Start thinking of the places where you locally buy for AN hardware, sheet metal, paint, tools and other items. We'll need an address, phone number and web site, if they have one. Be sure to let us know if you would recommend them to others or not. The idea here is that members should be able to look to suppliers that you trust and would continue to do business with. Please forward your ideas and recommendations to Michael Mossman at michaelandkatie1@comcast.net
Check out our online directory at http://www.eaa1311.org. Click on the link "Homebuilder's Resources" on the left. Note that all resources listed are merely suggestions; as a chapter we do not endorse any of them. Our recommendation: "Caveat Emptor" (let the buyer beware).
Boone County Airport News
Hangar Space: All hangar spaces are full. Anyone desiring to base an aircraft at the airport or use the maintenance hangar will be required to join the association. For more information contact Michael Mossman, association secretary, or see the website at http://www.booneairport.org.
Young Eagles News
Calendar of Events
May 22-23 — Suffolk VA — Virginia Regional Festival of Flight, Suffolk Executive Airport (SFQ). http://www.virginiaflyin.org
June 11-13 — Marysville CA — Golden West Regional Fly-In and Air Show, Yuba County Airport (MYV). http://www.goldenwestflyin.org
July 7-11 — Arlington WA — Arlington Fly-In, Arlington Municipal Airport (AWO). http://www.arlingtonflyin.org.
July 26-August 1 — Oshkosh WI — EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, Wittman Regional Airport (OSH). http://www.airventure.org
TBO — Denver CO — Colorado Sport International Air Show and Rocky Mountain Regional Fly-In, Rocky Mountain metropolitan Airport (BJC). http://www.cosportaviation.org
September 25 — Hanover IN — Annual Wood, Fabric and Tailwheels Fly-In, Lee Bottom Field. http://www.leebottom.com
For details on EAA Chapter fly-ins and other local aviation events, visit http://www.eaa.org/events
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SERVICEMAN UPDATE NEEDED: In December of 2002 Jim Griffin joined Chapter 1311. Shortly before the war with Iraq started Jim signed back up as a Major with the Marines and has been serving in Iraq. If anyone knows how to contact Jim, or knows of his whereabouts or of any way to track him down, please contact the newsletter editor at michaelandkatie1@comcast.net.
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May's Program
The aircraft is owned by Charlie Walker, who founded Indiana Search and Rescue. Budny served as the host and demonstrated many of the aircraft's mechanical systems. Richard Mueller, another Vietnam veteran, was on hand to answer questions and show other systems.
The flying Huey now has cable cutters installed to protect the airframe, as well as a reinforced guard across the front of the windscreen. Budny claims that they cable cutters protect 90% if the airframe in case of a cable strike. The cable cutters weren't used in Vietnam, in fact, the military didn't even start using them until the 1980s. They are important for helicopters that will spend a great deal of their time flying at low altitudes.
The Huey is currently configured with seating for nine people, although it could be configured for up to 11. It can fly with or without the doors on. When the group acquired it, the cockpit was black because it was used with night vision goggles, and a lighter color would show up and be distracting. It is now painted gray, Skip painted the panel and did the external lettering.
The Huey is normally flown with the pilot in the right seat, while the copilot flies from left seat. Budny climbed to the top of the helicopter's fuselage to show how the flight controls move, while Vern Sullenger operated the co-pilots controls so we could see how it works while the rotor wasn't turning.
The controls operate the rotor stabilizer, which in turn controls the main rotor through gyroscopic precession. Foot pedals operate the tail rotor, which counteracts the main rotor's torque and controls the helicopter's rotation on the vertical axis.
The cyclic is moved forward for forward motion; likewise, moving the cyclic backward causes a rear-ward motion. Left to move left, right to right. The cyclic changes the pitch of the "uneven" pitch of the blades. The left stick, called the collective, adjusts the pitch of both main rotor blades together to climb or descend. The engine is governed and tries to maintain a constant RPM, with the throttle automatically adding or reducing power as demanded by the load on the rotors.
Any action on any control demands an additional action on any of the other controls. For example, consider starting from a "motionless" hover then transitioning to a straight-and-level flight: The cyclic is moved forward, which adjusts the pitch of the main rotor blades to move the aircraft forward. Since vertical lift would be reduced as some lift is converted into forward motion, the aircraft starts to sink. The operator needs to move the collective to increase main rotor pitch, increasing pitch. This additional air load on the main rotor causes the rotor to slow down, kicking in the governor to increase the RPM of the engine back to its governed RPM. This boost in power changes the torque on the main rotor, which causes the aircraft to start rotating on its vertical axis, when means that the pilot needs to counter that rotation with the pedals, which cause an additional increase in air loads and therefore mean more power. It can be a vicious cycle, but the good pilots learn to master the controls and fly smoothly and apparently effortlessly. Skip says the turbine-powered Huey is easier to fly than reciprocating engine helicopters like the Robinson helicopters, as the Robinsons require the pilot to also manually operate the throttle, which is usually controlled by twisting a handgrip like on a motorcycle.
