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Post subject: Re: Finishing my new Glasair III Posted: 26 Apr 2015, 22:43 |
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Joined: 03/25/12 Posts: 7095 Post Likes: +6262 Location: KCMA - Camarillo, CA
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Are you glad you didn't sell it now? I'm surprised someone didn't jump on it while it was hot.
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Post subject: Re: Finishing my new Glasair III Posted: 27 Apr 2015, 07:05 |
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Hey Todd, that is one amazing plane and panel! Looking forward to seeing it at Max's fly-in. It would be great if we were able to buy a certified production version with the same panel somewhere near the price of yours. I know, it won't happen but I'm not flying in anything I would build! 
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Post subject: Re: Finishing my new Glasair III Posted: 27 Apr 2015, 07:52 |
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Nice, did you gain any speed with that new prop?
_________________ Former Baron 58 owner. Pistons engines are for tractors.
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Post subject: Re: Finishing my new Glasair III Posted: 27 Apr 2015, 09:24 |
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Username Protected wrote: Nice, did you gain any speed with that new prop? Prop added no speed that I could tell; however, can now descend at 295 knots indicated with the prop maintaining proper RPM. It also is a smoother and has decreased the takeoff roll and increased climb rate.
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Post subject: Re: Finishing my new Glasair III Posted: 27 Apr 2015, 09:25 |
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Username Protected wrote: Are you glad you didn't sell it now? I'm surprised someone didn't jump on it while it was hot. I had an offer that was nearly my asking price, but I decided to keep it for now. I want to fly it with the new interior and make a few more trips to FL and the UP of MI. See you all at the Knoxville Fly-In!
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Post subject: Re: Finishing my new Glasair III Posted: 27 Apr 2015, 16:59 |
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the bank angle for the flight director
it defaults to 30deg, and at speeds, it was making my passengers nauseous, garmin recommends reducing it only for planes over 200KTAS, so I set it to 20deg and everything is much happier now
it rolls to a heading and captures it, before it would overbank, lose altitude, and then overshoot the heading, and then S turn back to capture it, really annoying, especially in turbulence or in the bravo
anyways, curious what you had your FD set to
not talking about ESP at all
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Post subject: Re: Finishing my new Glasair III Posted: 27 Apr 2015, 17:04 |
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Username Protected wrote: the bank angle for the flight director
it defaults to 30deg, and at speeds, it was making my passengers nauseous, garmin recommends reducing it only for planes over 200KTAS, so I set it to 20deg and everything is much happier now
it rolls to a heading and captures it, before it would overbank, lose altitude, and then overshoot the heading, and then S turn back to capture it, really annoying, especially in turbulence or in the bravo
anyways, curious what you had your FD set to
not talking about ESP at all AH, not sure. I will check. Whatever it is I do not want to change it. I have entered some approaches at 230 KIAS and fairly steep descent profiles and it is as smooth as glass with no variation in altitude. When using GPS approach it does a good job of anticipating the turn even at high speeds. I'm thinking mine is probably 20, but I will check.
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Post subject: Re: Finishing my new Glasair III Posted: 27 Apr 2015, 18:27 |
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Username Protected wrote: When using GPS approach it does a good job of anticipating the turn even at high speeds. I'm thinking mine is probably 20, but I will check. right, because gps approaches use GPSS which means your GPS is calculating bank angle required, turns to a heading use the FD envelope which is different, it does not "calculate" bank angle, it goes to a limit and tries to roll out (With very little math behind it) from what i've seen, so that makes sense let me know what your settings are, the pitch thing seems to be the part i lack tuning on, horizontal is "okay" for now
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