N25JD Mark II H

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=65 BGCOLOR="#666699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="04e00840erlcjm.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>N25JD Mark II H</B></FONT><B>   |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mark Felling.com Dont let life pass you"><B>home</B></A></div> <div> <B>N25JD Mark II H</B>   |   <A HREF="id376.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dragonfly Expense Log">Dragonfly Expense Log</A>   |   <A HREF="id384.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Vortex Generators">Vortex Generators</A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=150 BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" TEXT="#080000" background="04811c00egdysm.png"> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://markfelling.dnsalias.com/photoalbum/2003/5-13-03%20Mark's%20First%20Flight%20of%20Dragonfly%20MarkIIH%20N25JD/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://markfelling.dnsalias.com/photoalb"><B>First Flight Videos & Pics</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id366_m.htm#dragonfly_related_links" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="N25JD Mark II H"><B>Dragonfly Related Links</B></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=415 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="5" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="816" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 82 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://www.broadenedhorizons.com" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.broadenedhorizons.com"><B><IMG SRC="961dd4b0.png" border=0 width="221" height="75" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="94"><div> <A HREF="http://www.BroadenedHorizons.com" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.BroadenedHorizons.com"><B>"Innovative Solutions for the Mobility Impaired"</B></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="467"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="82" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="467" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> NEWS FLASH - <A HREF="http://markfelling.dnsalias.com/photoalbum/2003/5-13-03%20Mark's%20First%20Flight%20of%20Dragonfly%20MarkIIH%20N25JD/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://markfelling.dnsalias.com/photoalb">First Flight Videos & Pics Pages</A> .... <A HREF="http://markfelling.dnsalias.com/photoalbum/2003/6-15-03%20Dragonfly%20Cross%20Country%20to%20Sauk%20Centre/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://markfelling.dnsalias.com/photoalb">Recent first Cross-Country flight</A>   </div> <div> <A HREF="http://markfelling.dnsalias.com/photoalbum/2003/5-13-03%20Mark's%20First%20Flight%20of%20Dragonfly%20MarkIIH%20N25JD/03%20Ready%20for%20Startup.jpg" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://markfelling.dnsalias.com/photoalb"><IMG SRC="6d710cc0.jpg" border=0 width="272" height="204" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A> <A HREF="http://markfelling.dnsalias.com/photoalbum/2003/5-13-03%20Mark's%20First%20Flight%20of%20Dragonfly%20MarkIIH%20N25JD/After%20Bounce.jpg" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://markfelling.dnsalias.com/photoalb"><IMG SRC="6d511cd0.jpg" border=0 width="273" height="205" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A> <A HREF="http://markfelling.dnsalias.com/photoalbum/2003/5-13-03%20Mark's%20First%20Flight%20of%20Dragonfly%20MarkIIH%20N25JD/Mark's%20First%20Flight%20in%20Dragonfly%20Web.mov" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://markfelling.dnsalias.com/photoalb">Jump to the Video</A></div> <div> ********************************************************************************************</div> <div> My plane is a Dragonfly Mark IIH (N25JD) with a <A HREF="http://www.revmasteraviation.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.revmasteraviation.com">Revmaster</A> <A HREF="http://www.revmasteraviation.com/products/r2100_engine/index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.revmasteraviation.com/product">R-2100</A> Volkswagon conversion.  Jim DeBay built and completed the plane in 1996.  He flew it for just over 50 hours around the southern Californial before grounding the plane in January of 2002 for medical reasons.  In late Octobe or early November of 2002, Pat Panzera directed me to an ad Jim was placing in DBFN (the Dragonfly Builder's and Flyer's Newsletter) to part out the plane.  After significant research and having the plane inspected by a local EAA Technical Councilor, in late November I agreed to buy all the parts of the plane as a complete package from Jim.  