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Michael's Sonex #145
Re: Michael's Sonex #145
by fastj22 » Sun Aug 16, 2015 9:47 pm
Snappy!
John Gillis
SEL Private, Comm Glider, Tow pilot (Pawnee Driver)
Waiex N116YX, Jabiru 3300, Tail dragger,
First flight, 3/16/2013. 403 hours and climbing.
Home: CO15. KOSH x 5
Flying a B-Model Conversion (Super Bee Baby!)
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Re: Michael's Sonex #145
by Bryan Cotton » Sun Aug 16, 2015 9:54 pm
Looks great! Looking forward to the first flight report!
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
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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Re: Michael's Sonex #145
by Sonex1243 » Sun Aug 16, 2015 10:43 pm
Great looking aircraft, how close are you to first flight?
Ken S
SONEX #1243 N424SX (reserved)
Tail complete, wings done
Fuselage on gear
Jab 3300 received!
SONEX #1243 N424SX (reserved)
Tail complete, wings done
Fuselage on gear
Jab 3300 received!
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Re: Michael's Sonex #145
by rizzz » Mon Aug 17, 2015 12:19 am
Sonex1243 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.
Michael
Sonex #145 from scratch (mostly)
Taildragger, 2.4L VW engine, AeroInjector, Prince 54x48 P-Tip
VH-MND, CofA issued 2nd of November 2015
First flight 7th of November 2015
Phase I Completed, 11th of February 2016
http://www.mykitlog.com/rizzz/
Sonex #145 from scratch (mostly)
Taildragger, 2.4L VW engine, AeroInjector, Prince 54x48 P-Tip
VH-MND, CofA issued 2nd of November 2015
First flight 7th of November 2015
Phase I Completed, 11th of February 2016
http://www.mykitlog.com/rizzz/
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Re: Michael's Sonex #145
by DCASonex » Mon Aug 17, 2015 8:17 am
Looks great, expect it will fly great as well.
David A.
David A.
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Re: Michael's Sonex #145
by Corby202 » Mon Aug 17, 2015 7:47 pm
Looking great. Especially for someone new to spray painting.
Phil
Phil
Phil Bird
Sonex 759 JAB 2.2 Tailwheel
Mittagong NSW Australia
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Sonex 759 JAB 2.2 Tailwheel
Mittagong NSW Australia
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Re: Michael's Sonex #145
by rizzz » Sun Aug 23, 2015 5:44 am
Had 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
Sonex #145 from scratch (mostly)
Taildragger, 2.4L VW engine, AeroInjector, Prince 54x48 P-Tip
VH-MND, CofA issued 2nd of November 2015
First flight 7th of November 2015
Phase I Completed, 11th of February 2016
http://www.mykitlog.com/rizzz/
Sonex #145 from scratch (mostly)
Taildragger, 2.4L VW engine, AeroInjector, Prince 54x48 P-Tip
VH-MND, CofA issued 2nd of November 2015
First flight 7th of November 2015
Phase I Completed, 11th of February 2016
http://www.mykitlog.com/rizzz/
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Michael's Sonex #145
by Sonex1517 » Sun Aug 23, 2015 8:27 am
Excellent!
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
Robbie Culver
Sonex 1517
Aero Estates (T25)
First flight 10/10/2015
375+ hours
Jabiru 3300 Gen 4
Prince P Tip
Taildragger
N1517S
Sonex 1517
Aero Estates (T25)
First flight 10/10/2015
375+ hours
Jabiru 3300 Gen 4
Prince P Tip
Taildragger
N1517S
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Re: Michael's Sonex #145
by rizzz » Sun Aug 23, 2015 9:32 pm
It 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`
Michael
Sonex #145 from scratch (mostly)
Taildragger, 2.4L VW engine, AeroInjector, Prince 54x48 P-Tip
VH-MND, CofA issued 2nd of November 2015
First flight 7th of November 2015
Phase I Completed, 11th of February 2016
http://www.mykitlog.com/rizzz/
Sonex #145 from scratch (mostly)
Taildragger, 2.4L VW engine, AeroInjector, Prince 54x48 P-Tip
VH-MND, CofA issued 2nd of November 2015
First flight 7th of November 2015
Phase I Completed, 11th of February 2016
http://www.mykitlog.com/rizzz/
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Re: Michael's Sonex #145
by rizzz » Mon Nov 02, 2015 6:02 am
Made a little video summarizing the last 6 years of my life, "Building Sonex #145":
https://youtu.be/9pLJ3NYHkPw
https://youtu.be/9pLJ3NYHkPw
Michael
Sonex #145 from scratch (mostly)
Taildragger, 2.4L VW engine, AeroInjector, Prince 54x48 P-Tip
VH-MND, CofA issued 2nd of November 2015
First flight 7th of November 2015
Phase I Completed, 11th of February 2016
http://www.mykitlog.com/rizzz/
Sonex #145 from scratch (mostly)
Taildragger, 2.4L VW engine, AeroInjector, Prince 54x48 P-Tip
VH-MND, CofA issued 2nd of November 2015
First flight 7th of November 2015
Phase I Completed, 11th of February 2016
http://www.mykitlog.com/rizzz/
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