Lightning-List Digest Archive

Wed 02/28/07


Total Messages Posted: 5



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     1. 06:08 AM - Brian Whittinhgham, How are the speed mods coming? (Charles Dewey)
     2. 06:41 PM - Re: Brian Whittinhgham, How are the speed mods coming? (Brian Whittingham)
     3. 07:17 PM - Lightning Video (Brian Whittingham)
     4. 08:06 PM - Tom Hoffmann Auto pilot (tlhuffy@AOL.COM)
     5. 08:17 PM - Re: Brian Whittinhgham, How are the speed mods coming? (Charles Dewey)
 
 
 


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    Time: 06:08:48 AM PST US
    From: Charles Dewey <cdewey6969@yahoo.com>
    Subject: Brian Whittinhgham, How are the speed mods coming?
    Brian, Just curious how far along you are toward your speed modifications to make the Lightning super fast. Best, Charles --- N1BZRich@aol.com wrote: > Dave, > I will attach a photo of the auto pilot servos. > The pitch servo is the > most forward one. As to your right rudder > situation, that sounds just the > opposite of what I would expect with the colder > weather and thus better engine > performance and speed. Your 1/2 inch right engine > offset sounds about right > to me - I assume that is measured at the prop hub. > Are your rudder cable > tensions the same on both sides? Is there any > associated roll when you add > power? I'm stumped. > Blue Skies, > Buz > <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> > AOL now offers free > email to everyone. Find out more about what's free > from AOL at > http://www.aol.com. > Any questions? Get answers on any topic at www.Answers.yahoo.com. Try it now.


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    Time: 06:41:32 PM PST US
    From: "Brian Whittingham" <dashvii@hotmail.com>
    Subject: Brian Whittinhgham, How are the speed mods coming?
    Charles, I have done a theoretical drag count reduction. It showed some promising possibilities. I have taken measurements and will in short order cut out the gap seals. We've got some pretty high tech equipment that measures a whole lot of factors that are going to go on in flight. Problem now is that I'm waiting on the demonstrator to be finished so that I can use it. I'm using a flight test engineer riding right seat to take down data as well. Prototype can't have a right seater and I can't rely on any customer to let it stay long enough to get all the info that I want. There may be some tests that I have to redo once I start to analyze the data. Demonstrator is supposed to be done in a week, but since it's not a priority at this point I'd give it up to a month. I might do a very basic TAS comparison before and after and do a gap seal only version on the prototype before I do an in-depth testing. I could publish those results pretty soon. I'm in the middle of a move to Texas right now though and will be down there for the next few days. Thanks, Brian W. From: Charles Dewey <cdewey6969@yahoo.com> Subject: Lightning-List: Brian Whittinhgham, How are the speed mods coming? Brian, Just curious how far along you are toward your speed modifications to make the Lightning super fast. Best, Charles --- N1BZRich@aol.com wrote: > Dave, > I will attach a photo of the auto pilot servos. > The pitch servo is the > most forward one. As to your right rudder > situation, that sounds just the > opposite of what I would expect with the colder > weather and thus better engine > performance and speed. Your 1/2 inch right engine > offset sounds about right > to me - I assume that is measured at the prop hub. > Are your rudder cable > tensions the same on both sides? Is there any > associated roll when you add > power? I'm stumped. > Blue Skies, > Buz > <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> > AOL now offers free > email to everyone. Find out more about what's free > from AOL at > http://www.aol.com. > Any questions? Get answers on any topic at www.Answers.yahoo.com. Try it now. _________________________________________________________________ Find what you need at prices youll love. Compare products and save at MSN Shopping. http://shopping.msn.com/default/shp/?ptnrid=37,ptnrdata=24102&tcode=T001MSN20A0701


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    Time: 07:17:59 PM PST US
    From: "Brian Whittingham" <dashvii@hotmail.com>
    Subject: Lightning Video
    Hello subscribers, Today we were going to get together for a 4 ship formation for the promo video. Earl Furgeson flew in from Atlanta. Rick's plane has now flown. Joe Cooper's plane and Linda's plane were scheduled to fly today. Due to having several little things get done today and other things going wrong I don't believe they did get to today. Maybe in the morning or on Friday. Rick's plane is reportedly flying very well with only a slight rigging issue to be addressed and an out of balance spinner to get fixed. The demonstrator is coming along. It is back from paint and got tailfeathers done today. I will be using this plane for my drag reduction experiments and will volunteer my time to see it finished quickly. As the day progressed with several things to calibrate on Linda's plane the winds were getting gusty. Wouldn't have made a great day for formation or vidoe either one. Beautiful day out though. Nine of us went to a local diner on lunch break to trade war stories and other such things. Today I flew N17EF, Serial No. 5, Earl's plane for a bit. I'd like ot think Earl for letting me do that. This is the first ligh sport compliant Lightning that I had flown and it does fly a little differently. Earl changed a carb jet out today because he was running too rich at higher rpm's. Good news is that we got more RPM, a little more speed, and smoother running engine. Bad news is that Earl and I got into a power struggle in flight. Just kidding there Earl! All in all the day was good. Joe got to fly in both EF and BZ and so he has a little experience before jumping in his own plane. We'll try to get back together in a couple of weeks when we have some bugs worked out and get some aerial footage. I guess that about does it for updates. Brian W. _________________________________________________________________ Find a local pizza place, movie theater, and more.then map the best route! http://maps.live.com/?icid=hmtag1&FORM=MGAC01