Jim sold it for a very reasonable price since I would need to reassemble and reinspect the plane completely, as the wing and canard had been disassembled for storage.  I also need to re-register the plane and get a new airwortiness certificate by inspection from the FAA since Jim had canceled its registration after grounding it.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="671cbda0.jpg" border=0 width="715" height="474" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> N25JD with original builder Jim DeBay, a real friendly and helpful guy.  He did a very nice job on the plane!  Thanks for everything Jim!</div> <div> <IMG SRC="672cbfd0.jpg" border=0 width="715" height="253" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="66acb670.jpg" border=0 width="715" height="871" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="670cb660.jpg" border=0 width="715" height="358" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> 1/11/03 - N25JD Loaded on Truck in Camarillo, CA and Jim pointed out a few things quickly to me before the plane was trucked away.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="678cb180.jpg" border=0 width="715" height="536" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> 1/12/03 - <A HREF="http://markfelling.dnsalias.com/photoalbum/2003/1-12-03%20Dragonfly's%20in%20Torrence,%20CA/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://markfelling.dnsalias.com/photoalb">Pictures of Vist with Tim Iverson & Brad Hale in Torrence, CA</A></div> <div> 1/15/03 - N25JD arrives at Flying Cloud Airport (FCM) in morning, is unloaded and jammed in the space seen below with the tail of my BD-4 hanging over it.</div> <div> 1/19/03 - BD-4 gets relocated to workshop on the family farm outside Albany, MN about 1.5 hrs. from FCM.</div> <div> 1/20/03 - Sitting alone in Hanger at FCM still in pieces after shipping.  New registration application materials sent to FAA offices in Oklahoma.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="67680e00.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="480" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="67580e00.jpg" border=0 width="640" height="480" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> 2/1/03 - Reattached the Wings with the gracious help of Rick Strand and his brother.  Started reconnecting up aft controls.</div> <div> 2/15/03 - Finished reconnecting the various controls & systems, pumped up brakes, adjusted valve spacing, added some fuel and restarted engine for 1st time in 13 months Saturday evening.  Taxied across airport to GAS and filled with fuel.  Good ground handling, though hard to see like many conventional gear planes, but knees crammed to bottom of panel so need to move rudder pedals forward a few inches.</div> <div> 2/16/03 - Finished last final connections.  Troubleshooting problem with stobes.  Removed Canopy and opened up behind panel to inpect.  Discovered need to add some lines between instraments for pito tube and static air.</div> <div> 3/15/03 - Finished moving the Rudder Pedals forward.  Reglassed them in place when we had some beatiful 70 degree weather in MN in March!</div> <div> 3/25/03 - Registration for N25JD issued and transferred to me.  Apparently I don't need a new N#.</div> <div> 5/3/03 - Wayne Ulvestad was so gracious as to host me for a night and give me 5 hours time in type cross over training both for safety and insurance requirements.  Thanks Wayne!  <A HREF="http://markfelling.dnsalias.com/photoalbum/2003/05-03-03%20Visit%20to%20Brooking's%20SD%20to%20learn%20to%20fly%20Dragonfly/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://markfelling.dnsalias.com/photoalb"> Pictures</A></div> <div> 5/5/03 - Condition Inspection by Rick Strand, A&P / IA.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="6d085e40.jpg" border=0 width="645" height="484" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> 5/13/03 - After lots of high speed Taxi Tests - <A HREF="http://markfelling.dnsalias.com/photoalbum/2003/5-13-03%20Mark's%20First%20Flight%20of%20Dragonfly%20MarkIIH%20N25JD/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://markfelling.dnsalias.com/photoalb">First Flight is made - see the Videos & Pics</A> </div> <div> First 10 Hours of Flying were interesting to say the least:</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Improved carb mixture problems with a new needle - had been running too rich at idle</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">After doing a dead-stick landing due to having to shut engine down to land after throttle bound up, I tried the Aerocarb from Aerovee - it has worse binding problems than the Revflow from Revmaster.  I finally resolved the throttle slide binding problems  with help from Dick Burns to machine releif into the backside of the throttle slide, reducing contact surface area.  