Linda,
Would you be willing to give one hour of dual instruction for compensation in
your bird to a 50K hour retired Air Force fighter pilot? He has lots of hours
in Vans RV's as well. Tenn. is too far from Hagerstown; you are the closest
CFI. My insurance is requiring this or I risk the $90K+I have in my plane for
5 hours of uninsured flight. The pilot is willing to fly to your base. I can be
reached at 571 212-7231. Thanks for your consideration.
Charles
--- On Sun, 11/30/08, JOSEPH MATHIAS LINDA MATHIAS <lbmathias@verizon.net> wrote:
> From: JOSEPH MATHIAS LINDA MATHIAS <lbmathias@verizon.net>
> Subject: Re: N 34 YZ Airworthiness
> To: lightning-list@matronics.com
> Date: Sunday, November 30, 2008, 9:40 PM
> Gary,
>
> Congratulations! Your plane looks very nice. I have
> had gear leg shimmy from almost the beginning also; I
> upgraded to top of the line tires and had them balanced. It
> disappeared for a while but now is back on most days if my
> taxi groundspeed is 18 mph or higher; I have noticed that it
> is worse if there are two people in the plane. I flew a
> couple days ago (solo) and didn't feel it at all so it
> seems to come and go without explanation.
>
> Linda
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: GARY PENNINGTON
> To: lightning-list
> Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2008 7:07 PM
> Subject: N 34 YZ Airworthiness
>
>
> Good afternoon everyone
>
> Yesterday was the end of my Lightning build process. She
> was certified "Airworthy" by the local DAR.
> Yeah!!!! At long last.
> Now, a new era begins....working out the bugs.
>
> First thing this morning, I completed another thorough
> inspection and then performed taxi tests. All was
> good...except the warning messages from the EFIS. I am
> having difficulty programming the EIS, EFIS and the other
> black boxes. I'm not really computer challenged, but you
> wouldn't know now. Nothing seems to be communicating
> with the EFIS. I guess I'm going to have to bother Ben
> again. Sorry Ben.
>
> After a few tweaks, I lined up on the active runway and
> applied throttle. With lots of right rudder and a whole lot
> of anxiety, I zoomed down the pavement. The first startling
> thing I noticed was the horrible oscillations in the gear
> legs beginning at about 20 mph. I remembered that other
> builders experienced the same thing but were able to
> eliminate it with balancing. So, I continued accelerating.
> At around 55, I rotated and climbed. The engine turned
> around 2700 rpms but had a slight vibration. I backed off to
> about 2600 rpms and it smoothed out. Weird. Warning messages
> from the EFIS continued squawking but all the temps and
> pressures were very good.
>
> After turning downwind, I backed off the throttle to
> approx. 1800 rpm to slow down and apply flaps. I discovered
> that I need to move my right leg as far down as possible to
> allow stick clearance for aileron authority. Also, the
> ailerons don't feel to be balanced. I'll call Mark
> or Nick for advice.
>
> After turning final, I pulled the throttle off for a nice
> decent. As it turned out, the idle was too low and the
> engine died. There was a certain amount of "Pucker
> Factor" involved at that moment but I was over the
> threshold and lots of runway ahead, so, I just set it down
> and rolled out. The transition training I received from
> Arion was life saving. Thanks guys.
>
> I spent the next several hours adjusting and tweaking.
> Afterward, I took off again and did five touch and gos. As I
> said in the beginning, I have bugs to work out but my girl
> flys! I have attached two photos for interested parties.
>
> Have a great day to all.
>
> Gary Pennington
>
>
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> 11/27/2008 7:53 PM
