Today I bit the bullet and said I will not let this cold keep me earth bound any longer. I went to the hangar at 1:30 and began pre-heating my engine. The skies were clear and the outside air temp was 10° as was the temp in the hangar. Wind was at 14 mph almost straight down the runway. I allowed the pre-heater to run for 45 minutes and I also heated the cockpit. After this was done, I pulled N886MJ out to brave the frigid temps. Wind chill was at -11°. I quickly jumped in the cockpit and closed the door to retain as much heat as possible as I have no heat in the plane. I hit the starter and she fired right up as if it were a summer day. I allowed the oil temp to increase and called for taxi to the active. Once cleared to go, she accelerated very fast in the cold dense air and jumped off the pavement faster than ever before. I made two circuits and two full stop landings. Then I left the pattern on the third takeoff and leveled out at 3000'. Once trimmed out, she settled in at 154mph indicated. Wow, good performance numbers for me. The KR truly loves this cold air and like you all said, she did not break. I then returned to the pattern and made three more circuits with full stop landings. This thing they call flying is great and I will never get enough of it. Today was a yeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa day for me. Life is great.
Mark Jones (N886MJ) Wales, WI Visit my web site: www.flykr2s.com E-mail: flyk...@wi.rr.com
