Wednesday, March 09, 2005

GWS 400 Motor Re-propped

So I grabbed a 9x7 yesterday and put her on. I gave the wife the transmitter, put the amp gauge on the motor, and let her run it at half and full. She was pulling just over 10.0 amps at half and about 14.1 at full on the fully charged TP 1320. At static that's a little over the 13.8, but I run at half power most of the time and I should be able to start at 3/4 without sweating it.
I've also been thinking about adjusting the CG on the plane. I may retry the gear now that I'm getting better. I've got the rear wheel well anchored, but the front gear pulled out too much. I just used the GWS though, some Gorilla Glue would probably hold. I could then spend a day trying touch and goes, but I'd have to figure out where. Hand launching works great because I'm in a grass field. There's a smooth patch from some prairie dogs where I ROGed the maiden, and I could try landing there, or in the parking lot. I'm just a bit worried about cars if I do the parking lot. Although, I think she's tail heavy, so I could just pull out the tail gear, but it's way in there. That or add the gears to the front. Hmm, will have to think on that. I've been trying to do outside loops, might be possible with the new prop, or may need a CG adjustment. I'm going to try for more elevator clearance too.
Now if the wind would just cooperate and let me fly ;-).

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