Re: Michael's Sonex #145
Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2015 9:47 pmSnappy!
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Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2015 9:47 pmRe: Michael's Sonex #145
Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2015 9:54 pmLooks great! Looking forward to the first flight report!
Re: Michael's Sonex #145
Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2015 10:43 pmGreat looking aircraft, how close are you to first flight?
Re: Michael's Sonex #145
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2015 12:19 amSonex1243 wrote:Great looking aircraft, how close are you to first flight?
Not sure,
Still have to get the engine running and finish the CofA related paperwork.
For the moment I'm in the middle moving house so that's taking up my attention now, still aiming to have the first flight within the next few months if all goes well with the engine this time.
Re: Michael's Sonex #145
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2015 8:17 amLooks great, expect it will fly great as well.
David A.
David A.
Re: Michael's Sonex #145
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2015 7:47 pmLooking great. Especially for someone new to spray painting.
Phil
Phil
Re: Michael's Sonex #145
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2015 5:44 amHad another go at starting the engine this afternoon, with much more success this time.
Here's a link to the video:
https://youtu.be/om0ZsSrFMY0
As you can see the exhaust wrap was smoking a bit after I stopped the engine, I understand this is normal when new?
Here's a link to the video:
https://youtu.be/om0ZsSrFMY0
As you can see the exhaust wrap was smoking a bit after I stopped the engine, I understand this is normal when new?
Michael's Sonex #145
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2015 8:27 amExcellent!
My exhaust wrap did smoke a bit, yes.
Robbie Culver
Sonex 1517
Chicagoland
Tails and Wings complete - finishing fuselage.
N1517S reserved
My exhaust wrap did smoke a bit, yes.
Robbie Culver
Sonex 1517
Chicagoland
Tails and Wings complete - finishing fuselage.
N1517S reserved
Re: Michael's Sonex #145
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2015 9:32 pmIt felt like my AeroInjector was running great as well with no tuning done yet at all since the rebuild.
I did install the 2.5 needle from the start this time around though and I did not have the air filter on at this stage.
It all ran great so far at every RPM setting I tried (1000, 2000, 2500 and 3000 at the end) but I did not do any EGT mixture adjustments on this run, just wanted to confirm it's running at this stage.
I will report more findings as I do more tests.
Regards,
Michael`
I did install the 2.5 needle from the start this time around though and I did not have the air filter on at this stage.
It all ran great so far at every RPM setting I tried (1000, 2000, 2500 and 3000 at the end) but I did not do any EGT mixture adjustments on this run, just wanted to confirm it's running at this stage.
I will report more findings as I do more tests.
Regards,
Michael`
Re: Michael's Sonex #145
Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2015 6:02 amMade a little video summarizing the last 6 years of my life, "Building Sonex #145":
https://youtu.be/9pLJ3NYHkPw
https://youtu.be/9pLJ3NYHkPw