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Hangar Flying / 12Volt body heaters??
« on: March 18, 2006, 02:28:20 PM »
It seems to me that rather than trying to figure out how to heat a cockpit it might be easier to heat the person.

I have read about folks using electric socks (The D-Battery one I bought for $20 are useless).. I have heard that there is an array of options made for motorcycle riders...that plug-in... Vests...socks...gloves... how about an electric blanket for the GIB? How about those heat / message chairs liners you can get the department store for $70?...flying along; toasty getting a message..how cools is that?

Any good sources?

I would love to hear about any experience with this... is amperage a concern?

Thanks,


Dave

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Hangar Flying / Just joined the club
« on: March 10, 2006, 08:02:18 PM »
I had no problem with the stick on the right (I'm right handed) until I wanted to write down clearances and frequency information etc... If you are left handed I'd say go with the plans and be a happy guy.

...Also remember to put your radio stack/transponder etc on the oposite side of the panel then your stick (left side) so you easily tune frequencies without letting go or crossing over....like on final when suddenly you remember you will shortly be talking to ground..

Dave

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Hangar Flying / What's your range?
« on: March 06, 2006, 03:22:29 PM »
Waiter says "I typically fly non stop, San Jose, CA to Toledo, OH (2100 miles) in about 10 hours."


Dave  says -  "Waiter, you d'man."

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Hangar Flying / Vegas Baby!
« on: March 05, 2006, 07:42:45 PM »
.9 of an hour from K-Falls to Creswell (just south of Eugene). Glad to have her home.. my engine hates to start in the cold... got to find out what she likes.

Spent an hour under the hood today with a CFII. Shot an approach (1st time ever) getting vectors from Cascade approach to the ILS. Darned if it didn't work out just right... Took the hood off and ...was looking right down the runway...to cool.

Hope to sit for my Instrument written in the next 2 weeks. Passing practice tests (barely) at this moment.

Dave

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Hangar Flying / What's your range?
« on: March 05, 2006, 07:35:28 PM »
...and how do you feel taking of with 40 gallons and a passenger?

Dave

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Hangar Flying / What's your range?
« on: March 05, 2006, 06:07:42 PM »
Dennis,

I have owned my 0-235 l2c Long for about a year and have flown it about 60 hours... I am still getting a handle on range....

Of course what it really comes down to is whether you have a passanger and what length runway/ density altitude you are working with. Laminar flow wings seem to take longer to generate lift and you can eat up a lot of pavement if you are heavy.

If you are going to travel primarily solo my guess is that you might get to use more of the available tankage..

I'd like to hear the experienced ones speak to this myself.

All the best,

Dave

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Hangar Flying / Vegas Baby!
« on: March 03, 2006, 12:45:24 AM »
Vegas to Eugene ...(which ended up Vegas to Klamath Falls)

Direct Carson City, Direct Klamath Falls

Boulder City (near Vegas) to Carson City (just south of Reno)  342 nm 2.4 hours (average 142. knts)
Carson City to Klamath Falls  220 nm 1.5 hours  (average 146 knts)

Checking weather in Vegas a day before scheduled departure made some clear decision about leaving early based on a well developed systems scheduled to arrive in the northwest on Friday. "Honey, pack your bag"...

Wheels up at 1 pm... Later than I would like. It was crisp, cold and clear. Had all of our gear and 320 pounds of human body and 33 gallons of fuel on board... I think airport altitude was around 2,500. I am pretty sure I saw more than 1/2 of the 6,500' runway before feeling light. Again I dreamed of 160 hp... Sure I would like the extra speed but I am just not a fan of watching the departure end of the runway coming at me at 70-80 knts.

