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Re: Cotton Waiex 191 - N191YX

Postby bvolcko38 » Thu Dec 22, 2022 9:49 am

Look at that smile!
Well done!
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Re: Cotton Waiex 191 - N191YX

Postby Sonerai13 » Thu Dec 22, 2022 11:05 am

Congrats! Good on ya! A wonderful accomplishment. Enjoy!!
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Re: Cotton Waiex 191 - N191YX

Postby pfhoeycfi » Thu Dec 22, 2022 4:32 pm

Good job!
39+ hours behind you...

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Re: Cotton Waiex 191 - N191YX

Postby Bryan Cotton » Fri Dec 23, 2022 2:29 pm

Area 51% wrote:His grin says it all. Amputation of his right arm might be necessary, however.

It's a small cockpit. Would have been easier if we finished in 2 years per the original plan, and he was 14. But we are getting used to it.

bvolcko38 wrote:Look at that smile!
Well done!


Sonerai13 wrote:Congrats! Good on ya! A wonderful accomplishment. Enjoy!!


Thanks guys, I appreciate the encouragement.

pfhoeycfi wrote:Good job!
39+ hours behind you...

I found the first 30+ hours went slow - and the end ones I felt like I was doing long days in the Pawnee again. Especially given that probably 4+ hours were MVFR in the pattern. I've got about 128 landings in the airplane so far.
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Re: Cotton Waiex 191 - N191YX

Postby Bryan Cotton » Fri Dec 23, 2022 7:27 pm

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Re: Cotton Waiex 191 - N191YX

Postby WaiexN143NM » Sun Dec 25, 2022 5:09 pm

hi bryan and adam,

Great job, congrats. Thanks for taking us along for the journey.



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Re: Cotton Waiex 191 - N191YX

Postby Bryan Cotton » Mon Dec 26, 2022 7:51 pm

Thanks Michael!

1.5 hours today. Adam did stalls, slow flight, steep turns, takeoffs, and his first landing.
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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: Cotton Waiex 191 - N191YX

Postby Bryan Cotton » Mon Jan 02, 2023 1:00 am



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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: Cotton Waiex 191 - N191YX

Postby Sonex1517 » Mon Jan 02, 2023 9:57 am

Awesome Bryan!

I am sure this has been asked before and I missed it - what camera and/or software are you using that puts the airspeed, heading, altitude and ground track on there?

Saturday here was a perfect day for flying!
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Re: Cotton Waiex 191 - N191YX

Postby Bryan Cotton » Mon Jan 02, 2023 10:38 am

Thanks Robbie!
The gps data is recorded from a GoPro Hero 8. The software is called telemetry overlay from:
https://goprotelemetryextractor.com/

Adam says the software was about $150. He was frustrated with the free stuff and says the software he bought is awesome.
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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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