfast on Saturday morning. When we return we'll start the annual Lightning 100 air race and just enjoy Lightning fellowship. Later in the day Nick will brief everyone on what's going on here at Arion. It should be a great Friday and Saturday and the weather forecast is good for our area. See you Friday! Mark Mark Stauffer Production Manager Arion Aircraft, LLC Jabiru USA 2842 Highway 231 North Shelbyville, TN 37160 (931) 680-1781 Like us on Facebook! www.facebook.com/flylightning ________________________________________________________________________________
From: EAFerguson(at)AOL.COM
Date: Oct 02, 2012
Subject: Lightning Homecoming
Regrets! I can't make it and its painful. First one I've ever missed, but I have a hard conflict. Earl ________________________________________________________________________________
From: N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM
Date: Oct 02, 2012
Subject: Re: Lightning Homecoming
Hey World Record Earl, you missing the Lightning Homecoming is DISSAPPROVED. Resubmit your request to miss this event in 90 days for final disapproval. Heck, you only live about an hour away via Lightning flight. At least you should fly up for a while on Friday or Saturday to say hello. I want you to talk other Lightning owners into going for additional World Records. Besides, you need to be there to defend your Senior Division Championship of CRAP - Creeper Racing Association of Pilots. Blue Skies, Buz In a message dated 10/2/2012 8:31:13 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, EAFerguson(at)AOL.COM writes: Regrets! I can't make it and its painful. First one I've ever missed, but I have a hard conflict. Earl (http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List) (http://www.matronics.com/contribution) ________________________________________________________________________________
Date: Oct 02, 2012
From: "Bernard Melendez, Jr." <n45bm(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Lightning Homecoming
I can't make it either. I've got brain surgery scheduled. BTW, did anybody receive any of my postings I made the other day? The one with pics of my mo ds and doings? Have a great gathering. Bernardo --- On Tue, 10/2/12, N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM wrote: From: N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM <N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM> Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Lightning Homecoming Date: Tuesday, October 2, 2012, 2:36 PM =0A=0A =0A =0A=0AHey World Record Earl, you missing the Lightning Homecomin g is =0ADISSAPPROVED.- =0AResubmit your request to miss this event in 90 days for final =0Adisapproval.- =0A-=0AHeck, you only live about an hou r away via Lightning flight.- At least =0Ayou should fly up for a while o n Friday or Saturday to say hello.- I want =0Ayou to talk other Lightning owners into going for additional World =0ARecords.- =0A-=0ABesides, yo u need to be there to defend your Senior Division Championship =0Aof CRAP - Creeper Racing Association of Pilots.- =0ABlue Skies,=0ABuz=0A-=0A=0AI n a message dated 10/2/2012 8:31:13 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, =0AEAFergus on(at)AOL.COM writes:=0A=0A Regrets!=0A -=0A I can't make it and its pain ful. First one I've ever missed, but I have a =0A hard conflict.=0A - =0A Earl=0A -=0A -=0A=0A href="http://www.matronics.com/Navigator? Lightning-List">http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List=0As.matro nics.com/">http://forums.matronics.com=0Ap://www.matronics.com/contribution ===========0A=0A ________________________________________________________________________________
From: "nick" <info(at)flylightning.net>
Subject: Lightning Homecoming
Date: Oct 02, 2012
Bernardo, Yep we got em, or I did at least. We have been using that gear toe method for a while here. Going to use your pictures though in the manual up date, of course if that ok? Thanks Nick From: owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Bernard Melendez, Jr. Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2012 2:49 PM Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Lightning Homecoming I can't make it either. I've got brain surgery scheduled. BTW, did anybody receive any of my postings I made the other day? The one with pics of my mods and doings? Have a great gathering. Bernardo --- On Tue, 10/2/12, N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM wrote: From: N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM <N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM> Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Lightning Homecoming Date: Tuesday, October 2, 2012, 2:36 PM Hey World Record Earl, you missing the Lightning Homecoming is DISSAPPROVED. Resubmit your request to miss this event in 90 days for final disapproval. Heck, you only live about an hour away via Lightning flight. At least you should fly up for a while on Friday or Saturday to say hello. I want you to talk other Lightning owners into going for additional World Records. Besides, you need to be there to defend your Senior Division Championship of CRAP - Creeper Racing Association of Pilots. Blue Skies, Buz In a message dated 10/2/2012 8:31:13 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, EAFerguson(at)AOL.COM writes: Regrets! I can't make it and its painful. First one I've ever missed, but I have a hard conflict. Earl href="http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List">http://www.matronic s.com/Navigator?Lightning-List s.matronics.com/">http://forums.matronics.com p://www.matronics.com/contribution">http://www.matronics.com/contribution http://www.matro=================== ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Re: Lightning Homecoming
From: n5pb(at)AOL.COM
Date: Oct 02, 2012
Bernardo, I received them too. Great process. Hope your brain surgery goes well. However, I understand there's a few goo d brain surgeons at Arion....sorry I'm gonna miss seeing you. Bear From: owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-lightning-lis t-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Bernard Melendez, Jr. Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2012 2:49 PM Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Lightning Homecoming I can't make it either. I've got brain surgery scheduled. BTW, did anybody receive any of my postings I made the other day? The one with pics of my mo ds and doings? Have a great gathering. Bernardo --- On Tue, 10/2/12, N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM wrote: From: N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM <N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM> Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Lightning Homecoming Date: Tuesday, October 2, 2012, 2:36 PM Hey World Record Earl, you missing the Lightning Homecoming is DISSAPPROVED . Resubmit your request to miss this event in 90 days for final disapproval. Heck, you only live about an hour away via Lightning flight. At least you should fly up for a while on Friday or Saturday to say hello. I want you t o talk other Lightning owners into going for additional World Records. Besides, you need to be there to defend your Senior Division Championship o f CRAP - Creeper Racing Association of Pilots. Blue Skies, Buz In a message dated 10/2/2012 8:31:13 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, EAFerguson @AOL.COM writes: Regrets! I can't make it and its painful. First one I've ever missed, but I have a h ard conflict. Earl href="http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List">http://www.matr onics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List s.matronics.com/">http://forums.matronics.com p://www.matronics.com/contribution">;http://www.matronics.com/contribution http://www.matro=================== http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List http://forums.matronics.com http://www.matronics.com/contribution -= - The Lightning-List Email Forum - -= Use the Matronics List Features Navigator to browse -= the many List utilities such as List Un/Subscription, -= Archive Search & Download, 7-Day Browse, Chat, FAQ, -= Photoshare, and much much more: - -= --> http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List - -======================== -= - MATRONICS WEB FORUMS - -= Same great content also available via the Web Forums! - -= --> http://forums.matronics.com - -======================== -= - List Contribution Web Site - -= Thank you for your generous support! -= -Matt Dralle, List Admin. -= --> http://www.matronics.com/contribution -======================== ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Re: Lightning Homecoming
From: n5pb(at)AOL.COM
Date: Oct 02, 2012
Sounds like a Navy excuse....however, more prize money for me at the annual "senior level" CRAP races... Gonna miss you. bear -----Original Message----- From: EAFerguson <EAFerguson(at)AOL.COM> Sent: Tue, Oct 2, 2012 7:31 am Subject: Lightning-List: Lightning Homecoming Regrets! I can't make it and its painful. First one I've ever missed, but I have a h ard conflict. Earl -= - The Lightning-List Email Forum - -= Use the Matronics List Features Navigator to browse -= the many List utilities such as List Un/Subscription, -= Archive Search & Download, 7-Day Browse, Chat, FAQ, -= Photoshare, and much much more: - -= --> http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List - -======================== -= - MATRONICS WEB FORUMS - -= Same great content also available via the Web Forums! - -= --> http://forums.matronics.com - -======================== -= - List Contribution Web Site - -= Thank you for your generous support! -= -Matt Dralle, List Admin. -= --> http://www.matronics.com/contribution -======================== ________________________________________________________________________________
Date: Oct 02, 2012
From: "Bernard Melendez, Jr." <n45bm(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: Lightning Homecoming
Nick, Absolutely, no problem. My pleasure that you will use my example for the up dates. Regards, Bernardo --- On Tue, 10/2/12, nick wrote: From: nick <info(at)flylightning.net> Subject: RE: Lightning-List: Lightning Homecoming Date: Tuesday, October 2, 2012, 2:55 PM Bernardo, -Yep we got em, or I did at least. We have been using that gear toe method for a while here. Going to use your pictures though in the manu al up date, of course if that ok? -ThanksNick -From: owner-lightning-li st-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Bernard Melendez, Jr. Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2012 2:49 PM Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Lightning Homecoming -I can't make it either . I've got brain surgery scheduled. BTW, did anybody receive any of my post ings I made the other day? The one with pics of my mods and doings? Have a great gathering. Bernardo --- On Tue, 10/2/12, N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM wrote: From: N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM <N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM> Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Lightning Homecoming Date: Tuesday, October 2, 2012, 2:36 PMHey World Record Earl, you missing t he Lightning Homecoming is DISSAPPROVED.- Resubmit your request to miss t his event in 90 days for final disapproval.- -Heck, you only live about an hour away via Lightning flight.- At least you should fly up for a whi le on Friday or Saturday to say hello.- I want you to talk other Lightnin g owners into going for additional World Records.- -Besides, you need t o be there to defend your Senior Division Championship of CRAP - Creeper Ra cing Association of Pilots.- Blue Skies,Buz-In a message dated 10/2/201 2 8:31:13 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, EAFerguson(at)AOL.COM writes:Regrets!- I can't make it and its painful. First one I've ever missed, but I have a h ard conflict.-Earl-- - - href="http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List">http://www.matr onics.com/Navigator?Lightning-Lists.matronics.com/">http://forums.matronics .comp://www.matronics.com/contribution">http://www.matronics.com/contributi on -http://www.matro================= === - -http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-Listhttp://fo rums.matronics.comhttp://www.matronics.com/contribution - =0A=0A=0A=0A=0A ==================0A=0A ________________________________________________________________________________
Date: Oct 02, 2012
From: "Bernard Melendez, Jr." <n45bm(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Lightning Homecoming
Sorry, I forgot to mention that I'm the surgeon. I started doing brain surg ery because it was a low pressure job after I quit my astronaut position at NASA. My most "pressure" job was drafting for dollars, though. Bernardo --- On Tue, 10/2/12, n5pb(at)AOL.COM wrote: From: n5pb(at)AOL.COM <n5pb(at)AOL.COM> Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Lightning Homecoming Date: Tuesday, October 2, 2012, 3:19 PM =0ABernardo,=0A=0A=0AI received them too.- Great process.=0A=0A=0A-=0A =0A=0AHope your brain surgery goes well.- However, I understand there's a few good brain surgeons at Arion....sorry I'm gonna miss seeing you.=0A=0A =0ABear =0A =0A-=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0AFrom: owner-lightning-list-server@matronic s.com [mailto:owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Berna rd Melendez, Jr. =0ASent: Tuesday, October 02, 2012 2:49 PM =0ATo: lightning-list(at)matronics.com =0ASubject: Re: Lightning-List: Lightning Homecoming=0A=0A=0A-=0A=0A=0A =0A=0A=0A=0AI can't make it either. I've got brain surgery scheduled. BTW, did anybody receive any of my postings I made the other day? The one with p ics of my mods and doings? =0AHave a great gathering. =0ABernardo =0A =0A--- On Tue, 10/2/12, N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM wrote:=0A=0A=0A =0AFrom: N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM <N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM> =0ASubject: Re: Lightning-List: Lightning Homecoming =0ATo: lightning-list(at)matronics.com =0ADate: Tuesday, October 2, 2012, 2:36 PM=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0AHey Wo rld Record Earl, you missing the Lightning Homecoming is DISSAPPROVED.- =0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0AResubmit your request to miss this event in 90 days for f inal disapproval.- =0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A-=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0AHeck, you only live about an hour away via Lightning flight.- At least you should fly up for a while on Friday or Saturday to say hello.- I want you to talk othe r Lightning owners into going for additional World Records.- =0A=0A=0A=0A =0A=0A-=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0ABesides, you need to be there to defend your Sen ior Division Championship of CRAP - Creeper Racing Association of Pilots. - =0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0ABlue Skies,=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0ABuz=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A- =0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0AIn a message dated 10/2/2012 8:31:13 A.M. Eastern D aylight Time, EAFerguson(at)AOL.COM writes:=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0ARegrets!=0A=0A =0A=0A=0A=0A-=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0AI can't make it and its painful. First one I've ever missed, but I have a hard conflict.=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A-=0A=0A =0A=0A=0A=0AEarl=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A-=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A-=0A=0A-- href ="http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List">http://www.matronics .com/Navigator?Lightning-Lists.matronics.com/">http://forums.matronics.comp ://www.matronics.com/contribution">;http://www.matronics.com/contribution -=0Ahttp://www.matro================= ====0A=0A--http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-Listhttp: //forums.matronics.comhttp://www.matronics.com/contribution-=0A=0A=0A" ta rget=_blank>http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List=0Ap://forum s.matronics.com=0Ablank>http://www.matronics.com/contribution=0A=0A=0A=0A =====================0A=0A ________________________________________________________________________________
From: "Stephen Behn" <stephenbehn(at)bigpond.com>
Subject: Re: Elevator Trim Control Horn
Date: Oct 03, 2012
