Sunday 13 Sept 2009
0.5 air time
0.6 flt time
Inter-flight activities:
- Added "fuzzy" Velcro strips under the left side of the aft canopy skirt to stop it from buzzing against the fuselage skin at high speed.
Events:
- Engine break-in.
- Checked for canopy skirt buzz at high speed. The buzz is still present :(
New Snags:
- Aperiodic banging noise started while in cruise. The airspeed was reduced, and the mission was aborted. Found rubber sealing strip at left wing to fuselage intersection fairing loose.
Existing Snags:
- RPM still low in level flight with max rpm selected.
- SD-8 Alternator does not seem to be working. Will defer troubleshooting until engine break-in is completed, as it would be useful to check for AC output from alternator during an engine ground run.
- Small amount of right rudder pedal force needed in cruise. Need to add a wedge on the left side of the rudder trailing edge.
- Pitch trim speed of movement is slow during a touch and go.
- Data from EIS 4000 engine monitor is no longer being recorded.