Had a hard time getting through to Las Vegas approach and was paranoid about the intensity of the airspace around that area. So spent way-to-long circling south of the airport to get cleared for a north departure. Finally picked them up at 6,500' . Guess the rocks were in the way. Great views climbing out over redrocks and watching the expanse of desert unroll in front of us. The Sierras like a great wall on the left and a broken layer of cumulus between 8,000' 10,500 ft. We climbed through to 12,500... It was great. I have never flown so high for so long. Dipping below 12.5 occasionally with the air currents and then being gently lifted as we watched rolling cumulus erupting beside us...really cool. and...Ka ka ka Kold... OAT was about 19F... bundled heavily. mittens over mechanics gloves.. Down jacked (ala Tom Staggs...worn backwards having pulled it out in flight) over pile jacket, ski pants and Sorrells... Dropped into Carson City to thaw out and  score enough fuel for the rest of the ride home...Thankfully the front is colder than the back... Pam was still having fun.

(Side note 100ll $3.20/gallon in Boulder city & $3.10 gallon in Carson City...what a deal...)



As we neared Klamath Falls time was 5 PMish.... 10 gallons on board...55 minutes ETA to home base, o-dark-thirty thinking would be about 6:30-6:45. Given the forecast and the intensity of the dark flying was not what I wanted to do... checked flight watch... Eugene still reporting  broken but scheduled to rain at 8 PM... pondering choices I watch the broken around me start to tighten up... only one good hole infront of me (still lots behind me) I decide to go look at 7.5k to see if I could squeak a pass underneath back into the Willamette Valley....7.5 turns out to be 6.0k before clear VFR and it is rocking down there... K falls reports 27 knots gusting to 40. Options ... Climb back up and hope that Eugene holds broken for 55 minutes and if not have about 30 minutes of fuel before quiet or... land in K falls and call it a great day...

It was a great day..

K- Falls has a squadron of F-16s and a 10,000' runway. Tower called wind 3 times on my final approach... all high 20's...15 degrees off of runway center line...not bad....

K Fall also has a giant hangar with maybe 30 planes in it.. It is like a plane conference.. I hope 408 EZ is behaving...

Looking for a break to bring her home.

All the best y'all

Dave

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Hangar Flying / Vegas Baby!
« on: March 02, 2006, 06:07:21 PM »
Almost made it home.... airplane in the big hangar at K-Falls Hertz to Eugene for work...today... More later...thanks for asking.. Dave

114
Hangar Flying / Engine out!
« on: February 27, 2006, 11:29:09 PM »
maybe not a bad idea to pull your legs in prior to impact...

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Hangar Flying / Vegas Baby!
« on: February 27, 2006, 01:10:37 PM »
Vegas Baby!

Eugene to Vegas.

Eugene to Redding 1.8 hours
Redding to Vasalia 2.7 hours (vasalia just south of Fresno)
Vasalia to Boulder City 2.2  (Boulder City is just south and east of Vegas)

Here is a quick review of the flight.

Very exciting for me as I have had 408 EZ for over a year and the longest flight I have had the opportunity to take it in is was about 250 miles...

Watched the satellite and decided if I could get done with work early I would try to get to Redding a night early cause the high pressure was giving way and the dual storm track was lined up for a direct hit of the North West.... My Sweetie was ready at 3 PM ..Wheels up at 4:10 -  on the ground in Redding at 6:10ish. Pretty smooth flight with high overcast.. and down to 100kts ground speed as the front was pushing in hard against us ..Spent some time with my down jacket and mittens all over me... The women at the front desk asks "Can we fill it up for you?" I said "Sure would you like me to supervise the refueling" she assured me that that was not necessary and arranged a ride to La Quinta in Redding for us. I said that I would like 15 gallons in the right tank... We arrive at the the hotel with a message from the airport. Dusty didn't understand which side was which... the propeller in the back and all.... so 3 gallons in on the left and 28 gallons in the other...I told her that I would forgive them if the had a clean hose and a couple of buckets ready in the morning....Nothing like the taste of 100LL for breakfast... got a mouth full...burped it for the next 4 hours...I will supervise all refueling no matter what from this day forward...

