Great news, Troy! You've got a week to fly off your forty so you can
fly it to SNF... ;)
Jeff - Baby Blue...
On 4/3/2010 4:43 PM, Troy Maynor wrote:
> Hello Friends and Fellow Aviators,
> surly bonds of Earth and lept into the air on it's maiden voyage. Well,
> actually the voyage was just orbiting the airport but she did so very
> well. I was amazed at the short take off, maybe 500 ft someone said. I
> don't know, I was too busy. I climbed to 5000 ft and the temps and
> pressures were well with the limits for the whole flight which lasted 35
> minutes. I did some manuevers and stalls. No drama except for a left
> wing drop deep into the stall in dirty configuration. Mostly just
> mushed. I need a rudder trim tab, need to tighten the tail wheel cables,
> and recheck the weight and balance. (I needed a bit too much nose down
> trim for straight and level.) But all in all I am very happy. It went
> well today. I was worried about the weather. The wind had picked up from
> earlier in the week, but I couldn't take off work. Turns out that winds
> were at just 6-10 knots almost straight down the runway.
> For the records: It is kit number UK 120, weighed in at 850 lbs, Rotax
> 912S. Build hours were in excess of 4000, (a lot of mods, plus I'm
> slow). So now to debug it and enjoy it at long last.
> I want to thank each and everyone that has contributed ideas, helped
> solve problems and encouraged me to keep on keeping on during the long
> journey of building. It feels great to be up there pushing that stick
> around and have her respond so gracefully. That's it! Her name will be
> Grace...after my mom. See yall,
> Troy Maynor
> Europa Monowheel Classic
> Flying
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