Flight #25
Conducted 4/20/2013 -
John's flight report to the Cozy list is below:
"A couple of fellow canard drivers had planned on stopping by for a visit, so
they arrived shortly after I finished confirming the cylinder was still attached
to the engine and all the fluids were still contained inside the engine. OK, I
might have looked a little more closely than that, but you get the idea.
We all went to lunch and had a great time talking shop. After they left I
decided to see if I could get the first of my climb tests done. The winds had
picked up a little, but my bigger concern was that it would likely be a bit
choppy. I was correct. Below about 6k feet it was pretty choppy. I was able to
hold airspeed just fine, but it was pretty apparent that the climb rate data
might be skewed by the thermals. I spent some time yesterday trying to curve fit
the data from the logs, but eventually decided to just chock the flight up to
play time."