Probably the most significant change is I removed the old Bowden throttle linkage cable and replaced with a new heavy duty 10-32 Push-Pull cable.  My recommendation is not to fly with anything less than a 10-32 Push-Pull cable on the RevFlow, POSA, or Aerocarb (all similar designs).</div> <div> 6/15/03 - After I was more confident in reliability I made a 100 mile Cross-Country flight to visit my Grandfather on Father's day to Sauk Centre, MN.   <A HREF="http://markfelling.dnsalias.com/photoalbum/2003/6-15-03%20Dragonfly%20Cross%20Country%20to%20Sauk%20Centre/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://markfelling.dnsalias.com/photoalb">See photos of first Cross-Country flight</A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f00000ff00.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Mixture is still VERY sensative.  I have to keep EGT at 1300 in cruise by leaning mixture or engine sputters from being too rich!  Gets exciting!  :-)   Still trying to figure out best way to set mixture and throttle on landing.  Often during rollout on landing the engine seems quite rich and likes to die out.  Bringing throttle up to just above idle seems to help, but I don't like doing this until speed is below 40 IAS so brakes can be used without using too much runway.  Still searching for the best combination of settings.</div> <div> 6/29/03 - Made Vortex Generators from 3/4" x 3/4" Clear platic 90 degree angle material used to cover sheetrock wall corners.  It took some time, and I did not have enought made to install every 3" on center as Nate Rambo's directions say, so I installed what I had at 6" centers so I could add the others later.  Simply glued on with 100% Silicone Adhesive.  Within one hour it was ready to fly.  I took it around the pattern 3 times, but since it was dark, my approaches and landings were not as consistent as in the daytime, but I could definately tell they improved slower airspeed handling and performance.</div> <div> 6/30/03 - Test flew the VG's more.  INCREDIBLE RESULTS!  I wonder if having every 3" is neccesary or if every 6" on center is sufficent.  I can't imagine the results getting much better!   I would consider these HIGHLY RECOMMENDED if not mandatory simply for safely of flight and reduced likelihood of damaging a Dragonfly in a bounce situation!</div> <div> Before VG's</div> <bR> <div> After VG's</div> <bR> <div> <U>Repairs / Improvements to be made but are not stopping flight</U></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Fix cosmetic dings in tail and canard bottom skin</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Add better instrament lighting for night flight</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Get a new Tach or have old one repaired - off by a few hundred RPM</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Rewire something related to Oil Temp - gage shows higher for every electrical system / device that is turned on.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Continue to refine mixture / carb settings</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Weather Striping around Canard to seal water out better</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Add VG's to Canard to help reduce lift loss in rain or with bug buildup</div> <bR> <div> <B><U> <A NAME="dragonfly_related_links"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></U></B><B><U>Dragonfly Related Links</U></B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/ca2/Dragonfly/links.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.angelfire.com/ca2/Dragonfly/l">Patrick Panzera's Website</A> (Great Links)</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.siinc-sources.com/Dragonfly/dbfn/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.siinc-sources.com/Dragonfly/d">Dragonfly Builder's and Flyer's Newsletter</A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Dragonflylist/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Dragonflyl">Dragonfly E-mail Group List</A></div> <div> Pre-Yahoo Dragonfly E-mail List Archieve - <A HREF="http://markfelling.dnsalias.com/Aviation%20Docs/DF%20Pre-Yahoo%20List%20Archive.zip" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://markfelling.dnsalias.com/Aviation">6mg ZIP File</A> - <A HREF="http://markfelling.dnsalias.com/Aviation%20Docs/DF%20Pre-Yahoo%20List%20Archive.txt" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://markfelling.dnsalias.com/Aviation">28mg Text File</A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://markfelling.dnsalias.com/photoalbum/2003/1-12-03%20Dragonfly's%20in%20Torrence,%20CA/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://markfelling.dnsalias.com/photoalb">Pictures of Vist with Tim Iverson & Brad in Torrence, CA</A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>