2015 - EAA Chapter 26
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2015 - EAA Chapter 26
WIND IN THE WIRES TM The Newsletter of Chapter 26, Experimental Aircraft Association Seattle, Washington Volume XXIII No. 5 May 2015 President’s Message: This MEETING: 2nd Thursday of the Month 14 May 2015 7:30 PM LOCATION Opportunity Skyway Bldg. 6524 Ellis Ave S. NW Corner of Boeing Field. From Ellis Ave turn East on Warsaw St. Chapter Web Page www.eaa26.org I just got back from an adventure that I will share the details with you all at the meeting on Thursday. Last month I told about my friend, Bill Roerig, and his 30 year long Falco project. Now that he is gone, his family is left with what do they do with his plane? His sons called me to ask where they start. The plane was Dad/Bill’s thing and they didn’t have a clue. My flying buddy, Brian’s name was on the insurance, but they didn’t even know who he was or how he fit in the picture. Brian is the one that introduced me to Bill, and he had asked him to do the first flight years ago for whenever it got ready. Once we got that all figured out, Brian and I made a plan to go back to Oshkosh to do the test flying. To us it was like a unique and special opportunity, like a memorial to a special man. (Continued on Page 3) 1 This month: Bill Roerig’s Falco FUTURE EVENTS June Meeting: 11 June 2015 (Topic TBD) Please Don’t forget to Pay your dues! If you have not done so yet this year, bring cash or your checkbook! EAA Chapter 26 - Seattle News from National From www.eaa.org TM Current edition of EAA Experimenter Join EAA at Upcoming AOPA Regional Fly-Ins http://www.eaa.org/experimenter/ 4/30/2015 EAA will once again be an active participant at five regional flyCheck out the EAA Hotline Archive: ins hosted by AOPA this year, and the first one is coming up fast. http://www.eaa.org/ehotline/archive_index.asp EAA Supports Revision of Flight Testing Guidance 5/7/2015 The FAA has published revision “B” to Advisory Circular (AC) 90-89, theAmateur Built Aircraft and Ultralight Flight... Siemens Aviation Motor Achieves New Electric Motor Power/Weight Benchmark 4/29/2015 Last month Siemens AG, Berlin, Germany, announced a new, lightweight electric motor expressly built for aviation propulsion weighing in... EAA Submits Drone NPRM Comments 4/23/2015 Electric Power Advances Presented at EAS EAA has submitted its comments to the FAA’s notice of proposed 5/7/2015 After nine years of electric aircraft gatherings such as the one rulemaking (NPRM) on the operation and certification of small... that took place May 1-2 in Santa Rosa, California, one might think we... FAA Seeks Comments on Removing Redundant Approach Procedures 4/23/2015 The FAA has published a proposal in the Federal Register that would remove “redundant or underutilized” ground-based... Take Someone Flying on International Learn to Fly Day 5/7/2015 EAA always encourages its members to take others flying. Revised Sport Pilot/LSA Consensus Standards Released Now on Saturday, 16 May is the day to do it! 4/23/2015 The FAA recently made available a set of 11 revised consensus standards related to the sport pilot and light-sport aircraft (LSA) rule. 2 EAA Chapter 26 - Seattle 2014 OFFICERS President: Dave Nason Vice Pres: Steve Crider Secretary: Don Davis 425.822.3439 Treasurer: Tom Susor 206.632.1397 [email protected] Newsletter Clayton Chase Joel Godston Web Editor: Tom Osmundson Tech Counselor: Tom Osmundson Tech Counselor: Dave Nason 253-631-0191 President’s Message (Continued) Because Bill had been in that hangar on the corner since around 2006, all the neighbors knew him and had been watching the progress of his project. Having the Falco outside the hangar, on its own wheels brought lots of people to see what we were doing. There are already pictures posted on Facebook. We got to “fine tune” and work out the “bugs” in his new plane. Knowing that he built all the parts; ribs, spars, landing gear (struts too), even the upholstery made the experience even more special. This month I’m going to show pictures and talk about my experience with the