Nick, I have also had the same struggle as Michael with the trim tab defl ection and would appreciate actual measurements of its required deflection. I have decreased the length of the horn to get the required 30 degrees in the manual and have obviously increased its sensitivity which you are conce rned about, I will have to re do this and an actual deflection measurement up and down would add peace of mind. Regards Steve Behn lightning 69 ----- Original Message ----- From: Nick Otterback To: lightning-list(at)matronics.com Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2012 9:36 AM Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Elevator Trim Control Horn When i get into the shop tommorow i will measure the deflection down from the tip of the elevator. That may proove to be a better dimension. The onl y issue with making the input hole closer to the tab hinge line is the sens etivity of the trim tab than. I would suggest not moving the horn closer th an already shown. Very little movement by the motor will givr a bigger defl ection and that is not what you want. We measure the deflection from the to p skin, check the the tab has 30 degrees travel for clearance, the tab move ment installed will be less. Nick Sent from my pocket On Sep 19, 2012, at 7:45 AM, "MP" wrote: Gents I=99m building Lightning # 143 and struggle with a little thing. Could somebody tell me what the elevator trim deflection should be? From the manual it should be 30deg down but how much is it up? The trim servo has a travel of 17mm with my trim tap cut to the manual measurements it is not possible to a have a control horn similar to the one in the manual and deflection +- of 30deg. As by my calculation, if the pushrod attach point would be on the botto m skin of the trim tap the travel of the servo is still not enough for +- 3 0deg. My Trim tap is at the trailing edge 15mm thick => requires 10mm tra vel for 30deg if attached on the bottom skin. So what is the solution? The next servo up with 26mm travel would work? Or is only a down travel required? I guess also a very short control horn is not very stable as the angel of control is very low (I would have on my RC model plane bigger horns then on the full size) if this makes sense? Any ideas very appreciated thanks Michael ========= >http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List ========= /forums.matronics.com">http://forums.matronics.com ========= ="http://www.matronics.com/contribution">http://www.matronics.com/contrib ution ========= ________________________________________________________________________________
From: "MP" <mozart1(at)ctemail.net.au>
Subject: Lightning Homecoming
Date: Oct 03, 2012
Hi Bernardo, Thanks for sharing these pictures I'm sure they are inspirational and give very good ideas for further mods. Michael From: owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Bernard Melendez, Jr. Sent: Wednesday, 3 October 2012 5:49 AM Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Lightning Homecoming I can't make it either. I've got brain surgery scheduled. BTW, did anybody receive any of my postings I made the other day? The one with pics of my mods and doings? Have a great gathering. Bernardo --- On Tue, 10/2/12, N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM wrote: From: N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM <N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM> Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Lightning Homecoming Date: Tuesday, October 2, 2012, 2:36 PM Hey World Record Earl, you missing the Lightning Homecoming is DISSAPPROVED. Resubmit your request to miss this event in 90 days for final disapproval. Heck, you only live about an hour away via Lightning flight. At least you should fly up for a while on Friday or Saturday to say hello. I want you to talk other Lightning owners into going for additional World Records. Besides, you need to be there to defend your Senior Division Championship of CRAP - Creeper Racing Association of Pilots. Blue Skies, Buz In a message dated 10/2/2012 8:31:13 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, EAFerguson(at)AOL.COM writes: Regrets! I can't make it and its painful. First one I've ever missed, but I have a hard conflict. Earl href="http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List">http://www.matronic s.com/Navigator?Lightning-List s.matronics.com/">http://forums.matronics.com p://www.matronics.com/contribution">http://www.matronics.com/contribution http://www.matro=================== ________________________________________________________________________________
Date: Oct 03, 2012
From: "Bernard Melendez, Jr." <n45bm(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: Lightning Homecoming
Hi Michael, You're welcome. I've got some other pics to post soon too. In particular, I was at odds about how to bolt on the brackets that support the rudder cable pulleys at the base of the firewall. I just knew there ha d to be an easier way to do this than to have someone holding the bolt from inside the cockpit, while under the rudder pedals, in a very cramped posit ion while nuts were tightened from the outside, then having to attach the p ulleys,cables and bolts. A monster of a job. My solution was to fabricate two different brackets with tabs brazed on tha t=0A would bolt to the firewall before the stainless steel firewall was att ached. Additionally, you could finish the rudder pedals installation, as well as t he brakes, etc, with much better=0A access. I'm always looking for ways to make things easier, more logical or accessib le. Stay tuned. Bernardo Kit # 110 --- On Wed, 10/3/12, MP wrote: From: MP <mozart1(at)ctemail.net.au> Subject: RE: Lightning-List: Lightning Homecoming Date: Wednesday, October 3, 2012, 6:55 AM Hi Bernardo, =C2-Thanks for sharing these pictures I=99m sure they are inspirational and give very good ideas for further mods. =C2-Michael =C2-From: owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com=0A [mailto:owner-lig htning-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Bernard Melendez, Jr. Sent: Wednesday, 3 October 2012 5:49 AM Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Lightning Homecoming =C2-I can't make it eit her. I've got brain=0A surgery scheduled. BTW, did anybody receive any of m y postings I made the other day? The one with pics of my mods and doings? Have a great gathering. Bernardo --- On Tue, 10/2/12, N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM wrote: From: N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM <N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM> Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Lightning Homecoming Date: Tuesday, October 2, 2012, 2:36 PMHey World Record Earl, you missing t he Lightning Homecoming is DISSAPPROVED.=C2- Resubmit your request to mis s this event in 90 days=0A for final disapproval.=C2- =C2-Heck, you onl y live about an hour away=0A via Lightning flight.=C2- At least you shoul d fly up for a while on Friday or Saturday to say hello.=C2- I want you t o talk other Lightning owners into going for additional World Records.=C2 - =C2-Besides, you need to be there to defend your Senior Division Cham pionship of CRAP - Creeper Racing Association of Pilots.=C2- Blue Skies,B uz=C2-In a message dated 10/2/2012 8:31:13 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, EA Ferguson(at)AOL.COM writes:Regrets!=C2-I can't make it and its painful. Firs t one I've ever missed, but I have a hard conflict.=C2-Earl=C2-=C2- =C2- =C2- href="http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List">ht tp://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-Lists.matronics.com/">http://for ums.matronics.comp://www.matronics.com/contribution">http://www.matronics.c om/contribution=0A =C2-http://www.matro=========== ========= =C2- =C2-http://www.matronics.com/Navigator ?Lightning-Listhttp://forums.matronics.comhttp://www.matronics.com/contribu ==0A=0A ________________________________________________________________________________
From: "Nick Otterback" <nick(at)flylightning.net>
Subject: Elevator trim tab travel.
Date: Oct 03, 2012
The travel as measured on several aircraft Here is 1.25" down tab, or up trim. Measured from the elevator TE to the TAB TE. The travel in degrees is between 25-28 on our aircraft, built as shown in the manual. Will revise the manual to reflect what works in flight. thanks Nick Otterback Arion Aircraft LLC R&D Technical Support 931-680-1781 nick(at)flylightning.net ________________________________________________________________________________
From: "Stephen Behn" <stephenbehn(at)bigpond.com>
Subject: Re: Elevator trim tab travel.
Date: Oct 04, 2012
Nick Thanks for this info. hope you all enjoy the home coming.Id love to come, m aybe one day! regards Steve Behn Lightning 69 ----- Original Message ----- From: Nick Otterback To: Lightning-list(at)matronics.com Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2012 1:15 AM Subject: Lightning-List: Elevator trim tab travel. The travel as measured on several aircraft Here is 1.25" down tab, or up trim. Measured from the elevator TE to the TAB TE. The travel in degrees is between 25-28 on our aircraft, built as shown in the manual. Will revise the manual to reflect what works in flight. thanks Nick Otterback Arion Aircraft LLC R&D Technical Support 931-680-1781 nick(at)flylightning.net ________________________________________________________________________________
From: N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM
Date: Oct 04, 2012
Subject: Lightning Homecoming and Fly-In
Hey Lightning guys, As of yesterday afternoon I'm back in SYI, Tennessee, for the Lightning Homecoming and Fly-In. Great to be back here at the home of Lightning and Jabiru. Spent some time catching up with Pete, Nick, Mark and "Moostang" Mike yesterday afternoon and then Bear and I had dinner last night with Pete and Barb. Today I plan to fly the new demo Lightning with the latest stabilizer design. Heck, I hope to fly it twice, once to just get the feel of the new set up and then a second flight to take it through some of the flight test profiles for the longitudinal stability tests that were required when I first flew the 25 required test profiles for certification back in 2009. That way I will be able to best answer anyone's questions on the flying and handling difference between the two set ups. I'm certainly looking forward to these flights. As to the Homecoming and Fly-In, the weather looks great for today and Friday and good for Saturday and Sunday. So all you Lightning owners, builders and absolutely anyone else that is interested in the Lightning, please plan on coming to Shelbyville, TN, for this event this Friday and Saturday. As always, we will have lots of fun catching up on what has been going on as well as flying this super airplane. And as you may have heard, the Friday evening hangar party with beer and brats is always fun. If you have never raced a creeper after having a beer or two, you have certainly missed one of the all time greatest athletic, skilled, and educational events. BE THERE, ALOHA Buz ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Shortened wingtips
From: "Bill Strahan" <bill(at)gdsx.com>
Date: Oct 04, 2012
Finally forced myself to do this. Step one, layup 5 layers of cloth or tape on the taped off old tip, cover with peel ply and let cure. That gives a great starting point for the mounting flange. If you're not making them removable, skip that step...but you need some flange to mount to the wing. The black lines on the white wingtip are my alignment lines to make the flanges. Once that was done, I measured out 18" from the inboard end of the tip, which is almost exactly where the tip begins it's upsweep into the winglet, and cut off the tip and winglet. That tip will be much shorter than the end of the wing, so you'll have to split it and mount the two halves to get started, which can be see in the second picture. The flange I made in step one is inside the wing end, and I've already bonded the new tip to that flange. And I see now my pics are out of order. I'm sure it can be figured out. I'll make a separate post for each pic from now on. Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=384619#384619 Attachments: http://forums.matronics.com//files/img_2223_142.jpg http://forums.matronics.com//files/img_2222_509.jpg ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Re: Shortened wingtips
From: "Bill Strahan" <bill(at)gdsx.com>
Date: Oct 04, 2012
Once the tip is bonded to the flange, make sure it's aligned with aileron and drill and cleco the flange in existing mounting holes. Then fill that big gap with some foam and prepare to get artistic. This tip was the one I tried to do the first time about 2 years ago, which is why it's so mangled. I decided it was easier to cut off the parts I was unhappy with previously, so there's more foam here than on the other tip. Yes, I'm using cheap insulation foam. It doesn't really matter since it's A) not structural and B) not going to stay there! Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=384620#384620 Attachments: http://forums.matronics.com//files/img_2225_517.jpg ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Re: Shortened wingtips
From: "Bill Strahan" <bill(at)gdsx.com>
Date: Oct 04, 2012
>From the previous pic, the foam had a flat spot, so I added a bit more foam and then sanded to this final shape. Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=384621#384621 Attachments: http://forums.matronics.com//files/img_2233_105.jpg ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Re: Shortened wingtips
From: "Bill Strahan" <bill(at)gdsx.com>
Date: Oct 04, 2012
2 layers of glass over the foam, showing the Right wingtip now, just happens that's the one I took the picture of. Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=384622#384622 Attachments: http://forums.matronics.com//files/img_2245_727.jpg ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Re: Shortened wingtips
From: "Bill Strahan" <bill(at)gdsx.com>
Date: Oct 04, 2012
A quick shot, showing the original long tip (yellow) in foreground, the new shortened tip on the plane, and following that diagonal line, the long tip from which the short tip was chopped off sitting on the table on the back wall. Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=384623#384623 Attachments: http://forums.matronics.com//files/img_2252_163.jpg ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Re: Shortened wingtips
From: "Bill Strahan" <bill(at)gdsx.com>
Date: Oct 04, 2012
The best thing I can say about this is: Wear a dust mask, use 36 grit sand paper, take a shower the moment you're done. This pretty close to a final shape. There's some waviness, but overall I'm getting happy with it at this point. Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=384624#384624 Attachments: http://forums.matronics.com//files/img_2253_785.jpg ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Re: Shortened wingtips
From: "Bill Strahan" <bill(at)gdsx.com>
Date: Oct 04, 2012
Between the last picture and this picture, I tore out the foam from inside the tips, sanded down to glass, and put in a layer of glass on the inside. I final drilled the mounting holes while the tip was held in with clecos, and then installed nutplates. The closeout rib was the last step, and the tip was ready to fit, as seen in this picture. I only put a screw in every other hole because I still have to take them back off to put the nav lights on. But this was good enough for a flight this morning once I taped over the hole the nav lights go in. Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=384625#384625 Attachments: http://forums.matronics.com//files/img_2260_137.jpg ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Re: Shortened wingtips
From: "Bill Strahan" <bill(at)gdsx.com>
Date: Oct 04, 2012
While countersinking holes for rivets on the nutplates, I accidentally countersunk one of the holes for the screws. It was a nice mistake, because it's often a pain to get these screws started since the holes don't line up perfectly until several screws are in to pull it into shape. So I lightly countersunk the screw holes and they go right in. Always nice to learn a new trick when doing this stuff. As to the flight, it was delightful. I don't have any of my landing gear cleanup on right now, and I was happy with the speeds. It wasn't a big difference, but definitely faster. The bigger difference was in roll rate and control harmony. I REALLY like roll now. I've had the rounded wingtips on this plane as well, and this feels the same in roll to me. And now pitch and roll forces are MUCH more in line at anything below 130 knots or so. Once you get much over that speed, the roll still gets pretty stiff, but it takes less deflection with these tips to get the roll you need. Which also means my autopilot is happier. It's sometimes bumpy where I fly, and at times the autopilot servo clutch is slipping when large corrections are needed. I had a nice layer at 1800' today while testing that was bumpy as could be. Wind speed was shifting direction about 90 degrees and going from 8 to 36 knots in about 1000 feet, so some big diversions were guaranteed. Autopilot worked noticeably better based on my experience in that type of thrown-against-the-belts flying. I'm happy. But, if I'm not happy I can always take these off and put the old tips back on. If you aren't restricted by LSA requirements, I highly recommend considering this mod. I didn't do a full stall exploration on today's flight, but decided I'd add 5 knots to all speeds in the pattern until I examined it in detail. Clearly too much based on how long I landed, so I'm guessing the stall speed is at most a 2-3 knot increase when using 30 degrees flaps. Makes sense to me since most of the lift is coming from the large inboard wing with the flaps extended. I'm sure it's a bigger increase clean. Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=384626#384626 ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Re: Shortened wingtips
From: "Bill Strahan" <bill(at)gdsx.com>
Date: Oct 04, 2012
Oh, one last thing. My hangar just got 3 feet wider! [Laughing] Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=384627#384627 ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Re: Shortened wingtips
From: "J Dupont" <playgoldg(at)hotmail.com>
Date: Oct 05, 2012
Very nice work, these look great. Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=384696#384696 ________________________________________________________________________________
From: N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM
Date: Oct 05, 2012
Subject: Flying the new larger stab.
