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First Flight 1645
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First Flight 1645
by Brett » Sun Mar 13, 2016 8:53 am
Hi all,
Well I have successfully flown my QB Sonex. I must admit, I do only have 6 mins total air time on the board so far, but that's ok for now. The Turbo engine, pardon the pun, really blew me away in terms of performance. I have 70 hours on the standard Aerovee in my other plane, but my word, what a difference the Turbo makes. It literally just jumped off the ground.
It is also sooo much less noisy in operation and I look forward to really seeing what this plane can do.
Thumbs up to a great plane :)
https://youtu.be/9bB5FF4EyD0
-Brett
Well I have successfully flown my QB Sonex. I must admit, I do only have 6 mins total air time on the board so far, but that's ok for now. The Turbo engine, pardon the pun, really blew me away in terms of performance. I have 70 hours on the standard Aerovee in my other plane, but my word, what a difference the Turbo makes. It literally just jumped off the ground.
It is also sooo much less noisy in operation and I look forward to really seeing what this plane can do.
Thumbs up to a great plane :)
https://youtu.be/9bB5FF4EyD0
-Brett
Sonex 1645
VH-VWS
Tailwheel
Former Aerovee Turbo
Rotax 912
VH-VWS
Tailwheel
Former Aerovee Turbo
Rotax 912
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Re: First Flight 1645
by Bryan Cotton » Sun Mar 13, 2016 9:27 am
Brett,
Your airplane looks great! Congratulations!
Your airplane looks great! Congratulations!
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
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First Flight 1645
by Sonex1517 » Sun Mar 13, 2016 9:49 am
Congratulations Brett!
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Chicagoland
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Aero Estates (T25)
First flight 10/10/2015
375+ hours
Jabiru 3300 Gen 4
Prince P Tip
Taildragger
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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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First Flight 1645
by Sonex1462 » Sun Mar 13, 2016 12:27 pm
Congratulations!
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Re: First Flight 1645
by kevinh » Sun Mar 13, 2016 2:41 pm
Congrats! Great paint!
One question: Why so short on the first flight? I'm coming from more of a lycoming background and this will be my first VW engine break-in. In lyc land they make a big deal (possibly too big?) about a strong preference for running the engine at 75% power for the first hour to ensure the rings seat. Is that less of a problem in VW land?
One question: Why so short on the first flight? I'm coming from more of a lycoming background and this will be my first VW engine break-in. In lyc land they make a big deal (possibly too big?) about a strong preference for running the engine at 75% power for the first hour to ensure the rings seat. Is that less of a problem in VW land?
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Re: First Flight 1645
by jjbardell » Sun Mar 13, 2016 3:09 pm
Congrats!
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Re: First Flight 1645
by MichaelFarley56 » Sun Mar 13, 2016 4:29 pm
Congrats! I love the paint scheme as well!
Please let us know how the continued test flights progress. It's always great to hear about another "TurboVee" up flying!
This makes at least 7 customer turbo's flying!
Please let us know how the continued test flights progress. It's always great to hear about another "TurboVee" up flying!
This makes at least 7 customer turbo's flying!
Mike Farley
Waiex #0056 - N569KM (sold)
Onex #245
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Re: First Flight 1645
by Brett » Sun Mar 13, 2016 6:23 pm
Thanks all :)
It was a short flight unfortunately as I had the mixture on the Aerocarb set too lean. I made a quick low level circuit and landed. I adjusted up the carb and was about to fly again however during the mag check discovered 2 cylinders miss firing on the primary. Extensive tests later revealed a non operational primary coil pack. I will need to replace it prior to more test flights. A bit bummed but that's aviation.
I still can't believe how well the turbos go though ;)
It was a short flight unfortunately as I had the mixture on the Aerocarb set too lean. I made a quick low level circuit and landed. I adjusted up the carb and was about to fly again however during the mag check discovered 2 cylinders miss firing on the primary. Extensive tests later revealed a non operational primary coil pack. I will need to replace it prior to more test flights. A bit bummed but that's aviation.
I still can't believe how well the turbos go though ;)
Sonex 1645
VH-VWS
Tailwheel
Former Aerovee Turbo
Rotax 912
VH-VWS
Tailwheel
Former Aerovee Turbo
Rotax 912
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Re: First Flight 1645
by bakfly » Mon Mar 14, 2016 4:17 pm
Congratulations Brett, well done.
Very nice Plane, I like the colour scheme.
Cheers, Peter
Sonex 19-8464, Aerovee 2.1
Hrs flown 106.
South Australia.
Very nice Plane, I like the colour scheme.
Cheers, Peter
Sonex 19-8464, Aerovee 2.1
Hrs flown 106.
South Australia.
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Re: First Flight 1645
by rizzz » Mon Mar 14, 2016 6:50 pm
Well done Brett!
Another Aussie Sonex takes to the skies :-)
Another Aussie Sonex takes to the skies :-)
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
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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
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