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The Westmorland Flyer: 01/01/13 - 01/02/13
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Diary of a Sportcruiser kit aircraft builder and flyer. Tuesday, 29 January 2013. Back in the air. perhaps. The revised paperwork from the LAA arrived today, so I am good to go with the new propeller. Sadly the weather is not cooperating, so I think it will be the weekend at the earliest before I can slip the surly bonds once more. Friday, 25 January 2013. Propeller flight testing completed. So what's the result of fitting the new propeller? Improved take off performance. Significantly better climb rate.
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The Westmorland Flyer: 01/03/13 - 01/04/13
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Diary of a Sportcruiser kit aircraft builder and flyer. Monday, 4 March 2013. Early experiences with the new prop. I've got about ten hours of flying in the log with the new propeller and everything seems to be just fine. It actually makes the Sportcruiser a quite different aircraft in many respects, not just because it is faster. All aspects of the flight envelope are improved, from take-off run to climb rate and cruise speed, to fuel economy. The sweet spot seems to be at about 18 litres per hour and 1...
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The Westmorland Flyer: 01/10/10 - 01/11/10
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Diary of a Sportcruiser kit aircraft builder and flyer. Tuesday, 26 October 2010. Cark is a small airfield on the southern edge of the Lake District, about 40 minutes flying time from Kirkbride. It has a 500m tarmac runway and is more usually associated with parachuting activities especially at weekends. I shall never again complain about the fees at full service airports such as Carlisle! Friday, 1 October 2010. Keeping the elements at bay. Although JONL will usually be hangared, there will inevitably b...
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The Westmorland Flyer: 01/04/13 - 01/05/13
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Diary of a Sportcruiser kit aircraft builder and flyer. Saturday, 13 April 2013. April is annual time for G-JONL. The Permit to Fly expires on 5th May each year and so I start working on her ready for the annual inspection early in April. My Sportcruiser is three years old now and has done around 220 flying hours. For the first time there were a few minor faults that had to be sorted out in addition to the standard annual maintenance work. Still on the port side of the aircraft, the port fuel level indic...
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The Westmorland Flyer: 01/03/11 - 01/04/11
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Diary of a Sportcruiser kit aircraft builder and flyer. Wednesday, 16 March 2011. Glenswinton and some all time firsts. Glenswinton is new private strip that has recently been completed and I was invited by its owner to fly in whenever I would like to. It's only about 35 minutes flying time from Carlisle and the weather on Monday was brilliant, so I decided to give it a go. The go-around required full power and a fairly steep climbing turn due to high ground all around but it wasn't really any problem, o...
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The Westmorland Flyer: 01/12/12 - 01/01/13
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Diary of a Sportcruiser kit aircraft builder and flyer. Monday, 31 December 2012. The prop is installed! Having decided that with the vile weather I wasn't going to get any more flying done in 2012, I instead had a very successful day at the airport today messing around with the new prop. The next task was to install the rotating hydraulic joint, carefully oiling the rubber seals and pushing the joint fully home. This seal is extremely important as any leak will reduce the efficiency of the prop pitc...
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The Westmorland Flyer: Propeller flight testing completed
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Diary of a Sportcruiser kit aircraft builder and flyer. Friday, 25 January 2013. Propeller flight testing completed. Well it took a while, what with the typical wintry weather (why is it that I always seem to be working on my aircraft when it's sub-zero and there's snow on the ground? So what's the result of fitting the new propeller? Improved take off performance. Significantly better climb rate. Which brings us neatly onto cruise speed. Now, of course, I have two levers to play with and just like h...
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The Westmorland Flyer: Early experiences with the new prop
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Diary of a Sportcruiser kit aircraft builder and flyer. Monday, 4 March 2013. Early experiences with the new prop. I've got about ten hours of flying in the log with the new propeller and everything seems to be just fine. It actually makes the Sportcruiser a quite different aircraft in many respects, not just because it is faster. All aspects of the flight envelope are improved, from take-off run to climb rate and cruise speed, to fuel economy. The sweet spot seems to be at about 18 litres per hour and 1...
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The Westmorland Flyer: Annual time
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Diary of a Sportcruiser kit aircraft builder and flyer. Saturday, 13 April 2013. April is annual time for G-JONL. The Permit to Fly expires on 5th May each year and so I start working on her ready for the annual inspection early in April. My Sportcruiser is three years old now and has done around 220 flying hours. For the first time there were a few minor faults that had to be sorted out in addition to the standard annual maintenance work. Still on the port side of the aircraft, the port fuel level indic...
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The Westmorland Flyer: 01/01/11 - 01/02/11
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Diary of a Sportcruiser kit aircraft builder and flyer. Monday, 31 January 2011. Beverley is one of the many small airfields across on the east side of the Pennines. The lie of the land is rather more conducive to airfields, being largely flat and there's certainly plenty to choose from. Just down the road is Beverley, home of the Hull Aero Club, being just a few miles north of Hull. I knew little about the airfield but when I called for PPR it seemed friendly enough and so off I went. Although the weath...