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harley(at)AgelessWings.co
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 Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 7:18 am Post subject: After 30 years... |
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Here it is...at last. After 30 years of working on N28EZ it's ready to go down to the hangar and join up with it's already finished wings, drain the tanks, do the weight and balance and call the FAA! And do whatever else I find is needed to get it flying.
This was just a quick video with the cowlings on for appearance sake...I've already run it several times without the cowl to set the idle, check the gauges, temperatures, etc. It has dual P-mags and a Dynon D-180, Anywhere Map Pro, B&C alternator and starter, Microair radio and transponder, etc. All gauges, switches and readouts performed as expected in the earlier runs! RPM, voltages and temperatures were in the ball park. Modified Z13-8 wiring. Started with the Z13-8, then modified it as I went along.
This last video, though, it couldn't wait for me to finish...at 2250 RPM, it jumped the right chock and tried to fly!
http://youtu.be/LJVIl1ERwSA
Harley Dixon
Long EZ N28EZ (finally all done...just have to reassemble)
Hangar 29
Canandaigua Airport, Canandaigua, NY
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Robert Reed
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| Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 7:37 am Post subject: After 30 years... |
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Contrats!!! Maybe there is hope that I will eventually finish my KIS Cruiser as well. Why is it that life keeps getting in the way of our more important hobbies???
From: Harley <harley(at)AgelessWings.com>
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Sent: Fri, September 14, 2012 10:19:34 AM
Subject: After 30 years...
Here it is...at last. After 30 years of working on N28EZ it's ready to go down to the hangar and join up with it's already finished wings, drain the tanks, do the weight and balance and call the FAA! And do whatever else I find is needed to get it flying.
This was just a quick video with the cowlings on for appearance sake...I've already run it several times without the cowl to set the idle, check the gauges, temperatures, etc. It has dual P-mags and a Dynon D-180, Anywhere Map Pro, B&C alternator and starter, Microair radio and transponder, etc. All gauges, switches and readouts performed as expected in the earlier runs! RPM, voltages and temperatures were in the ball park. Modified Z13-8 wiring. Started with the Z13-8, then modified it as I went along.
This last video, though, it couldn't wait for me to finish...at 2250 RPM, it jumped the right chock and tried to fly!
http://youtu.be/LJVIl1ERwSA
Harley Dixon
Long EZ N28EZ (finally all done...just have to reassemble)
Hangar 29
Canandaigua Airport, Canandaigua, NY
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harley(at)AgelessWings.co
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| Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 7:48 am Post subject: After 30 years... |
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When I retired, I thought that I would be able to zip right through it...but then I came down with a little medical problem...leukemia.
Took 8 years to get to the point this year where the FAA finally approved me to fly again...meanwhile, I worked on the plane whenever I could...took time, but well worth it to hear it start and run...especially as well as it does with all the new gadgets on it! A lot of instrumentation changes since I first started it in 1982!
Harley
On 9/14/2012 11:36 AM, Robert Reed wrote:
[quote] Contrats!!! Maybe there is hope that I will eventually finish my KIS Cruiser as well. Why is it that life keeps getting in the way of our more important hobbies???
From: Harley <harley(at)AgelessWings.com> (harley(at)AgelessWings.com)
To: aeroelectric-list(at)matronics.com (aeroelectric-list(at)matronics.com)
Sent: Fri, September 14, 2012 10:19:34 AM
Subject: After 30 years...
Here it is...at last. After 30 years of working on N28EZ it's ready to go down to the hangar and join up with it's already finished wings, drain the tanks, do the weight and balance and call the FAA! And do whatever else I find is needed to get it flying.
This was just a quick video with the cowlings on for appearance sake...I've already run it several times without the cowl to set the idle, check the gauges, temperatures, etc. It has dual P-mags and a Dynon D-180, Anywhere Map Pro, B&C alternator and starter, Microair radio and transponder, etc. All gauges, switches and readouts performed as expected in the earlier runs! RPM, voltages and temperatures were in the ball park. Modified Z13-8 wiring. Started with the Z13-8, then modified it as I went along.
This last video, though, it couldn't wait for me to finish...at 2250 RPM, it jumped the right chock and tried to fly!
http://youtu.be/LJVIl1ERwSA
Harley Dixon
Long EZ N28EZ (finally all done...just have to reassemble)
Hangar 29
Canandaigua Airport, Canandaigua, NY
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Mauledriver(at)nc.rr.com
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| Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 9:02 am Post subject: After 30 years... |
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Yes, it looks like it needs to fly. Congratulations!
