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At 10:27am on May 29, 2013, jim miller said…

hi norm  i will send the pictures of the muffler as soon as i find the cord to upload them to the computer  .how did the beanie mod efect the elevator with power off i seem to have a stalling elevator at full idle at slower speed even with the vgs under the  elevator i ,did the beanie mode help with this

thx jim

At 7:57pm on May 28, 2013, jim miller said…

hi norm my deployment speed for the flaps  is 60 to 65 works good but i moved the C ofG back a little by moving my batery back a bit an it gave me more elevator with power off still inside the envelope even at gross wieght though .it sure drops a bit  when you take the flaps off in flight , all good . lousy weather today looks like i got to wait until thersday to fly here 

At 11:26am on May 15, 2013, Raymond Paul said…

Hi please could you send me your drawing (uncompressed) of the beanie mod as I am starting my wing construction

thx

Raymond

At 11:25am on May 15, 2013, Raymond Paul said…

Hi Norman, I am making a start on my wing construction,would you be able to send me your photo (uncompressed) of you beanie mod drawing so I can make up the new route ribs etc.

thx

Raymond

At 9:46am on May 15, 2013, jim miller said…
Hi norm
I want to pitch it for more climb and less speed if I leave the Cruz rpm at 4900 I am getting 88 mph and and it's spooling up .i still am not at gross weight and I would like more climb so I think I'm going to keep pitching it until I get 80 mph Cruz max at a max 5600 on climb out and increase the climb for when I'm at gross weight sounds right to me
At 12:01am on May 14, 2013, jim miller said…
Hi norm .
My propeller is set to minus one on the cool prop gage I will convert that some how for you when I get back to the air port weather is windy and rainy for the next couple of days so now I'm waiting for the weather
I climb at 5200 rpm right now but I may rep itch the prop again ,first I want to fly a little more and I will decide later
Really really love the plane you were right talk soon
At 9:10pm on May 12, 2013, jim miller said…
Hey norm it came on Friday so I went flying all day Sunday and for two hours today had to re pitch the prop twice and had some cooling problems initially but got them sorted out .
Climbs at 1000 feet per min at 60 mph and got 88 mph at 4500 rpm level flight with the cool prop and the dual bing carb .
temp right now was 195 deg Celsius although first flight was 230 deg c at climb and cooled to 200 in the Cruz so happy lovin it ,its all I can think about hope to send some vidios soon 6.5 hours done this week end
At 1:46pm on May 10, 2013, jim miller said…

Hi norm still waiting, called tc today and got tranfered to a million different places still trying to find out who has it   and whats the hold up,  maybe it will be in the mail today .the mdra inspector that came and passed my plane  is on a 4 week holiday in the baha so i cant talk to him  about it. although he called me before he left and said he was maling it that day .

that was 22 days ago .it was supose to take 7 to 10 days . im not very patient with stuff like this but for now i just have to wait .  i will let you know as soon as it arrives 

missing some great flying weather here in b.c. 

by for now

At 2:58pm on May 9, 2013, John Edward Finch said…

Hi Norman,

The model is nearly finished and within a week or two will be taking to the sky after doing groung runs and bunny hops to get the trimming right.

I'm setting up the servo rate to be as gentle as possible. After all it is not a stunt plane although the motor is powerfull enough for the 5 and a half lb plane to hang on the prop here in the house (i'm hanging on of course).

As soon as all is to my satisfaction and the plane is flying and trimmed out correctly, I'll get a couple of videos done and posted on this site. 

At 10:23pm on May 2, 2013, jim miller said…
Still waiting for the coa from transport canada hope its here before the week end
At 11:23pm on April 28, 2013, jim miller said…

so far i am very happy with the subaru .hopefully i will be in the air this week .i have been flying in a friends 701 with a 20,000 hour pilot to prepare for my fist flight. it was very windy both last week and yesterday, we were the only ones flying due to the wind, but i think i have learned more flying with him in the wind than i have since  i started flying.it has given me more confidence in the 701 and in my own flying ability . i now know that i  have chosen the right plane for the flying we have to deal with on  coast of British columbia and i am looking forward to getting mine in the air .i will keep you posted

thanks jim C-GHWA  

 

At 10:17pm on April 26, 2013, jim miller said…
Still waiting for c of a in the mail how's the Subaru working
At 12:20pm on April 17, 2013, jim miller said…

the paper work should be here end of next week. 9 more sleeps

At 1:04pm on April 12, 2013, Ari Hulkkonen said…

About staying warm: 

In March i flew to a Fly-In, 300km south of our base. In the morning when I left home I thought it's a bit chilly out there... At the airfield the car's thermometer displayed -27C...   :)

Anyway, I decided to go and no regrets, it was a great trip. The Block Heater on (as defined by Mr. B. McDonald) and warm gloves / boots. No problem as the Rotax provides more than enough heat in the cabin!

At 12:50pm on April 12, 2013, Ari Hulkkonen said…

an other reply: well...I can do the conversion between imperial and metric but can't stop wondering why they still use fingers, toothpicks, feet and the arms to measure length as there is an easier way to go as we all know ;)

After doing the beanie mod we put "camping mattress" type of material on the ribs and the roof (inside) and it really blocked the oilcanning sound the cockpit is reasonably quiet and roomy now! The color of the material is dark gray so it fits very well. I cut large openings in the ribs to add stiffness and reduce weight but it opened up a channel inside the wing bringing in all the noise and oilcanning from the wing. The lightweight matt on the rib blocked this completely.

At 11:04am on April 12, 2013, Ari Hulkkonen said…

A reply to your comment: 6 feet 2... hmm I thought Canada went for the metric units for some 30 years ago :)   I'm 188cm with most of it in my legs.. so the leg room is always a problem.

In my opinion the round roof to would not increase the complexity of the design that much. A pair of ribs but other than that flexing the single piece windshield over the roof top is much easier if the roof is round.  

The Super Beanie Mod would be full size wing ribs on the sides of the cabin to allow a full  airfoil over the cabin!! Further, a new frame for the windshield could be introduced to make it steeper to match with the airfoil over the cabin. Someone could call that the Savannah mod... But 1,5 meters of airfoil over the cabin would sure make a difference.

At 10:15am on April 12, 2013, Ari Hulkkonen said…

The beanie looks great (as well as the entire plane), it also makes a big difference; the plane flies better and the extra headroom makes the plane feel much bigger! After getting used to the new appearance and interior one starts to wonder if the roof really had been so low...

At 10:32pm on February 26, 2013, Roger Wibbels said…

At Boydwelding.com go to the "request a quote" tab at the top and give them the dimensions of the tank you want.  I'm still gathering ideas for the beanie mod, but am convinced it's a necessary item.

At 7:07pm on February 7, 2013, jim miller said…

thanks norm

its getting there, hopefuly i will have some flying vidio soon and maybe some interior pictures to share

talk soon

At 9:37am on February 7, 2013, jim miller said…

thanks

those batery seem to be what works for every one so i will grab one this weekend and moun it in GHWA

thanks jim

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