N59YK Trip To OH
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- čas přidán 23. 08. 2024
- It was time to take Waiex N59YK to its new home in Ohio. This is the flight down to drop it off. The aircraft is homebuilt from a kit (by Sonex Aircraft), built by Max Emmighausen in New Hampshire. It's all aluminum, with a 110 HP Viking engine (based on a Honda Fit), turning a 3-bladed Warp Drive composite propeller. The Dynon Skyview avionics has a moving map, 2-axis autopilot and full engine monitoring. At 8,500' I was going 120 kts TAS and burned 3.9 gph for a 260 mile trip.
Well done Max! A nicely executed Sonex that you can be proud of. Mike, great video showing off the trip!
thanks Jeff, sorry I had to sell it but flying as PIC wasn't an option for me any more. I did really enjoy the build. Mike is a great guy and friend.
Beautiful airplane. Maybe I'll see that ship around, I'm sort of local to the area. Nice documentation of the trip.
Great video. My only comment is why it only cruises at 118 kias with 4700 rpm at 6500 msl with a110 hp???
The new B Model gives a little more room in the cabin. But it looks like fun.
I must admit- I'm super impressed with GPH, but- a little surprised at 120 TAS? The motor looks awesome in the cowl, the avionics are drool worthy and yes- I LOVE- the two axis autopilot! I like the polish/yellow tips 'n cowl as well. I hate to lose yet another potential airplane to own (future...) but- he did such a nice job on it, I certainly don't want him deprived of the enjoyment! I thought you sold N439M, Michael! Boy am I glad that you are just a great guy- helping a friend move his plane! (With a Dynon Skyview, autopilot & Viking/Honda motor!) Hahaha. Heck, I could be a good friend like that too! (PPL would definitely assist when 'offering' though!)🙄
I did not sell my N439M. I just passed 500 hours on the airframe last month!
@@mikesmith208 (Eyes roll back in head, body collapses to the ground) 500 HOURS!!!! You must triple avg. flight hours/ year and must really love your airplane!!! What a great ROI! What a great project! That's awesome.
@@DCGULL01 I average about 90 hrs/year. I fly most weekends if the weather permits and every couple of years I fly it out to Airventure, Oshkosh, WI.
@@mikesmith208 Clearly, you DIDN'T get the memo about: house work, the Honey Do list, yard work, O/T at work and averaging less than 50 hours/year alone, flying pattern work to remain current? Don't worry, I'll find it and forward it to you! Hahaha- That alone is AWESOME Mr. Smith! Kudos to you!!! You made my week better. For that, I thank you!
What happened to this airplane? Is it still around?
I like the video portion very much but turn the music down a bit so we can hear the sounds of the entire experience
What is going your experience with Viking engines? How many hours did you flew until now, do you recommend? Any issues. I like very much of these auto conversions because the modern car engine looks much more smooth running and low noisy.
LOVE this! Can one configure the sonex for IFR?
I would have loved filling the other seat on this trip.....
Very cool! That looks like a great airplane! The fuel burn is pretty impressive. What RPM did you have the engine set at while in cruise?
It's a Viking (Honda Fit) engine, so it's running something like 4,500 rpm with a geared reduction drive.
Thank you for the info!@@mikesmith208
Great looking Sonex. The placement for the throttle looks sorta like an awkward position. Or is it just the camera angle? Incredibly efficient machines. Thanks for posting!
I'm not sure what would be awkward about it? It's in a similar location to a C-172 and many other aircraft. It's personal preference. The builder of this airplane decided to have the throttle in the center. The one I built has a t-handle throttle on the left side, against the side of the fuselage.
@@mikesmith208 Looks like the throttle is very close to the stick? If you stir the stick, could it touch the throttle? Cessna throttles are far away from the controls.
No, they are nowhere near each other. That's one of the caveats of aircraft construction. The stick (or any control) must not make contact with ANYTHING, EVER. :-)
@@mikesmith208 Copy all.
I enjoyed flying with you today. I am considering buying the OneX kit. Is it the camera angle or do you like being a little left of center line on take off and landing?
The long nose of the Sonex, and the angle of the black glare shield (it's angled and not straight) makes it difficult to see what is straight and centered. So the tendency is to land left of center. I've spent 6 years trying to correct that, with varying degrees of success. The more you are aware of it, the easier it is to work at it. I have no idea if the Onex is any different. In any case, it's never been an issue, even on narrow runways.
Is there any benefit to the Y tail configuration compared to the standard tail? Just a personal choice?
Just personal choice, 'cause it looks cool! It flies the same as the straight tail, even in aerobatics.
Amazing.....ive never heard of anyone moving to ohio....only moving out😆😀😂🤣😉🤣😂😀😆
Why two fuel stops for only a 260 mile trip? Less than 5 gph with a 16 gal tank? maybe one stop would have done it? Or maybe no stops?
Actually it's about 640NM from KHIE to KMWO not counting some diversions to avoid mountainous terrain
Very nice! why two fuel stops on a 260 mile, 2 hour+ trip with a fuel burn of less than 4 gph?
260 miles was just the first leg. The entire trip was 630 miles.
Ahh! Missed that!
How you like that engine
The Viking 110 was faultless during my time of ownership from new. It didn't leak ANY oil, started every time, hot or cold, and never missed a beat. Some others have had some issues that they resolved.
what gas do you use ? thanks
The Viking engine is a modern car engine so it prefers high octane automobile (mogas) fuel. But by adding TCP, a lead scavenging additive, it can run 100LL avgas. All the test flights were done with mogas, while the Ohio trip was all on 100LL with TCP being added at ever fill-up. It works perfectly fine on both.
mogas 91 or 93 ? thanks
@@amirhess 93
@@amirhess Actually I ran 91 octane ethanol free gas in my Viking
Lose the music
Trash the flipping music will ya ? I wanna listen to airplane noise not to supposedly "cool" jazz.
Nope. There are no airplane sounds to be heard. The camera audio is plugged into the radio. So without the music there is just silence. Get a life and stop being a CZcams twit.