CamTom12 wrote:Made it!

I'm pooped, yesterday was a long day! I'm going to get started on the write-ups for the last three days.

Some stats:

Fairbanks to Huntsville in 4 days and 26.7 hours.
Day 1, Fairbanks to Tok: 1.6
Day 2, Tok to Ft Nelson: 6.9
Day 3, Ft Nelson to Estevan: 8.7
Day 4, Estevan to Huntsville: 9.7

8GCBC wrote:

CamTom12 wrote:Made it!

I'm pooped, yesterday was a long day! I'm going to get started on the write-ups for the last three days.

Some stats:

Fairbanks to Huntsville in 4 days and 26.7 hours.
Day 1, Fairbanks to Tok: 1.6
Day 2, Tok to Ft Nelson: 6.9
Day 3, Ft Nelson to Estevan: 8.7
Day 4, Estevan to Huntsville: 9.7

You wild man! . Very impressive!

A1Skinner wrote:Glad you made it safe Cameron!

CamTom12 wrote:

A1Skinner wrote:Glad you made it safe Cameron!

Sorry I missed you, David. I was really looking forward to meeting you!

I'll fly through again at some point when I can make sure I have enough time for shorter legs and side trips. I have your lat/long

In the meantime, if you're ever near North Alabama I want to link up!

UpNorth wrote:Sorry to hear we missed you in Ft Nelson. We left for the Yukon last weekend. Glad you had safe trip. Catch you next time.

UpNorth

Crzyivan13 wrote:I bet that it feels good to have the plane home!

mtv wrote:Cam,

I'm really fascinated by that airplane. You've provided some info, but now that you've done the ultimate cross country flight with it (couldn't get a whole lot longer....Pt Lay to Key West, maybe, when you have some time, could you tell us more about the plane?

It's a sweet looking ride, and obviously fast.

I did one 9.1 hour flying day enroute back from OSH this summer in the Cub. Haven't done one of those in a long while, and was actually surprised that I wasn't more stove up. Hotel room, hot shower and a good steak that night in Miles City helped the recovery . Oh, yeah, and an adult beverage or three.

Tell us more about that beautiful little machine when you're rested up. Looks to me like you scored big time......

MTV

contactflying wrote:Cam,

I like the wide gear. The only thing I trained students in with a wider gear was a Callair. It was single seat, but a pussycat.

contactflying wrote:Dynamic, proactive with the rudder pedals. Just like with the anti-torque pedals at hover. That OH-58 was squirrely too. Apparent brisk walk rate of closure approach keeps power on to touchdown. That prop blast on the rudder helps. Power also lets you cushion it on.

Unless they have changed the engine, use the expensive Shell oil with the additive for the 160 hp 0-320. On the pipeline we had valve trouble with that engine in C-172s until that service bulletin came out for the additive. Never had the problem with the 150 hp engines with any brand of oil.

CamTom12 wrote:

mtv wrote:Cam,

I'm really fascinated by that airplane. You've provided some info, but now that you've done the ultimate cross country flight with it (couldn't get a whole lot longer....Pt Lay to Key West, maybe, when you have some time, could you tell us more about the plane?

It's a sweet looking ride, and obviously fast.

I did one 9.1 hour flying day enroute back from OSH this summer in the Cub. Haven't done one of those in a long while, and was actually surprised that I wasn't more stove up. Hotel room, hot shower and a good steak that night in Miles City helped the recovery . Oh, yeah, and an adult beverage or three.

Tell us more about that beautiful little machine when you're rested up. Looks to me like you scored big time......

MTV

No problem! I'll start off by saying this airplane is much faster than I thought it would be. Roger put a real winner together!

It was formerly a '59 Tripacer that lived in WI, TN, NV before it made its way to AK, where it resided in Tok and then Kenai for a while. Roger bought it in '02 and began the restoration process that ultimately ended with an E-AB certificate.

The major alterations are the RV-6 cowl that required widening and reshaping as well as a hand-fabricated boot cowl, the addition of plexiglass everywhere in the cockpit (to include a full skylight), and the Grove one-piece spring aluminum main gear (gun drilled for the brakes). He also built an all metal interior which is beautiful, and installed Atlee Dodge 30.5 gallon tanks. Everything else is pretty much standard Pacer, though Roger cleaned up the frame to a "like new" condition.

CamTom12 wrote:

contactflying wrote:Cam,

I like the wide gear. The only thing I trained students in with a wider gear was a Callair. It was single seat, but a pussycat.

It's needed. The Racer is squirrely on the ground. You have to stay on your toes. The only other shortwing I've flown (Gilbert Pierce's Clipper) was docile compared to this. I've heard theories that it's due to the stiff gear. Good news is that the spring aluminum doesn't bounce.