magishme Posted August 25, 2014 Author Posted August 25, 2014 Great job Jamie, purrs like a kitten. Looking forward to your next vid! 1
David Isaac Posted August 25, 2014 Posted August 25, 2014 That sure is one very smart looking Cougar. There is a lot of interest in that Viking engine Jamie, we are all hoping you have no problems. It should be a good unit, if Honda reliability is any indication. It will just depend on how well it handles WOT applications over time. 1
magishme Posted November 3, 2014 Author Posted November 3, 2014 Great Video, thanks for sharing. Looks great. How did it fly? What was cruise speed? Where did you fly out of? Well done! 1
Jmbb74 Posted November 3, 2014 Posted November 3, 2014 Yes Taree guys. All flight testing was done their so I had access to the factory and their expertise. Here's the details so far but I expect a few to change. 1. Engine ran very well with no major issues at all. All temps were below normal range - too much cooling. Coolant temp was running towards max one day at low altitude BUT it was 39 degrees. 2. Cruise is looking like 120kts 3. Econ cruise is 100kts at around 12lts per hour 4. Fuel burn during testing was around 15-17lts per hour 5. We had very high cross winds during testing and the plane performed beautiful 7
bexrbetter Posted November 3, 2014 Posted November 3, 2014 Video peeps Fantastic, way to go Jamie! (But dump the music next time!) 2 3
Jmbb74 Posted November 30, 2014 Posted November 30, 2014 Hi All, my Cougar is now fully registered and home at Heck Field at Jacobs Well in Brisbane. Arrived Sunday 30th Nov, 2014. 2hrs 15mins flight time at 110kt cruise. 250nm, Heading 359 up the coast with 11kt winds from 70 7 1 2
magishme Posted December 3, 2014 Author Posted December 3, 2014 Well done Jamie. Will I see you at some local fly ins?
bexrbetter Posted December 3, 2014 Posted December 3, 2014 This must be one of the cheapest, easiest to build 4 seaters in the World today? Would love to hear a report after/if you've flown it 4 up Jamie?
magishme Posted December 15, 2014 Author Posted December 15, 2014 It's currently RAA registered so he can't do 4 up unless he VH registers it. 1
kgwilson Posted December 15, 2014 Posted December 15, 2014 Definitely at some fly-ins in the new year. Will you be at Evans Head on 9/10 January? I am in the process of putting the 2 pac top coat of paint on my Sierra so won't be quite ready to fly in but I will be there to check out all the old, new, beautiful, ugly, slow, fast, quiet, noisy, large, small, cheap & expensive anything that flys. 1
Jmbb74 Posted December 15, 2014 Posted December 15, 2014 Planning to be there at least one of the days
Sloper Posted December 16, 2014 Posted December 16, 2014 Why 2pak? Its heavier and harder to repair and doesent like movement. regards bruce 2
kgwilson Posted December 16, 2014 Posted December 16, 2014 It only needs 1 coat, is really hard, very chemical & corrosion resistant & has a better gloss finish IMHO. Most of the composite and aluminium A/C I know of around here are painted with a 2 pac paint. Wouldn't be any good on fabric.
Garry Morgan Posted December 31, 2014 Posted December 31, 2014 I have been wondering why my red and silver sierra was at least 10kts faster. well I got a phone call from a owner who put a fairing on the under carriage who is getting another 10kts, then the penny dropped the silver sierra had the u/c fairing on it ( 148kts). I will be putting one on when we get back to the workshop.
kgwilson Posted January 1, 2015 Posted January 1, 2015 I have made a fairing for the nosewheel leg mainly for aesthetics but it will also reduce drag. I looked at photos I have of your old red & silver Sierra & couldn't see any undercarriage fairing other than the main leg being shaped. I have a semi circular leading edge on the main leg & the brake line runs through a 6mm tube on the rear that I have glassed on so the trailing edge is faired somewhat. Do you mean putting a fairing right across the fuselage?
Guest russ.mullins Posted January 1, 2015 Posted January 1, 2015 Gday Guys I did the mod to my Cheetah and definitely picked up 8 to 10 knots, at first I couldn't work out why I was doing 10 kts faster downwind in the cct. Over the next few days I did some test runs and sure enough she's much quicker and quieter as well, a definite improvement to performance since fitting the fairing. The fairing was a simple $20 mod. Using a length of 50 and 50 aluminium angle (90 degree). I drilled a few holes in it and bolted one side to my workbench sandwiched between the bench and a piece of 90 x 75 timber and then used a block and hammer to gently tap the other flat surface till the 90 degree was more like 45 degrees. My main wheel spar sits 40cm from the bottom of the fuselage, so the intent was to just deflect the air that gets trapped in the pocket between the main wheel leg spar and the bottom of the fuselage. Because the spar flexes during taxiing and landing I needed to keep it away from contacting the spar. I then cut the newly shaped piece of angle to the same width as the fuselage and using rivets and sikaflex attached it across the fuselage about 3cm in front of the main leg spar. To attach it I used 2 rivets at each end into the frame and 4 extras along the skin beneath the fuselage just to hold the sikaflex tight and add some strength. Effectively it just diverts the air from the bottom of the fuselage around the wheel spar instead of that air getting caught up in the pocket between the fuselage and the spar. While I was hoping for a tad of extra slip streaming, my main purpose was to stop the sheep poo and bugs getting stuck in between the fuselage and spar, sheep poo is damned hard to remove once its dry and mixed with some grasshopper guts and legs it sets like fiberglass. I reckon the reduced cabin noise is due to the air just flowing across the bottom of the fuselage smoother and not causing turbulence in the air pocket between the fuselage and spar. In terms of difficulty to carry out the mod and engineering prowess this is a very simple and cheap job which took about 2 hours, with a big return on investment in terms of performance, cabin noise and sheep poo removal, so I'm very pleased.
kgwilson Posted January 1, 2015 Posted January 1, 2015 Thanks Russ, I'll certainly be doing something similar. I am painting my Sierra at present & removed the undercarriage & turned the fuselage over to paint the bottom & leg separately. When the leg is bolted to the fuselage underside it sits nice & snug against the bottom but as soon as the weight of the plane is put on it the natural flex creates the gap you mention.
Louie Posted January 1, 2015 Posted January 1, 2015 Ditto would really appreciate some photos if possible Russ.
Garry Morgan Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 What I did was a piece of 25-32th sheet 1200 x 300mm curved the front and back and fixed it to the leg. the rear is important then the front for drag. Also the fairing form the spat to the leg I had on the joey I am going to remold for the Cheetah /Sierra aircraft. This should hit the 150kts at s/l full power. There are many other mods that can be dont but just the simple ones with out making it to hard. Many of which would be under the cowl, which may surprise some. The fairings will be available very soon .
Jmbb74 Posted January 17, 2015 Posted January 17, 2015 Video with engine sound...rattle from camera mount 9
David Isaac Posted January 18, 2015 Posted January 18, 2015 Doesn't even sound like she is working, no perception of high RPM. Jeez you were hot on that approach, long float time. What speed do you normally come over the fence on final?
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