Rotor blades are rated for about 2,500 hours. They estimated that a replacement rotor system could cost up to a half million dollars.
The Huey uses a Lycoming T53-13-22 engine, which produces 1,400 shaft horsepower. Budny says this is the same engine as used on the Chinook helicopter, which was a T55 version, running about 2,500 h.p. with two engines. 95% of Army helicopters had Lycoming engines, the Air Force has GE engines, which were susceptible to fog.
The Huey's autorotation speed is normally 60 knots, with the flare at 75 feet. The Huey doesn't airspeed in autorotation as long as rotor is kept up to speed. Budny says this helicopter's rotors have so much mass and kinetic energy that once they are spinning up to speed, the pilot can shut off engine, lift off helicopter, move it and set it back down under control. Skip used to demonstrate this to students.
His instructor told him to always take care of the rotor system. Budny says "If you can control it you have a chance. No control means no chance."
The Huey has a 4,000-pound sling load capacity, and the series was used extensively for logging purposes. The pilot's controls have an additional, smaller third pedal between the two main pedals, which is used to disengage the hoist hook should it become snagged. There is an additional control near the instrument panel that can cut the cable, if necessary. Budny says the Huey can't be safely landed with a load still suspended under the aircraft, unless the cable is extra long. In that case they could set the load down then fly sideways away from it then set down beside it.
Along with the two Huey aircraft, there were three Robinson helicopters in the hangar, two R-22 and one R-44. These helicopters looked absolutely diminutive sitting next to the Hueys.
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Activities: The Boone County Airport Association will be hosting an "open" Young Eagles event on Saturday morning, June 12. All kids who qualify as a Young Eagles candidate are invited to attend. Any pilots or ground crew volunteers are asked to contact Wayne Deckard at 317-370-7930 or Michael Mossman at 765-336-4454.
New Aircraft: Paul Cowger, a AP with extensive experience working on "big iron," bought a project Cessna 150 and brought it to the field.. Cowger plans on getting the 150 airworthy then working on his private pilot's license in it.
EAA Young Eagles Update: By newsletter publication date more than 1,532,508 Young Eagles have taken their first airplane ride.
Chapter 1311 will try to list the aviation-related events in Indiana and surrounding states, plus the major events across the country. Do you know of an event that isn't listed? Please inform the newsletter editor to get it included.
The next meeting will be on Wednesday, June 2, 6:30 p.m., at Hendricks County Airport. Program: TBA
Take U.S. 36 (Rockville Road) west past Avon.
Turn left (south) on CR 300 E (84 Lumber is on the SW) corner of the intersection.
At about 1/2 mile turn right (west) into the airport.
The operations building is straight back from the road.
June 2, 2010 — Program: TBA
July 7, 2010 — Program: TBA
August 4, 2010 — Program: TBA
September 1, 2010 — Program: TBA
October 6, 2010 — Program: TBA
November 3, 2010 — Program: TBA
December 2010 — Christmas party. Date, location and program TBA.
It's once again time for my annual plea to Chapter 1311 members to make your contributions to your newsletter. Chapter 1311 is endowed with many members who have a vast experience in building, maintaining and flying a variety of aircraft. If you are one of these (you ARE, aren't you?) consider an occasional or on-going contribution to the chapter's monthly newsletter. We can always use a story or photo on the following topics:
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EAA Chapter 1311's newsletter is published by email notice on the 15th of each month, with a PDF version available on the chapter web site around the 20th. Newsletter contributors: Please email your material to the newsletter editor by the 14th of the month.
