Roth Waiex #197

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Roth Waiex #197

Postby Sonex1517 » Sun Aug 30, 2015 9:21 pm

Excellent!

I am not far behind you. Rented a hangar yesterday at KARR and planning to move it ASAP


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Re: Roth Waiex #197

Postby Bryan Cotton » Sun Aug 30, 2015 11:27 pm

Cool time lapse Ryan! Congrats to both of you for landing in the hangar. Robbie, C77 is only 37NM from KARR.
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Poplar Grove, IL C77
Waiex 191 N191YX
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Prebuilt spars and machined angle kit
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Re: Roth Waiex #197

Postby Corby202 » Mon Aug 31, 2015 5:26 am

If its of any help, I have all three bottom hinge pins finishing at the same point so I just have a loop in all of them and will just use a small cable tie.
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Re: Roth Waiex #197

Postby Rynoth » Sat Sep 12, 2015 5:30 pm

New blog post today detailing the move of my aircraft from basement to hangar:

http://www.rynoth.com/wordpress/waiex/2015/09/12/move-of-airplane-from-basement-to-hangar/
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Re: Roth Waiex #197

Postby Rynoth » Mon Oct 12, 2015 6:50 pm

Ryan Roth
N197RR - Waiex #197 (Turbo Aerovee Taildragger)
Knoxville, TN (Hangar at KRKW)
My project blog: http://www.rynoth.com/wordpress/waiex/
Time-lapse video of my build: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8QTd2HoyAM
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Roth Waiex #197

Postby Sonex1517 » Mon Oct 12, 2015 7:07 pm

Excellent Ryan! Your experience mirrors my own.

Looking forward to hearing about an inspection and first flight!


Robbie Culver
Sonex 1517
Chicagoland
Tails and Wings complete - finishing fuselage.
N1517S reserved
Robbie Culver
Sonex 1517
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First flight 10/10/2015
325+ hours
Jabiru 3300 Gen 4
Prince P Tip
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N1517S
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Re: Roth Waiex #197

Postby Rynoth » Fri Oct 30, 2015 3:31 pm

Lots of big events in the past week!

#1: I got married!
#2: First startup of my Turbo Aerovee!
#3: First taxi test!

We had a bunch of folks who were in town for our wedding out to the airport on Sunday for a Hangar Party. The main event was firing up the engine and performing a taxi/brake test. It was awesome to be able to hit this milestone in front of a crowd like that, won't soon forget it!

Here's a video of the 2 tests:

https://youtu.be/HNZTuFreZvI

First observations: secondary ignition timing is way off, engine wouldn't run without primary. Primary mags aren't grounding correctly for some reason, I cannot turn off the magnetrons. I used a 2.5 needle in the default position in the aeroinjector and the engine is running way rich, had to pull the mixture halfway out to get it to run. Good times!
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Knoxville, TN (Hangar at KRKW)
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Re: Roth Waiex #197

Postby Bryan Cotton » Fri Oct 30, 2015 4:02 pm

Wow! Congratulations X 3!
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Poplar Grove, IL C77
Waiex 191 N191YX
Taildragger, Aerovee, acro ailerons
dual sticks with sport trainer controls
Prebuilt spars and machined angle kit
Year 2 flying and approaching 200 hours December 23
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Roth Waiex #197

Postby Sonex1517 » Fri Oct 30, 2015 5:55 pm

Congratulations on three huge achievements! Getting married being the most notable!


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Re: Roth Waiex #197

Postby Bryan Cotton » Sat Oct 31, 2015 12:08 am

Big crowd at the first taxi! Was that just before or just after the wedding?
Bryan Cotton
Poplar Grove, IL C77
Waiex 191 N191YX
Taildragger, Aerovee, acro ailerons
dual sticks with sport trainer controls
Prebuilt spars and machined angle kit
Year 2 flying and approaching 200 hours December 23
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