Lee: Sounds about right--- SNA(John Wayne)- Taylorville IL, Pekin IL, SNA--- About 3280 miles
Don ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lee Van Dyke wrote: > Sorry 3490 miles > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lee Van Dyke" <l...@vandyke5.com> > To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> > Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 5:10 PM > Subject: Re: KR> another day, another 2.4 hours and 17 landings... > > >I flew 3900 miles in 10 days and I didn't get in 17 landings... wow > > > > Lee > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Mark Langford" <n5...@hiwaay.net> > > To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> > > Cc: "Corvair engines for homebuilt aircraft" <corvaircr...@mylist.net> > > Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2006 7:46 PM > > Subject: KR> another day, another 2.4 hours and 17 landings... > > > > > >> NetHeads, > >> > >> You guys are soon going to regret egging me on about the "pilot reports". > >> I couldn't fly to my father's farm today because of weather on his end, > >> so > >> the wife said "I'm sure you can still find someplace else to fly today", > >> so off I went. One of the changes I made in the last few days was to > >> make > >> my static ports flush mounted, with nothing more than a 1/16" hole to the > >> outside world, so I needed to check my indicated stall speed anyway. > >> And > >> I needed a little more shakedown on the new fiberglass spinner front > >> bulkhead. What better way than a tour of the airport "neighborhood"? So > >> I flew down to the Tennessee river, over the big bridge, and hung a left > >> and flew up river to Guntersville, Scottsboro, Stevenson, Marion County, > >> Jackson TN, Fayetteville TN, MDQ, and back to M38. That's eight airports > >> and 17 landings. > >> > >> After the first landing at Stevenson, a guy came on the radio and asked > >> "is that KR pilot Bill Clapp, flying a Corvair?". I said "no, but if you > >> want to talk Corvairs, I'll be back in two minutes". I was just > >> impressed > >> that anybody in Alabama would even know a KR when he saw one! The guy > >> was > >> building a Corvair for a Piet, and had one totally blasted engine that > >> he'd bought first, then he got super lucky and bought an entire 1965 > >> Corvair with a "new" 1969 engine in it. This thing looked brand new, and > >> he hadn't even cleaned the parts yet! I spent some time bringing him up > >> to speed on stuff like small block rockers and why he should keep his > >> original ones (which he had thoughtfully wired into pairs with their > >> balls, even though he was planning on throwing them away), preserving > >> that > >> pristine crank at all costs, and then headed on up river to the next > >> stop. > >> > >> Three of the landings I did were basically tailwheel first, as I was > >> trying to stretch the bottom of the envelope. Most observers would call > >> it a three point landing, but the "boing" noise tells me the tail wheel > >> hit first, and that always occured at about 63 mph (well, all three times > >> according to the GPS, but you wouldn't believe me if I told you that). > >> Maybe I can get around to extending my gear this week and do some > >> comparisons next weekend (another excuse to fly). I'm thinking it will > >> lower my three point landing speed a few mph. I even flew over Georgia a > >> bit just to say I'd been there, and made it back home with 289.0 hours on > >> the clock. Life is good... > >> > >> Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama > >> see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford > >> email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net > >> -------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >> _______________________________________ > >> Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > >> to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > >> please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
