---------------------------------------------------------- Lightning-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Thu 09/27/07: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 11:09 AM - Re: Re: Auto pilot (JOSEPH MATHIAS LINDA MATHIAS) 2. 11:31 AM - H & S Lightning First Flight (Pete) 3. 04:12 PM - Re: Re: Auto pilot (tlhuffy@AOL.COM) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 11:09:20 AM PST US From: "JOSEPH MATHIAS LINDA MATHIAS" Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Re: Auto pilot Tom, My Tru Trak Digiflight II VSGV is set as follows: Roll Axis Lateral Activity 2 Lateral Torque 12 Baud 9600 Bank Angle LO Microactivity 0 GPSS Gain 16 Yaw Damper N Mag Cal N Pitch Axis Pitch Axis ON Vert Activity 2 Vert Torque 8 Min Airspeed 85 Max Airspeed 170 Static Lag 0 Microactivity 0 Half Step N These settings seemed pretty comfortable when Buz and I set them; continued adjustments are probably in order. On my trip to SYI and back last weekend, the altitude hold seems to cause some minor longitudinal "rocking". I hope to get rid of that. Congratulations on your first flight, Linda Mathias ----- Original Message ----- From: tlhuffy@aol.com To: lightning-list@matronics.com Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 8:14 PM Subject: Lightning-List: Re: Auto pilot Buzz What did you use for setting on the trutrak set ups? If you logged the settings this would save me time testing flight settings. Let me know if you have any info on this. Thanks Tom Hoffmann :) -----Original Message----- From: N1BZRich@aol.com To: lightning-list@matronics.com Sent: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 9:06 pm Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Homecoming Several folks have already written about the Lightning fly-in and others will probably do the same. My thoughts are just as have been already stated - it was an outstanding weekend. Good weather, great comradery, outstanding hospitality by the SYI group, fun hangar talk and information sharing, plus it was good to be able to put a face to the names on the list. I enjoyed Earl's talk about his world record flight, but I do hope he got home without being arrested by the "fashion" police. Pete and Nick's recount of how the Lightning came to be was certainly interesting and shows what can be accomplished by dedicated, talented people, and I am sure everyone enjoyed what they have planned for the future. As to the presentation on test flying experimental aircraft by that bald headed guy, let me know if you have any suggestions as it is scheduled to be given to other aviation groups in the near future. The weekend highlight for me was flying with many of you in the Lightning Demonstrator. I flew a total of 15 demo rides and Nick flew some as well, so hopefully everyone that wanted a flight got one. I even put seven more hours on the prototype while I was here in SYI. Unfortunately, I have to fly back to Virginia tomorrow, but I look forward to putting more time on it in the future. The next mod scheduled to be tested on the prototype will be the new wing tip extensions. Nick will start testing them sometime soon, with the goal of having their design finalized by the Sebring show. Of course the event was made even that more special when Nick made the first flight on Jim Goad's beautiful airplane. (You may not have heard, but he even has a parking brake in it.) I just happened to be in the air on a demo ride and was able to join up to provide airspeed calls in the pattern since he lost that "somewhat needed information source" during the flight. Overall "piece of cake" for the "golden hands" Nick. The next to fly will likely be Dick Clevengar's "Rocky Mountain Special" as it is being inspected this week. Congratulations to Tom, Al, and Dan are in order since this Wisconsin Lightning flew early this morning. Final thought - I predict that the Lightning team is going to get busier and busier. With a beautiful airplane that looks like it is going Mach II just sitting on the ramp and all the other outstanding things that have been written about it, Mark, Mike and Nick are certainly going to be kept busy. Mark, Shelbyville's most "eligible elder" bachelor (Ben is the youngest), will probably have to start bringing his many different dates to work with him or otherwise do without. Keep up the good work, Mark. Maybe next time we really can have a Tennessee Walking Horse breeding demonstration. Blue Skies, Buz PS: Mike, how was the ''Moostang" show? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- See what's new at AOL.com and . ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 11:31:59 AM PST US From: "Pete" Subject: Lightning-List: H & S Lightning First Flight Photos of Tom Hoffman" and Al Skruby's Lightning first flight. Pilot is Dan Jones Pete -----Original Message----- From: owner-lightning-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-lightning-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of sttwig Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 12:49 AM Subject: Lightning-List: another arrival Hello all, My Lightning, #48 was delivered late this afternoon, September 26th way up in the northwest part of the country, in Yakima, WA by Partain Transport. It was in the same truck that delivered #49 to Bill in Arizona last Friday. Since Friday it has been to Los Angeles, shared the trailer with a car, visited Van's in Oregon and arrived here sharing the trailer with a RV-10. My delivery