Yesterday I flew two flights in the current demo Lightning with the new larger stab and to say the least, I was very pleased with the flying characteristics. My concern was that the larger area stab would (please excuse the term) "dumb down" the wonderful overall sporty feel that the Lightning has had from day one. No worries, it still has that great sporty Lightning feel when flying around enjoying your "jet". But I can also happily report that the new stab makes the takeoff and landing feel in pitch to be much more solid and less quick reacting, so Nick's latest mod has removed any concerns about longitudinal pitch stability that some folks might have had when initially checking out in the Lightning. So the bottom line is that this mod makes a great airplane even better. A few other observations from my flights yesterday. First, on both clean and dirty stalls, the nose is not as high when the stall occurs and the stall itself is not as brisk. You still get the "pre-stall buffet" about 3 to 4 knots before the stall and then recovery is just as quick or maybe even quicker. Also, the new larger stab should result in a slightly increased CG envelop, but I don't have the actual numbers for that. So for those of you with flying Lightnings, do you want to order the kit for the larger stabilizer? The kit itself is actually a carbon fiber "cuff" that fits over the existing stab and it is then epoxy glued in place. Not too difficult or time consuming except maybe for the finishing and painting. Of course, the Lightning guys can do the mod for you if you don't want to tackle the job yourself. So the decision to mod your Lightning with the new larger stab really depends on you and the way you like the way your "jet" feels on takeoffs and landings. One other consideration might be if you ever decide to sell your Lightning, you will be able to say that it has the latest mod that was developed by the factory for the current LS-1. Blue Skies, Buz PS: Lightning builders, owners and people interested in the Lightning are starting to arrive for the annual Lightning Homecoming and Fly-In. It's not too late to head to SYI. It is again going to be an educational and fun event. ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Re: Lightning Homecoming
From: "N838BF" <prophotoga(at)gmail.com>
Date: Oct 05, 2012
Well we had planned to attend. We discovered a nose gear problem when preflighting the airplane. We need to order a new nose block and now leg lower socket. Been trying to get someone from Arion on the phone to order the parts. Guess they are all our having too much fun already. Hope everyone has a good time. Grounded in Georgia -------- Gene and Janeen Mohr N838BF (formerly Bill Fisher's Lightning) Martinez, GA Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=384748#384748 ________________________________________________________________________________
From: "MP" <mozart1(at)ctemail.net.au>
Subject: Elevator trim tab travel.
Date: Oct 06, 2012
Hi Nick, Thanks for following up on this but I'm still confused about your measurements, I attached a drawing I made of two control horn setups one modified and the other as per manual. You can see from this that it will be not possible to achieve anything close to 25 deg without big modification. I guess there must be something different in what you have and I have. Hope this drawing can help to find out what it is as the trim tab is in scale 1:1 what I have and how it is in the manual. Thanks From: owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Nick Otterback Sent: Thursday, 4 October 2012 1:16 AM Subject: Lightning-List: Elevator trim tab travel. The travel as measured on several aircraft Here is 1.25" down tab, or up trim. Measured from the elevator TE to the TAB TE. The travel in degrees is between 25-28 on our aircraft, built as shown in the manual. Will revise the manual to reflect what works in flight. thanks Nick Otterback Arion Aircraft LLC R&D Technical Support 931-680-1781 nick(at)flylightning.net ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Re: Flying the new larger stab.
From: "N838BF" <prophotoga(at)gmail.com>
Date: Oct 05, 2012
Wish we were there. Discovered some nose gear issues when doing preflight. Tried calling Mark at Arion but you all are too busy having fun for him to respond. Looks like I need a new nose gear socket and nose gear block. Squawk is hard to detect if it wasn't for the pealing paint the wife saw. Upon inspection we found what appears to be bent nose gear socket and a cracked phenolic nose block. Oh well... Hope everyone has fun.. Will see you at next years homecoming! -------- Gene and Janeen Mohr N838BF (formerly Bill Fisher's Lightning) Martinez, GA Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=384753#384753 ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Friday evening Grill out.
From: Nick Otterback <vettin74(at)yahoo.com>
Date: Oct 05, 2012
Just the early start to the activities. Nick Sent from my pocket

      
      
      
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Subject: Re: Shortened wingtips
From: Geoff Eather <geather(at)bigpond.net.au>
Date: Oct 06, 2012
Bill, I must have missed your first post on this topic and am a little confused!! Did you shorten your LSA wings or did you add wing tips to the Experimental model? If you shortened the LSA version - was there a reason for doing so? Thanks Geoff eather (Kit 127) Australia On 04/10/2012, at 11:55 PM, Bill Strahan wrote: > > Between the last picture and this picture, I tore out the foam from inside the tips, sanded down to glass, and put in a layer of glass on the inside. I final drilled the mounting holes while the tip was held in with clecos, and then installed nutplates. The closeout rib was the last step, and the tip was ready to fit, as seen in this picture. > > I only put a screw in every other hole because I still have to take them back off to put the nav lights on. But this was good enough for a flight this morning once I taped over the hole the nav lights go in. > > > > > Read this topic online here: > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=384625#384625 > > > > > Attachments: > > http://forums.matronics.com//files/img_2260_137.jpg > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Re: Shortened wingtips
From: "Bill Strahan" <bill(at)gdsx.com>
Date: Oct 05, 2012
Geoff: N197RW is an Experimental, not LSA. I believe I hold the record for most wingtips installed. Right Nick? I had the long wingtips mounted with piano hinge. Those were removed and a set of short wingtips were mounted the same way. Those were removed and a different set of long wingtips were mounted with #8 screws. That long set was removed, and I took the first long set and fabricated the short tips shown in the pictures above. So at this point 7RW has had 4 different sets of wingtips. If someone has had more than that, I'm going to fabricate some modified Hoerner tips and some flat (Mooney style) tips and mount those just so I can claim the record. :) Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=384767#384767 ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Re: Shortened wingtips
From: Geoff Eather <geather(at)bigpond.net.au>
Date: Oct 06, 2012
Bill, Thanks for that. Any difference in performance with the different wing tips? Geoff Eather (Kit 127) On 06/10/2012, at 2:03 PM, Bill Strahan wrote: > > Geoff: N197RW is an Experimental, not LSA. I believe I hold the record for most wingtips installed. Right Nick? I had the long wingtips mounted with piano hinge. Those were removed and a set of short wingtips were mounted the same way. Those were removed and a different set of long wingtips were mounted with #8 screws. That long set was removed, and I took the first long set and fabricated the short tips shown in the pictures above. > > So at this point 7RW has had 4 different sets of wingtips. If someone has had more than that, I'm going to fabricate some modified Hoerner tips and some flat (Mooney style) tips and mount those just so I can claim the record. :) > > > > > Read this topic online here: > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=384767#384767 > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________________
From: "Pete Krotje" <pete(at)flylightning.net>
Subject: Homecoming Cook Oout
Date: Oct 06, 2012
Nick & Cale ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Induction box mods
From: "Bill Strahan" <bill(at)gdsx.com>
Date: Oct 06, 2012
Well, no homecoming for me. It's my younger daughter's first homecoming tonight. Last kid at home, so I'm very present to the fact that these are the last "firsts" for me as a dad. Bittersweet. Anyway, out in the hanger finishing maintenance, and didn't think I had ever taken pics of my induction box mod. When I was trying to fix the uneven EGTs a long time ago I noticed the air filter was VERY close to the firewall, and imagined there was little room for air to turn that 90 degree corner and flow through the filter. I made a small aluminum spacer to see if it made a difference. Well, it DID make a small difference in max speed and RPM and fuel flow, but nothing for the EGTs. That got fixed later when Nick sent me the vanes and fiberglass tube. Yay! I've left this in place just in case it helps a little bit. Don't figure it can hurt. Hope the pictures are self-explanatory. Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=384792#384792 Attachments: http://forums.matronics.com//files/img_2269_951.jpg http://forums.matronics.com//files/img_2270_184.jpg http://forums.matronics.com//files/img_2271_426.jpg http://forums.matronics.com//files/img_2272_122.jpg ________________________________________________________________________________
From: GARY BARNETT <barnett6088(at)msn.com>
Subject: Flying the new larger stab.
Date: Oct 06, 2012
Buz Thanks for writing that up. My Lightning has always been squirrelly on landings! Greg Hobbs is in the pro cess of changing out the tail on my Lightning while it is in Arizona. Your impressions of the revised tail flight characteristics are timely=2C very helpful and appreciated. On a different but related subject=2C when watching a video of Nick landing the Lightning LS-1 I noticed it lands very flat with nose wheel barely clea ring the ground. That characteristic is common in high aspect ratio sailplanes that use only flaps for glide path control. When talking to Greg about this he mentioned that one of his homebuilders had shortened his nose strut by 1 =BE inches to improve nose wheel ground clearance on landing. Greg suggested we try s hortening mine by at least =BE inch for a trial. You can do =BE inch witho ut cutting the nose strut where it would contact the firewall. This allows for a little faster landing without the nose wheel touching first and causing a PIO to start. If it works out well I will try the extra inch later. Thanks again=2C Gary=2C N335AL Sn 133 From: N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM Date: Fri=2C 5 Oct 2012 15:10:57 -0400 Subject: Lightning-List: Flying the new larger stab. Yesterday I flew two flights in the current demo Lightning with the new larger stab and to say the least=2C I was very pleased with the flying characteristics. My concern was that the larger area stab would (please excuse the term) "dumb down" the wonderful overall sporty feel that the Lightning has had from day one. No worries=2C it still has that great sporty Lightning feel when flying around enjoying your "jet". But I can also happily report that the new stab makes the takeoff and landi ng feel in pitch to be much more solid and less quick reacting=2C so Nick's latest mod has removed any concerns about longitudinal pitch stability that some folks might have had when initially checking out in the Lightning. So the bottom line is that this mod makes a great airplane even better. A few other observations from my flights yesterday. First=2C on both clean and dirty stalls=2C the nose is not as high when the stall occurs and the stall itself is not as brisk. You still get the "pre-stall buffet" about 3 to 4 knots before the stall and then recovery is just as quick or m aybe even quicker. Also=2C the new larger stab should result in a slightly increased CG envelop=2C but I don't have the actual numbers for that. So for those of you with flying Lightnings=2C do you want to order the kit for the larger stabilizer? The kit itself is actually a carbon fiber "cuff" that fits over the existing stab and it is then epoxy glued in place. Not too difficult or time consuming except maybe for the finishing and painting. Of course=2C the Lightning guys can do the mod for you if yo u don't want to tackle the job yourself. So the decision to mod your Lightning with the new larger stab really depends on you and the way you li ke the way your "jet" feels on takeoffs and landings. One other consideration might be if you ever decide to sell your Lightning=2C you will be able to s ay that it has the latest mod that was developed by the factory for the current LS-1. Blue Skies=2C Buz PS: Lightning builders=2C owners and people interested in the Lightning are starting to arrive for the annual Lightning Homecoming and Fly-In. It's not too late to head to SYI. It is again going to be an educational and fun event. ________________________________________________________________________________
From: EAFerguson(at)AOL.COM
Date: Oct 06, 2012
Subject: Re: Friday evening Grill out.
