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Re: Cotton Waiex 191 - N191YX

Postby Bryan Cotton » Sun Nov 19, 2023 10:51 am

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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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Re: Cotton Waiex 191 - N191YX

Postby Bryan Cotton » Sun Nov 19, 2023 11:40 pm



Edit: We have about 184 hours now, including over 7 hours since Friday. The Waiex is down for a little maintenance:
1) Oil Change
2) Valve Adjustment
3) New tires (thanks Rusty!)
4) grease wheel bearings
5) New hollow spinner

We have been flying a lot!
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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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Re: Cotton Waiex 191 - N191YX

Postby Bryan Cotton » Thu Nov 23, 2023 2:59 pm

Flew 0.7 to Bigfoot 7V3 and back for a stamp. It's only 2100' of grass but with cool temps, 13kts down the runway, and solo I had performance to spare.
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Unfortunately my brakes have failed and the right wheelpant axle bolt was hanging by the safety wire when I got back.
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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Re: Cotton Waiex 191 - N191YX

Postby BobDz » Thu Nov 23, 2023 4:57 pm

Bryan you certainly have embraced the Wisconsin passport program!

Should I mention Minnesota??
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Re: Cotton Waiex 191 - N191YX

Postby Bryan Cotton » Thu Nov 23, 2023 5:44 pm

BobDz wrote:Bryan you certainly have embraced the Wisconsin passport program!

Should I mention Minnesota??

Bob, one of my neighbors mentioned Minnesota already. Too far to go!

Happy Thanksgiving all!
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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Re: Cotton Waiex 191 - N191YX

Postby Bryan Cotton » Fri Nov 24, 2023 11:00 pm

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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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Re: Cotton Waiex 191 - N191YX

Postby Bryan Cotton » Fri Dec 01, 2023 12:14 am

Night flying. We were orbiting the airport to check out cooling after adding inlet block off plates.
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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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Re: Cotton Waiex 191 - N191YX

Postby Bryan Cotton » Mon Dec 11, 2023 12:16 am

Wheel landings:
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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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Re: Cotton Waiex 191 - N191YX

Postby Bryan Cotton » Tue Dec 12, 2023 12:50 am

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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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Re: Cotton Waiex 191 - N191YX

Postby Bryan Cotton » Tue Dec 12, 2023 9:42 pm

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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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