Upon pre-flight noticed that the large bolt that holds the wheel pant to the wheel was flat gone....stop...find parts on Sunday at the Jet Center...Met Mike who was generous with his shop and parts bin... tried to get it started..couldn't...off with the wheel pant...yep as I expected broken off stud... backed 8EZ to the shop and with air power drill and "easy-out" had us in business in short order..Would not take a dollar... liked the plane.

Picked up Flight Following from Sarcramento approach and enjoyed the company of jet pilots to recips all bitching about turbulence.. Again 35-40 knots on the nose and amazingly consistent bounces... We tightened down our shoulder straps when we both hit our heads on t he canopy...Something nice about listening to King Air pilots talking about getting their ass-kicked when we were too...


Redding to Vasalia... Center says "Long EZ 8 EZ your grounds speed is at 100 knots are you sure that you don't want to rent a car and drive there...you'd get there faster.....heheheheh" I say "' Go easy my wife is in the back"...a bull-ride went from 5,500 to 3,500 to try and find less wind and smoother air....not...flew between the haze layer at 2,500 and the overcast at 10,000. Evaluated fuel and had 10 gallons decided I wanted more for the flight over the Sierra's... so picked Vasalia...6,500' long and no control tower seems like an EZ choice.

Vasalia to Vegas..

I am cruising at 7,500 as center tells me that a Cessna 172 had experienced a "Mountain wave" at 7.5 and turned around... I told them that I would climb to 9.5 to which he responded that he had sent several planes over at that altitude with no reports... Noticed 700' feet per minute up in level flight on the west side and 500' per minute in a climbing attitude on the east side... lost 500' before we were out of it... to be expected given the winds... Centers advice appreciated. Now racing across the desert at 160 knots...Something nice about looking down at a highway traffic jam when clocking close to 200mph.

Tony from Vegas did his best to find shelter for our plane and was very helpful in directing us to Boulder City Airport... A stress free place to land. Thanks Tony..

(Still looking for shelter..if it is easy)

Flight following was almost seamless and very professional except for 1 good Wise-crack.

Great flight...Looking forward to flying home...

Thanks everybody...

Dave

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Hangar Flying / Vortex Generators
« on: February 25, 2006, 02:36:23 PM »
I've now flown all flight attitudes solo and with a 200#er as the GIB.

It is all good. Infact I had so much fun chewing up 2000' of airspace I plan to do it more often

thanks for everyones support.

Dave

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Hangar Flying / Vegas Baby!
« on: February 25, 2006, 02:34:21 PM »
Heading to Vegas for this coming week and looking for shelter for my Long EZ. If anybody has a tips or a corner in a hanger I'd love to know.

Trying to leave this afternoon..business permitting to beat the storm track lined up off of the coast.. Should be in Vegas on Sunday... my cell is 541-501-8980. thanks,

http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/fax/evpn12.jpg


http://www.weatherunderground.com/Aviation_Maps/Flight_Rules/FL100-000.html#a_topad

Dave

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Hangar Flying / Engine out!
« on: February 25, 2006, 02:31:35 PM »
Thought that subject line would get your attention.

Had a good conversation with McGyver the other day about if it were to happen what choices to make...

All things being equal I think i would choose water over a farmers plowed field...

But I am really wondering what everbody else thinks?

If you had an engine out how inclined are you to go for a water landing?

Thanks for your opinions.

Dave

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Hangar Flying / Vortex Generators
« on: February 22, 2006, 04:19:15 PM »
Great news! Mike Robertson at the Portland FSDO told me that VG's are a "minor change" and only require a log book entry... Excellent...Now I am going to screw up the courage to push the throttle forward and leave it there.

Thanks..Dave

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Hangar Flying / Vortex Generators
« on: February 22, 2006, 11:10:04 AM »
Thanks.. The cat is out of the bag... and I am waiting for a call back. I do have the older language which ...sounds like it would be good to exchange. thanks for the tip.

Dave

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