Cozy MKIV – December 31, 2019
JB Weld was used to secure the nutplates to the aluminum plates. These 4 plate assemblies will be used to fasten the front seat shoulder harnesses in place.
Citabria – December 28, 2019
Last flight of the decade for the Citabria !
We flew around the Brimacombe ski hill ….
Then over the Crooked Creek model rocket launch area …
along the north shore of Lake Ontario between Wesleyville and Cobourg, over to Rice Lake, then Elmhirst, and back to CYPQ.
Click here if you are interested in learning to fly tailwheel in a Citabria.
Cozy MKIV – December 27, 2019
Using a 1/16″ thick aluminum plate, four shoulder harness bolt attachment plates (3/4″ width) were cut out after drilling the holes for the shoulder harness support bolts and the nutplates.
The alumium pieces were cleaned with Alumiprep. Four used shoulder harness attachments were obtained from the Beyond Blue Shop and also cleaned.
The shoulder harness bolt attachment plates were then anodized and rinsed off.
Sky King – December 26, 2019
The purpose of today’s flights was to adjust the elevator trim for improved pitch control since additional instrumentation (i.e. weight) was added to the plane.
Altimeter3 was added to the Sky King to monitor parameters such as altitude, flight duration, maximum climb and sink rates etc.
The centre of gravity was first adjusted to ensure it was set for 30-33mm aft of the wing’s leading edge.
Initial trim setup was done by hand throwing the plane and adjusting the trim then 3 flights were conducted and trim adjusted after the first 2 flights.
After the first flight it was clear that the elevator was trimmed with too much nose up attitude. You can see the pitch oscillation in the graph “Sky King Flight 1”.
Improvements were made in the second flight as can be seen in graph “Sky King Flight 2”.
The trim was much better by the third flight but the wind was getting too strong to continue any further flights today. See graph “Sky King Flight 3”.
The goal is to become proficient at quickly climbing to altitude, then engine idle, and gliding back to the field for a controlled landing. Once this is repeatable then we are ready to fly some radio controlled rocket gliders.
2019 Highlight Video
It was an exciting and memorable 2019 at Beyond Blue Aerospace. We wish you all a happy and adventurous New Year !
