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At 2:00am on November 24, 2009, Geoffrey W Eather said…
David

Finally got the caps out - what a job!! The first one fought me ALL the way. Needed a 2 1/2 foot breaker bar and a second person. Even then it was tough going. Problem was not so much the Proseal but "galling" of the threads. Totally destroyed the filler neck thread, hope I can salvage the tank. The second one, although difficult, came out OK with no damage to the threads.

Suspect there will be a lot more "minor" problems before this little number is over!!

Cheers

Geoff Eather
At 9:13pm on November 23, 2009, Matt Archer said…
Yea, I have a wing off and am polishing it first. Actually compounding it. I decided to polish rather than paint. Save some weight. Going ok. Haven't yet opened up the wing. But that doesn't concern me as much as pulling the center spar. Well it will be a while till we fly again. I guess we have something to do this winter. I hope I am flying again by summer.

Cheers
Matt
At 6:55pm on November 22, 2009, Geoffrey W Eather said…
Hey Dave G Hi
Having the same problem with the fuel filler neck. How did you actually "scrap" it. I'm quite prepared to destroy it but like you would like to preserve the tank!!
Geoff E
At 11:42am on October 19, 2009, Robert Hathaway said…
Thanks for the info David !
I just the other day found that my Jabiru 3300a was sagging to almost 1/2 inch.Thought that correcting this might take care of some of the elevator trim. Only helped a little.
Bob H
At 7:29am on October 19, 2009, Dr. Edward M. Moody II said…
Thanks Dave, I'll try to stay vigilant. Yesterday was the first time I ever had to use the choke to start up. Temp was in the 40s and the airplane had not been runn in almost a month due to my personal and family schedule. I had to let it idle on full choke for about a minute or two before I could advance the throttle.

Ed
At 6:08pm on October 18, 2009, Dr. Edward M. Moody II said…
I finished the forty hours today and I'm looking forward to fly-ins, airshows, and pancake breakfasts around the state. I also hope to visit some builders who are in neighboring states within reach. Rest assured, vigilance and continued tweaking are still on the agenda. I don't have a flight agenda as aggressive as yours but I will be doing some shorter XCs soon.

Ed
At 1:16pm on October 17, 2009, Robert Hathaway said…
Hi David
I saw your interview at Oshkosh and am interested in repositioning the horizontal stabilizer.
I have a 601xl first flew in august 07. Jabiru 3300A.
Have always had to use too much elevator trim in level flight.
Do you know the number of degrees that you now have as compared to the longeron being level? Thanks David Bob Hathaway- rhath34@digitalpath.net
At 7:14pm on October 8, 2009, Dr. Edward M. Moody II said…
They are a series of low dikes (levees) that are being used to try to encourage plant growth / soil accumulation to reverse the soil erosion that has been going on with every landfalling tropical storm. Louisiana has been losing acreage along most of our coast and several projects are underway to deal with the problem. West and a bit south of that area there are a system of staggered jetties in the gulf to perserve some of the beach front there.

Ed
At 8:06am on September 28, 2009, Dr. Edward M. Moody II said…
My climb rate really drops if I raise the nose very much (maybe due to higher weight?). As pull a higher AOA, the climb initially looks better but is not sustainable and will begin to decay. All these speeds are approximate due the limitations of me as test pilot and the increasing inaccuracy of the ASI as the AOA increases. I have attempted to compensate by doing reverse tracks and averaging the ground speed, but I know that brings in even more pilot error.

Ed
At 7:56pm on September 26, 2009, Dr. Edward M. Moody II said…
These are the V speeds for the Goose as best I have been able to pin them down (solo w/ full tanks)
Vs1 = 49 mph
Vso = 43 mph
Vx = 78 mph
Vy = 72 mph

I got all the oak branch pruning done this morning and cut the grass at the hangar this afternoon. I might sneak out early tomorrow to fly; the last few mornings have been foggy.

