Wednesday September 14, 2005

Reno diary 9/11/05 Mandatory briefing was at 0800 and course time at 1030. Managed to get the wing root fairings on before heading out. The wheelchair tug as usual drew a lot of stares and cameras, especially now that it was playing music. My wife was right, "Ride of the Valkyries" was the right tune.¬† 

I was a little rusty on the pylons but managed to get in some good lines. Steve Dari and myself put the double pass on Marilyn. With the cruise prop I was running I could only get around 3020 rpm and 189 mph on the GPS. Looks like things are a little slower than 2 years ago when I last raced :-( Ok, the fairings are going on!

So I spend the rest of the afternoon going the rest of the way with race mods:
- Changed out props back to my 76/64 akro prop to get some more RPM
- removed h-stab struts
- removed slave struts
- bolted up top ailerons and taped gaps
- Added induction intake scoop


Feeling kinda burned out, went for a quick bike ride out Red Rock Rd, but only got 10 miles before cold rain opened up on me. I wasn't dressed for that, but at least the 40 minute ride felt good.

Returned for a beer with Frank and the gang, then back to Carrows for dinner, and to the hotel ( Sep 14 2005, 09:00:29 PM PDT ) Permalink Comments [0]