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Re: Cotton Waiex 191 - N191YX

Postby Bryan Cotton » Mon Jan 01, 2024 9:20 pm

First flight of 2024:
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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 » Sat Jan 06, 2024 12:38 pm

First night flight of 2024 to Burlington, WI.
https://youtu.be/FatejcMQXUk

I think I figured out why the youtube previews would not show. You need to cut out the junk including and after the ? in the link.

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 Weatherpilot » Sun Jan 07, 2024 6:29 am

Another great video. Thanks for sharing!

Happy New Year too!
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Re: Cotton Waiex 191 - N191YX

Postby Bryan Cotton » Tue Jan 16, 2024 12:10 am

Weatherpilot wrote:Another great video. Thanks for sharing!

Happy New Year too!

Thanks Greg!
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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 » Thu Jan 18, 2024 12:54 pm

Some flying this morning:
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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 Jan 28, 2024 5:27 pm

My 5 minutes of fame - you need your last name and EAA number to view.
https://sportaviation.mydigitalpublicat ... 4/page-102
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 Weatherpilot » Sun Jan 28, 2024 9:30 pm

A great story and great accomplishment. Thank you for sharing.

Greg.
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Re: Cotton Waiex 191 - N191YX

Postby Bryan Cotton » Wed Jan 31, 2024 12:05 am

Weatherpilot wrote:A great story and great accomplishment. Thank you for sharing.

Greg.

Thanks Greg!

Working on the extra credit parts of the annual. Our mounts had sagged a little over time. I've reshimmed it so it is a little up, and a little left. The left is to reduce the amount of left pedal required on takeoff, a little bit anyway. We have run out of left pedal with a right crosswind before.

Getting to this point is a pain!
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Next up I'm pulling the engine to reseal the flywheel. And I'm going to safety the starter bolts.
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 » Sun Feb 25, 2024 12:30 pm

We have been down for over a month, but I finished and signed off the annual last night. This was yesterday's ground run.


That ground run was yesterday. We had another about a week ago and I had the needle way too rich. After the first ground run, I had 2 drops of oil on the floor. After the second, I didn't have to clean up any oil. I am cautiously hopeful that the work on the flywheel, the new rear main seal, and resealing the oil pump has made a significant improvement. Now we just need to fly it.
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 Weatherpilot » Sun Feb 25, 2024 2:45 pm

Sounds good. Lot of work but well worth it for performance and peace of mind/confidence in your mount.

Thanks for sharing.

Greg.
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