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Post by fpkone on Feb 24, 2022 3:38:45 GMT
Autopilot worked very well. Had to stay below Va to ensure no.damage.
This morning it looked like I could follow the I-8 from Yuma to San Diego area then over Gillespie Field then Montgomery hit the Pacific ocean and head north... Paying attn to the Bravo.
No such luck. Low clouds and rain caused me to divert over the Salton Sea to Palm Springs and I watched it snowimg 3 miles to my West. Upon seeing the Banning Pass I realized it too was socked in so landed at Palm Springs where I am now, and watching weather.
I'm comfortable leaving here 1630 local should the Banning Pass open up. Otherwise, another night and a little closer to home...
PS I'm unable to upload pictures, get error message forum has exceeded its limit.
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Post by fpkone on Feb 24, 2022 3:52:36 GMT
Finally departed about 4:40 p.m. local and the Banning pass was tops at 5,000 and I was able to fly through the pass @4500 and come out at about Riverside with clear skies. From there pretty much a straight line to Fullerton airport with the sun in our eyes the whole way.
So, after more than 2000 miles and four nights across country I'm home at Fullerton, California = KFUL!
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Post by cole505 on Feb 24, 2022 5:21:51 GMT
Finally departed about 4:40 p.m. local and the Banning pass was tops at 5,000 and I was able to fly through the pass @4500 and come out at about Riverside with clear skies. From there pretty much a straight line to Fullerton airport with the sun in our eyes the whole way. So, after more than 2000 miles and four nights across country I'm home at Fullerton, California = KFUL! Nice Work! What a great adventure! Please give us more details once you get rested up πππ» Ray & Lucy βοΈβ
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Post by Glenn on Feb 24, 2022 13:05:03 GMT
So, after more than 2000 miles and four nights across country I'm home at Fullerton, California = KFUL! Good job, especially considering all the weather you dealt with.
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Post by WinP on Feb 24, 2022 15:58:29 GMT
Congrats. Well done.
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Post by fpkone on Feb 24, 2022 23:42:52 GMT
So to put a bow on this cross country...
The plane was received at 5.9 hours, and we had 7.6 hours of training and local flying for familiarization before starting our journey.
The cross country was 2063 nm and 25.7 Hobbs hours. Nearly all of it was into the wind. And every day there were weather decisions to be made. The final route was not my initial planned route. I had planned four days of flying to get home it took five.
We were ready to leave a day early but weather got in the way so we waited it out overnight in Sebring.
Day 1 we departed late due to weather.
Day 2 because of headwinds we had to make an additional stop for fuel before our final destination for the day.
Day 3 we didn't make it to our destination for the day and actually backtracked due to weather landing at an airport better aligned with the crazy wind.
Day 4 we stopped shorter than we wanted to go due to weather.
And day 5 departed late due to weather and then only got 2/3 the way home and had to land to wait out weather; finally departing and making it home just before sunset.
Lots of great weather and planning related lessons learned. And it's funny, ATC really has never heard of Tecnam. I had to constantly tell them the type was TWEN which is FAA abbreviation and so they often thought I was a twin engine of some kind. I would tell them as I approached an airport I was a single engine to help them understand for speed and spacing.
At the end of the trip I now have 39.2 on the Hobbs and the engine took four quarts of mineral oil on the way out here.
Tomorrow my mechanic wants me to fly the pattern and get the oil hot and then bring it in for an oil change. He plans to put new mineral oil in it because he believes the longer you run mineral oil the better.
Thank you all for joining me and for all your advice and recommendations. I'm sure some questions will follow about maintenance since this is the first plane I've owned.
Scott N144SE
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Post by Flocker on Feb 25, 2022 0:10:52 GMT
PS I'm unable to upload pictures, get error message forum has exceeded its limit. I'll check into this.
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Post by Flocker on Feb 25, 2022 12:04:42 GMT
PS I'm unable to upload pictures, get error message forum has exceeded its limit. I'll check into this. Problem solved.
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Post by fpkone on Feb 26, 2022 6:42:14 GMT
Great! Here are some pictures from the trip!
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Post by fpkone on Apr 20, 2022 14:46:18 GMT
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Post by cole505 on Apr 21, 2022 1:57:20 GMT
Hi FPKONE, I read your entire post on pilots of America! Very nice! What a great trip for you and your misses β¦β¦ so glad your enjoying life and making more over nighters vs the $100.00 hamburger trips π and the airplane flew and preformed very well. And the only squawk was that avionics relay and hope its fixed by now. I hope you keep us all up to date on your continued pursuit of increasing your Hobs numbers Nice ππ» Workπππ»β
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Post by fpkone on May 7, 2022 5:00:11 GMT
Hi FPKONE, I read your entire post on pilots of America! Very nice! What a great trip for you and your misses β¦β¦ so glad your enjoying life and making more over nighters vs the $100.00 hamburger trips π and the airplane flew and preformed very well. And the only squawk was that avionics relay and hope its fixed by now. I hope you keep us all up to date on your continued pursuit of increasing your Hobs numbers Nice ππ» Workπππ»β
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πΊπΈΒ Over 74 hours now. My local mechanic did a great job replacing the relay. Very happy with Tecnam warranty service! Still very happy with this plane! I do wish the P2010 MkII had a better identifier since most Tecnams are TWEN and controllers assume I'm a Twin...
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