Wish I was there. Also glad to see some real beer on the table. Earl In a message dated 10/5/2012 7:49:16 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, vettin74(at)yahoo.com writes: Just the early start to the activities. Nick Sent from my pocket (http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List) (http://www.matronics.com/contribution) ________________________________________________________________________________
From: "Tex Mantell" <wb2ssj(at)rochester.rr.com>
Subject: Re: Induction box mods
Date: Oct 06, 2012
Bill, you can rotate the filter 90 degrees so the pletes in the filter media is going side to side, easier for the air flow accross the area between the firewall and the filter. Small increase but each little things help. Tex ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Strahan" <bill(at)gdsx.com> Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2012 1:45 PM Subject: Lightning-List: Induction box mods > > Well, no homecoming for me. It's my younger daughter's first homecoming > tonight. Last kid at home, so I'm very present to the fact that these are > the last "firsts" for me as a dad. Bittersweet. > > Anyway, out in the hanger finishing maintenance, and didn't think I had > ever taken pics of my induction box mod. When I was trying to fix the > uneven EGTs a long time ago I noticed the air filter was VERY close to the > firewall, and imagined there was little room for air to turn that 90 > degree corner and flow through the filter. I made a small aluminum spacer > to see if it made a difference. Well, it DID make a small difference in > max speed and RPM and fuel flow, but nothing for the EGTs. That got fixed > later when Nick sent me the vanes and fiberglass tube. Yay! > > I've left this in place just in case it helps a little bit. Don't figure > it can hurt. > > Hope the pictures are self-explanatory. > > > Read this topic online here: > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=384792#384792 > > > Attachments: > > http://forums.matronics.com//files/img_2269_951.jpg > http://forums.matronics.com//files/img_2270_184.jpg > http://forums.matronics.com//files/img_2271_426.jpg > http://forums.matronics.com//files/img_2272_122.jpg > > > ________________________________________________________________________________
From: "Tex Mantell" <wb2ssj(at)rochester.rr.com>
Subject: Re: Friday evening Grill out.
Date: Oct 06, 2012
Wish I could make it, but got weathered out again. Tex ----- Original Message ----- From: EAFerguson(at)AOL.COM To: lightning-list(at)matronics.com Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2012 3:43 PM Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Friday evening Grill out. Wish I was there. Also glad to see some real beer on the table. Earl In a message dated 10/5/2012 7:49:16 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, vettin74(at)yahoo.com writes: Just the early start to the activities. Nick Sent from my pocket http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-Li; --> http://www.matronics.com/c================ ________________________________________________________________________________
Date: Oct 07, 2012
From: luigi di napoli <elledien(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Flying the new larger stab.
Hi Buz and Lightning/Esqual friends.=0A-Any chance to have a picture and/ or the size of the new stab ?=0ABeyond the answers given and the results ob tained I would like to know it to calculate the relation between wing -/s tab area and other parameters and phougoid dumping being mandatory to chang e the -center of gravity to obtain the best results=0AThank you.=0ARegard s from the Old World=0ALuigi=0AEsqual I-9854=0A=0A=0A______________________ __________=0A Da: "N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM" =0AA: lightning-list @matronics.com =0AInviato: Venerd=EC 5 Ottobre 2012 21:10=0AOggetto: Lightn ing-List: Flying the new larger stab. =0A =0A=0AYesterday I flew two flight s in the current demo Lightning with the new =0Alarger stab and to say the least, I was very pleased with the flying =0Acharacteristics.- My concern was that the larger area stab would (please =0Aexcuse the term) "dumb down " the wonderful overall sporty feel that the =0ALightning has had from day one.- No worries, it-still-has that =0Agreat sporty Lightning-feel when flying around enjoying your "jet".- =0ABut I can also happily report that the new stab makes the takeoff and landing =0Afeel in pitch to be muc h more-solid and-less quick reacting, so Nick's =0Alatest mod has remov ed any concerns about longitudinal pitch stability that some =0Afolks might have had when initially checking out in the Lightning.- So the =0Abottom line is that this mod makes a great airplane even better.- =0A-=0AA fe w other observations from my flights yesterday.- First, on both =0Aclean and dirty stalls, the nose is not as high when the stall occurs and the =0A stall itself is not as brisk.- You still get the-"pre-stall buffet" =0A about 3 to 4 knots before the stall and then recovery is just as quick or m aybe =0Aeven quicker.- -Also, the new larger stab should result in a sl ightly =0Aincreased CG envelop, but I don't have the actual numbers for tha t.=0A-=0ASo for those of you with flying Lightnings, do you want to order the kit =0Afor the larger stabilizer?- The kit itself is actually a carb on fiber =0A"cuff" that fits over the existing stab and it is then epoxy gl ued in =0Aplace.- Not too difficult or time consuming except maybe for th e finishing =0Aand painting.- Of course, the Lightning guys can do the mo d for you if you =0Adon't want to tackle the job yourself.- So the decisi on to mod your =0ALightning with the new larger stab really depends on you and the way you like =0Athe way your "jet" feels on takeoffs and landings. - One other consideration =0Amight be if you ever decide to sell your Lig htning, you will be able to say that =0Ait has the latest mod that was deve loped by the factory for the current =0ALS-1.- =0ABlue Skies,=0ABuz=0A- =0APS:-Lightning builders, owners and-people interested in the =0ALight ning-are starting to arrive for the annual Lightning Homecoming and =0AFl y-In.- It's not too late to head to SYI.- It is again going to be an ==== ________________________________________________________________________________
From: N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM
Date: Oct 07, 2012
Subject: Lightning Fly-In
Once again the Lightning Homecoming and Fly-In was a great get together. The weather on Saturday finally improved enough for the annual Lightning round robin race. Nick and Mark will post the various winners for that plus the creeper races. Lots of Fun. As always, we owe a big thank you to Pete and Barb, Nick and Dana, and Mark and Claire. They all went out of their way to make everyone feel welcome and to provide outstanding food and drink. Southern hospitality at its best. A big thank you to all the Tennessee gang. Blue Skies, Buz ________________________________________________________________________________
From: N1BZRich(at)aol.com
Date: Oct 07, 2012
Subject: Re: Flying the new larger stab.
Hi Luigi, I did take some photos of the new stab and will post them when I get a chance to download them off the camera. I am not sure of the increased area but I'm sure Nick will answer that question for you. He has also already calculated the ratio of the wing and new stab area and can provide that as well. The cuff that they designed to fit over the original stabs really makes the mod relatively easy to upgrade. The cuffs are made of carbon fi ber and will add about a pound to each side. Of course new Lightning kits wil l come with the new larger stabs as part of the kit or a completed SLSA LS-1 , so no need to modify the new Lightnings. I am headed back to Virginia today and hope to get caught up on emails then as well as posting some photos of the new stab and cuff. Blue Skies, Buz In a message dated 10/7/2012 2:41:28 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, elledien(at)yahoo.com writes: Hi Buz and Lightning/Esqual friends. Any chance to have a picture and/or the size of the new stab ? Beyond the answers given and the results obtained I would like to know it to calculate the relation between wing /stab area and other parameters and phougoid dumping being mandatory to change the center of gravity to obtai n the best results Thank you. Regards from the Old World Luigi Esqual I-9854 ____________________________________ Da: "N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM" A: lightning-list(at)matronics.com Inviato: Venerd=EC 5 Ottobre 2012 21:10 Oggetto: Lightning-List: Flying the new larger stab. Yesterday I flew two flights in the current demo Lightning with the new larger stab and to say the least, I was very pleased with the flying characteristics. My concern was that the larger area stab would (please e xcuse the term) "dumb down" the wonderful overall sporty feel that the Lightning has had from day one. No worries, it still has that great sporty Lightning feel when flying around enjoying your "jet". But I can also happily repor t that the new stab makes the takeoff and landing feel in pitch to be much more solid and less quick reacting, so Nick's latest mod has removed any concerns about longitudinal pitch stability that some folks might have had when initially checking out in the Lightning. So the bottom line is that this mod makes a great airplane even better. A few other observations from my flights yesterday. First, on both clean and dirty stalls, the nose is not as high when the stall occurs and the stall itself is not as brisk. You still get the "pre-stall buffet" about 3 to 4 knots before the stall and then recovery is just as quick or maybe even quicker. Also, the new larger stab should result in a slightly increased CG envelop, but I don't have the actual numbers for that. So for those of you with flying Lightnings, do you want to order the kit for the larger stabilizer? The kit itself is actually a carbon fiber "cuf f" that fits over the existing stab and it is then epoxy glued in place. Not too difficult or time consuming except maybe for the finishing and painting. Of course, the Lightning guys can do the mod for you if you don 't want to tackle the job yourself. So the decision to mod your Lightning with th e new larger stab really depends on you and the way you like the way your "jet" feels on takeoffs and landings. One other consideration might be if you ever decide to sell your Lightning, you will be able to say that it ha s the latest mod that was developed by the factory for the current LS-1. Blue Skies, Buz PS: Lightning builders, owners and people interested in the Lightning are starting to arrive for the annual Lightning Homecoming and Fly-In. It's not too late to head to SYI. It is again going to be an educational and f un event. ref="http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List">http://www.matro" nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://forums.matronics.com/">http://f========= (http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List) (http://www.matronics.com/contribution) ________________________________________________________________________________
Date: Oct 07, 2012
From: Ralph Leach <lerch268(at)bellsouth.net>
Subject: Lightning for sale.
Any one knowing of some one desiring a lightning without the drill and expense of building it, please get in touch. Being an impulsive type I bought #62 without doing my homework. I was told it was an LSA type aircraft that is a real hot rod. It's not an LSA. So, I have been flying it dual. I operate out of Boone NC (2600'X40 at 3120 altitude) and it flies great. Hadn't noticed any of the issues I keep reading about such as shimmy. Contact Ralph Lerch 828-264-0912 N8938T 168TT Garmin SL40com, TXP, EFIS 6000, GRT Sport, Lowrance 2000 Jabaru 3300, Sensenich Gr adjust. ________________________________________________________________________________
From: Nick Otterback <vettin74(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Lightning for sale.
Date: Oct 07, 2012
You mention not an LSA. its not a factory LSA no but may meet the specs. How is the aircraft set up? Prop, tips, fairings? Thanks Nick Sent from my pocket On Oct 7, 2012, at 1:40 PM, Ralph Leach wrote: > > Any one knowing of some one desiring a lightning without the drill and expense > of building it, please get in touch. Being an impulsive type I bought #62 > without doing my homework. I was told it was an LSA type aircraft that is a > real hot rod. It's not an LSA. So, I have been flying it dual. I operate out > of Boone NC (2600'X40 at 3120 altitude) and it flies great. Hadn't noticed any > of the issues I keep reading about such as shimmy. > Contact Ralph Lerch 828-264-0912 > N8938T 168TT Garmin SL40com, TXP, EFIS 6000, GRT Sport, Lowrance 2000 > Jabaru 3300, Sensenich Gr adjust. > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Re: Lightning for sale.
From: "N838BF" <prophotoga(at)gmail.com>
Date: Oct 07, 2012
I am curious as well.. remember the cruising speed is for standard atmospheric conditions at sea level. My lightning while an EAB meets all of the requirements and as long as it has never flown outside of the limits it still qualifies to be flown by a Light Sport Pilot. -------- Gene and Janeen Mohr N838BF (formerly Bill Fisher's Lightning) Martinez, GA Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=384878#384878 ________________________________________________________________________________
From: Nick Otterback <vettin74(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Lightning for sale.
