What are you doing next weekend? I am thinking of flying the
182 over and helping
you do some pressure measurements. I'll bring my new 2 foot
water manometer.
You have a really interesting cooling arrangement and I am
intensely curious.
Jerry if you can drive down and meet me in SZP you could
come. Perhaps
Chuck would give you a ride. We could stop in Prescot and see
Tom Parkes
turbo three rotor Lancair ES. Anybody else from So Cal want to go?
Paul Lamar
Nothing special planned. I am working on the fuel tank on
my RV-4 trying to
remove all the sloshing sealer that was starting to peel
off. What a mess.
At this point, I am not sure the tank can be used at all.
You and Jerry or
anyone else are welcome to come next weekend or anytime for
that matter. I
have two extra beds if you want to stay the night. It is
always a pleasure
to give rides.
Chuck Dunlap
Can you meet us in Prescott AZ? It is 379 GPS miles from SZP
to Prescott.
From Prescott to your place probably another 100. So that
would save us
some time as SZP has no lights and we would have to leave Prescott at
3:30 PM to make it back to SZP on Saturday before sundown.
Now all we need to do is hear from Tom Parkes in Prescott.
Mini west coast rotary flyin. If we leave SZP at 6:30 AM we
should be in in Prescoot by 9:00 AM That will give us 6.5 hours
to see Tom's plane and instrument your airplane for
some pressure measurements. Course Jerry and I could bring some
camping gear and stay overnight at Prescott. I got some great
folding cots.
Paul Lamar
Yes I could meet you in Prescott if you bring or tell me what we need for
tools and parts.
Chuck Dunlap
Just stuff to take the cowling off and on. I have a couple of rolls of duct tape
and the rest of the stuff needed to install the water manometer.
BTW It helps if a person can take half a dozen measurements on the same flight
as temp altitude and speed can vary from flight to flight. Just one pressure
measurement at a time is not advisable.
One five minute test flight is all we need.
I have not heard from Tom Parkes yet so I will call him tomorrow. I hope
the wind dies down by Sat. as it was blowing 30 MPH out of the North East
today at SZP. What is the weather forecast for AZ? Our cable provider
lost the weather channel.
Here is my new 2 foot manometer. Took me about two hours and $35 to make this out
of a chunk of tile board today.
BTW see if you can install a drip irrigation tee in your static pressure
line. Temporarily block it off for the flight out to Prescott.
Will save us some time. I assume you are using 1/4 inch ID flex tubing
for your static pressure source. If not no biggie. We can use cockpit
or dynamic pressure as the reference.
Come to think of it we could also tape some sponge back by the RV static
ports.
Paul Lamar
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