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1. 01:32 AM - Re: Lightning Elevator flutter (selwyn)
2. 05:28 PM - Lightning Economy (Bill Strahan)
3. 05:55 PM - Re: Lightning Economy (n5pb@AOL.COM)
4. 07:09 PM - Re: Lightning Economy (N1BZRich@AOL.COM)
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| Subject: | Re: Lightning Elevator flutter |
Hi Buzz,
Yeah, the aileron circuit is the critical one because of the short lever arm and
the number of bearings. I was more thinking of allowable backlash at the trailing
edge of the aileron rather than that in the individual bearings. I certainly
don't have anything like a half inch but there is some and I was looking
for some information on acceptable limits.
Just at the moment I have two things on my to do list so the day must be getting
close. I'm aiming for C of A inspection on Thursday.
The gap seal issue also continues to intrigue me.
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Cheers, Selwyn
Kit 66
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| Subject: | Lightning Economy |
First, the big advantage to planning a trip in your own plane versus going commercial:
Two days before you're going to the Bahamas with your younger daughter, she says
she'd rather go to L.A. You reply "No problem" and start planning a new route.
Maybe plan a flyover of the meteor crater near Winslow. Stop at Sedona for
lunch...
The day before you're going to leave for L.A. she says she'd rather go see her
grandparents and then her uncle. Hmmm. "No problem" once again and back into
flight planning mode.
The Night before you leave she asks to stop somewhere interesting for lunch before
the grandparents. As always, "No problem!"
So the Bahamas are out, L.A. is out, and the grandparents are notified. But the
uncle is having surgery, so she requests somewhere "Like Taos, or Angel Fire."
I'm so glad I didn't buy tickets! Commercial flying just doesn't work for fickle
girls.
We went to Fredericksburg first, and had lunch and went to the Nimitz museum.
If you're into museums and have a couple of days to spare, go check out it in
Fredericksburg, Texas. You really need more than a day to do it justice!
Then on to the parents for two nights, followed by a great flight out to Santa
Fe, NM. Here's the whole route:
http://tfrcheck.com/Default.aspx?tabid=147&Route=TKI-HQZ-T82-3R9-SAF-TKI
Now, for the economy: We covered 1275 nm. We burned less than 50 gallons of
fuel! I typically flew at 125 knots and less than 5 gph.
Now THAT is economical and it's nice to take a 560 mile leg and land with more
than 2 hours of fuel in the tanks!
It's not perfect yet, but I LOVE my Lightning. And Katie didn't seem to mind spending
about 10 hours in it either!
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http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=309043#309043
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| Subject: | Re: Lightning Economy |
Bill, (and the group)
Sounds like you had fun; other things about flying in your own plane vs co
mmercial. 1. You are the pilot and 2, you are flying first class
(especially in the Lightning!!) , and 3, you can take more the 3 oz of liq
uids...
BTW, an update on my shimmy problem. I am now VERY intimate with my tire
s, tubes, brakes, brake pads (popping off the rivets and riveting new ones
on), rotors, wheels, wheel bearings, wheel bearing grease, integrated whe
el bereings, safety wire, Matco service bulletins, bolts and torque values
, dyna beads, regular wheel balancing. Not to mention the intimacy with
the controllers here at KPIE as I've probably have more high speed taxi
time than air time in the last 6 weeks....
So what caused the shimmy? Pick one....
After all new wheels, new brake pads, news tires (6-ply), new tubs and man
ual balancing, I don't have any shimmy....so like I said pick one.
However, It's been a good education though and it is why we build in the
first place...
Bear
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Strahan <bill@gdsx.com>
Sent: Mon, Aug 16, 2010 8:27 pm
Subject: Lightning-List: Lightning Economy
First, the big advantage to planning a trip in your own plane versus going
ommercial:
Two days before you're going to the Bahamas with your younger daughter, sh
e says
he'd rather go to L.A. You reply "No problem" and start planning a new ro
ute.
aybe plan a flyover of the meteor crater near Winslow. Stop at Sedona for
unch...
The day before you're going to leave for L.A. she says she'd rather go see
her
randparents and then her uncle. Hmmm. "No problem" once again and back
into
light planning mode.
The Night before you leave she asks to stop somewhere interesting for lunc
h
efore the grandparents. As always, "No problem!"
So the Bahamas are out, L.A. is out, and the grandparents are notified.
But the
ncle is having surgery, so she requests somewhere "Like Taos, or Angel Fir
e."
I'm so glad I didn't buy tickets! Commercial flying just doesn't work for
ickle girls.
We went to Fredericksburg first, and had lunch and went to the Nimitz muse
um.
f you're into museums and have a couple of days to spare, go check out it
in
redericksburg, Texas. You really need more than a day to do it justice!
Then on to the parents for two nights, followed by a great flight out to
Santa
e, NM. Here's the whole route:
http://tfrcheck.com/Default.aspx?tabid=147&Route=TKI-HQZ-T82-3R9-SAF-T
KI
Now, for the economy: We covered 1275 nm. We burned less than 50 gallon
s of
uel! I typically flew at 125 knots and less than 5 gph.
Now THAT is economical and it's nice to take a 560 mile leg and land with
more
han 2 hours of fuel in the tanks!
It's not perfect yet, but I LOVE my Lightning. And Katie didn't seem to
mind
pending about 10 hours in it either!
ead this topic online here:
http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=309043#309043
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| Subject: | Re: Lightning Economy |
Great thoughts, Bill, and I agree with Bear that you are right on. If you
happen to have any photos of your trip, I am sure the newsletter readers
would like to see them.
Blue Skies,
Buz
In a message dated 8/16/2010 8:28:43 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
bill@gdsx.com writes:
--> Lightning-List message posted by: "Bill Strahan" <bill@gdsx.com>
First, the big advantage to planning a trip in your own plane versus going
commercial:
Two days before you're going to the Bahamas with your younger daughter,
she says she'd rather go to L.A. You reply "No problem" and start planning a
new route. Maybe plan a flyover of the meteor crater near Winslow. Stop
at Sedona for lunch...
The day before you're going to leave for L.A. she says she'd rather go see
her grandparents and then her uncle. Hmmm. "No problem" once again and
back into flight planning mode.
The Night before you leave she asks to stop somewhere interesting for
lunch before the grandparents. As always, "No problem!"
So the Bahamas are out, L.A. is out, and the grandparents are notified.
But the uncle is having surgery, so she requests somewhere "Like Taos, or
Angel Fire."
I'm so glad I didn't buy tickets! Commercial flying just doesn't work for
fickle girls.
We went to Fredericksburg first, and had lunch and went to the Nimitz
museum. If you're into museums and have a couple of days to spare, go check
out it in Fredericksburg, Texas. You really need more than a day to do it
justice!
Then on to the parents for two nights, followed by a great flight out to
Santa Fe, NM. Here's the whole route:
http://tfrcheck.com/Default.aspx?tabid=147&Route=TKI-HQZ-T82-3R9-SAF-TKI
Now, for the economy: We covered 1275 nm. We burned less than 50
gallons of fuel! I typically flew at 125 knots and less than 5 gph.
Now THAT is economical and it's nice to take a 560 mile leg and land with
more than 2 hours of fuel in the tanks!
It's not perfect yet, but I LOVE my Lightning. And Katie didn't seem to
mind spending about 10 hours in it either!
Read this topic online here:
http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=309043#309043
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