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08-03-2017, 01:23 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Maple Grove, MN
Posts: 2,334
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Originally Posted by DanH
This year I set a personal record for the shortest taxi times. Landed Friday on 36L, straight to HBC, nobody to follow but the parking crew. Departed Wednesday from the first intersection (blue dot, Brown Arch) on 18R. May have waited 30 seconds at the warbird intersection. The one RV in front of me got a near instant departure, and I was maybe 15 seconds in position and hold.
Heck, I waited longer for an escort out of HBC than it took to taxi out and fly past Fond du Lac.
BTW, interesting sight on the way out. I was southbound at 1300 and watched a DC-3 go by northbound, higher and 300 yards to the left. Cool. Only at OSH.
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After my long taxi, Jeff Point put me in the farthest NE corner of the RV parking area, so leaving that evening was whatever it took to taxi down to 36, unimpeded. Maybe 5 minutes?

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Alex Peterson
RV6A N66AP 1700+ hours
KADC, Wadena, MN
Last edited by AlexPeterson : 08-03-2017 at 01:27 PM.
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08-03-2017, 03:54 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Central Florida
Posts: 91
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Just be glad you own it. Never had a taxi that long, but 45 min taxi at SnF in a rented aircraft hurts.... We joked a few times about shutting down and taking turns using the tow bar to pull it along.
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08-03-2017, 07:05 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Boise, ID
Posts: 1,007
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This is the reason I won't accept 9/27 for a homebuilt.
Fantastic show this year. Sunday afternoon obviously more attendees prowling the grounds. With HBC expanded it was a bit deceiving with plenty of grass still vacant, but riding Friar Tuck's bus showed the North 40 in all its filled in glory.
Thanks to Jerry and the volunteers. My wife appreciated the reserved handicapped parking in recognition of the hitch in her git-along. The lady next to us was on crutches!
John Siebold
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08-03-2017, 07:24 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Atlanta, GA
Posts: 4,219
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkW
I watched arrivals on Sunday as a form of entertainment and noticed all 27 arrivals had to exit the runway to the North. It seems all the rain made the South side of 27 unusable.
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That started sometime in the afternoon while I was watching. The South side of 27 had turned a bit mucky.
After that, the only airplane I saw leaving the runway to the South was the Fairchild FC (the big radial engine antique that parked in the Federal building) which groundlooped off the runway to the South (right towards me for a second) and caused me to crease my folding chair's seat.
And I'm pretty sure I can top the 1.5 hour taxi story. I taxied for a lifetime the day the Breezy had the fatality on 36 a few years ago.
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Kyle Boatright
Marietta, GA
2001 RV-6 N46KB
2019(?) RV-10
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08-04-2017, 04:34 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Defiance, MO
Posts: 1,674
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It is got to be frustrating when you made it All the way in and landed and within sight of parking only to not be able to get across a runway. My long taxi have always been for takeoff. Been fortunate always on 9/27 to have left into grass on arrival. They need to deconflict landing and taking off traffic on 27. Maybe taking landing traffic up to taxiway F around to E and the cross to J if that is possible.
Last year on leaving I was in line for 40 min waiting in line to take off on 27. No progress as runway was temp closed for some reason. Finally A nice guy on a scooter came over and directed most of use to go to 36. Waited there for another 30-40 minutes as a bunch of warbirds had been directed down that way just a few minutes before we were. Plus all arrivals were coming on 36 as well.
A few years ago they had us all shut down for 30-40 minutes as they had a corsair coming in with only 2 green gear lights.
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Philip
RV-6A - 14+ years, 950+ hours
Based at 1H0 (Creve Coeur)
Paid dues yearly since 2007
Last edited by plehrke : 08-04-2017 at 04:42 AM.
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08-04-2017, 05:35 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Bay Pines, FL (based @ KCLW)
Posts: 1,955
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RV7ator
Thanks to Jerry and the volunteers. My wife appreciated the reserved handicapped parking in recognition of the hitch in her git-along. The lady next to us was on crutches!
John Siebold
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Hey John,
I was next to the lady on crutches, the yellow/blue 7. I chuckled when I first parked next to the handicapped sign, but when I saw her on crutches, it was validated. I enjoyed talking to your wife about Idaho. My wife & I will be spending the summer there next year.
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Danny "RoadRunner" Landry
Morphed RV7(formally 7A), N20DL, PnP Pilot
1190+ hours
2019 Donation Paid
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08-04-2017, 06:44 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Southampton, Ont
Posts: 87
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Oshkosh taxiing
"Always a party pooper... ha! This still might hold as an RV record!"
Alex you are more than welcome to keep that record......;-)
Rick
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08-04-2017, 06:55 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Central IL
Posts: 5,516
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Quote:
Originally Posted by toc pilot
What is the significance of running a EarthX battery for the long taxi?
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Potential meltdown/shutdown for extended high temperature heat soak. PM sent.
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Bill
RV-7
Lord Kelvin:
“I often say that when you can measure what you are speaking about,
and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you
cannot measure it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge
is of a meager and unsatisfactory kind.”
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09-11-2017, 09:48 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Maple Grove, MN
Posts: 2,334
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Follow up to the long taxi...
Imagine my surprise when I took the cowl off for an oil change and found this on my backup (only purpose is to run the second ignition) battery:
It seems almost certain that this happened during the 1.5 hours of ground ops in 80 degree OAT at Oshkosh.
The battery is a Panasonic glass mat model UP-RW1220P1. Voltage is at about 12.75, so it is still basically functioning. I won't bother with a capacity check on it.
The Odyssee PC680 main battery is free from any visible distortion. Both are mounted on the forward side of the firewall. The PC 680 is low on the right, the heat damaged one is on the left, just below the upper motor mount attachment point.
It would be interesting to know what polymer this battery's shell is made from.
Obviously, I'll replace the battery. I'm also going to put a small thermocouple on it, and attach it to it with something slightly insulating. I'll simply connect it to my Fluke handheld inside the cabin. I want to understand what sorts of temperatures it normally sees. I might modify the hold down cover for it to be blast-tube able. While I'm at it, I'll put one also on the main battery, as well as in a few other areas at or near the exit.
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Alex Peterson
RV6A N66AP 1700+ hours
KADC, Wadena, MN
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