test flying on Bill’s new Falco. Flight Advisor:Ross Mahon 206.550.9526 [email protected] 3 EAA Chapter 26 - Seattle Why I like to fly With an airplane I can go places using significantly less time than in a car. Camping in Central Washington on a weeknight sounds impossible without taking a day off, but with a plane you can do it and still beat traffic in the morning. Idaho or Montana are no longer reserved for vacation days or the long holiday weekends, but can be accessible on a normal two-day weekend. Leaving the city on a sunny Friday afternoon is now a pleasant affair rather than a nightmare of stop-n-go traffic. Even if there are a few helicopters around. I also get a great new perspective of everyday life and an understanding of how close or far away some places really are. Attempted passenger pickup at Kamiah, ID Weeknight camping at Electric City Electric City gets busy on the weekends. 4 planes 7 people 1 dog 4 Tennis Courts at Green Lake EAA Chapter 26 - Seattle On the Wreckord Recent Homebuilt Accidents from the NTSB Web Page, courtesy of Ron Wanttaja Glasair 2+2 – Oregon: During final approach, the wind gusts ballooned the airplane up and down. Just prior to landing, the pilot added power, however, the airplane subsequently landed hard and bounced. The pilot could see that the right main gear was damaged from the hard landing and decided to depart from the area and land at another airport. Further examination revealed substantial damage to the fuselage near the right landing gear attachment area. (WPR14CA088) 5 EAA Chapter 26 - Seattle On the Wreckord Recent Homebuilt Accidents from the NTSB Web Page, courtesy of Ron Wanttaja RV-9A – Florida: During the approach to landing, the airplane’s propeller stopped spinning but the Eggenfellner Subaru engine continued functioning normally. During the forced landing in a field, the airplane flipped over and came to rest inverted. Postaccident examination of the engine revealed that the spline shaft had uncoupled from the drive disk adapter. The splines of the spline shaft, the drive disk adapter, and the propeller speed reduction unit (PSRU) input spline exhibited signs of severe wear consistent with fretting corrosion. Research revealed that several spline shaft failures had occurred on other airplanes; some of the failures resulted in a loss of engine power and subsequent forced landings, whereas some of the failures were identified during inspection. The manufacturer issued guidance to users to apply a nickel or copper antiseize compound on the spline shaft during installation of the PSRU to decrease wear; however, the manufacturer did not provide users with any instructions or recommendations to routinely inspect and lubricate the spline components. The pilot/builder reported that the PSRU and spline shaft had not been removed, lubricated, or inspected since it had been installed about 325 hours before the accident. (ERA14LA130) Not part of the accident aircraft 6 EAA Chapter 26 - Seattle Experimental aviation supporting sports As you know the budget cuts have eliminated the military flyovers at large events. Well, there's a group of guys in Kansas City who do some formation flying in their own airplanes and decided they'd volunteer to pick up the slack. One additional feature of the flyover was the use of pink smoke for cancer awareness. <http://www.youtube.com/embed/VImNBuJW3sQ?rel=0> 7 EAA Chapter 26 - Seattle Lip Wing aircraft: aliptera Marketplace Free collection of EAA Sport Aviation, Experimenter and manuals from 1966 to present. Some earlier copies as well. Free to a good home. Contact Martha Krueger at 360-678-3269 or email: [email protected]. Sept 2012 The channel wing I showed in the pictures last newsletter is not a dead technology. Aliptera aircraft (http://aliptera. com) is trying to bring this to new aircraft even now. Velocity SUV fastbuild kit for sale. Unassembled fastbuild wings and fuselage, fixed gear, single gull wing door, $33k, 253-517-5654 [email protected] may 2012 Metal Hangar for sale: Pierce County Airport (Thun Field). 