N40SH (A143) received its airworthiness cerificate yesterday from the Scottsdale
FSDO. It passed easily after loosening up the alierons a bit. What was more
satisifying however was passing the Kim Prout inspection after that. It was
easily three times more detailed than the government inspection. Kim found a
couple of detail items. Other than that she's ready to go!
Engine runups and taxi tests in the mid day AZ triple digits revealed an
effective
cooling setup. As expected, static runs produced high indicated temperatures.
However running at low taxi-speeds resulted in an immediate and solid
10 degree reduction in cylinder head temperature. It is the expectation that
this follows through in the upper speed range also. The plane has some Dave
and Terry cooling mods as well as several of my own.
First flights will occurr when arrangements are made with Bob Lindsay.
Steve Hagar
hagargs@earthlink.net
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