Macomb Fly-In

[ZipItyDoDa]

Had great time at the fly-in....had all kinds of flying machines there.....maybe you reconize some.

[Bruce Brown]

Let's see....My Paraski, your HHF, and Bob Fernandez's Destiny?

Speaking of your HHF, is that a single carb 503? If so, you seemed to be doing well taking up passengers. What kind of climb rate do you get 2 up?

[ZipItyDoDa]

Well I had a guy at the Mt Morris flyin that had a climb rate of -1 1 -1 1 -1.
We were taking off into the wind on the taxi way heading south. I had just topped the fuel and this guy must have been 250 and I'm about 225 myself. We hopped into the air 3 times and came back down each time. SO I kept the chute up and made a left hand turn whne we reached the main runway, but a GA aircraft was coming in so had to pull over to the taxiway and wait for them to clear. Then I finally used most of teh runway to get us up in the crosswind. Climb rate then was probably a few feet a minute. Once I got him up we didn't come back down until we were ready to land.
It does pretty well for a single carb 503. And I have had a lot of experiance getting heavy people up (me for one).
It does have a fresh overhaul on it too. Maybe 50hrs on it. Was overhauled after 324hrs. Engine, gearbox and carb.
If I eat any more I'm going to have to go to a 582 though, just to get ME up!
:D

[ZipItyDoDa]

Heres one I put together from a bunch of odd ones.....

[Bruce Brown]

That's a great compliation of pictures. It really gives you the feel of a fly-in.