Hi Paul,

   I finally got my plane in the air, lifting off at 7:50AM this morning.
   OAT was about 40F.  Flew for about 20 minutes, did one stall and landed
   to check everything.

   I bobbled around a bit on take off getting used to the control feel.
   Landing was uneventful.

   I will need to do some work on cooling as I expected.  The oil cooler
   location is poor with not enough room behind it and oil temps are
   running about 10-15 deg warmer than the water.  Both are too high for
   summer time flying.  Max oil temp was about 220F, so it was higher than
   I wanted to see.  I also want to recheck the calibration on the sensors
   just to make sure I didn't mess that up.

   Bob White

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   N93BD - Rotary Powered BD-4 - http://www.bob-white.com
   First Flight:  11/23/2006 7:50AM
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   Congratulations Bob. Things are starting to pick up.
   That is at least two this month.

   Here are some early shots of Bob's cooling system.
   Got any later pictures than this Bob?
   --
   Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.


Hey Bob,

Congratualtions!!  Well done!

I'm sure you will get the temps down.  Now the real fun starts!