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CarbCarb heat Heat January 2019 EAA 245 NEWSLETTER Vol. 49 No. 1 Published by: EAA Chapter 245 (Ottawa) 1500 B Thomas Argue Rd Carp, Ontario K0A 1L0 Next Meeting: th Thursday 17 January at the Aviation and Space Museum Aircraft Wiring – Tricks of the Trade i January 2019 In this month’s edition Editor’s Comments……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..3 President’s Message……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………4 Meeting and Events…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….6 Going Places………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..7 Maule haul ............................................................................................................................................................... 8 Pilot Profile: Malcolm Penny ................................................................................................................................. 12 John Wier’s Photo of the Month ........................................................................................................................... 16 2018 In Retrospect ................................................................................................................................................ 17 Classifieds .............................................................................................................................................................. 19 Who we are ........................................................................................................................................................... 24 Membership Application and Renewal Form ........................................................................................................ 25 Don’t forget to sign up for the EAA Chapter 245 Google Group! Join here! January 2019 ii | Page Carb heat Editor’s Comments and scrape ice seems to have less and less appeal every year. I have been very lucky to have access to C-GIME (RV-7A) and I was able to take a couple of colleagues from work who had bid on silent auction flights. Both seemed to really enjoy the flights, down to the St. Lawrence and back, despite (on one flight) the rapid loss of colour and use of the of the easily accessible air sickness bag. It had been going so well up to that point. In this month star studded edition, Mark and John complete their journey and the Maule makes it to Arnprior. Malcolm Penny is this month’s pilot profile and Mark Briggs provides us with a delightful retrospective of his 2018. Colin A relatively quiet couple of months for me as our RV is under repair and the thought of having to shovel snow 3 January 2019 President’s Message And when I need a fix of riveting or welding, I head into my shop and work on my 4 seat Bearhawk. While all of that stuff is fun and interesting, it isn't helping my piloting skills that are atrophying little by little over the winter. Now, am I (or you) going to forget how to fly before March? Not likely. However, are you going to be on top of you flying game on that first flight of the year? Again, not likely. So, what can we do about it? If you are computer nerd (guilty) you probably have a flight simulator installed on your PC at home. I actually have several (See?? Nerd...) I have the old standard Microsoft Flight Simulator (FSX) that I fly a lot because I have bought/downloaded a raft of aircraft types, mostly WWII, and it is fun to zip around the (virtual) sky in a Spitfire or Lancaster. Happy New Year, everyone. By now, the bloating from the kilos of turkey and Christmas sweets should be dying down and serious thought is being given to perhaps reducing your empty weight before flying season. Well, at least that is my case... The dead of winter is upon us and like many of you, I've hung up the headset until spring. While I don' t have any choice as I can't physically get my airplane out of I also have Rise of Flight, a WWI flight simulator that my hangar, I probably wouldn't be flying anyway as I'm really shows you how underpowered and clunky some becoming a wimp in my old age and don't really like of those aircraft were. Even a 152 seems high freezing my nether regions off in temperatures below - performance in comparison to some of them. Actually 10C. flying and fighting these aircraft is a real challenge with the performance limitations. That doesn't mean that the aviation addiction has abated, however. I still surf YouTube for cool aviation videos (FlightChops, 310 Pilot, and Back Country Aviation are some of my favourites). While on vacations Finally, I have XPlane. It is a pretty high fidelity sim with and business trips I try and visit at least one aviation respect to flying characteristics and realism of the museum. Just over Christmas my wife and I went to the various avionics. It is fun to plan a flight between a Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson, AZ. Incredible. couple of cities and then fly the airways in 737, January 2019 4 | Page although that is obviously not what the majority of us of recurrent training/refresher training since your last do when we fly. licence/rating. I recently bought an airplane and received some instruction in it with a real instructor. It Is all of this enough to make me sharp for that first flight was great. In between the big things (fly this speed on of the new flying season? No, I don't think so. It downwind, use this flap setting in this crosswind, etc), certainly is entertaining, and it does allow you to look he was able to pick out one or two things (habits) that I and think in 3D, especially in the circuit, but there are hadn't realized I had picked up. more skills than that. Simple things, like the walk around. I'll admit that I don't use a checklist when I do So, other than try and fill up the first President's my walkaround, but maybe I should. There is a Message of the New Year with a lot of words, what am I possibility that I could miss something the first few trying to say? If you aren't flying over the winter think flights as I'm not "in the groove" yet. about getting some professional assistance when the flying season begins. If you are a renter, head out to the The checklists themselves for the pre-start, start, and flying club and get an instructor to go with you, even if pre-take off. That isn't something that you normally use it is for just a few circuits. If you are an aircraft owner, in a PC based flight sim because normally everything find a qualified instructor that is familiar with your works correctly. What if something isn't quite right airplane (especially true with taildraggers) and get them when you are doing your checks? Are you going to to do the same thing. Spend a few minutes with the notice? instructor before heading out to the airplane to figure The next bit is the critical part in my opinion; take off. out exactly what you want to do. Remember, this isn't a Are you ready for an engine failure? And I mean both flight test, it is getting a living, breathing insurance emotionally and technically. If you are at 500' AGL and policy to fly with you and get back in the groove before suddenly it is quiet, what's the plan? that next $100 hamburger. I know that we have all trained for this over the years, Check six but if you are like me, you haven't had much in the way Mark January 2019 5 | Page Carb heat Meetings and Events Schedule EAA Chapter Meeting –Thursday 17th Jan 2019 @19:30 Presentation: Aircraft Wiring – Tricks of the Trade Presented by Mark Briggs Where: Canadian Aviation and Space Museum EAA Chapter Meeting – Thursday 21st Feb 2019 @19:30 Presentation: Paramotoring Presented by: Chris Skaarup Where: Canadian Aviation and Space Museum EAA Chapter Meeting – Thursday 21st Mar 2019 @19:30 Presentation: Homebuilt EFIS Part 2 Presented by: Mark Cianfaglione Where: Canadian Aviation and Space Museum If anyone has suggestions or ideas for future meeting subjects, or specific speakers to recommend, please mention it at the meeting or send an Email to the President: [email protected] 6 January 2019 January 2019 7 | Page MAULE HAUL Part Two In the last episode of this saga, John Perrin and I had Our planned enroute altitude was 7,500’ with a slight been thoroughly humbled by the Maule M5-235C I had headwind (yes, heading east, we had a stupid headwind bought and by the gusty crosswind conditions we which was to plague us for a couple of days). We got to encountered while getting checked out on the airplane. altitude and trimmed the airplane out. I was looking out We both discovered how 500 hours of RV-8 tailwheel the windows thinking both flying had not really prepared us for the combination of weather conditions and the COMPLETELY different kind a) the views out of this airplane, especially with the of airplane that the Maule is. Personally, I felt like a patroller doors, is spectacular and complete noob without a clue and was wondering if I had made a huge mistake. b) there must something wrong with the altimeter as the ground is way too close for 7500’. Once the instructor at QL Aviation in Lethbridge actually signed our logbooks (which allowed the insurance to Thankfully, I didn’t utter this out loud before I realized kick in for solo flight), I called in the first of two flight that Lethbridge is at 3,200’ so we were really only plans for the day. The first leg was going to be 4,300’ off of the ground. Moron. Lethbridge to Brandon, MB. We topped off all four The next trick was to get the engine leaned back so we tanks (there are two main 21 gal tanks and two 11 gal aren’t burning so much fuel. Now, on my RV-8 I had a aux tanks in my Maule), loaded the back of the airplane fancy engine monitor that gave me CHT and EGT for with our bags and all of the spare parts ‘n stuff each cylinder, as well as fuel flow.