Ed
At 4:56pm on September 24, 2009, Dr. Edward M. Moody II said…
I don't have the stall and climb numbers committed to memeory but I'll try to jot them down to email them to you soon.

Ed
At 1:08pm on September 24, 2009, Dr. Edward M. Moody II said…
Now that you got all "BFRed up" again, what's the latest in your flying saga? I'm at 38.5 but the wetaher has been ultra sucky lately. The only things flying ar ethe mosquitos.

Ed
At 1:08pm on September 14, 2009, Dr. Edward M. Moody II said…
Did you mean to write, "Wright" over Patterson AFB? That must have been a very unusal situation.

I will eventually fly up to Shreveport, LA to see my cancer surgeons which requires threading the needle between Shreveport commercial air traffic at the big airport on the west side and the B-52s operating from Barksdale AFB on the east to get into the downtown airport. That's enough complication for me.

Ed
At 11:50am on September 14, 2009, Dr. Edward M. Moody II said…
I forgot to ask how your brother's Pober Ace repairs are going.

I advanced my total time to 34.42 yesterday afternoon when the rain left the area for a while. That was lucky timing because it poured at 4 this morning, complete with lots of lightning and thunder.

I'm still putzing around with my Becker transponder. It looks like I'll have to send it to the factory to have the error message threshold adjusted. Because of the timing issues with amateur built airplanes, the unit was bought in 2007 but has fewer about 25 hours on it. They may charge as much as $150 to adjust the error parameters on this unit which exhibited the problem from the very first flight. I told the tech on the phone that a fee like that would not produce much in the way of good PR at fly-ins. He said to write a letter explaining the purchase vs. use timing and his supervisor would "work something out" for me. I certainly hope so.

Ed
At 11:30am on September 14, 2009, Dr. Edward M. Moody II said…
Passed your BFR? Danger! Danger! The FAA is allowing yet another Buckeye to endanger us all. That does it, I'm buying a boat.

Ed
At 12:46am on September 6, 2009, Larry Whitlow said…
Hi David

I've got all of the sensors wired now. Thanks for the offer!!! It really was just a matter of getting my head wrapped around what needed to go where.

My last wiring task is the AP servos I should have that done this weekend

Larry
At 7:11am on May 6, 2009, Stephen R. Smith said…
Hi David,

I not so sure staying home was a bad idea.

On the way home I sure encountered weather I would rather not have flown in. When I set out on the journey the forecasts looked good for the trip to Florida - no information was available at that time for the return trip home. They say, that which does not kill you will make you strong. All well and good; still, its a tough way to learn.

I just looked at all the pictures on your page. Nice plane and crew you have there!

Be safe and have fun!

Steve
At 5:44pm on April 9, 2009, Dr. Edward M. Moody II said…
Also, it dawns on me that flying here from Lakeland you should hug the coast instead of going inland. If you have to, along the coast you can go KOE with the beach as a bail out option all the way. The MOAs usually have a hard deck at 900 - 1,200 AGL.

Ed
At 5:41pm on April 9, 2009, Dr. Edward M. Moody II said…
You have the sectionals so look up the controlling authorities and phone them to see if they can predict whether or not the MOAs will be "hot". Most exercises are scheduled well in advance. If there is a major training exercise you may find that more than one MOA is active. If not, you will probably be waved through without a hitch. I've been cleared through restricted areas as well as the nearby Warrior MOA. It all depends on what's happeneing that day. Just clue me in as to whether you are headed this way or not. My cell phone is 337-298-0276.

Ed
At 12:46pm on April 9, 2009, Dr. Edward M. Moody II said…
Okee Dokee then. What are the possible LeGros (3R2) alternate waypoint dates? I will indeed be checking out and doing a couple additional hours of transition training on April 18th at Tallulah, LA (TVR). On almost any other day your visit would be most welcome.
After that bit of flying, I will have something like seven hours time in type and an actual CFI endorsed check out... not to mention my instinctive aeronautical intuition and cat-like reflexes.

I have contacted Jim Stewart at falcon regarding first flight insurance.

Ed

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