for the first time and lived to tell about it" ! lol
As for the fiberglass tailspring... only person I know that likes them is
Bobp.. throw the thing away or ship it to Bob for his next spare !
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jesse Jenks" <jessejenks@hotmail.com>
To: "Builders list" <rebel-builders@dcsol.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2011 1:09 AM
Subject: RE: [rebel-builders] RE: [rebel-builders First Flight...has
happened!
Thanks Wayne, it means a lot. Thank you and everyone for your help
answering all my dumb questions. I can't say I'm done asking them though.
I actually surprised myself getting it in the air. You should have seen
what I had left to build just 4 months ago! The progress had slowed for
the past 3 years because I have been working out of state for 8 months a
year and it had just been sitting in my garage during that time, but when
I came home at the beginning of November I made the goal of getting it
flying before I left again, which will be next week. I worked an average
of 80 hours per week with only a couple short breaks. I'm beat, to say the
least, lost weight off my already skinny frame, but I did it! I won't have
time to fly off all the test time but I will get time off work when I can
and come back to get it done. I want to have it in Montana, where I work
in the Summer. There is some great bush flying up there. Hoping to get at
least a few more test flights before I go though. I fixed the oil leak
(hopefully), finished my wing fairings and now I just need to do something
about the tailwheel shimmy. I have a !
steel leaf
coming that I may try,
o
r else shorten the fiberglass one and try to change the angle slightly.
From: oifa@irishfield.on.ca
To: rebel-builders@dcsol.com
Subject: Re: [rebel-builders] RE: [rebel-builders First Flight...has
happened!
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 16:03:30 -0500
A big CONGRATULATIONS Jesse !!!! As a time frame in comparison to very
many
builders you've done well... with me shipping you that kit in 2005.
Didn't
seem that long ago.. but I just looked up my inventory in/out sheet.
Wayne
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jesse Jenks" <jessejenks@hotmail.com>
To: "Builders list" <rebel-builders@dcsol.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 12:14 AM
Subject: [rebel-builders] RE: [rebel-builders First Flight...has
happened!
It flies really nice, just like everyone says. I did a nice wheel
landing
with a light crosswind, one wheel at a time. Had a wicked tailwheel
shimmey when it touched down and it wouldn't stop until I was at taxi
speed, so that was a bummer. Makes me glad I didn't 3 point it though.
I
also have a nasty oil leak to track down and my airspeed is sluggish,
probably like everyone else who put static ports on the forward
fuselage.
I guess I will try a static mast under the wing. Does that seem to work
well?
Looks like I have a few days work before I can fly again. I also have
to
finish the wing/fuselage fairings as I just had them duck taped on for
today's flight, complete with a cardboard section around the
LE/windshield. That's OK because it is supposed to rain for a few days,
and I new this afternoon would be my window of opportunity, thus the
duck
tape and cardboard to get me airborne.
I loaded 80 pounds of wood stove pellets and had 20 gal fuel for a CG
of
14.5. The handling was just great. Ken I took your advice and just used
one notch for takeoff and landing. That seems very adequate for a first
time in the airplane, although I think I may have actually taken off
with
one notch negative by mistake. My flap handle is not labeled yet and
when
I went to retract the flaps at about 1,000' I seem to remember pulling
it
back one notch to neutral. Who knows now, and it took off and climbed
great either way.
Thanks.
Jesse
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