Date: Oct 07, 2012
Correct, i am ver well versed in the SLSA and exp lsa req, i am more curious as to the "not and LSA" statement. What makes it not and LSA. Nick Sent from my pocket On Oct 7, 2012, at 3:59 PM, "N838BF" wrote: > > I am curious as well.. remember the cruising speed is for standard atmospheric conditions at sea level. My lightning while an EAB meets all > of the requirements and as long as it has never flown outside of the limits > it still qualifies to be flown by a Light Sport Pilot. > > -------- > Gene and Janeen Mohr > N838BF (formerly Bill Fisher's Lightning) > Martinez, GA > > > > > Read this topic online here: > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=384878#384878 > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Re: Lightning for sale.
From: "N838BF" <prophotoga(at)gmail.com>
Date: Oct 07, 2012
Nick, hope you didn't think I was questioning you. The is no greater authority on the Lightning than you. Just seems strange that his is "Not" LSA. I am just curious as to why he says his is not. I have had to correct several people about mine and I just pull out the regs. Question for you, will the staff be working Monday? I left a VM for Mark. I need a couple of parts. Sorry I missed this years homecoming. Next year Janeen and I are there. -------- Gene and Janeen Mohr N838BF (formerly Bill Fisher's Lightning) Martinez, GA Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=384882#384882 ________________________________________________________________________________
From: Nick Otterback <vettin74(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Lightning for sale.
Date: Oct 07, 2012
I didnt think so, was more or less asking Ralph. Yes we will be in tommorow, just not at the phones last friday, with the fly in Sent from my pocket On Oct 7, 2012, at 4:24 PM, "N838BF" wrote: > > Nick, hope you didn't think I was questioning you. The is no greater > authority on the Lightning than you. Just seems strange that his is > "Not" LSA. I am just curious as to why he says his is not. I have had > to correct several people about mine and I just pull out the regs. > > Question for you, will the staff be working Monday? I left a VM for Mark. > I need a couple of parts. > > Sorry I missed this years homecoming. Next year Janeen and I are there. > > -------- > Gene and Janeen Mohr > N838BF (formerly Bill Fisher's Lightning) > Martinez, GA > > > > > Read this topic online here: > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=384882#384882 > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________________
From: N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM
Date: Oct 07, 2012
Subject: Re: Flying the new larger stab.
Luigi, The attached PDF file has the photos I took of the new larger stab and the basic installation process. Hope this helps. Blue Skies, Buz In a message dated 10/7/2012 2:41:28 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, elledien(at)yahoo.com writes: Hi Buz and Lightning/Esqual friends. Any chance to have a picture and/or the size of the new stab ? Beyond the answers given and the results obtained I would like to know it to calculate the relation between wing /stab area and other parameters and phougoid dumping being mandatory to change the center of gravity to obtai n the best results Thank you. Regards from the Old World Luigi Esqual I-9854 ____________________________________ Da: "N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM" A: lightning-list(at)matronics.com Inviato: Venerd=EC 5 Ottobre 2012 21:10 Oggetto: Lightning-List: Flying the new larger stab. Yesterday I flew two flights in the current demo Lightning with the new larger stab and to say the least, I was very pleased with the flying characteristics. My concern was that the larger area stab would (please e xcuse the term) "dumb down" the wonderful overall sporty feel that the Lightning has had from day one. No worries, it still has that great sporty Lightning feel when flying around enjoying your "jet". But I can also happily repor t that the new stab makes the takeoff and landing feel in pitch to be much more solid and less quick reacting, so Nick's latest mod has removed any concerns about longitudinal pitch stability that some folks might have had when initially checking out in the Lightning. So the bottom line is that this mod makes a great airplane even better. A few other observations from my flights yesterday. First, on both clean and dirty stalls, the nose is not as high when the stall occurs and the stall itself is not as brisk. You still get the "pre-stall buffet" about 3 to 4 knots before the stall and then recovery is just as quick or maybe even quicker. Also, the new larger stab should result in a slightly increased CG envelop, but I don't have the actual numbers for that. So for those of you with flying Lightnings, do you want to order the kit for the larger stabilizer? The kit itself is actually a carbon fiber "cuf f" that fits over the existing stab and it is then epoxy glued in place. Not too difficult or time consuming except maybe for the finishing and painting. Of course, the Lightning guys can do the mod for you if you don 't want to tackle the job yourself. So the decision to mod your Lightning with th e new larger stab really depends on you and the way you like the way your "jet" feels on takeoffs and landings. One other consideration might be if you ever decide to sell your Lightning, you will be able to say that it ha s the latest mod that was developed by the factory for the current LS-1. Blue Skies, Buz PS: Lightning builders, owners and people interested in the Lightning are starting to arrive for the annual Lightning Homecoming and Fly-In. It's not too late to head to SYI. It is again going to be an educational and f un event. ref="http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List">http://www.matro" nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://forums.matronics.com/">http://f========= (http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List) (http://www.matronics.com/contribution) ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Re: Lightning Fly-In
From: Max Voronin <voroninmax(at)gmail.com>
Date: Oct 07, 2012
________________________________________________________________________________
Date: Oct 07, 2012
Subject: Re: Flying the new larger stab.
From: Linda Mathias <lbmathias1(at)gmail.com>
Buz, Did you make it home today? Linda On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 9:18 PM, wrote: > ** > Luigi, > The attached PDF file has the photos I took of the new larger stab an d > the basic installation process. Hope this helps. > Blue Skies, > Buz > > In a message dated 10/7/2012 2:41:28 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > elledien(at)yahoo.com writes: > > Hi Buz and Lightning/Esqual friends. > Any chance to have a picture and/or the size of the new stab ? > Beyond the answers given and the results obtained I would like to know it > to calculate the relation between wing /stab area and other parameters a nd > phougoid dumping being mandatory to change the center of gravity to obta in > the best results > Thank you. > Regards from the Old World > Luigi > Esqual I-9854 > > ------------------------------ > *Da:* "N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM" > *A:* lightning-list(at)matronics.com > *Inviato:* Venerd=EC 5 Ottobre 2012 21:10 > *Oggetto:* Lightning-List: Flying the new larger stab. > > Yesterday I flew two flights in the current demo Lightning with the new > larger stab and to say the least, I was very pleased with the flying > characteristics. My concern was that the larger area stab would (please > excuse the term) "dumb down" the wonderful overall sporty feel that the > Lightning has had from day one. No worries, it still has that great spor ty > Lightning feel when flying around enjoying your "jet". But I can also > happily report that the new stab makes the takeoff and landing feel in > pitch to be much more solid and less quick reacting, so Nick's latest mod > has removed any concerns about longitudinal pitch stability that some fol ks > might have had when initially checking out in the Lightning. So the bott om > line is that this mod makes a great airplane even better. > > A few other observations from my flights yesterday. First, on both clean > and dirty stalls, the nose is not as high when the stall occurs and the > stall itself is not as brisk. You still get the "pre-stall buffet" about 3 > to 4 knots before the stall and then recovery is just as quick or maybe > even quicker. Also, the new larger stab should result in a slightly > increased CG envelop, but I don't have the actual numbers for that. > > So for those of you with flying Lightnings, do you want to order the kit > for the larger stabilizer? The kit itself is actually a carbon fiber > "cuff" that fits over the existing stab and it is then epoxy glued in > place. Not too difficult or time consuming except maybe for the finishin g > and painting. Of course, the Lightning guys can do the mod for you if yo u > don't want to tackle the job yourself. So the decision to mod your > Lightning with the new larger stab really depends on you and the way you > like the way your "jet" feels on takeoffs and landings. One other > consideration might be if you ever decide to sell your Lightning, you wil l > be able to say that it has the latest mod that was developed by the facto ry > for the current LS-1. > Blue Skies, > Buz > > PS: Lightning builders, owners and people interested in the Lightning are > starting to arrive for the annual Lightning Homecoming and Fly-In. It's > not too late to head to SYI. It is again going to be an educational and > fun event. > > > * > > ref="http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List">http://www.matr o"nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://forums.matronics.com/">http:// f========= > * > > > * > > href="http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List">http://www.ma tronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-Lists.matronics.com/">http://forums.matroni cs.com > p://www.matronics.com/contribution">http://www.matronics.com/contribution > * > > ________________________________________________________________________________
From: N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM
Date: Oct 07, 2012
Subject: Re: Flying the new larger stab.
Yes, I did. Long day, but got home just after 7 PM. Good get together since I got to do lots of flying in three different airplanes - new demo Lightning with larger stab, Zenith 750 with 3300 Jabiru, and RV-12 with 22 00 Jab. I had flown the RV-12 before, but wanted to get more time in it as I will probably make the first flight for a guy in Newport News that is building one. I've been making the tech counselor visits and he is doing a super job. Buz In a message dated 10/7/2012 9:53:58 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, lbmathias1(at)gmail.com writes: Buz, Did you make it home today? Linda On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 9:18 PM, <_N1BZRich(at)aol.com_ (mailto:N1BZRich(at)aol.com) > wrote: Luigi, The attached PDF file has the photos I took of the new larger stab and the basic installation process. Hope this helps. Blue Skies, Buz In a message dated 10/7/2012 2:41:28 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, _elledien(at)yahoo.com_ (mailto:elledien(at)yahoo.com) writes: Hi Buz and Lightning/Esqual friends. Any chance to have a picture and/or the size of the new stab ? Beyond the answers given and the results obtained I would like to know it to calculate the relation between wing /stab area and other parameters an d phougoid dumping being mandatory to change the center of gravity to obtain the best results Thank you. Regards from the Old World Luigi Esqual I-9854 ____________________________________ Da: "_N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM_ (mailto:N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM) " <_N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM_ (mailto:N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM) > A: _lightning-list(at)matronics.com_ (mailto:lightning-list(at)matronics.com) Inviato: Venerd=EC 5 Ottobre 2012 21:10 Oggetto: Lightning-List: Flying the new larger stab. Yesterday I flew two flights in the current demo Lightning with the new larger stab and to say the least, I was very pleased with the flying characteristics. My concern was that the larger area stab would (please e xcuse the term) "dumb down" the wonderful overall sporty feel that the Lightning has had from day one. No worries, it still has that great sporty Lightning feel when flying around enjoying your "jet". But I can also happily repor t that the new stab makes the takeoff and landing feel in pitch to be much more solid and less quick reacting, so Nick's latest mod has removed any concerns about longitudinal pitch stability that some folks might have had when initially checking out in the Lightning. So the bottom line is that this mod makes a great airplane even better. A few other observations from my flights yesterday. First, on both clean and dirty stalls, the nose is not as high when the stall occurs and the stall itself is not as brisk. You still get the "pre-stall buffet" about 3 to 4 knots before the stall and then recovery is just as quick or maybe even quicker. Also, the new larger stab should result in a slightly increased CG envelop, but I don't have the actual numbers for that. So for those of you with flying Lightnings, do you want to order the kit for the larger stabilizer? The kit itself is actually a carbon fiber "cuf f" that fits over the existing stab and it is then epoxy glued in place. Not too difficult or time consuming except maybe for the finishing and painting. Of course, the Lightning guys can do the mod for you if you don 't want to tackle the job yourself. So the decision to mod your Lightning with th e new larger stab really depends on you and the way you like the way your "jet" feels on takeoffs and landings. One other consideration might be if you ever decide to sell your Lightning, you will be able to say that it ha s the latest mod that was developed by the factory for the current LS-1. Blue Skies, Buz PS: Lightning builders, owners and people interested in the Lightning are starting to arrive for the annual Lightning Homecoming and Fly-In. It's not too late to head to SYI. It is again going to be an educational and f un event. ref="_http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List_ (http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List) ">_http://www.matro_ (h ttp://www.matro/) "nofollow" target="_blank" href="_http://forums.matronics.com/_ (http://forums.matronics.com/) ">_http://f_ (http://f/) ====== === href="_http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List_ (http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List) ">_http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List_ (http://www.matronics .com/Navigator?Lightning-List) _s.matronics.com/_ (http://s.matronics.com/) ">_http://forums.matronics.com_ (http://forums.matronics.com/) p://_www.matronics.com/contribution_ (http://www.matronics.com/contribution) ">_http://www.matronics.com/contrib ution_ (http://www.matronics.com/contribution) (http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List) (http://www.matronics.com/contribution) ________________________________________________________________________________
Date: Oct 07, 2012
Subject: Re: Flying the new larger stab.
