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1. 07:17 AM - Re: Unusable fuel (rampil)
2. 12:34 PM - door fitting query (Rowland Carson)
3. 01:49 PM - It really does fly (Vaughan, Lee)
4. 02:15 PM - Re: It really does fly (Roger Sheridan)
5. 05:44 PM - Re: It really does fly (Martin Tuck)
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Subject: | Re: Unusable fuel |
Thanks Karl!
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Ira N224XS
Read this topic online here:
http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=461208#461208
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Subject: | door fitting query |
Re fitting the doors, chapter 35, page 35-1, of the fine manual says:
"you will need to spring them into place, this is quite normal, the tapered shoot-bolts
pull them down to the shape of the fuselage and onto the rubber seal
My doors do need to be sprung into place but not, as far as I can tell, in the
way described above. The curve of the doors does seem to match the shape of the
fuselage recess quite well.
I havent yet fitted the hinges, but have fettled the door tangs as called out,
and the top edge of the door is near to touching the edge of the door recess all
the way between the hinge tangs. When I lower it into position, the bottom
edge of the door catches slightly on the lower edge of the door recess. Its possible
to spring it slightly to make it fit, but the pressure needed is UP, not
DOWN. I dont feel happy about leaving it thus, for the following reasons.
(1) When the door is sprung into place like that, the central sections of the front
and rear window-frames are being pushed out slightly proud of the door recess.
(2) If the door catches on the sill in that way in service, it will destroy the
finish on both parts quite quickly.
So, I plan to remove about 1 or 2mm along the bottom edge of the door. Before I
get started with the long PermaGrit sanding block, can anyone offer a good reason
not to do so?
in friendship
Rowland
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Subject: | It really does fly |
N69XS took to the skies July 4th 2015. Overly high oil temperatures allowe
d only four very brief flights before I decided I needed to remake the cowl
ing. Last winter/spring was spent doing just that.
Forward to this summer I have just recently resolved the oil temperature is
sue to my satisfaction, after much modification and testing.
A069 was the first XS sold. It was on display at Oshkosh. I purchased it
there and trailered it home. A very, very, long time later, three moves to
three different states, new homes and jobs; I finally stayed in one place
long enough to finish it. I'm 11 hours into the FAA required 40 hour testi
ng period.
The details:
Weight: 902 lbs
Engine: BMW R1100RS 90 Hp Fuel injected, Computer controlled, A
ltitude compensating.
Reduction: 2.5:1 from Take Off of Germany
Propeller: Warp drive three blade ground adjustable.
I want to thank Bob Berube & Bud for their support. Bob Borger for letting
me visit and see his lovely plane.
A special thanks to Jim Butcher for giving me a ride in his monowheel to he
lp me get my perspective right before I flew mine. I had the good fortune
to get checked out in a monowheel so I could Ferry the factory demonstrator
for a new owner from Lakeland to Albuquerque but that was 15 years ago
Many thanks to the forum, it is a great resource.
Cheers,
Lee Vaughan
vaughanrl@pella.com<mailto:vaughanrl@pella.com>
N69XS A069
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Subject: | Re: It really does fly |
That=99s an awesome achievement Lee, many congratulations.
> On 12 Oct 2016, at 21:48, Vaughan, Lee <vaughanrl@pella.com> wrote:
>
> N69XS took to the skies July 4th 2015. Overly high oil temperatures
allowed only four very brief flights before I decided I needed to remake
the cowling. Last winter/spring was spent doing just that.
>
> Forward to this summer I have just recently resolved the oil
temperature issue to my satisfaction, after much modification and
testing.
>
> A069 was the first XS sold. It was on display at Oshkosh. I
purchased it there and trailered it home. A very, very, long time
later, three moves to three different states, new homes and jobs; I
finally stayed in one place long enough to finish it. I=99m 11
hours into the FAA required 40 hour testing period.
>
> The details:
> Weight: 902 lbs
> Engine: BMW R1100RS 90 Hp Fuel injected, Computer
controlled, Altitude compensating.
> Reduction: 2.5:1 from Take Off of Germany
> Propeller: Warp drive three blade ground adjustable.
>
> I want to thank Bob Berube & Bud for their support. Bob Borger for
letting me visit and see his lovely plane.
>
> A special thanks to Jim Butcher for giving me a ride in his monowheel
to help me get my perspective right before I flew mine. I had the good
fortune to get checked out in a monowheel so I could Ferry the factory
demonstrator for a new owner from Lakeland to Albuquerque but that was
15 years ago
>
> Many thanks to the forum, it is a great resource.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Lee Vaughan
> vaughanrl@pella.com <mailto:vaughanrl@pella.com>
> N69XS A069
>
>
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Subject: | Re: It really does fly |
Congratulations Lee, welcome to the fold.
Regards,
Martin Tuck
Europa N152MT
On 10/12/2016 3:48 PM, Vaughan, Lee wrote:
>
> N69XS took to the skies July 4^th 2015. Overly high oil temperatures
> allowed only four very brief flights before I decided I needed to
> remake the cowling. Last winter/spring was spent doing just that.
>
> Forward to this summer I have just recently resolved the oil
> temperature issue to my satisfaction, after much modification and testing.
>
> A069 was the first XS sold. It was on display at Oshkosh. I
> purchased it there and trailered it home. A very, very, long time
> later, three moves to three different states, new homes and jobs; I
> finally stayed in one place long enough to finish it. Im 11 hours
> into the FAA required 40 hour testing period.
>
> The details:
>
> Weight: 902 lbs
>
> Engine: BMW R1100RS 90 Hp Fuel injected, Computer controlled, Altitude
> compensating.
>
> Reduction: 2.5:1 from Take Off of Germany
>
> Propeller: Warp drive three blade ground adjustable.
>
> I want to thank Bob Berube & Bud for their support. Bob Borger for
> letting me visit and see his lovely plane.
>
> A special thanks to Jim Butcher for giving me a ride in his monowheel
> to help me get my perspective right before I flew mine. I had the
> good fortune to get checked out in a monowheel so I could Ferry the
> factory demonstrator for a new owner from Lakeland to Albuquerque but
> that was 15 years ago
>
> Many thanks to the forum, it is a great resource.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Lee Vaughan
>
> vaughanrl@pella.com <mailto:vaughanrl@pella.com>
>
> N69XS A069
>
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