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jmaynard
Joined: 27 Feb 2008
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Location: Fairmont, MN (FRM)
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 Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 10:56 am Post subject: The love affair begins... |
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I made my first real flight as pilot in command of my new airplane this
morning. (I'd gotten some time in yesterday, while getting a ride to the
factory, but not much, and no landings.) I was, quite frankly, nervous about
it. I'd only done passably in the Zodiac I flew back in February, and this
one was my airplane!!...
It went far better than I'd expected, and as well as I could have asked for.
We got going early so the wind and turbulence wouldn't be a problem. It paid
off, because we were pretty comfortable the whole time. We flew over to a
nice, but little used, airport about 15 miles away, and for the next hour
plus, I made takeoffs and landings in all of the aircraft's various
configurations, with a couple of go-arounds and one power-off approach
thrown in for good measure. All 10 landings failed to suck; none were real
greasers, but they were all quite acceptable. The airplane did just what I
told it to, and I finally felt like I knew how to fly it. It's almost like
it knew it was performing for its new owner.
I think I'll keep it. We're still working through a list of things to be
fixed, but it's shrinking steadily, and by the time I leave (likely, Friday
morning), it'll be empty.
We'll do the traditional handing over of the keys picture with me in the
TRON costume, and then I'll taxi down to the aviation college and get
pictures with the students and faculty down there. That will likely be
tomorrow afternoon. (They're fixing some paint issues on the airplane this
afternoon.)
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Jay Maynard, K5ZC http://www.conmicro.com
http://jmaynard.livejournal.com http://www.tronguy.net
Fairmont, MN (FRM) (Yes, that's me!)
AMD Zodiac CH601XLi N55ZC (ordered 17 March, delivery 10 June)
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Gig Giacona
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Location: El Dorado Arkansas USA
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| Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 12:35 pm Post subject: Re: The love affair begins... |
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I must know. Are you going to be wearing the Tron suit when you stop off here?
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jmaynard
Joined: 27 Feb 2008
Posts: 394
Location: Fairmont, MN (FRM)
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| Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 1:33 pm Post subject: The love affair begins... |
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On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 01:35:10PM -0700, Gig Giacona wrote:
| Quote: | I must know. Are you going to be wearing the Tron suit when you stop off
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Heh...no, but I will have it with me. I don't wear it unless I'm making an
appearance of some sort; it's getting kinda long in the tooth and showing
significant wear.
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Jay Maynard, K5ZC http://www.conmicro.com
http://jmaynard.livejournal.com http://www.tronguy.net
Fairmont, MN (FRM) (Yes, that's me!)
AMD Zodiac CH601XLi N55ZC (got it!)
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leinad
Joined: 19 Sep 2006
Posts: 283
Location: Central Virginia
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| Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 5:07 pm Post subject: Re: The love affair begins... |
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Jay,
You might try adding a cyclic redundancy check.. Choose a good polynomial and add it to the suit. Then if it ever fails to checksum go back to the original and restore it. That should prevent any further degradation.
Dan
| jmaynard wrote: | On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 01:35:10PM -0700, Gig Giacona wrote:
| Quote: | I must know. Are you going to be wearing the Tron suit when you stop off
here?
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Heh...no, but I will have it with me. I don't wear it unless I'm making an
appearance of some sort; it's getting kinda long in the tooth and showing
significant wear.
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Jay Maynard, K5ZC http://www.conmicro.com
http://jmaynard.livejournal.com http://www.tronguy.net
Fairmont, MN (FRM) (Yes, that's me!)
AMD Zodiac CH601XLi N55ZC (got it!) |
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kmccune
Joined: 22 Sep 2007
Posts: 577
Location: Wisconsin, USA
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| Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 5:10 pm Post subject: Re: The love affair begins... |
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Congrats!
Kevin
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R.W. Emerson (1803-1882)
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Ron Lendon
Joined: 10 Jan 2006
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Location: Clinton Twp., MI
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| Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 6:02 pm Post subject: Re: The love affair begins... |
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Jay,
You have a beautiful airplane there. My first flight in one was the convincer for me to go ahead and get the plans. Congratulations!
do not archive
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jmaynard
Joined: 27 Feb 2008
Posts: 394
Location: Fairmont, MN (FRM)
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| Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 6:15 pm Post subject: The love affair begins... |
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On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 07:02:52PM -0700, Ron Lendon wrote:
| Quote: | You have a beautiful airplane there.
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I have to admit to some trepidation when I first laid out the design, but
I've gotten nothing but compliments on it ever since posting the pictures.
It's even better looking in person.
| Quote: | My first flight in one was the convincer for me to go ahead and get the
plans. Congratulations!
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Actually, my first flight in one had me wondering if it was the right plane
for me: I had a hell of a time getting the feel of it. It wasn't till today
that I felt like I had it down. You know how instructors talk about control
pressures when teaching flying? Until today, that's the term I used, but it
wasn't what I instinctively felt. Now, I get it. I might even have to go
take a helicopter intro flight sometime just to see if it really is the same
kind of thing.
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Jay Maynard, K5ZC http://www.conmicro.com
http://jmaynard.livejournal.com http://www.tronguy.net
Fairmont, MN (FRM) (Yes, that's me!)
AMD Zodiac CH601XLi N55ZC (got it!)
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