janderson412(at)hotmail.c
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 Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 3:27 pm Post subject: Building and flying time +temps |
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1400F is not too bad is it Kurt? I'm 760-780c and water 90c, oil 95 on
climb and 80 cruise.
Took me 10 years to build mine, slow eh....John
From: kurt schrader <smokey_bear_40220(at)yahoo.com>
Reply-To: kitfox-list(at)matronics.com
To: kitfox-list(at)matronics.com
Subject: RE: Re: Building and flying time
Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 15:26:51 -0700 (PDT)
<smokey_bear_40220(at)yahoo.com>
Hey Jim,
We know what you mean. Well, there are those retired
guys with lots of time, but they paid to get there.
It took me 6 years to get mine flying. And then I had
to pay back for the time consentrated at the end for
testing. And I haven't flown my Fox since moving to
Florida last year. Just too busy.
But today I decided to just go for it. Forget the
rest, it was supposed to be a great day and so I got
up early, carefully preped the plane and just took
off. Ahhhh yes, even turbulence can feel good if you
haven't had it in a while. Isn't this what I did all
that work for?
My coolant was in the 160's. My oil temp was in the
180's. Gearbox temp good. Oil pressure 49 psi.
Those I was pleased with. Even a bit surprised over,
given Florida temps.
Cockpit temps up to 87 F. I could use more pilot
cooling. 
Only egt's and fuel/air ratio bothered me. Full rich
was just barely enough to give me 1400 F in cruise.
This is still a mystery with my plane. One flight it
runs high egts and the next it is right in there,
leanable and fine.
Gosh, it was nice to "worry" about tweeking and
flying.... I slowed down to enjoy it. Tried for 60
knots, but the lifties kept me diving between thermals
and I got to 75 from time to time to hold altitude.
3.5 GPH at around 80 mph in a fat S-5.
I accepted the first landing as good enough. 8 mph of
headwind and so I had to taxi to the turnoff. Let the
plane cool down outside while I installed a bottom
hangar door gasket to keep the grass clippings and
dirt out. Not sure I like rolling doors....
And then back to the real world. It was like turning
the noise off for awhile, and then turning it back on.
You'll get there too Jim.
Kurt S. S-5 W/68 hrs of flight time.
Do not archive
--- "James C. Hartford"
<jhartford(at)hartford-engineering.com> wrote:
| Quote: | Randy, When I finally get my Fox in the air I will
try to make a trip to SD. Work seems to slow
progress. I will get a month or two at a time
then have to head back to work and it might be
months before I get back to the plane.
Jim
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