Flying is fun
Yep, flying is fun, surprise, surprise. With everything all put back together and triple checked, I launched this morning at around 11am. A good time for a lazy Saturday afternoon. The weather is severe clear and about 75 degrees. It is no surprise that it wasn’t long before the new tower controllers had their hands full with all the traffic that this kind of amazing weather produces on a weekend.
Anyway, I was looking at prop governor performance and the effects of the new inlet shape. The prop was rock solid. I couldn’t upset it, I tried really hard, but I also couldn’t get the oil temp above about 170 degrees, so that test is still a bit inconclusive. The inlet shape change definitely made a positive difference in cooling balance and did increase the pressure differential (I had my digital manometer setup for this flight). Both good things.
This weather is great. Pattern altitude before reaching the end of the field, and no restricted climbs due to temps. I was able to point it toward the sky and let-er’-rip straight up to 6500′. Much fun.