Garmin will soon give us G3X Touch users a nice new feature for free. In preparation for this I made a flight yesterday to collect the needed data for it. I wanted to verify earlier numbers.
Result from the worst case scenario (Engine still running but without power and prop full forward):
Measured at the best glide speed of 95kt IAS: vs -995fpm
From this you get:
no wind glide ratio 1:9.67
no wind decent angle 5.905 degrees
no wind 1.59NM / 1000 feet agl
no wind 2.85 km / 1000 feet
More preparation for painting. Never been happy about how the fairings between the gear leg fairings and the fuselage and the fairings between the gear legs and wheel pants. Time to adjust. I am also making access panels for easier air fill/air pressure testing of the wheels.
Another day with many hours in the hangar. in retrospect, I should have gotten me some better cutting wheels for my dremel... Anyway, now the tank sealant is hardening, tomorrow I will hopefully just have a few minutes of cutting away some excess sealant and then I´m done with this task.
I followed tips from different builders and did not drill the #19 holes directly, I first drilled #30 holes so I could use regular clecos to hold things for match drilling.
I intend to paint my RV soon. I have three tasks that should be done before that:
