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1. 01:36 AM - Exhaust trimming? (James, Clive R)
2. 03:35 AM - Re: Exhaust trimming? (Daniel DW)
3. 04:03 AM - Re: Exhaust trimming? (Jim Langley)
4. 04:34 AM - Posted updates (Jim Langley)
5. 05:01 AM - Esqual 100% (luigit@freemail.it)
6. 07:08 PM - Re: need some chatter here (N1BZRich@aol.com)
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Subject: | Exhaust trimming? |
My Esqual, as of today, is now 100% legal to fly (and finished).
Tomorrow an experienced test pilot will do the first few flights and
then convert me over (I hope).
Hopefully I should have some flying pics tomorrow.
One question that Esqual and lightning folk can help me with. I have the
single downpipe on the 3300, see attached, how much of it can I cut off
without getting a stained underside on the fuselage?.
Danny how is it over in Belgium? Did you get your engine mount from Pete
yet?
Jim, very impressive colour scheme, wasn't sure about the orange from
the tail pictures but on the full aircraft it works really well. I need
some stripes on my vanilla Esqual.
Also building again so soon! My wife has said I have to have some time
off before the next one, something about a new bathroom.....
Regards to all, Clive
UK Esqual #1 (#39)
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Subject: | Exhaust trimming? |
Hi Clive,
wish you all the best for tomorrow.
My plane is at the paintshop this week.
Engine mount should be shipped this week (hopefully).
I have the engine and all the rest is ready to be mounted again.
I hope the cowling will still fit.
Kind regardsDanny
> Subject: Lightning-List: Exhaust trimming?> Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:27:
34 +0100> From: clive.james@uk.bp.com> To: lightning-list@matronics.com> >
My Esqual, as of today, is now 100% legal to fly (and finished). > Tomorrow
an experienced test pilot will do the first few flights and> then convert
me over (I hope).> Hopefully I should have some flying pics tomorrow.> > On
e question that Esqual and lightning folk can help me with. I have the> sin
gle downpipe on the 3300, see attached, how much of it can I cut off> witho
ut getting a stained underside on the fuselage?.> > Danny how is it over in
Belgium? Did you get your engine mount from Pete> yet?> > > Jim, very impr
essive colour scheme, wasn't sure about the orange from> the tail pictures
but on the full aircraft it works really well. I need> some stripes on my v
anilla Esqual. > Also building again so soon! My wife has said I have to ha
ve some time> off before the next one, something about a new bathroom.....>
> Regards to all, Clive > UK Esqual #1 (#39)
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Subject: | Exhaust trimming? |
Lol!
Yes, I will have to take care of some HoneyDo list items before I start
again as well.
Good luck today!
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[mailto:owner-lightning-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of James, Clive
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Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 4:28 AM
Subject: Lightning-List: Exhaust trimming?
My Esqual, as of today, is now 100% legal to fly (and finished).
Tomorrow an experienced test pilot will do the first few flights and then
convert me over (I hope).
Hopefully I should have some flying pics tomorrow.
One question that Esqual and lightning folk can help me with. I have the
single downpipe on the 3300, see attached, how much of it can I cut off
without getting a stained underside on the fuselage?.
Danny how is it over in Belgium? Did you get your engine mount from Pete
yet?
Jim, very impressive colour scheme, wasn't sure about the orange from the
tail pictures but on the full aircraft it works really well. I need some
stripes on my vanilla Esqual.
Also building again so soon! My wife has said I have to have some time off
before the next one, something about a new bathroom.....
Regards to all, Clive
UK Esqual #1 (#39)
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If you want to follow my progress, you can see it at www.jimslightning.com
After my bird has passed its inspection and I am flying and not building, I
plan on going back and expanding the site to be more of a Lightning general
support site with build help and cool links.
I have been collecting your best ideas over the past year, just waiting for
this time.
I should start updating in a couple of months.
Jim!
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Subject: | Re: need some chatter here |
In a message dated 6/20/2008 9:14:53 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
wb2ssj@earthlink.net writes:
I guess everyone is still pondering the accident and there has been little
to talk about. I have some questions and would like to see some talk going on
as I am moving foward with my project.
1. Has anyone come up with a good tie down method for the lighting?
2. Which side did you all put your wing light and why?
3. How much drag do you think the wing light produces?
4. I hope to get the base of the air speed unit flush with the bottom of the
wing. This should help reduce some drag. Every little bit helps.
5. Who all are going to Oshkosh?
Tex, Pete, and all listers.
Right on, it has been quite on the list. I have been very busy with
other projects, but at the moment am back in SYI to try out the new wing tips
on
the prototype and probably do some more prop testing on the new Demo. Nick
has put quite a bit of time on the new tips, but just wants me to see what I
think. I certainly trust his judgement, but any invitation to fly a
Lightning is a wonderful thing.
Flight out here today was good with only some light showers near
Knoxville. Made the entire flight at 6,500 and used a slightly different technique
for the flight. Normally I set the fuel flow I want and accept the rpm and
tas that gives me. In the past I have set 6 gph and that (at 8 to 10 thousand
feet) usually gives me something like 170 mph tas and the rpm will be around
3050 to 3100. My engine cools well at those numbers so that kind of became
my XC technique. Now with fuel being a little more costly I have started
trying some new techniques. Today at 6,500 feet for the entire flight I just
set 2950 rpm and the resultant indicated fuel flow was something like 5.7 gph.
I have my fuel flow transducer set slightly on the conservative side, so I
knew I was actually burning a little less than that. True airspeed for the
flight varied from 152 mph for the first hour and then gradually went up to
158 by the end of the flight as I got lighter. After the flight the calibrated
fuel flow based on start up at JGG to shut down at SYI was 5.5 gph. My
ground speed (with a steady 20 knots on the nose for the entire flight) from
start of TO roll to shut down was 138 mph. Factor in the 20 knots on the nose
and you come up with the 158 mph that I was seeing while in flight.
Now some comments on your other points:
1 - As always, Pete Disher has come up with a good idea for the tie down.
However, I think one improvement would be to weld the nut onto the metal
bracket and then just screw in the eye bolts when you need a tie down. That way
no drag in flight.
2 - My airplane had a light on each wing. One is taxi and one is landing.
The only difference is the angle that the actual lights are mounted on the
wing. In the taxi position one light shines down the runway and the other
shines closer to the area in front of the airplane. Of course on final with the
landing attitude the closer light shines a little further down the runway.
Works for me, but I don't seem to fly as much at night as I used to. I am
finding out that sometimes "dark air has no lift".
3 - Probably very little - less than a mph. They will add some weight, but
then everything that you add, adds weight.
4 - Good work. Send us photos for the newsletter when you can.
5 - I will be at Oshkosh, and like most years quite early for my work in
vintage show plane registration and camping. In past years they wanted me there
at least a week early, but my most recent request from them is 10 days early
this year. I will likely try to arrive 18 July.
We need to have at least one get together at the Lightning display area
and also we all need to attend Nick's Lightning forum. I have that info
written down, but not with me at the moment. The July newsletter will be out
in
about a week and will have that info.
Blue Skies,
Buz
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