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darinh

Joined: 20 Apr 2006
Posts: 327
Location: Utah

Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 9:30 am Post subject: Inspiration....

Here is some inspiration for you guys that are still slaving away in the shop.

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Darin Hawkes
Series 7
914 Turbo
Kaysville, Utah

SkySteve

Joined: 16 Dec 2007
Posts: 94
Location: Huntsville, UT

Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 9:34 am Post subject: Re: Inspiration....

Hey, Darin,

She looks great!  Where were you?  Salt Flats?  



John Oakley and I plan to go to Wings & Wheels in Wendover next Sat (9/20/2008).  Wanna go?  A flight of three Kitfoxes?

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Huntsville, UT
Kitfox Model 1- 85DD
912A / 3 Blade Warp Drive
Convertible Nosewheel & Tailwheel

darinh

Joined: 20 Apr 2006
Posts: 327
Location: Utah

Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 10:10 am Post subject: Re: Inspiration....

Steve,



That is just West of ATK.  I would love to go but my limitation won't let me go any farther west than Promontory Point until the 40 hrs are off.

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Darin Hawkes
Series 7
914 Turbo
Kaysville, Utah

paul(at)eucleides.com
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Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 11:07 am Post subject: Inspiration....

On Mon, September 15, 2008 10:30 am, darinh wrote:

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 Here is some inspiration for you guys that are still slaving away in the shop.


	


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Looks like Bonneville Salt Flats. Any restrictions on landing there?



Good looking plane, nice workmanship is apparent.

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darinh

Joined: 20 Apr 2006
Posts: 327
Location: Utah

Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 11:25 am Post subject: Re: Inspiration....

This isn't as far west as Bonneville Salt Flats.  I am sure there are restrictions in areas such as the Bear River Bird Refuge and other such places but we have literally endless acres of this type of landscape that you can land on here in Utah and Eastern Nevada.

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Darin Hawkes
Series 7
914 Turbo
Kaysville, Utah

kerrjohna(at)comcast.net
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Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 11:28 am Post subject: Inspiration....

Darin, I love it.

  

 John

  

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JetPilot

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 1246

Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 11:29 am Post subject: Re: Inspiration....

 	  darinh wrote: 	
		  Steve,



That is just West of ATK.  I would love to go but my limitation won't let me go any farther west than Promontory Point until the 40 hrs are off. 	




There are 40 hours of daylight left between now and 9-20-2008, its doable    



Nice looking plane, the black on red is just awesome !   Looks like the perfect area for testing too.



Mike

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Lynn Matteson

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 2778
Location: Grass Lake, Michigan

Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 12:09 pm Post subject: Inspiration....

I thought it looked a little too grey to be Bonneville. Both times I  

drove to the Flats, it was nothing but white. And having flown over  

there last year, returning from California via a stopover in  

Wendover, it looked bleached white from the air too.



Lynn Matteson

Kitfox IV Speedster

Jabiru 2200, 562 hrs...engine assembled and back in the plane;  

waiting for new ignition system

Status: "Condition grounded, but determined to try."  (Pink  

Floyd..."Learning to Fly")

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On Sep 15, 2008, at 3:06 PM, Paul A. Franz, P.E. wrote:



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 On Mon, September 15, 2008 10:30 am, darinh wrote:

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> Here is some inspiration for you guys that are still slaving away  

> in the shop.



> http://forums.matronics.com//files/dscf2604_large_536.jpg

> http://forums.matronics.com//files/dscf2603_large_130.jpg



 Looks like Bonneville Salt Flats. Any restrictions on landing there?



 Good looking plane, nice workmanship is apparent.

 -- 

 Paul A. Franz, P.E.

 PAF Consulting Engineers

 Office 425.440.9505

 Cell 425.241.1618

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Kitfox IV-Jabiru 2200
N369LM

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Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 3:19 pm Post subject: Inspiration....

Nice Photos - amazing I have almost identical photo of mine on a large frozen lake bed!

 

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Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 3:46 pm Post subject: Inspiration....

<?xml:namespace prefix="v" /><?xml:namespace prefix="o" /><![endif]-->  Looks dang good Darin. Thanks

  

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darinh

Joined: 20 Apr 2006
Posts: 327
Location: Utah

Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 6:18 pm Post subject: Re: Inspiration....

Thanks for the comments guys...I am pretty happy with the way it turned out.  Just after this picture, I decided to see what it would do in a sustained climb to altitude.  I took off and climbed to 10.5...I have a picture of my Dynon indicating 650'/min, DA 11,440, IAS of 72 mph and TAS of 86 mph.  MAP was 30" and rpm was 5000.  I am not exactly sure what Vx is yet but suspect it is down in the mid to upper 50's and Vy is probably low 60's so I could have pushed it a bit more.  



I don't think my waste gate is working exactly as it should though because according to Rotax, I should be able to push 34+ MAP up to 16k.  I don't think I would have got much more than 31 or 32 on Saturday if I would have gone WOT and that was at the DA listed above.  I need to double check the waste gate servo again.

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