Dan, If you give me a time I might be able to come up from Cameron. I am very familiar with the aria southeast of CUB. With it being a first flight I assume you won't be looking to go fast enough to outrun the C175.
John Godwin > [Original Message] > From: Dan Heath <da...@alltel.net> > To: <kr...@mylist.net> > Date: 7/19/2006 5:10:11 PM > Subject: KR> First Flight > > I am shooting to take the leap early Saturday morning. Of course it depends > on my being able to get a ground crew together and hopefully someone in the > air who knows the area, just in case something happens that I have to put it > down. Being in downtown Columbia, there are not many such spots. And, it > depends on having a light or no wind from the south as my restrictions > require that I depart on 13. You would know that I would be at this point > when everyone is taking off for OSH. So, we will see what we will see. > > Having had an engine quit suddenly, even when on the ground, changes your > perspective. I am so paranoid about it, that I went out this morning and > ran the engine wide open, almost to destruction. I figured that if it would > run wide open for 3 minutes, then I would have enough altitude to turn back. > When I got to 2.5, the temps were getting pretty high, and really took off > from there. The engine started slowing down a little and the OP was getting > very low, so I backed off early. It still ran smoothly, but was really hot, > so I shut her down. I will go out again in the morning and run it just for > a short time to be sure that I did not do any damage. I hope that proved, > that, it will run even when under stress, but you never know. > > I never even gave any thought to having an engine quit when I was getting > ready to fly the first one. Now, it is all I can think about. > > See N64KR at http://KRBuilder.org - Then click on the pics > See you in Mt. Vernon - 2006 - KR Gathering > There is a time for building and a time for FLYING and the time for building > is OVER. > Daniel R. Heath - Lexington, SC > _______________________________________ > 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
