Hi, Paul;


The plane is still hangared  and is running and flying very well.
I'm getting better fuel economy than expected; typically about 9.3 gph at
170 KTAS, just about 10 gph at 180 KTAS [207 MPH 20.7 MPG] at 7500 ft.
I still have marginal oil cooling during climb on warm days, but that hasn't
been an issue during the winter months.  I expect to address that next month.
I have a bit of excess of capacity for the coolant, so I'm giving serious thought
to a parallel oil-water exchanger.  I've concluded that the airflow before the
oil cooler inlet is disturbed by the gear wells and gear door covers.  A
larger scoop may do it, but I don't want to add any more drag.

Did fly over to Palms Springs and back this morning it was just too beautiful
to stay on the ground.

Meanwhile,  my son recently did some video of my plane:
http://photofu.com/darryl/Velocity_Vignette.wmv

Perhaps you can extract what you need from that; or come and take some more.
A still of the flyby is attached.

Al


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