From: Linda Mathias <lbmathias1(at)gmail.com>
Glad you got home safely; I was concerned with the weather being bad today. Glad you had a good time also! Linda On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 9:58 PM, wrote: > ** > Yes, I did. Long day, but got home just after 7 PM. Good get together > since I got to do lots of flying in three different airplanes - new demo > Lightning with larger stab, Zenith 750 with 3300 Jabiru, and RV-12 with > 2200 Jab. I had flown the RV-12 before, but wanted to get more time in i t > as I will probably make the first flight for a guy in Newport News that i s > building one. I've been making the tech counselor visits and he is doing a > super job. > Buz > > In a message dated 10/7/2012 9:53:58 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > lbmathias1(at)gmail.com writes: > > Buz, > > Did you make it home today? > > Linda > > On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 9:18 PM, wrote: > >> ** >> Luigi, >> The attached PDF file has the photos I took of the new larger stab >> and the basic installation process. Hope this helps. >> Blue Skies, >> Buz >> >> In a message dated 10/7/2012 2:41:28 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, >> elledien(at)yahoo.com writes: >> >> Hi Buz and Lightning/Esqual friends. >> Any chance to have a picture and/or the size of the new stab ? >> Beyond the answers given and the results obtained I would like to know i t >> to calculate the relation between wing /stab area and other parameters and >> phougoid dumping being mandatory to change the center of gravity to obt ain >> the best results >> Thank you. >> Regards from the Old World >> Luigi >> Esqual I-9854 >> >> ------------------------------ >> *Da:* "N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM" >> *A:* lightning-list(at)matronics.com >> *Inviato:* Venerd=EC 5 Ottobre 2012 21:10 >> *Oggetto:* Lightning-List: Flying the new larger stab. >> >> Yesterday I flew two flights in the current demo Lightning with the new >> larger stab and to say the least, I was very pleased with the flying >> characteristics. My concern was that the larger area stab would (please >> excuse the term) "dumb down" the wonderful overall sporty feel that the >> Lightning has had from day one. No worries, it still has that great spo rty >> Lightning feel when flying around enjoying your "jet". But I can also >> happily report that the new stab makes the takeoff and landing feel in >> pitch to be much more solid and less quick reacting, so Nick's latest mo d >> has removed any concerns about longitudinal pitch stability that some fo lks >> might have had when initially checking out in the Lightning. So the bot tom >> line is that this mod makes a great airplane even better. >> >> A few other observations from my flights yesterday. First, on both clea n >> and dirty stalls, the nose is not as high when the stall occurs and the >> stall itself is not as brisk. You still get the "pre-stall buffet" abou t 3 >> to 4 knots before the stall and then recovery is just as quick or maybe >> even quicker. Also, the new larger stab should result in a slightly >> increased CG envelop, but I don't have the actual numbers for that. >> >> So for those of you with flying Lightnings, do you want to order the kit >> for the larger stabilizer? The kit itself is actually a carbon fiber >> "cuff" that fits over the existing stab and it is then epoxy glued in >> place. Not too difficult or time consuming except maybe for the finishi ng >> and painting. Of course, the Lightning guys can do the mod for you if y ou >> don't want to tackle the job yourself. So the decision to mod your >> Lightning with the new larger stab really depends on you and the way you >> like the way your "jet" feels on takeoffs and landings. One other >> consideration might be if you ever decide to sell your Lightning, you wi ll >> be able to say that it has the latest mod that was developed by the fact ory >> for the current LS-1. >> Blue Skies, >> Buz >> >> PS: Lightning builders, owners and people interested in the Lightning ar e >> starting to arrive for the annual Lightning Homecoming and Fly-In. It's >> not too late to head to SYI. It is again going to be an educational and >> fun event. >> >> >> * >> >> ref="http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List">http://www.mat ro"nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://forums.matronics.com/">http:/ /f========= >> * >> >> >> >> * >> >> href="http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List">http://www.m atronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-Lists.matronics.com/">http://forums.matron ics.com >> p://www.matronics.com/contribution">http://www.matronics.com/contributio n >> * >> >> > * > > href="http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List">http://www.ma tronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-Lists.matronics.com/">http://forums.matroni cs.com > p://www.matronics.com/contribution">http://www.matronics.com/contribution > * > > * > =========== =========== =========== =========== > * > > ________________________________________________________________________________
Date: Oct 08, 2012
From: luigi di napoli <elledien(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Flying the new larger stab.
Buz,=0Aas usual, the documentation and the support you give are very good. =0AAlways prompt and precise.=0AThank you .=0ALuigi=0AEsqual I-9854=0A=0A =0A=0A________________________________=0A Da: "N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM" =0AA: lightning-list(at)matronics.com =0AInviato: Luned=EC 8 Ottobre 2 012 3:18=0AOggetto: Re: Lightning-List: Flying the new larger stab.=0A =0A =0ALuigi,=0A----The attached PDF file has the photos I took of the =0Anew larger stab and the-basic installation process.- Hope this =0Ahe lps.=0ABlue Skies,=0ABuz=0A-=0AIn a message dated 10/7/2012 2:41:28 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, =0Aelledien(at)yahoo.com writes:=0AHi Buz and Lightning /Esqual friends.=0A>-Any chance to have a picture and/or the size of the new stab ?=0A>Beyond the answers given and the results obtained I would l ike to know it to calculate the relation between wing -/stab area and ot her parameters and phougoid dumping being mandatory to change the -cente r of gravity to obtain the best results=0A>Thank you.=0A>Regards from the O ld World=0A>Luigi=0A>Esqual I-9854=0A>=0A>=0A>=0A>_________________________ _______=0A> Da: "N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM" =0A>A: lightning-list @matronics.com =0A>Inviato: Venerd=EC 5 Ottobre 2012 21:10=0A>Oggetto: Lig htning-List: Flying the new larger stab. =0A>=0A>=0A>Yesterday I flew two f lights in the current demo Lightning with the new larger stab and to say t he least, I was very pleased with the flying characteristics.- My concer n was that the larger area stab would (please excuse the term) "dumb down" the wonderful overall sporty feel that the Lightning has had from day one .- No worries, it-still-has that great sporty Lightning-feel when flying around enjoying your "jet".- But I can also happily report that t he new stab makes the takeoff and landing feel in pitch to be much more- solid and-less quick reacting, so Nick's latest mod has removed any conc erns about longitudinal pitch stability that some folks might have had whe n initially checking out in the Lightning.- So the bottom line is that t his mod makes a great airplane even better.- =0A>-=0A>A few other obse rvations from my flights yesterday.- First, on both clean and dirty stal ls, the nose is not as high when the stall occurs and the stall itself is not as brisk.- You still get the-"pre-stall buffet" about 3 to 4 knots before the stall and then recovery is just as quick or maybe even quicker .- -Also, the new larger stab should result in a slightly increased CG envelop, but I don't have the actual numbers for that.=0A>-=0A>So for t hose of you with flying Lightnings, do you want to order the kit for the l arger stabilizer?- The kit itself is actually a carbon fiber "cuff" that fits over the existing stab and it is then epoxy glued in place.- Not t oo difficult or time consuming except maybe for the finishing and painting .- Of course, the Lightning guys can do the mod for you if you don't wan t to tackle the job yourself.- So the decision to mod your Lightning wit h the new larger stab really depends on you and the way you like the way y our "jet" feels on takeoffs and landings.- One other consideration might be if you ever decide to sell your Lightning, you will be able to say tha t it has the latest mod that was developed by the factory for the current LS-1.- =0A>Blue Skies,=0A>Buz=0A>-=0A>PS:-Lightning builders, owners and-people interested in the Lightning-are starting to arrive for the annual Lightning Homecoming and Fly-In.- It's not too late to head to SY I.- It is again going to be an educational and fun event.- =0A>-=0A> ref="http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List">http://www.matro" nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://forums.matronics.com/">http://f ========== =0A>=0A>=0A>href="http://www.matronics.com /Navigator?Lightning-List">http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-Lis t=0As.matronics.com/">http://forums.matronics.com=0Ap://www.matronics.com/c ontribution">http://www.matronics.com/contribution ________________________________________________________________________________
From: "Nick Otterback" <nick(at)flylightning.net>
Subject: Another Warning on Auto Fuel.
Date: Oct 08, 2012
We have recently seen 1 case of the KBS tank sealant becoming loose from the tank wall. This aircraft has been using Auto fuel, the owner did also state that the Auto fuel had been tested for ethanol before each use, and found none was present. We have warned about the use of auto fuel before. Mainly the ethanol content, but also the additives in the fuel to create seasonal blends and cleaner systems. The use of Auto Fuel in the SLSA LS1's is prohibited by the POH, and is never approved for use. The only approved fuel is 100LL. Experimental owners or operators must make their own decision to stop using it. We recommend the discontinued use of Auto-fuel in Lightning kit aircraft or ELSAs. The only recommended fuel for use in the kit aircraft or ELSAs is also 100LL The operational cost difference of using 100LL over auto fuel is far lower than; re-sealing a tank, wing replacement due to damage of the core material , or a clogged fuel system that results in an off field landing. Do not use Auto-fuel. Nick Otterback Arion Aircraft LLC R&D Technical Support 931-680-1781 nick(at)flylightning.net ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Re: Lightning Fly-In
From: n5pb(at)AOL.COM
Date: Oct 08, 2012
I second that Buz. It was another great Lightning Fly-in. It was nice to meet new folks and h ear about their "jet" and associated builds and flying experiences. I'm glad the lousy wx didn't defer me and "parts" of my airplane from makin g the trip. arr4ived back late yesterday after a long drive... I hope everyone else has a safe trip home. Bear -----Original Message----- From: N1BZRich <N1BZRich(at)AOL.COM> Sent: Sun, Oct 7, 2012 8:35 am Subject: Lightning-List: Lightning Fly-In Once again the Lightning Homecoming and Fly-In was a great get together. T he weather on Saturday finally improved enough for the annual Lightning rou nd robin race. Nick and Mark will post the various winners for that plus t he creeper races. Lots of Fun. As always, we owe a big thank you to Pete and Barb, Nick and Dana, and Mark and Claire. They all went out of their way to make everyone feel welcome and to provide outstanding food and drink. Southern hospitality at its bes t. A big thank you to all the Tennessee gang. Blue Skies, Buz ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Re: Another Warning on Auto Fuel.
From: Ken Bailey <ken.bailey(at)tconline.net>
Date: Oct 08, 2012
So what you're saying, is maybe we shouldn't use auto fuel? ;<) Ken Bailey On Oct 8, 2012, at 9:56 AM, "Nick Otterback" wrote: > We have recently seen 1 case of the KBS tank sealant becoming loose from t he tank wall. This aircraft has been using Auto fuel, the owner did also sta te that the Auto fuel had been tested for ethanol before each use, and found none was present. > > We have warned about the use of auto fuel before. Mainly the ethanol conte nt, but also the additives in the fuel to create seasonal blends and cleaner systems. > > The use of Auto Fuel in the SLSA LS1=99s is prohibited by the POH, a nd is never approved for use. The only approved fuel is 100LL. > > Experimental owners or operators must make their own decision to stop usin g it. > We recommend the discontinued use of Auto-fuel in Lightning kit aircraft o r ELSAs. > The only recommended fuel for use in the kit aircraft or ELSAs is also 100 LL > > The operational cost difference of using 100LL over auto fuel is far lower than; re-sealing a tank, wing replacement due to damage of the core materia l , or a clogged fuel system that results in an off field landing. > > Do not use Auto-fuel. > > Nick Otterback > Arion Aircraft LLC > R&D Technical Support > 931-680-1781 > nick(at)flylightning.net > > > ========================== ========= ========================== ========= ========================== ========= ========================== ========= > ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Re: Friday evening Grill out.
From: n5pb(at)AOL.COM
Date: Oct 08, 2012
Earl, Yea, Real bear flown in from Germany as Gerd and Uli brought it with them. Creeper races were fun, although I didn't have much competition in the seni or department...not having to give 2 seconds for each year age delta helped my win this year's senior division with ease (wait my back and neck still hurts, so maybe it wasn't that easy)... Bear -----Original Message----- From: EAFerguson <EAFerguson(at)AOL.COM> Sent: Sat, Oct 6, 2012 3:44 pm Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Friday evening Grill out. Wish I was there. Also glad to see some real beer on the table. Earl In a message dated 10/5/2012 7:49:16 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, vettin74@y ahoo.com writes: Just the early start to the activities. Nick Sent from my pocket http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-Li; ; --> http://www.matronics .com/c================ http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Re: Another Warning on Auto Fuel.