experience was the same as Bill's in Arizona right down to the rubbed area on the inside of the canopy. In my case the Partain driver, Seth, investigated the cause and determined that the scraped area was caused by a bundle of three aluminum tubes that was packed unprotected and unsecured inside the fuselage. He removed them from the fuselage so they couldn't cause any more damage. Note to factory: those tubes need to have bubble wrap around the ends of them when they are packed for shipping. I can't say enough about the TLC that Partain's driver Seth used in caring for my Lightning while it was under his care. Thanks in advance for the support that I have seen demonstrated to previous builders and that I hope to experience. Steve Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=136710#136710 ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 04:12:04 PM PST US Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Re: Auto pilot From: tlhuffy@AOL.COM Thanks for the jump start Linda!!!??????? Tom :) -----Original Message----- From: JOSEPH MATHIAS LINDA MATHIAS Sent: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 1:08 pm Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Re: Auto pilot Tom, ? ??? My Tru Trak Digiflight II VSGV is set as follows: ? Roll Axis ??? Lateral Activity? ??? 2 ??? Lateral Torque??? 12 ??? Baud??? ??? ??? ??? ??? 9600 ??? Bank Angle??? ??? LO ??? Microactivity??? ??? 0 ??? GPSS Gain??? ??? 16 ??? Yaw Damper??? N ??? Mag Cal??? ??? ??? N ? Pitch Axis ??? Pitch Axis??? ??? ON ??? Vert Activity??? 2 ??? Vert Torque??? 8 ??? Min Airspeed??? 85 ??? Max Airspeed??? 170 ??? Static Lag??? ??? 0 ??? Microactivity??? 0 ??? Half Step??? ??? N ? ??? These settings seemed pretty comfortable when Buz and I set them; continued adjustments are probably in order.? On my trip to SYI and back last weekend, the altitude hold seems to cause some minor longitudinal "rocking".?? I hope to get rid of that. ? ??? Congratulations on your first flight,? Linda Mathias ----- Original Message ----- From: tlhuffy@aol.com Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 8:14 PM Subject: Lightning-List: Re: Auto pilot Buzz??? What did you use for setting on the trutrak? set ups?? If you logged the settings this would save me time testing flight settings.?? Let me know if you have any info on this.? Thanks???????????????? Tom Hoffmann :) -----Original Message----- From: N1BZRich@aol.com Sent: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 9:06 pm Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Homecoming Several folks have already written about the Lightning fly-in and others will probably do the same.? My thoughts are just as have been already stated - it was an outstanding weekend.? Good weather, great comradery, outstanding hospitality by the SYI group, fun hangar talk and information sharing, plus it was good to be able to put a face to the names on the list.? I enjoyed Earl's talk about his world record flight, but I do hope he got home without being arrested by the "fashion" police.? Pete and Nick's recount of how the Lightning came to be was certainly interesting and shows what can be accomplished by dedicated, talented people, and I am sure everyone enjoyed what they have planned for the future.? As to the presentation on test flying experimental aircraft by that bald headed guy, let me know if you have any suggestions as it is scheduled to be given to other aviation groups in the near future.? ? The weekend highlight for me was flying with many of you in the Lightning Demonstrator.? I flew a total of 15 demo rides and Nick flew some as well, so hopefully everyone that wanted a flight got one.? I even put seven more hours on the prototype while I was here in SYI.? Unfortunately, I have to fly back to Virginia tomorrow, but I look forward to putting more time on it in the future.? The next mod scheduled to be tested on the prototype will be the new wing tip extensions.? Nick will start testing them sometime soon, with the goal of having their design finalized by the Sebring show.? ? Of course the event was made even that more special when Nick made the first flight on Jim Goad's beautiful airplane.? (You may not have heard, but he even has a parking brake in it.)? I just happened to be in the air on a demo ride and was able to join up to provide airspeed?calls in the pattern since he lost that "somewhat needed information source" during the flight.? Overall "piece of cake" for the "golden hands" Nick.? The next to fly will likely be Dick Clevengar's "Rocky Mountain?Special" as it is being inspected this week.? Congratulations to Tom,?Al, and Dan?are in order since this Wisconsin?Lightning?flew early this morning.?? ? Final thought - I predict that the Lightning team is going to get busier and busier.? With a beautiful airplane that looks like it is going Mach II just sitting on the ramp and all the other outstanding things that have been written about it, Mark,?Mike and Nick are certainly going to be kept busy.? Mark, Shelbyville's most "eligible elder" bachelor (Ben is the youngest), will probably have to start bringing his many different dates to work with him or otherwise do without.? Keep up the good work, Mark.? Maybe next time we really can have a Tennessee Walking Horse breeding demonstration.? ? Blue Skies, Buz PS:? Mike, how was the ''Moostang" show?? See what's new at AOL.com and . Email and AIM finally together. 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