Oscar engine run

[C170BDan]

Just read an email from a friend... the first Oscar ran its engine today. Taxi test to follow soon.

[270]

Dan. tomorrow the 27th the FAA will be out for the inspection and sign-off ...All is repaired and ready to go... We will taxi after the inspection ...

[Michel Lemieux]

Best of luck guys.....And congradulations.

Hoping to see this amazing piece of work in the air soon.

[270]

Sign-off went great.. Too wet to taxi ....

[Michel Lemieux]

Hey,.....

Not worth taking any chances.

[O.P.]

Hi 270!

I'm watching the history channel program "Japanese Aircraft" right now. They talked about the Oscar. My question for you is, Does the new Oscar have the "Butterfly Flap"?


Thanks

[270]

Yes it does.. but we don't like to open then... butterflies all over the hangar !!!! The flaps helped in manuvering ...

[O.P.]

Yes it does.. but we don't like to open then... butterflies all over the hangar !!!! The flaps helped in manuvering ...

Hi again 270! Do they deploy automatically, or is it a lever or wheel in the cockpit? It sounds cool. Thats probably part of the reason it can turn so tightly. I can't wait to see it fly!

For the hangar flys, butter and regular, bug zapper maybe, nahh, just use one of the old fashioned bug strips you hang from the ceiling, that way you can watch the little guys squirm around in the glue. Good for grossing out the SO.

[HarvardIV]

O.P.,

On the N1K2-J, they used a manometer which used relative pressures and angles to cause the flaps to drop. They were calibrated to low airspeeds.

[captflat]

The Oscar uses hydraulic valves for the MLG and the flap actuators.