First flight in New Zealand

[Mark Goldberg]

Lars Fellman in Helensville New Zealand flew his 4 place BH yesterday for the first time. It is a 540 powered BH, and the second 4 place BH to be covered in Oratex, the German fabric that already has all its coatings on it. Mark lars.jpg

[Zzz]

Awesome! Congrats Lars. Are those the Desser smooth 8.50's on there?

It looks like painted Oratex with that blue stripe?

[JimParker256]

Could be vinyl stripes. The Oratex guys told me that vinyl stripes and N-numbers would be fine, as would larger vinyl appliqués...

[Mark Goldberg]

Those are the 26" Goodyears on his BH. And I asked him already how he put that stripe on - paint or vinyl. No response yet. Mark

[N942VT]

Nice! What did it weigh in at Mark?

[Mark Goldberg]

I have asked that question already but no response yet. MG

[Battson]

The weight was 1,550 lbs I believe - the engine is actually an IO-540 developing 260hp, turning a three blade Hoffman prop if I recall correctly.

I think it's a wood composite propeller, which is obviously good for the balance. The noise is quite different to the standard 2 blade.

It terms of the weight, it's worth noting he has a lush fabric and Teak interior, a little extra alloy in the cabin to dog-proof the cargo area, and an autopilot installed.

The panel is dual Dynon Skyview 10" screens with a central radio stack, he flies from the right seat as you can see from the photo, but with central throttle etc.

Oh - I think the stripe is painted on, but I can't remember for certain.

Congratulations Lars!