From: "Sullivan Equipment Leasing, LLC" <flylightningls1(at)gmail.com>
Date: Oct 08, 2012
Here in CA Avgas is the same or less than Mogas at the moment for the FBOs a re not as quick to raise it at the pump, Watsonville is at 4.95/gal for 100L L, and Big Bear is just north of $5/gal It's cheaper to fly your LS-1 than it is to drive and certainly faster and l ess frustrating than being in traffic. Sent from my iPad On Oct 8, 2012, at 9:06 AM, Ken Bailey wrote: > So what you're saying, is maybe we shouldn't use auto fuel? > ;<) > > > Ken Bailey > > On Oct 8, 2012, at 9:56 AM, "Nick Otterback" wrote : > >> We have recently seen 1 case of the KBS tank sealant becoming loose from t he tank wall. This aircraft has been using Auto fuel, the owner did also sta te that the Auto fuel had been tested for ethanol before each use, and found none was present. >> >> We have warned about the use of auto fuel before. Mainly the ethanol cont ent, but also the additives in the fuel to create seasonal blends and cleane r systems. >> >> The use of Auto Fuel in the SLSA LS1=99s is prohibited by the POH, a nd is never approved for use. The only approved fuel is 100LL. >> >> Experimental owners or operators must make their own decision to stop usi ng it. >> We recommend the discontinued use of Auto-fuel in Lightning kit aircraft o r ELSAs. >> The only recommended fuel for use in the kit aircraft or ELSAs is also 10 0LL >> >> The operational cost difference of using 100LL over auto fuel is far lowe r than; re-sealing a tank, wing replacement due to damage of the core materi al , or a clogged fuel system that results in an off field landing. >> >> Do not use Auto-fuel. >> >> Nick Otterback >> Arion Aircraft LLC >> R&D Technical Support >> 931-680-1781 >> nick(at)flylightning.net >> >> >> >> ========================= ========= >> >http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List >> ========================= ========= >> cs.com >> ========================= ========= >> matronics.com/contribution >> ========================= ========= >> > > ========================== ========= ========================== ========= ========================== ========= ========================== ========= > ________________________________________________________________________________
From: "MP" <mozart1(at)ctemail.net.au>
Subject: Main gear alignment Shimmy
Date: Oct 10, 2012
Hi Bernardo, I'm also very close to mount the wheels as I have already installed the Spar Box, I was reading all the information about shimmy and also methods of wheel alignment. One interesting part I discovered on my spar box was, as I had fitted the box into the fuse I double, triple checked all measurements and was certain the box is square to the firewall when I measured the distance, firewall to the leg mounts as I found a difference of 3mm. One tube is 3mm more to the front as the other. This will be not an issue during operation as such I hope; if one wheel is a few mill further back as the other, but if you use the method you displayed it could be. Because then you could end up with one wheel toe in and the other toe out; worst case! Therefor I did also some trig calcs and found that in my case with 5mm difference on the wheel position I could end up with 0.25deg difference in toe, which could be enough at a certain speed to create unequal pressure to the wheels to create the shimmy as a few people experience. Maybe this is nothing to be worry about, but thought I'll bring it up for others to commend on it! I suggest your method is good if everything is square, but I will definitely use also a laser to align each wheel independent and check! That's one more theory to the shimmy issue to confuse the minds! Cheers Michael From: owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Bernard Melendez, Jr. Sent: Sunday, 30 September 2012 3:03 AM Subject: Lightning-List: Main gear alignment Hi guys, Here's my method for aligning the main gear. Of course, it helps to have a machinist buddy to make my drilling jig(s). First, two 1/2" aluminum tubes are inserted in the axles so that they meet in the middle. That tells me that the wheels are parallel with the fuselage center line. Then using trigonometry to determine and rotate the gear to match the short leg of the triangle, twist one gear leg to the desired toe-in (I used 1 1/2 degrees toe-in). The gear socket is then drilled, preferably using a drill jig. Once that's done, twist the other gear leg so that the end of the aluminum rods again meet and drill the second leg. Easy peachy, lemon squeezy. Hope this helps. Bernardo ________________________________________________________________________________
Date: Oct 10, 2012
From: "Bernard Melendez, Jr." <n45bm(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: Main gear alignment Shimmy
Hi Michael, You could nitpick yourself to death on little or non-existing issues and ne ver finish or fly the plane. Believe me, very minor differences such as you 're very accurately measuring won't make any difference. I'd be more concerned that the angle of incidence and squareness of the win gs (and tail) to the center line of the fuselage are as close to each other as you can make it. Then finish and fly the thing. Whether you use a laser to align the main gear, or use the 1/2" diameter rod for alignment is your choice. The fact that one wheel is 3 mm further back than the other won't make a hill of beans. Keep building, don't worry, be happy. Bernardo --- On Wed, 10/10/12, MP wrote: From: MP <mozart1(at)ctemail.net.au> Subject: RE: Lightning-List: Main gear alignment Shimmy Date: Wednesday, October 10, 2012, 7:54 AM Hi Bernardo, =C2-I=99m also very close to mount the wheels as I hav e already installed the Spar Box, I was reading all the information about s himmy and also methods of wheel alignment. One interesting part I discovere d on my spar box was, as I had fitted the box into the fuse I double, tripl e checked all measurements and was certain the box is square to the firewal l when I measured the distance, firewall to the leg mounts as I found a dif ference of 3mm. One tube is 3mm more to the front as the other. This will b e not an issue during operation as such I hope; if one wheel is a few mill further back as the other, but if you use the method you displayed it could be. Because then you could end up with one wheel toe in and the other toe out; worst case! Therefor I did also some trig calcs and found that in my c ase with 5mm difference on the wheel position I could end up with 0.25deg d ifference in toe, which could be enough at a certain speed to create unequa l pressure to the wheels to create the shimmy as a few people experience. Ma ybe this is nothing to be worry about, but thought I=99ll bring it up for others to commend on it!I suggest your method is good if everything is square, but I will definitely use also a laser to align each wheel indepen dent and check!That=99s one more theory to the shimmy issue to confus e the minds! =C2-CheersMichael =C2- =C2- =C2-From: owner-lightning- list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com ] On Behalf Of Bernard Melendez, Jr. Sent: Sunday, 30 September 2012 3:03 AM Subject: Lightning-List: Main gear alignment =C2-Hi guys, Here's my method for aligning the main gear. Of course, it helps to have a machinist buddy to make my drilling jig(s). First, two 1/2" aluminum tubes are inserted in the axles so that they meet in the middle. That tells me that the wheels are parallel with the fuselage center line. Then using trigonometry to determine and rotate the gear to m atch the short leg of the triangle, twist one gear leg to the desired toe-i n (I used 1 1/2 degrees toe-in). The gear socket is then drilled, preferabl y using a drill jig. Once that's done, twist the other gear leg so that the end of the aluminum rods again meet and drill the second leg. Easy peachy, lemon squeezy. Hope this helps. Bernardo =C2- ________________________________________________________________________________
From: mozart1(at)ctemail.net.au
Subject: Main gear alignment Shimmy
Date: Oct 11, 2012
=C2- =0A=0ANo worries Bernardo,=0A=0AI'll try to not nitpick mys elf to death Ha Ha, =0A=0Abut with all the communication about the sh immy and people with toe=0Ain, toe out, different tires and pressure som e get it some not,=0Atherefore I believe there is maybe just a minor dif ference in the=0Aindividual setup which causes the shimmy. Beside if you got on your=0Acar one wheel out of alignment you get very quickly oscil lation,=0Athat=99s happen already on a short axle attach point, in our case it=0Ais ~1m away! That=99s what I tried to get across as just a thought for=0Aother people with this problem.=C2-=C2- =C2- =0A=0A=C2- =0A=0A=9Cthe devil is in the detail=9D=0A =0A=C2- =0A=0ARgds=0A=0AMichael=0A=0A----- Original Message - ----=0A From:lightning-list(at)matronics.com=0ATo:=0ACc:=0ASent:Wed, 10 Oct ment Shimmy=0A=0AHi Michael,=0AYou could nitpick yourself to death on li ttle or non-existing issues=0Aand never finish or fly the plane. Believe me, very minor differences=0Asuch as you're very accurately measuring w on't make any difference.=0AI'd be more concerned that the angle of inci dence and squareness of=0Athe wings (and tail) to the center line of the fuselage are as close=0Ato each other as you can make it. Then finish a nd fly the thing.=0AWhether you use a laser to align the main gear, or u se the 1/2"=0Adiameter rod for alignment is your choice. The fact that o ne wheel is=0A3 mm further back than the other won't make a hill of bean s. Keep=0Abuilding, don't worry, be happy.=0ABernardo =0A=0A--- On WED, 10/10/12, MP __ wrote:=0A=0AFrom: MP =0ASubject: RE: Lightning-List: Ma in gear alignment Shimmy=0ATo: lightning-list(at)matronics.com=0ADate: Wedn esday, October 10, 2012, 7:54 AM=0A=0AHi Bernardo, =0A=0A=C2- =0A=0AI=99m also very close to mount the wheels as I have alre ady installed=0Athe Spar Box, I was reading all the information about sh immy and also=0Amethods of wheel alignment. One interesting part I disco vered on my=0Aspar box was, as I had fitted the box into the fuse I doub le, triple=0Achecked all measurements and was certain the box is square to the=0Afirewall when I measured the distance, firewall to the leg mou nts as I=0Afound a difference of 3mm. One tube is 3mm more to the front as the=0Aother. This will be not an issue during operation as such I ho pe; if=0Aone wheel is a few mill further back as the other, but if you u se the=0Amethod you displayed it could be. Because then you could end up with=0Aone wheel toe in and the other toe out; worst case! =0A=0ATh erefor I did also some trig calcs and found that in my case with=0A5mm d ifference on the wheel position I could end up with 0.25deg=0Adifference in toe, which could be enough at a certain speed to create=0Aunequal pr essure to the wheels to create the shimmy as a few people=0Aexperience. Maybe this is nothing to be worry about, but thought=0AI=99ll bri ng it up for others to commend on it! =0A=0AI suggest your method is good if everything is square, but I will=0Adefinitely use also a laser to align each wheel independent and check!=0A=0A=0AThat=99s on e more theory to the shimmy issue to confuse the minds! =0A=0A=C2- =0A=0ACheers =0A=0AMichael =C2- =0A=0A=C2- =0A=0A=C2- =0A=0AFROM: owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com=0A[mailto:owne r-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com] ON BEHALF OF=0ABernard Melendez, Jr.=0ASENT: Sunday, 30 September 2012 3:03 AM=0ATO: lightning-list@matr onics.com=0ASUBJECT: Lightning-List: Main gear alignment =0A=0A=C2- =0A=0AHi guys,=0AHere's my method for aligning the main gear. Of cou rse, it helps to=0Ahave a machinist buddy to make my drilling jig(s).=0A First, two 1/2" aluminum tubes are inserted in the axles so that they=0A meet in the middle. That tells me that the wheels are parallel with=0Ath e fuselage center line. Then using trigonometry to determine and=0Arotat e the gear to match the short leg of the triangle, twist one gear=0Aleg to the desired toe-in (I used 1 1/2 degrees toe-in). The gear=0Asocket is then drilled, preferably using a drill jig. Once that's=0Adone, twis t the other gear leg so that the end of the aluminum rods=0Aagain meet a nd drill the second leg. Easy peachy, lemon squeezy.=0AHope this helps. =0ABernardo=0A=0A=C2-=0A=0A ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Re: Flying the new larger stab.
From: "selwyn" <selwyn(at)ellisworks.com.au>
Date: Oct 14, 2012
Interesting development. Does the enlarged tailplane have any effect on the stick free longitudinal stability at cruise speeds? -------- Cheers, Selwyn Kit 66 VH-ELZ Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=385340#385340 ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Re: Flying the new larger stab.
From: "selwyn" <selwyn(at)ellisworks.com.au>
Date: Oct 14, 2012
Ah, forget that, I just found the description a few threads down. I'll post some more in that. -------- Cheers, Selwyn Kit 66 VH-ELZ Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=385342#385342 ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Re: Thoughts and reasons for the Evoution of a Design.
From: "selwyn" <selwyn(at)ellisworks.com.au>
Date: Oct 14, 2012
Hi Nick, A couple of queries on this. Some Lightnings tend to run out of nose up trim on approach with flap. Working from the descriptions in your article suggests that the trim forces will be reduced and less trim tab power required. Is that the case in practice? If I read you correctly, you talk about "significantly less elevator throw for the same stick movement" which implies that you are changing the gearing in the elevator circuit. What changes are made here? Finally, do you consider this mod would have similar effects on the short wing aeroplane? I do a lot of long cross countries in mine and, while lovely to fly, a little more trim stability would be nice on those 500 mile legs without an autopilot. -------- Cheers, Selwyn Kit 66 VH-ELZ Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=385343#385343 ________________________________________________________________________________
From: "Nick Otterback" <nick(at)flylightning.net>
Subject: Re: Thoughts and reasons for the Evoution of a Design.
