May 2008

Vol. 2 No. 5

The next EAA Chapter 908 meeting
Wednesday May 21.  19:00
Doughnuts and coffee at 18:00.
No announcements regarding the next Directors meeting.
Remember, you can review the Minutes of Meetings  here. You will need your USERNAME and PASSWORD. Get them from the web master.

And from Mike Ketchpaw...

This months meeting we have a guest speaker that has some real good stories. George Sigler is a former Navy  pilot that has endured carrier life and survival at sea. His stories are riveting. He is still flying and now training Navy pilots.
OK3!

Introducing the U.S. Sport Aero Club at Fort Pierce!

An announcement from our member Donato Martino.
Also coming soon to North Palm Beach County (F45)
and Charlotte County (PGD) -$200 to join -$25 per month.
$75 per hour wet (includes fuel)  Read more.

Next Young Eagles Event. International Young Eagles Day.
Saturday June 14, 2008  8:00 am to Noon. The Chapters Young Eagles Rally will be at the FPR Airport Terminal.  This is the 15th annual International Young Eagles Day event. On average nearly 9,000 Young Eagles are flown on this single day by various EAA members and Chapters around the world Contact Kevin 772 489-7776 or visit www.eaa908.org for more information 

How about this for a quick pitot test.
Copied from the ERCOUPE site and posted by James Bilello" coriolis36@yahoo.com
"I found that 1/2" clear plastic tubing fits over the end of my pitot static tube just perfect. (I may have to clamp it with a hose clamp for good measure) If I take five or six feet of this tubing and slip it over the pitot tube, I have a great static line and AS Indicator tester. Make a deep "J" in the tube and CAREFULLY add water to the open end. If the water seeks level between both sides of the "J", the static system is leaking. Test all connections and fix until THAT problem stops. Then . . . When the water starts rising on the open end, you have a great AS Indicator tester. Measure the difference in inches between the water level on the pitot side and on the open side. When the difference is 5", your airspeed indicator should be reading 100mph. Here's a pretty good graph I made to check full ranges:
MPH "H2O .....70=2.40", 80=3.24", 90=4.10", 100=5.00" (some say 4.94"), 110=5.92", 120=7.06", 130=8.32", 140=9.60", 150=11.00", 160=12.70", 170=14.40"."
(Click on the pitot for many interesting pictures)

908 e-NEWS is looking for someone that would be interested in soliciting and possible creating  ad banners for businesses that will be advertising on this email. Contact Ron Knaggs if your interested.