Avidventurous

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    Hey Jim. Looks like clearance is not gonna be an issue. My bolt circle seems to be the Rotax 75mm although I question the accuracy of my measurement. I'm making arrangements for shipping the prop now. Woo Hoo. I believe you when you say that UltraProp is inefficient. We'll see if the plane behaves any differently. I did note with the UltraProp the engine max RPM seems to be the same static and in the air......

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    Hi Jim. i put an extension on the Pitot tube opening. It works somewhat better but still doesn't instill confidence. Looking at the picture it APPEARS it isn't facing directly in line with the wing. Maybe that may have some effect. I'll keep working on it but it's an all day process to retest after making changes,

    Keith

    Pitot.jpg

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    Static is open behind the panel. the pitot tube appears to be misplaced (gone). There is a socket of sorts on the leading edge of the left wing. I'm working on adapting a tube to fit. notice during the descent, it seems to work but other times when the AOA is higher, it's in a static part of the air flow. Since I'm shooting blind with the airspeed, I kept the nose down and speed up. I haven't been able to find a POH for this plane but did find one for it's brother, FP202 They're very similar planes.

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    Yes on both counts. Because the ultraprop is a constant pitch from root to tip, at least ONE part of the blade is not working at best at every RPM.

    Couldn't sleep again. The airport is 54 miles away. I'm gonna try to get a better start today. Maybe I can go around the pattern, the plane seems solid. Wickenburg airport (E25) has surprisingly little traffic and it a NICE airport. Baffles me how a podunk little town can afford such a nice place to play with your planes.

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    Yep, I've noticed the similarities between the HiMax and the 606. This is Kawasaki 440 with a three blade ultimate prop. The 440 pamphlet I got from J-Bird engines says 6800 RPM flat out. Mine turns 6200 on the ground so it may be pretty close.  Since the plane was designed originally for 25 horsepower and this is 40hp, I have no idea how it's gonna fly. I"m hoping to get a cruise of 65 or 70 mph but we'll see....

    I woke up early and couldn't get back to sleep. (imagine that, on the first day of airport stuff.) I'll have a go pro knockoff over my right shoulder looking forward. Let's hope the video comes out OK. I have an intercom with  a pocket voice recorder. I'll have to do some post editing and then I'll post the vid on you tube.

    Got a long day ahead of me and didn't get much sleep. Yahoo!

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  18. Posted · Edited by Avidventurous
    missing word

    Well, I've been putting off posting about this plane till I get it actually flying. It looks like that MAY happen tomorrow.

    Web page:   https://fisherflying.com/fp-606/

    Video of it running with the wings bolted on for the first time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm4hV1EZLkM

    It's currently sitting on my car hauler but I've got some more securing to do yet.

    This is what I've been working on instead of my Avid C STOL 997P

    I got an old boat trailer I"m going to adapt to it.

    I plan to sell the flying airplane and trailer for about 5 grand if anybody would be interested. That will free up space and my attention so I can fix up 997P

    At any rate, Woo Hoo

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  20. Posted · Edited by Avidventurous


    Ha. It's all in great fun

    EDIT: I finally finished the movie last night. "We'll get 'em next time" LOL. I'm surprised that auto gyro would fly with all that crap hanging off of it. Was kinda cool lookin' though.

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  21. Posted · Edited by Avidventurous


    Interesting the boat has an Arizona registration and it looks a lot like Roosevelt lake....

    Edit: 18:00 Windsurfer in broad daylight, dark outside the cabin when the windsurfer is approaching.. , Dark when he's in the cabin.

    Did someone mention poor editing??? LOL

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    I haven't flown my plane yet but I'm betting trim tabs on all three axis would be a good thing!