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1. 05:53 AM - Green Landings update (Kayberg@aol.com)
2. 09:14 AM - Re: Green Landings update (CHMIK@AOL.COM)
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| Subject: | Green Landings update |
Guys,
I am way overdue for this, but better late than never.
As you may know, three of us work out of Green Landings (see
_www.greenlandings.com_ (http://www.greenlandings.com) ) to offer Lightning sales and a
build center for both Lightnings and SkyRangers (see _www.skyrangeraircraft.com_
(http://www.skyrangeraircraft.com) ). A little more than three weeks ago we
completed our first Lightning. We had gone to Tennesee to do the
preliminary fitting of wings and tailfeathers, only about 4 days of work, and
then
worked in our own shops ever since. Quite a challenge, since we had no build
manual. But from our experience, trial and error, along with many, many
phone calls to Shelbyville and not a few emails, we completed our bird.
We have over 30 hours on it now. For those of you who are serious flight
test engineers, I will have to disappoint you. We simply love to fly and
are not following much of a test plan. Initially it was takeoffs, full
throttle runs to check on cooling, chasing gremlins of various components and
just
fun flying.
No, we dont have the wheel pants and fairings on it yet, partly because we
are busy building the next two with their owners! We are just blasting
around the sky at 160 mph indicated and doing whatever we feel like! The latest
has been doing rolls. It was discovered that you can actually gain altitude
solo doing rolls, so well over 40 rolls have been performed with different
degrees of success. The unnamed pilot claims it rolls like an Extra 300.
Since the rest of us havent flown one of those, we cant confirm.
We have no fuel flow numbers to crunch, no prop pitch to recomend ( we
keeps changing it)and no takeoff and landing data. It takes off quick, flys
fast and handles reasonably well at low speeds. We fly off a grass strip that
is 2200 feet and a bit bumpy in spots. No problem. With full flaps, you will
never overshoot a landing!
It was a little dramatic to fly at first because of the performance, but the
handling made that much easier. It is an honest airplane in roll and pitch,
there is enough rudder for low speed handlings and requires virtually no
rudder at speeds. To me it is two airplanes. It flys one way at less than 100
mph and another when faster.
It is a great bird to chase RV-6s and an occasional Swift. It makes you
feel good to know you have RV performance at almost 1/2 the fuel burn and
perhaps 1/10 the build time. Plus it draws a crowd when we go for fuel!
So sorry if this is a bit goofy for a pilot report. I have been goofy for
a long time. But loving our Lightning.
Doug Koenigsberg
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| Subject: | Re: Green Landings update |
Congratulations on your flight. I hope to recieve the Lightning kit I ordered
from Ryan at "Green Landings" later this month. He has been very helpful to
me so far...... charlie keith... (FKN)
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