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| Subject: | Happy Thanksgiving! |
Happy Thanksgiving to all the Kolbers and Kolbettes on the list, piddled with the
FF a bit today and then took it flying for about 15 minutes. Had a good little
breeze today, and up to now had only flown it in calm conditions. Flew good,
ailerons are heavy as sin, feels way heavier than my MKIII, so the next part
of the project will be to change the bellcrank arms for less throw and more
leverage. Otherwise it flew fine.
The 277 now vibrates no more than any other 2 stroke above 5,000, and it is slightly
worse but still acceptable from 4,500 to 5,000 so will quit worrying about
that.
Also, on the other thread; Bill Sullivan asked about the effect of the exhaust
pipe heating the wing fabric - now that the outlet is at the front I could hold
my hand at the exhaust outlet and was quite surprised that at 6" away there
is no heat at all. You have to get to within 2" before it starts to get hot. Wouldn't
have guessed that.
It is supposed to get up to 60 tomorrow, so will rejet it a tad richer and try
it again. The EGT kept flirting with 1200 today, that is a bit too hot.
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Richard Pike
Kolb MKIII N420P (420ldPoops)
Kingsport, TN 3TN0
Forgiving is tough, being forgiven is wonderful, and Grace really is amazing.
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