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1. 09:45 AM - Re: First Flight. (Joe) (Joe)
2. 12:47 PM - Re: Re: First Flight. (Joe) (Paul Mulwitz)
3. 12:49 PM - Re: Re: First Flight. (Joe) (JEFFREY WEBB)
4. 01:11 PM - Re: Re: First Flight. (Joe) (Paul Mulwitz)
5. 05:24 PM - Re: First Flight. (PatrickW)
6. 07:53 PM - Re: Re: First Flight. (Paul Mulwitz)
7. 08:28 PM - Re: Re: First Flight. (Afterfxllc@aol.com)
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| Subject: | Re: First Flight. (Joe) |
Congratulations Paul! Keep us posted as you go through the flight test
process. A long time back, there was a thread about turning the Zodiac
landing gear around so it takes more of the weight off the nose during
landing and takeoff. I'm not sure if anyone has done that. Is there anyone
watching this thread that has actually done that? Would that be something
you would consider Paul?
Joe
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| Subject: | Re: First Flight. (Joe) |
Hi Joe,
I actually installed my gear with the flat edge forward on the first
pass. I think I understand the reason the nose is so hard to get off
the runway. It is because the main gear is put far enough behind the CG
so you can step on the step behind the wing and still not make the tail
smack in to the ground.
Paul
On 7/10/2011 9:42 AM, Joe wrote:
>
> Congratulations Paul! Keep us posted as you go through the flight test
> process. A long time back, there was a thread about turning the Zodiac
> landing gear around so it takes more of the weight off the nose during
> landing and takeoff. I'm not sure if anyone has done that. Is there
> anyone watching this thread that has actually done that? Would that be
> something you would consider Paul?
>
> Joe
>
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| Subject: | Re: First Flight. (Joe) |
That's what I plan to do as well and I'm going to go with the grove gear to save
some weight added by the upgrade.
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From: Joe <backstagelive@gmail.com>
Sent: Sun, July 10, 2011 12:42:49 PM
Subject: Zenith601-List: Re: First Flight. (Joe)
Congratulations Paul! Keep us posted as you go through the flight test process.
A long time back, there was a thread about turning the Zodiac landing gear
around so it takes more of the weight off the nose during landing and takeoff.
I'm not sure if anyone has done that. Is there anyone watching this thread that
has actually done that? Would that be something you would consider Paul?
Joe
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| Subject: | Re: First Flight. (Joe) |
Hi Joe,
Before you change something as big and heavy as the landing gear
"Spring" you might want to check into the weight and balance impact.
With the Zenith spring and Jabiru engine the first W&B came up really
nicely with the CG nearly centered in the envelope.
Paul
On 7/10/2011 12:47 PM, JEFFREY WEBB wrote:
> That's what I plan to do as well and I'm going to go with the grove
> gear to save some weight added by the upgrade.
>
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| Subject: | Re: First Flight. |
Magnificent accomplishment, Paul.
Thanks for sharing your experience. Looking forward to hearing about Phase 1...
- Pat
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Patrick Hoyt
601XLb/Corvair
N63PZ - 99.999% done....
Read this topic online here:
http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=345831#345831
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| Subject: | Re: First Flight. |
Thanks, Pat.
For now I am thinking the best thing for me to do is work on my pilot
skills and integration with my Zodiac. Yesterday I could barely control
the airspeed and attitude and I need to get a handle on that before I
can do any real testing.
I spent today fixing most of the squawks from yesterday's flight.
Perhaps I will fly again tomorrow and see how all the fixes came out.
One point of interest. I have a wood propeller and it really needed to
have its bolts retorqued after the first flight. Each one took a bout a
quarter turn to get back to the desired torque - 18 ft. lbs. in my
case. The Sensenich data said this would be necessary but I didn't
think it would take so much.
Paul
Camas, WA
XL with one whole hour of flight logged.
On 7/10/2011 5:22 PM, PatrickW wrote:
> --> Zenith601-List message posted by: "PatrickW"<pwhoyt@yahoo.com>
>
> Magnificent accomplishment, Paul.
>
> Thanks for sharing your experience. Looking forward to hearing about Phase 1...
>
> - Pat
>
> --------
> Patrick Hoyt
> 601XLb/Corvair
> N63PZ - 99.999% done....
>
>
> Read this topic online here:
>
> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=345831#345831
>
>
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| Subject: | Re: First Flight. |
Paul
Before you re torque you should loosen the bolts and let the wood relax
and then re torque you will be surprised to here it pop and crack when you
do. If you torque it when it is humid the wood swells and then when it is dry
they will lose some torque also.
In a message dated 7/10/2011 10:54:11 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
psm@att.net writes:
--> Zenith601-List message posted by: Paul Mulwitz <psm@att.net>
Thanks, Pat.
For now I am thinking the best thing for me to do is work on my pilot
skills and integration with my Zodiac. Yesterday I could barely control
the airspeed and attitude and I need to get a handle on that before I
can do any real testing.
I spent today fixing most of the squawks from yesterday's flight.
Perhaps I will fly again tomorrow and see how all the fixes came out.
One point of interest. I have a wood propeller and it really needed to
have its bolts retorqued after the first flight. Each one took a bout a
quarter turn to get back to the desired torque - 18 ft. lbs. in my
case. The Sensenich data said this would be necessary but I didn't
think it would take so much.
Paul
Camas, WA
XL with one whole hour of flight logged.
On 7/10/2011 5:22 PM, PatrickW wrote:
> --> Zenith601-List message posted by: "PatrickW"<pwhoyt@yahoo.com>
>
> Magnificent accomplishment, Paul.
>
> Thanks for sharing your experience. Looking forward to hearing about
Phase 1...
>
> - Pat
>
> --------
> Patrick Hoyt
> 601XLb/Corvair
> N63PZ - 99.999% done....
>
>
> Read this topic online here:
>
> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=345831#345831
>
>
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