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    Time: 08:06:48 PM PST US
    Subject: Tom Hoffmann Auto pilot
    From: tlhuffy@AOL.COM
    Hi Buzz You said you could mail me some Auto pilot pictures that would be great Tom :) -----Original Message----- From: N1BZRich@aol.com Sent: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 10:04 PM Subject: Lightning-List: Auto pilot servos Dave, I just noticed the auto pilot servos photo I sent does not show the push rods attached. The aileron servo push rod attaches directly to the bottom of the pilot's stick - where the left aileron push rod attaches. The pitch servo push rod attaches to the torque tube that connects both sticks in pitch. Easy and simple to install and works great. The TruTrak "head" allows you to adjust sensitivity. I have it optimized for cruise at altitude, so the ride down low can be bumpy with altitude hold on, but it works well. Buz AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL 326657x4311227241x4298082137/aol?redir=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eaol%2Ecom" target="_blank">AOL.com. ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.


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    Time: 08:17:07 PM PST US
    From: Charles Dewey <cdewey6969@yahoo.com>
    Subject: Brian Whittinhgham, How are the speed mods coming?
    Brian, Thanks for the response. It sounds like you are real committed to the project and I wish you the best. Would you have any use of Ken Pacer's book about speed modifications to a Mustang? If so, we can have a copy mailed to you. Best, Charles --- Brian Whittingham <dashvii@hotmail.com> wrote: > Whittingham" <dashvii@hotmail.com> > > Charles, > I have done a theoretical drag count reduction. > It showed some promising > possibilities. I have taken measurements and will > in short order cut out > the gap seals. We've got some pretty high tech > equipment that measures a > whole lot of factors that are going to go on in > flight. Problem now is that > I'm waiting on the demonstrator to be finished so > that I can use it. I'm > using a flight test engineer riding right seat to > take down data as well. > Prototype can't have a right seater and I can't rely > on any customer to let > it stay long enough to get all the info that I want. > There may be some > tests that I have to redo once I start to analyze > the data. Demonstrator > is supposed to be done in a week, but since it's not > a priority at this > point I'd give it up to a month. I might do a very > basic TAS comparison > before and after and do a gap seal only version on > the prototype before I do > an in-depth testing. I could publish those results > pretty soon. I'm in the > middle of a move to Texas right now though and will > be down there for the > next few days. Thanks, Brian W. > > > From: Charles Dewey <cdewey6969@yahoo.com> > To: lightning-list@matronics.com > Subject: Lightning-List: Brian Whittinhgham, How are > the speed mods coming? > Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 06:08:21 -0800 (PST) > > <cdewey6969@yahoo.com> > > Brian, > Just curious how far along you are toward > your > speed modifications to make the Lightning super > fast. > Best, Charles > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- N1BZRich@aol.com wrote: > > > Dave, > > I will attach a photo of the auto pilot > servos. > > The pitch servo is the > > most forward one. As to your right rudder > > situation, that sounds just the > > opposite of what I would expect with the colder > > weather and thus better engine > > performance and speed. Your 1/2 inch right > engine > > offset sounds about right > > to me - I assume that is measured at the prop > hub. > > Are your rudder cable > > tensions the same on both sides? Is there any > > associated roll when you add > > power? I'm stumped. > > Blue Skies, > > Buz > > > <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> > > AOL now offers free > > email to everyone. Find out more about what's > free > > from AOL at > > http://www.aol.com. > > > > > > > Any questions? Get answers on any topic at > www.Answers.yahoo.com. Try it > now. > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Find what you need at prices youll love. Compare > products and save at MSN > Shopping. > http://shopping.msn.com/default/shp/?ptnrid=37,ptnrdata=24102&tcode=T001MSN20A0701 > > > > browse > Subscriptions page, > FAQ, > http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Lightning-List > > Web Forums! > > > > > Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels in 45,000 destinations on Yahoo! Travel to find your fit. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097




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