President: Vern Sullenger, 1-317-839-8728, sullenger@iquest.net
Vice President: Doug Hatfield, 317-745-6691, hatfielddoug@hotmail.com
Secretary: Michael Mossman, 1-765-483-9533, michaelandkatie1@comcast.net
Treasurer: Doug Moncreiff, 317-280-1621, cdmoncreiff@sbcglobal.net
Director: Mark Eminger, 765-528-2146, tjemee@yahoo.com
Director: Dale "Gus" Gustafson, 1-317-293-4430, dalefaye@msn.com
Director: Mike Laurenzano, mikelaurenzano@yahoo.com, 317-201-5889
Director: Chuck Long, 317-892-3146, LoneEagleHDS@aol.com
Director: Gary Reynolds, 317-745-6223, n98gr@att.net
Director: Bryan Ruberson, 1- 317-272-0642, bruberson@aol.com
Director: David Stucker, DESTucker@TDS.net, 317-627-4829
Current as of May 5, 2010
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NAME EMAIL ADDRESS PROJECT(S) ANDERSON, Myron myronanderson1@comcast.net Pietenpol Air Camper BEETHAM, John jabeetham@earthlink.net Fokker D7 BERG, Paul ppberg@bluemarble.net d>RV-8 BROYLES, John broylkesjohn@sbcglobal.net none yet BUDNY, Skip skbudny@tds.net Mini 500 helicopter BUIST, Jim jimbuist@yahoo.com — CLARK, David davecpd@att.net 1946 Aeronca Chief CRAWLEY, Dennis Crawley27@comcast.net Grumman Tiger EMINGER, Mark tjemee@yahoo.com Christavia Mk1 GRIFFIN, Jim jimg@netcapade.net Questar Venture GROVER, Troy rv6grover@sbcglobal.net RV-10 GUSTAFSON, Dale DALEFAYE@msn.com Piper J-4 HATFIELD, Doug hatfielddoug@hotmail.com Zenair 640 HENDERSON, Robert robert_10215@msn.com Christavia MK2 KOPESCHKA, Dave iedvk@iquest.net Little Wing Autogyro KOPESCHKA, Steve stephen.j.kopeschka@rolls-royce.com Little Wing Autogyro LAURENZANO, Mike mikelaurenzano@yahoo.com RANS S-19 LeBARON, Tim tjlebaron@sbcglobal.net RV-4, Ercoupe LEUCHT, Chuck charlesleucht@sbcglobal.net RV-9A LEWIS, Jim jimlewis102@att.net RV-7A LONG, Chuck charles.long@allisontransmission.com Zenair 601 HDS MACKENZIE, Mark treetopflyer2506@yahoo.com RV-4 MATEJCEK, Glen aerobubba@earthlink.net RV-8 MELCHIOR, Dirk dirkmelchior@att.net F1 Rocket MONCREIFF, Doug cdmoncreiff@sbcglobal.net JDT Hi-Max MORTON, David djamorton@sbcglobal.net — MOSSMAN, Michael michaelandkatie1@comcast.net Zenair 601 HDS RAHM, Kenneth riptide757@aol.com — REYNOLDS, Gary n98gr@att.net RV-6A RINEHART, Mark capt_riney@yahoo.com Kolb Mark III Classic RUBERSON, Bryan bruberson@aol.com Aeronca Chief RULEY, Paul pbrmgr@comcast.net RV-7A SNYDER, Jim jim.snyder1@comcast.net Cherokee 180 SAALWAECHTER, John saalwaechter01@frontiernet.net V-tail Bonanza STUCKER, David DEStucker@TDS.net — SULLENGER, Vern sullenger@iquest.net Cherokee 140, RV-7A VONDERSAAR, Bob rvondersaar@austin.rr.com Steen Skybolt VONDERSAAR, Teresa tvondersaar@ausin.rr.com Steen Skybolt WININGS, Jim winingsj@aol.com Rocket
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By Michael Mossman
EAA Chapter 1311 met "off campus" in May 5th for the monthly meeting in order to see the Vietnam veteran Huey helicopter that Skip Budny has been talking about, Budny and the other members of the Indiana Air Search and Rescue organization have been working on the Huey for several years. It's now airworthy and has flown a few short missions.
The operational Huey is a rebuilt 42-year-old helicopter that has only 4,500 total hours of time. This helicopter, and another also in the hangar, both saw service in Vietnam. The second helicopter doesn't have a data tag so it is strictly a static display at this time. Budny says that they could apply for a new data tag from Bell if they wanted to fly it. Budny says every component on the flying Huey was either overhauled or zero-timed. All labor to restore and maintain the Huey was donated by the volunteers.
The Huey has machine gun mounts on the side but they are currently unused, although the group has functional M60 machine guns for the aircraft. Budny declined to tell us where these guns were stored!
While on top of the fuselage, Budny pointed to the bolts in the top of the rotor system that came loose while he was in Vietnam. He returned from a mission and his group was going back out again. His instructor had told him to always check the rotor system when shutdown, even if for only a few minutes. He was about to get started then remembered his instructor and had to shut down. He climbed to the top and found that the four bolts had been over-torqued, which caused them to stretch then loosen. They were basically broken when he found them and had to call his commander to tell him that his hilicopter couldn't fly. The mechanics told him he had less than 20 minutes left before the rotor system would fail.
A great safety feature for military helicopters, the Huey's transmission will run for up to 30 minutes when dry. This allows the helicopter to continue flying should it loose oil, perhaps from a bullet or other problem. The transmission has a freewheeling clutch similar to that on a bicycle, which helps for autorotation.
Budny says the Hueys are like the DC-3s, they will fly forever with proper maintenance. They are still being used overseas. He estimated that the owner might be able to get as much as $4 million for it if it were available to an overseas operator.
The group is getting a DC-3/C-47 aircraft and will be moving it to Metro Airport. They are already collecting flight control surfaces, which are adorning the walls of the hangar.