---------------------------------------------------------- Zenith601-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sat 08/23/08: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 04:50 AM - Re: Re: Safe ZODIAC XL flight behind a Corvair (Debo Cox) 2. 06:23 AM - Re: Video from my 7.2 hour flight today (cookwithgas) 3. 09:23 AM - Re: Video from my 7.2 hour flight today (Scott Thatcher) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 04:50:58 AM PST US From: Debo Cox Subject: Re: Zenith601-List: Re: Safe ZODIAC XL flight behind a Corvair Man, it's posts like this one that keep me drilling holes in sheet metal. Thanks Scott for your inspirational post and video. Debo Cox Nags Head, NC Scratchbuilt XL/Corvair Fuselage 40% done www.mykitlog.com/debo do not archive ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 06:23:07 AM PST US Subject: Zenith601-List: Re: Video from my 7.2 hour flight today From: "cookwithgas" Dave it was just a great experience. It was my second long trip. The first was a trip to Mt. Rushmore in South Dakota with my wife and now she is hooked on flying. I had two small scares which turned in to two lessons-learned. The first one was on the way when I landed with both tanks near empty with only 2.5 usable gallons in the tanks. That is 30 minutes of reserve but I don't want to do that again. The second was on the way back when I got my compass headings mixed up and landed on a grass strip down wind. I should have flown over and found the wind sock. Instead I listened to the AWOS and landed the wrong way on the grass strip. I depend on those big numbers on the hard runways too much! I would have been better off landing crosswind on the hard runway! It was no big deal, just fast and bumpy. The 601 gear is really stout - my nose fork is heavier than the plans call for anyway because I knew I wanted to land on grass strips. Climb rate at 9,500 feet is pretty minimal. Trade airspeed for climb, then level off, build speed, then climb a little more. That is pretty high and it is a great and somewhat scary feeling to be cruising along up there in an airplane I built in my garage. Coming down is a hoot because you have all the airspeed you ever dreamed of. It makes your time en-route calculator on the GPS give some pretty nice numbers too! I really like my Lowrance 2000C airmap. It keeps me away from towers when flying low - I went around two or three that were over 3,000 feet high! The GPS shows where they are and how tall they are. It also warns me about Class Charley airspace and restricted airspace. One thing I have noticed is how stable my 601 is. I may just be lucky and always find smooth air, but I have not yet had any uncomfortable bumpy rides. Yesterday on the last leg of my trip I was at 6500' MSL above lots of scattered clouds and I noticed their shadows were moving in my direction but I had a 20 - 25 mph headwind. I ducked down under the clouds at around 2500 feet and ground speed was now indicating 10 mph faster than the ASI! I was kind of surfing the clouds (below them). It was at this point where I was getting moved around a bit but it was kind of fun - nothing violent. My airplane is not fast. I usually indicate 100 to 115 on the ASI but groundspeed is 85 to 90 depending on headwind. I got up to 125 under those clouds the whole way home. Another fun thing I did was ride some thermals. In those towering clouds, there was a lot of rising air. I actually had the nose pointed down at one point and was climbing. I can see why the birds do it. I was clear of clouds the whole time and always had a hole to see the ground. Everything else was pretty standard. Fly some, land, get gas, take off and fly some more. Attached is a picture of my fuel stop in Hannibal, MO, the boyhood home of Mark Twain. Scott Laughlin 601XL/Corvair Finished and Flying Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p 0071#200071 Attachments: http://forums.matronics.com//files/marktwain_164.jpg ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 09:23:08 AM PST US From: "Scott Thatcher" Subject: Zenith601-List: Re: Video from my 7.2 hour flight today Nice shot and a fun video Scott! If you have any showing your instrument panel in flight that would also be great. I'm planning to take mine from Palm Beach County (F45) up to North Carolina (KRHP) sometime next month and it looks like it will be about 6-7 hours also. I've got a neat little hangar at the Andrews-Murphy airport in NC and I'm looking forward to working some more on the aircraft in cooler weather. This florida heat is about to kill me! Guess I'll have to go take a swim :-) Do you recall your average ground speed and indicated airspeed? Scott Thatcher, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 601XL with WW Corvair, Registered as E-LSA N601EL, http://placestofly.com, http://eaa203.com, http://mykitlog.com/sdthatcher Webmaster: http://zenvair.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message zenith601-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Zenith601-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/zenith601-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/zenith601-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.