Bill Watson
On 9/14/2012 11:17 AM, Harley wrote:
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Here it is...at last. After 30 years of working on N28EZ it's ready to go down to the hangar and join up with it's already finished wings, drain the tanks, do the weight and balance and call the FAA! And do whatever else I find is needed to get it flying.
This was just a quick video with the cowlings on for appearance sake...I've already run it several times without the cowl to set the idle, check the gauges, temperatures, etc. It has dual P-mags and a Dynon D-180, Anywhere Map Pro, B&C alternator and starter, Microair radio and transponder, etc. All gauges, switches and readouts performed as expected in the earlier runs! RPM, voltages and temperatures were in the ball park. Modified Z13-8 wiring. Started with the Z13-8, then modified it as I went along.
This last video, though, it couldn't wait for me to finish...at 2250 RPM, it jumped the right chock and tried to fly!
http://youtu.be/LJVIl1ERwSA
Harley Dixon
Long EZ N28EZ (finally all done...just have to reassemble)
Hangar 29
Canandaigua Airport, Canandaigua, NY
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nuckolls.bob(at)aeroelect
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| Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 9:03 am Post subject: After 30 years... |
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| Quote: | This last video, though, it couldn't wait for me to finish...at 2250 RPM, it jumped the right chock and tried to fly!
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Cool! Looks like you're getting close . . . but please
consider acquiring on-purpose wheel chocks. Airplanes
with the fans on the front can at least be tied to a
post, pushers demand a different precaution. It would
be a shame to drag the airplane back to the shop for
repairs . . . or cart you to the hospital . . .
Post some first flight photos and videos!
Bob . . . [quote][b]
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harley(at)AgelessWings.co
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| Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 9:25 am Post subject: After 30 years... |
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Actually, that video was just a last minute thought...after I had the cowlings mounted, I though I'd take that just for my friends who would think it was even more unfinished if they could see the motor. I made the nose bumper from a hopper mount I rescued from work...it is hard rubber, molded around a steel plate with 3/8-16 threaded tube in it... I have a ring bolt that I thread into it and then lash that to the battery outside the plane when I want to keep it from moving...tying it down from the front! I use normal chocks as well...just not for that video!
Pictures and videos will definitely be following.
Harley
[quote] | Quote: | This last video, though, it couldn't wait for me to finish...at 2250 RPM, it jumped the right chock and tried to fly!
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Cool! Looks like you're getting close . . . but please
consider acquiring on-purpose wheel chocks. Airplanes
with the fans on the front can at least be tied to a
post, pushers demand a different precaution. It would
be a shame to drag the airplane back to the shop for
repairs . . . or cart you to the hospital . . .
Post some first flight photos and videos!
Bob . . .
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bob.verwey(at)gmail.com
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| Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2012 9:46 am Post subject: After 30 years... |
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Great, great achievement... my first took 7 years. I always lived by
the motto "Keep working on your hobby, and one day an aircraft will
roll out of the garage!"
Best of luck
Bob Verwey
A35 Bonanza ZU-DLW
Safari ZU-AJF
On 14/09/2012, Harley <harley(at)agelesswings.com> wrote:
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Here it is...at last. After 30 years of working on N28EZ it's
ready to go down to the hangar and join up with it's already
finished wings, drain the tanks, do the weight and balance and
call the FAA! And do whatever else I find is needed to get it flying.
This was just a quick video with the cowlings on for appearance
sake...I've already run it several times without the cowl to set
the idle, check the gauges, temperatures, etc. It has dual P-mags
and a Dynon D-180, Anywhere Map Pro, B&C alternator and starter,
Microair radio and transponder, etc. All gauges, switches and
readouts performed as expected in the earlier runs! RPM, voltages
and temperatures were in the ball park. Modified Z13-8 wiring.
Started with the Z13-8, then modified it as I went along.
This last video, though, it couldn't wait for me to finish...at
2250 RPM, it jumped the right chock and tried to fly!
http://youtu.be/LJVIl1ERwSA
Harley Dixon
Long EZ N28EZ (finally all done...just have to reassemble)
Hangar 29
Canandaigua Airport, Canandaigua, NY
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