Thread: new(ish) CT in Ireland

Hi all
just took delivery of 16 month old 60 hour CTSW from UK, flew to NI tandragee (like an aircraft carrier to me) with Peter Kelsey of Ferryair. Trip lasted 3 hours , then plus another 1.5 training after a coffee break. Hoping to be educated on the finer points of flying it thanks Raphael O'Carroll. http://www.kernanaviation.co.uk/

Flying over at OAT about 0 deg C could not get oil over 62-63 deg, tried a few power settings. CHT also on the low side, we saw it dip into the yellow on one occasion. I will need to look into this, can any harm come to the engine? BTW starting in the cold was troublesome, we had to connect a car up, notwithstanding a fully charged battery. Our fuel burn was about 18l/h at 95-105kts and 4600-4800 RPM. It was a bit disconcerting to see fuel draining from RH tank with bubbles in the sight glass and still 20m out to sea. I remembered what my DPE Bill Lumley told me about getting the last drop of "unusable" fuel out of C152 tank, fly one wing slightly low. That I did and when we landed 30 min later fuel in both was equal. But its very sensitive to wing level, I reckon 1/3 ball diameter.

here is a youtube of my third landing at kernan with raphael:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmetJB7Ftlc
or with soundtrack:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuYfq4fP ... re=related (has Ferryair link as well)

RWY is approx 3.5m width.


best
John

Hi john,

welcome aboard!!!

You need to stick some tape over your radiator, to keep the temps up!!, take a look at mine the next time your up!! and i'll sort you out.

rgs neil

Hi Neill
must do although better on sunday but missed you then, maybe tuesday?

John

Hi John..

I am sure that this guy who flew your CTSW across with you is the same guy who formated on me down through Holland and Belgium in a CTSW that was going to North Ireland after being at OPMAS for registering.

At the time I had the Dynamic and had a desire for a CTSW so this guy formating on me with the one he was flying made me envious and I did wonder why I had chose the Dynamic. The guy was so tight in on my left wing that I thought we could shake hands if we had opened our vents.

I have now changed to a CTLS and love it and it was in part to the excellence of how precise this guy flew the CTSW in tight position to me. I have now only the thought that your CTSW could possibly the one he flew before to North Ireland ?

Looking at my passengers pictures I can make out the registration being something like G-COFP ? is that yours ?

Gunther Zeiss

that would most probably be neil forsythe's CTSW = G-CFDP. Peter Kelsey and I flew Sittles to tandragee last wednesday in G-CETH
John

Welcome,
Neils correct, put 2 x strips of duct tape across the rad & that should get your temps up to 95-110 depending on revs. 18L/h is very heavy consumption @ 100 knots. I flew over four hours yesterday & got average 15/16 @ 100-110 ias two fat blokes on board. This was checked with the fuel left in the tank not the flow meter. Yours has a D180 doesn't it? Is it set up correctly?
Mal

D180 correct, don't know it well enough yet to be anyway sure of figures. previous owner said he averaged 14l/hr flying conservatively. So far, I haven't found need to go much over 80-85kts in general circuit practice, and fuel is lasting in the tanks OK. at a guess I have flown 15l/hr over 9 hours since feb 11th. So it may need calibration alright.
Landing at Tandragee is like an aircraft carrier!
BTW I noticed a crack 3/4 ways across in the skinny bracket holding the lower cowl to the fuselage underside - is this common? also one of the rubbers holding the radiator on the left upper (viewed from above/behind, nose away) is pulled sideways how could this happen? Just wondering was it installed correctly or has something moved. I need to learn how to post pictures here.

John

Hi John,

The crack in the lower cowl is not common. You need to pull the cowl and see if the crack is cosmetic on the outer skin coating only or goes through into the carbon fiber. The outer shell crack is not a big deal as this is not structural, but a carbon fiber crack is a problem. On the radiator. Loosen the two large nuts on top of the radiators up where the fittings that go into the radiator are. Two larger gold flat nuts. Then center the radiator to take any side pressure off the rubber isolators and tighten the large flat nuts back up.

For all of the other CT flyers everywhere in the world you may want to take a wrench and check these two nuts. I just found mine very lose and it was allowing the radiator to move horizontally. Won't hurt to check them. Temps here in Tucson, Az. are now getting back up to 75F+ so it's time to remove the 2" wide tape across the radiator. I flew with the tape today and temps were getting up to the yellow. Temps are about 10F-12F above normal right now. Supposed to be 89F tomorrow.

John...I expect you are talking about the Radiator Isolator Mounts. It might be worth taking a look at the re-issued SB (15 October 200 on this: http://flightdesign.com/files/Service%2 ... -01-en.pdf

Regards


Dave

My rad mount broke & let the rad go loose. Oliver can make you a new bracket if you need one, my original bracket didn't have enough of a twist causing the rubber to break after 150 hours.
At 80-85 IAS you should be sipping fuel @ 10l ph as long as your going -12 flap. Below 85 @ -12 she becomes a bit of sloppy girl & needs the stick stirring to keep her straight.
Mal