Thanks guys, its was a lot of fun, even if it was slightly costly. I could repair the damage to the Avanti wings as its mostly superficial, but I've been thinking of replacing them anyway, so another Winter project. That's okay, we're doing a Fly In in a couple of days, totally disorganized, just a bunch of us overnighting it at the field and flying, the best kind of fly in, lots of flying!!
So far its been a pretty successful year, more flight time in this year than last and still a chunk of time to get even more. We were lucky enough to be flying into November for the last 2 years, so I'm hoping for the same this year. I have a week off following the September long weekend, so I'll be stacking up flight time then as well.
I'm just so pleased that the Pitts did as well as she did. I found a few interesting little tricks with her as well as the sweet spot CG, which is parallel with the front edge of the forward cross member on the fuse floor, those that have them will know what I mean. Unfortunately, the straps are too far aft to be of any use, so industrial strength Velcro is the way to go.
I also found that if I have her trimmed up for level flight at half throttle, I have to add two clicks of up elevator trim when landing and she dances in beautifully. BTW, still flying with the 3300s as well.
Off to dinner at the Irma Hotel later this evening. For those who don't know what that is, William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody, our town's founder, built it in the 1890's and named it after his daughter Irma. It still has the Cherry wood bar that Queen Victoria gave him after his tour of Europe with his Wild West Show. It's just beautiful. such a great town to live in, the gateway to Yellowstone.
Grossman56
So far its been a pretty successful year, more flight time in this year than last and still a chunk of time to get even more. We were lucky enough to be flying into November for the last 2 years, so I'm hoping for the same this year. I have a week off following the September long weekend, so I'll be stacking up flight time then as well.
I'm just so pleased that the Pitts did as well as she did. I found a few interesting little tricks with her as well as the sweet spot CG, which is parallel with the front edge of the forward cross member on the fuse floor, those that have them will know what I mean. Unfortunately, the straps are too far aft to be of any use, so industrial strength Velcro is the way to go.
I also found that if I have her trimmed up for level flight at half throttle, I have to add two clicks of up elevator trim when landing and she dances in beautifully. BTW, still flying with the 3300s as well.
Off to dinner at the Irma Hotel later this evening. For those who don't know what that is, William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody, our town's founder, built it in the 1890's and named it after his daughter Irma. It still has the Cherry wood bar that Queen Victoria gave him after his tour of Europe with his Wild West Show. It's just beautiful. such a great town to live in, the gateway to Yellowstone.
Grossman56
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