7/24/20

RV formation and left fuel tank calibration

Got a visit from fellow RV builder Calle, joined him an his daughter on the first part of their flight from Eskilstuna to Håtuna. To bumpy for close formation.

After that I flew around for another 35 minutes and then made turns in a good area near Katrineholm airstrip at 3000 ft AGL, waiting for the left tank to run dry. Spotted the fuel pressure going down from 28 to 18 before the engine really quit making power. Switched to the right tank and stayed in the area for another 30 seconds to make sure all was fine and then returned to Eskilstuna and did the fuel calibration by first calibration for ground at 0L, then put it in flight attitude and calibrated for 0L.

Then fueled up to 5, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80 and finally 90L. Storing calibration points after each fuel up.

My radio transmissions and reception looks to be good now, while at Katrineholm, I could hear Calle who was probably pretty far away, activating his flight plan and getting the first clearances towards Visby. 

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