dlm34077
Joined: 10 Feb 2007
Posts: 115
Location: AZ
|
 Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2014 8:56 am Post subject: 104HN |
 |
|
It has been almost 900 hours since my first flight in 2008; I did no high speed taxi and minimal engine runs as the engine was a new certified engine from Vans (only thing available from Vans at the time). The airworthiness inspection for both aircraft were more about getting the FAA paperwork correct as I had an A&P. I was alone in the aircraft and had about half tanks. Since my transition training with Alex consisted of an hour without a standing start takeoff (just touch and goes) I was unprepared for the acceleration. I had been flying Cessna (177RG) which are powered up and eventually one accelerates to flying speed. I just pushed the power lever forward and about 5 seconds later was flying. I spent a 1.3 hours over the airport above the pattern doing moderate power settings lazy circles and returning to land. My building buddy was my crew chief (Boeing inspector). we uncowled the aircraft and inspected for leaks and loose connections. I believe another flight or 2 were also spent over the traffic pattern near home field. Using the GRT EIS we were able to record about 30 aircraft parameters every second which could be analyzed later. For the first 5 hours the CHTs always reached the low 400s during the first 5 minutes of flight then receding to the mid 300s and eventually to the low 300s when LOP. Several pieces of advice. Stay over the test airport for at least three flights. Second inspect with cowl off after each of the first few flights. Include a inexpensive fuel stop in your test area. Use , if available, a EFIS recording device to measure performance during the test. Leave the wheel pants off for the test period as the aircraft will fly well above Va with them on when using the necessary power for break-in.
David McNeill
N46007 RV10 2008 850+ TT
N48007 Glastar 2003 sold 2010 800+TT (currently fish spotting above the Pacific)
Com CFII A&P
[quote][b]
| | - The Matronics RV10-List Email Forum - | | | Use the List Feature Navigator to browse the many List utilities available such as the Email Subscriptions page, Archive Search & Download, 7-Day Browse, Chat, FAQ, Photoshare, and much more:
http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?RV10-List |
|
|
|
Get Email Distribution Too!
FAQ
Search
Memberlist
Usergroups
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
