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Date:  1-16-2015
Number of Hours:  2.00
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Brief Description:  2 more hours and with pants :)

Took me an hour to install the pants due to the need to make a couple small adjustments prior to test flying them. They worked out great and were REALLY noticeable on final to land. I also noticed less aft trim needed as well so they are definitely doing their job. The flight test was a little boring for 2 hours puting around at 80 kts but those are "cheap" hours considering I'm not trying to go anywhere :) At the end of the flight I noticed the engine wasn't humming along as usual and noticed a 375 degree drop on one of the EGT temps. Well the CHT was also lower than expected comparred to yesterdays flight so it leads me to think that the #4 injector may have got something stuck in it and leaned it out causing it to run rough and lose power. Not cool since I just had them all cleaned.
Oil temps of course were high as expected but I kept them all in the yellow today. I will be removing the plenums, wheel pants, cowls, and oil cooler tomorrow in a big swoop to figure out these issues. The Cooler will be getting a plenum, and I decided to make a ram air scoop. The design is done and I think it's gonna look great on the bottom of the cowl and I'm POSITIVE it will work. Physics my dear Watson.
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pants on for test flight

pants on for test flight

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Ready to rock

Ready to rock

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