45x50, 45x14 electric bifold door. Heated and insulated, has separate bathroom. $155k. Contact Gene Endsley, 206-300-1197 Condo T-Hangar for sale: Olympia Airport Hangar Number I-5, 1620 Sq. Ft., 44 ft 4" wide door opening - electrically operated bifold door. Two years old with epoxy sealed floor. 110/ 240 volt , 60 amp electrical service on separate meter. $89,500. Mike and Arlene Dougherty, 253-880-6690. Smyth Sidewinder project for sale: Project of former EAA member Keith Klinck who recently passed away. This is a 1960’s vintage design, all metal, tricycle gear configuration somewhat similar to an RV-6. Completed fuselage and many other component parts and aluminum sheet. For more info call Ron Klinck at 425.739.0715. Looking for up to 3 partners in a 1964 Mooney M20E at BFI to help reduce the total cost of ownership. – Equipped with Garmin GNS430W, S-TEC 30 W/ Alt Hold, manual gear and flaps Clayton Chase (206) 963-4353 [email protected] 1K Technologies Flight Engine Monitor, AIM-3000 Was purchased to go into a Subaru in a RV-7, was donated to chapter 26. Jeff Pierce (612) 532-7277 More pictures and details available. 8 EAA Chapter 26 - Seattle Marketplace Engineering Jobs at Dynon Avionics Dynon is looking to fill an Electrical Engineer and Production Engineer position. Please send resumes to [email protected]. For more details visit Dynon’s webpage or contact Kelly in HR at 425-402-0433. RV-10 Tail for sale: 95% complete. Skip Feher 425 677-5335 RV-4 For Sale (N474JB) Located on Pierce County Airport – Thun Field (KPLU) TT A&E 1340 hours. Aero Sport Power, IO-360-B1B. Lightspeed Plasma III 1967 Smith Miniplane N185J, 560 Hours total time, 560 hours SMOH electronic ignition. Whirl Wind 200RV constant speed prop. on a Lycoming O-290-D2, 135hp. The plane has always been Full IFR panel. Dual axis TruTrak autopilot with automatic pitch trim. hangered and has not been flown for 10+ years. The aircraft is located MTN High O2D2 Oxygen system. in Nampa. I am asking $14,500. For more info contact Terry Stewart Performance: 175 knot cruise on [email protected] or 208-376-8699. 8 gph or less. Seattle to Oshkosh with one stop, each way. Award RANS S-19 Ventura Kit Empennage & Wings complete… Fuselage for workmanship at Arlington, WA. half done. Finish kit still in box. Strobe lights and parking brake Reason for sale: Medical. $75K options. New cost $26000 plus shipping. Will sell for $20k. Located in John Brick [email protected] Enumclaw. Dick Migas 480-234-1471 April 2013 253-230-8516 July 2012 July 2012 March 2014 Zenair 601 HDS Project for sale: Firewall back, including fairings, LR fuel tanks, and lights. Price negotiable. Terry Wilson, 206 522-4006. Wanted: Partner(s) in building Experimental Twin * Looking for 1 or 2 partners for building a one of a kind, partially complete, experimental light twin - Wickham Model F. Similar to Partenavia P68. Aluminum, 67 place, estimated 2100+ empty, 3600+ gross, fixed mains, retractable nose wheel. Engines could be 150 to 200 hp. Evolution of Wickham Model B twin N1343. No small project, if seriously interested, contact Tom Osmundson, 253-239-6175 [email protected] Lincoln Sport Biplane Project It is not complete; the fuselage and wings are mostly complete but are not assembled. It comes with a disassembled A65 engine. $7,500, negotiable. Miles Milner - 253-854-6855 (Kent) (The picture is not the actual kit being sold) Zenair 601 HD Project for sale: Structure is complete, Fuselage on gear. Includes Ray Allen aileron and elevator trim and flight and engine instruments. Will sell with or without new stratus. Subaru engine, prop and spinner. Inspect and make offer George Swinford (425) 869-2780 Microair 760: Comm radio W/ factory harness and Microair T2000 Mode A/C transponder. Both units fit standard 2 ¼” instrument holes. New in original packaging. $1,200 for both or make offer individually George Swinford (425) 869-2780 9 EAA Chapter 26 - Seattle The Newsletter of EAA Chapter 26 WIND IN THE WIRES EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION 16614 188th Ave SE Renton, WA 98058 May 2015 Chapter 26 NEWSLETTER