Date: Oct 15, 2012
Selwyn, I will answer the questions by point asked for simplicity. 1. yes some run out because the CG is forward when single pilot or low fuel, and the trim tab size is smaller to keep trailing edge weight down. A better way to look at it is that with the elevator being more effective with the large stab the tab doesn't have to work as hard, so I guess yes less trim force. Although is requires more trim changes, ie from climb to cruise to landing than before, the tab is more effective. 2. We did not change the gearing. We changed the stops. So I can post some pictures of what we did. But we set full up travel with the stick full up stop at about 15 degrees. Than build a new down stop that limits to 15 degrees down. The stick movement stays relatively the same as before making it less sensitive. 3. Yes it should be more effective with the short wing. The lower aspect ratio has less pitching moment so the stabilizing effect should be better, although I have yet to fly one with short wing and a MK2 tail. If no one else does we should know how this works in a few months here. One other topic from an earlier email. The Stick free stability is very good. That is what Marc Cook from kitplanes was testing, that is typically what I test because it is worse case and more real world application. Thanks Nick Otterback Arion Aircraft LLC R&D Technical Support 931-680-1781 nick(at)flylightning.net -----Original Message----- From: owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-lightning-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of selwyn Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2012 10:03 PM Subject: Lightning-List: Re: Thoughts and reasons for the Evoution of a Design. --> Hi Nick, A couple of queries on this. Some Lightnings tend to run out of nose up trim on approach with flap. Working from the descriptions in your article suggests that the trim forces will be reduced and less trim tab power required. Is that the case in practice? If I read you correctly, you talk about "significantly less elevator throw for the same stick movement" which implies that you are changing the gearing in the elevator circuit. What changes are made here? Finally, do you consider this mod would have similar effects on the short wing aeroplane? I do a lot of long cross countries in mine and, while lovely to fly, a little more trim stability would be nice on those 500 mile legs without an autopilot. -------- Cheers, Selwyn Kit 66 VH-ELZ Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=385343#385343 ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Thoughts on tie downs
From: "Bill Strahan" <bill(at)gdsx.com>
Date: Oct 15, 2012
Just got back from a 2500 mile round trip Dallas-Washington DC and back...the scenic route. In any case, I'm wanting to address the tie down options on my Lightning. First, I have no tie down rings on the plane. I've used the rudder bearing bracket, and the flap brackets which share the aileron brackets. I've never really liked that, but Nick indicated it wouldn't be a problem so I have been using it and not worrying about it. I carry short sections of soft nylon rope because the first time I stopped somewhere that only had chains I realized that wasn't a good idea. So the short sections just loop through the areas referenced above, and I then tie the chains to that. If the airport has decent ropes, I'll just use those and not bother with my short sections. What are other people using/doing? Here are my thoughts, and unless I get some better ideas this will be the path I go down. I'd like removable tie down rings. I don't usually tie the plane down, and if I have the option of putting it in a hanger, I will, so having tie down rings in there ALL the time seems silly. Plus, I've tapped the tail a few times on landing, and a ring would just increase the frequency of that occurrence. So, how to do this? My first thought was to embed a large aluminum angle in flock to the spar/skin in the wing ends to make the hard point. I don't like the thought of any tension trying to pull the skin off the rib/spar, but several layers of glass over the angle might alleviate my concern. Prior to bonding it in place, the angle (probably 1/8" thick) would be drilled and setup to receive the tie down ring. First thought is a 1/4" nutplate and a 1/4" bolt. I'd probably rivet a couple of strips of 1/8" thick aluminum to the angle to build a nice thickness so any bending moments would transfer into the aluminum and not try to bend the nutplate. Hmmm. A picture would do nicely here. Maybe I'll make a prototype and post. My other thought is similar, but with a modified form of quick release pin. I'd probably fabricate my own since I can't find anyone with a ring on the end, but if done properly a quick release pin can take hundreds of pounds of force without failing. The pin would go into a very similar setup as described with the nutplate, except the receiver would be steel instead of aluminum. Aluminum is too soft and would distort if under much tensions with the small contact area of the ball bearings on the quick release pin. Yep, either way is a bit of work. But it would only take 10-15 seconds to screw in the eye bolt or a second to insert the pin. I'm already carrying the small pieces of rope in case I end up somewhere with chains, so 3 tie down rings wouldn't be any more space taken up in my travel kit. So, any thoughts out there? And while I'm at it, I have one more thought: I know Arion has a control lock offered, but I'd like to consider a slightly different design. Picture a lock that goes from the spar (or seatpan) to the stick and locks that, with a portion going forward which is spring loaded and hooks into the top of each brake pedal. That design would lock all surfaces, and the spring loaded part would be similar to a parking brake. There have been a few times that it would have been very nice to have a parking brake, and it seems doable to address all of it with one small device. Thoughts on that as well? I'm thinking it's time to take 7RW on some longer flights now, so this is becoming more important. I'd like to fly her to Mexico before the year is up. Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=385406#385406 ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Re: Thoughts on tie downs
From: "Bill Strahan" <bill(at)gdsx.com>
Date: Oct 15, 2012
Never mind on making my own. Here is a link to exactly what I wanted to make as a quick release pin. http://www.prifast.co.uk/kwik-lok%20lifting.pdf It's a Kwik-Lok lifting pin. It's perfect for what I want. No idea on price yet... But I'll add to the questions now, how strong does it need to be? 1/4" pin lists at 400 pounds max load. 5/16" at 700. I can't imagine why it would need to be more than 700...if each wing is pulling with 700 pounds of force, that's just God telling me he wants me to build another plane. :) Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=385407#385407 ________________________________________________________________________________
Date: Oct 15, 2012
From: "Bernard Melendez, Jr." <n45bm(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Thoughts on tie downs
Hi Bill, Here's my solution for the tie-downs. The tail tie-down is =0Asimply a perf orated and curved 1/8" aluminum plate with a nut attached =0Awith JB weld. The unit is flocked in place and a closed loop eye bolt =0Acan be threaded from the bottom when needed. The Tie-downs in the =0Awings are aluminum blocks that are drilled/tapped f or the SS closed loop=0A eye bolts. They are "T" shaped from 3/4" bar and a re bolted to the =0Abrackets that- supports the aileron brackets. Only th e removable eye =0Abolts protrude from the bottom of the wings and tail, wh en needed. I =0Ahave a drawing if you need it, Let me know. Tail area pics in another email. Bernardo --- On Mon, 10/15/12, Bill Strahan wrote: From: Bill Strahan <bill(at)gdsx.com> Subject: Lightning-List: Thoughts on tie downs Date: Monday, October 15, 2012, 4:47 PM Just got back from a 2500 mile round trip Dallas-Washington DC and back...t he scenic route. In any case, I'm wanting to address the tie down options on my Lightning. - First, I have no tie down rings on the plane.- I've used the rudder b earing bracket, and the flap brackets which share the aileron brackets. I've never really liked that, but Nick indicated it wouldn't be a problem s o I have been using it and not worrying about it.- I carry short sections of soft nylon rope because the first time I stopped somewhere that only ha d chains I realized that wasn't a good idea.- So the short sections just loop through the areas referenced above, and I then tie the chains to that. - If the airport has decent ropes, I'll just use those and not bother wit h my short sections. What are other people using/doing? Here are my thoughts, and unless I get some better ideas this will be the p ath I go down.- I'd like removable tie down rings.- I don't usually tie the plane down, and if I have the option of putting it in a hanger, I will , so having tie down rings in there ALL the time seems silly.- Plus, I've tapped the tail a few times on landing, and a ring would just increase the frequency of that occurrence. So, how to do this?- My first thought was to embed a large aluminum angle in flock to the spar/skin in the wing ends to make the hard point.- I do n't like the thought of any tension trying to pull the skin off the rib/spa r, but several layers of glass over the angle might alleviate my concern. Prior to bonding it in place, the angle (probably 1/8" thick) would be dril led and setup to receive the tie down ring.- First thought is a 1/4" nutp late and a 1/4" bolt.- I'd probably rivet a couple of strips of 1/8" thic k aluminum to the angle to build a nice thickness so any bending moments wo uld transfer into the aluminum and not try to bend the nutplate.- Hmmm. - A picture would do nicely here.- Maybe I'll make a prototype and post . My other thought is similar, but with a modified form of quick release pin. - I'd probably fabricate my own since I can't find anyone with a ring on the end, but if done properly a quick release pin can take hundreds of poun ds of force without failing. The pin would go into a very similar setup as described with the nutplate, except the receiver would be steel instead of aluminum.- Aluminum is too soft and would distort if under much tensions with the small contact area o f the ball bearings on the quick release pin. Yep, either way is a bit of work.- But it would only take 10-15 seconds t o screw in the eye bolt or a second to insert the pin. I'm already carrying the small pieces of rope in case I end up somewhere wi th chains, so 3 tie down rings wouldn't be any more space taken up in my tr avel kit. So, any thoughts out there? And while I'm at it, I have one more thought:- I know Arion has a control lock offered, but I'd like to consider a slightly different design.- Pic ture a lock that goes from the spar (or seatpan) to the stick and locks tha t, with a portion going forward which is spring loaded and hooks into the t op of each brake pedal. That design would lock all surfaces, and the spring loaded part would be si milar to a parking brake.- There have been a few times that it would have been very nice to have a parking brake, and it seems doable to address all of it with one small device. Thoughts on that as well? I'm thinking it's time to take 7RW on some longer flights now, so this is b ecoming more important.- I'd like to fly her to Mexico before the year is up. Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=385406#385406 le, List Admin. ________________________________________________________________________________
Date: Oct 15, 2012
From: "Bernard Melendez, Jr." <n45bm(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: Tail tie-downs
Here ya go. Bernardo ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Re: Tail tie-downs
From: "Bill Strahan" <bill(at)gdsx.com>
Date: Oct 15, 2012
Yep, that's almost exactly what I imagined for the tail tie down. Except I'm about convinced to go the Kwik-Lok Lifting Pins. Don't know the cost, but it seems so cool to just push the button and insert the tiedown ring. Push it and take it out. http://www.jergensinc.com/site/product_detail.aspx?group_no=1501 I like cool. Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=385424#385424 ________________________________________________________________________________
Subject: Re: Thoughts on tie downs
From: n5pb(at)AOL.COM
Date: Oct 15, 2012
Bill, During my build I decided to add a tail tie down. Here's a couple of pics o f it. I have not done anything to the wings as i pretty much use the techn ique Nick told us to use. Bear -----Original Message----- From: Bill Strahan <bill(at)gdsx.com> Sent: Mon, Oct 15, 2012 5:48 pm Subject: Lightning-List: Thoughts on tie downs Just got back from a 2500 mile round trip Dallas-Washington DC and back...t he scenic route. In any case, I'm wanting to address the tie down options on my Lightning. First, I have no tie down rings on the plane. I've used the rudder bearing bracket, and the flap brackets which share the aileron brackets. I've never really liked that, but Nick indicated it wouldn't be a problem s o I have been using it and not worrying about it. I carry short sections of so ft nylon rope because the first time I stopped somewhere that only had chains I realized that wasn't a good idea. So the short sections just loop through the areas referenced above, and I then tie the chains to that. If the airport has decent ropes, I'll just use those and not bother with my short sections. What are other people using/doing? Here are my thoughts, and unless I get some better ideas this will be the p ath I go down. I'd like removable tie down rings. I don't usually tie the plane down, and if I have the option of putting it in a hanger, I will, so having tie down rings in there ALL the time seems silly. Plus, I've tapped the tail a few times on landing, and a ring would just increase the frequency of that occurrence. So, how to do this? My first thought was to embed a large aluminum angle i n flock to the spar/skin in the wing ends to make the hard point. I don't li ke the thought of any tension trying to pull the skin off the rib/spar, but se veral layers of glass over the angle might alleviate my concern. Prior to bonding it in place, the angle (probably 1/8" thick) would be dril led and setup to receive the tie down ring. First thought is a 1/4" nutplate a nd a 1/4" bolt. I'd probably rivet a couple of strips of 1/8" thick aluminum to the angle to build a nice thickness so any bending moments would transfer into the aluminum and not try to bend the nutplate. Hmmm. A picture would do nicel y here. Maybe I'll make a prototype and post. My other thought is similar, but with a modified form of quick release pin. I'd probably fabricate my own since I can't find anyone with a ring on the end, but if done properly a quick release pin can take hundreds of pounds of force without failing. The pin would go into a very similar setup as described with the nutplate, except the receiver would be steel instead of aluminum. Aluminum is too so ft and would distort if under much tensions with the small contact area of the ball bearings on the quick release pin. Yep, either way is a bit of work. But it would only take 10-15 seconds to screw in the eye bolt or a second to insert the pin. I'm already carrying the small pieces of rope in case I end up somewhere wi th chains, so 3 tie down rings wouldn't be any more space taken up in my trave l kit. So, any thoughts out there? And while I'm at it, I have one more thought: I know Arion has a control l ock offered, but I'd like to consider a slightly different design. Picture a l ock that goes from the spar (or seatpan) to the stick and locks that, with a po rtion going forward which is spring loaded and hooks into the top of each brake p edal. That design would lock all surfaces, and the spring loaded part would be si milar to a parking brake. There have been a few times that it would have been ve ry nice to have a parking brake, and it seems doable to address all of it with one small device. Thoughts on that as well? I'm thinking it's time to take 7RW on some longer flights now, so this is becoming more important. I'd like to fly her to Mexico before the year is up. Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=385406#385406 ________________________________________________________________________________
From: "Tex Mantell" <wb2ssj(at)rochester.rr.com>
Subject: Re: Tail tie-downs
Date: Oct 16, 2012


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