Most excellent. I assume you mean LED "strobe," not LED strobe, right? In other words an LED that is a legal "anti-collision" light. That's what I would do...
John, That's pretty much the same as what I did, except that I used a round brass plate and soldered the copper strips to it. I did that before anything was...
I would swear by looking at the picture that the main gear is shorter than mine as it appears to sit slightly nose high. Mine has about 1 degree angle of...
Gary, You are correct in that it's an anti collision light. I will still have the two Wheelen strobes in the wing tips, but will also have LED "strobes" on...
Gary, N407L does have much shorter gear legs. The nose is the same height as yours though, so the deck angle is a little different (higher) on the ground and...
Yes, 407L sits lower. If I recall, it has a different main gear structure/geometry - since it was the prototype. I seem to recall its legs are not steal...
I'm not leaving out the possibility of a Transoceanic flight, but mainly I just like having HF on board. I can keep in touch with my dad that way no matter...
Skip, Thanks for asking about Karen. She's buried with end of year school stuff. She missed a ton of work back in Feb when her mother died, and she's ...
N407L has flat legs, not round bars. If you notice the gear leg fairings are much wider than ours. Mike ************************************** See what's...
Dave, I closed my elevators at Lancair. I remember checking the thickness of the elevators and using some spacers to keep the skins at the right width to...
While were on the subject of shorter main gear on N407L, I have a question. Every airplane I've owned seemed to have a more nose high attitude on the ground...
Mike, All you need to do is add a little more nose trim and the ES will fly itself off the runway. I use about half flaps and a mid range nose trim (a bit...
I sent this two hours ago but it didn't get posted - so here it is again: ------------------------------ Kim Woltjer's funeral is today (May 1st) at 11am...
Skip, That's basically the procedure I use. A little extra up trim and then trim the nose down after the climb is established. That extra few degrees of ...
I use a little different technique, although I'm sure what Skip describes works quite well. The nose gear seems to "pound" on the runway some at higher...
Mike & Skip, All this time I thought it was just me! I have tried both ways, very positive pressure to lift the nose or nose up trim. Lifting the nose can...
Gary, I've never paid that much attention, but my guess is I do what you do, a little extra back pressure until the nosewheel lifts, then relax the back ...
My contention that we would have a little less work to do on takeoff if there was a little more incidence built into the gear. What Gary said about being...
There is about a 1" diameter tube installed about six inches or so back from the leading edge oriented vertically. There are two barbed brass connectors for...
It's a little more challenging when you're bumping along a grass runway with a "downhill" section in the middle. I usually horse it into the air after the...
Ron, Just to clarify it for me, is the Nav antenna you are using in the wing, the one Lancair installed a foot or two inboard from the tip, I think it's an ...
John Did you use conductive brass or steel screws? Ron ... From: John Schroeder To: Lancair_ES@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 3:54 PM Subject:...
The Bob Archer antennas are about the worst you can get. The one in the vertical stab works fine though. Since you aren't able to install a true dipole...
Ron - The antenna came with 4 stainless steel machine screws that were not long enough. We bought 4x 1" ss 10-32 oval head machine screws at Lowes and they...
