10 hours non-stop tomorrow

[fantom]

Mike Great job with the flight planing and the parrot training. Nice to know those guys are house broken! Well done on both accounts.

 

 

Ditto on the long flight, Mike. Anything for some cheap fuel.

 

However, Mike has a new mechanical problem to add to his latest poll; Failure of in-flight parrot commode.

[Seth]

Mike, I was going to state if only they had the $1 deal on the East coast but now I can't say that.  Great job, nice 20 hours!

 

-Seth

[201er]

Here's a video from that flight. More vids of other flights on that trip coming soon.

 

[kmyfm20s]

Wow, 11 hours seems to go by really fast in that video! Congratulation on making such a long haul!

[Jeff_S]

What I noticed was an apparently very long take-off run.  With full extended fuel and all that baggage I'm curious what your gross weight was.

[carusoam]

That was a very conservative climb out....

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[Hank]

I was also curious about the lengthy-looking ground run, but the landing was great! Sure was a quick 11-hour flight. Glad to see that the birds didn't have any trouble.

 

P.S.--My brother raised a double-yellow Amazon from a hatchling. What's the name of your book? Christmas is a-coming . . . especially for MS discounts.

[201er]

No MS discount BUT I'll sign the book for ya Normally I only do that for people who come to my live events so that's rare.

 

The Parrot Wizard's Guide to Well-Behaved Parrots

 

I have found that when heavy (and in particular hot and heavy), letting it stay on the ground longer and then staying in ground effect to build up speed is the safe way to go. After having the AOA screaming at me for trying to pull off a normal takeoff hot/heavy, I've learned to err on the side of too fast rather than too slow. This wasn't even too bad. You can see I was at least 100ft by the end of the 4000ft runway. I've definitely had tighter takeoffs than that. Ask me about it at one of my Mooney fly ins.

[201er]

Not really sure I've ever noticed a nose bobble to the left. Are you talking about gyroscopic precession? I guess since I learned in a J3 cub, I'm just used to taking care of the rudder as necessary. Feel free to judge away and let me know if I can learn something from this stuff. Here's part 2, the next day flying from San Marcos to Chandler. Taking off 2 gallons heavier, 10 degrees hotter, and one bladder lighter:

 

[thinwing]

Hey does the engine noise bother the parrots??..could you train them to wear little david clarks??..great video and I miss my african grey,,kpc

[Marauder]

Hey does the engine noise bother the parrots??..could you train them to wear little david clarks??..great video and I miss my african grey,,kpc

Obviously you don't know Mike. His parrots wear nothing but Halos... Right Mike?

[Mooneyjet]

Courious as to how the engine held up to the 10 hours. Did you use anymore oil then usual, it looks like you wore riding the tops of clouds, how come not higher, would your range improved much. Congrats again and thanks for posting videos of your flight very entertaining.

[201er]

Courious as to how the engine held up to the 10 hours. Did you use anymore oil then usual, it looks like you wore riding the tops of clouds, how come not higher, would your range improved much. Congrats again and thanks for posting videos of your flight very entertaining.

On my old engine, if not for fuel, I may have had to land to add oil! This one was factory overhauled about 250 hours ago and I flew there and back only adding a single quart (and I probably could have made it back without adding any)! I stayed above the clouds to be out of the turbulence but as low as possible to minimize headwinds. I think the engine likes riding 60% power continuously and could go on like that indefinitely (and well past TBO).

[ghovey]

I fly across the country and back 3 times a year and I congratulate you on that flight. Especially into the typical headwinds. That was awesome.

[201er]

So here's the full trip recap with additional photos and videos from the trip: http://TrainedParrot.com/Texas_Tour

[RocketAviator]

So here's the full trip recap with additional photos and videos from the trip: http://TrainedParrot.com/Texas_Tour

Tell me how you like your Clarity SV?  You can PM me if you like.

Congrads on your flights!

[201er]

Tell me how you like your Clarity SV?  You can PM me if you like.

Congrads on your flights!

The only thing I was disappointed about was that like a couple months after, some competitor came out with like the same thing at half price. Otherwise I love it.