Steve Craigle
| Name | Steve Craigle |
| Address | 20618 60th Ave. NE Arlington, WA 98223-4203, US |
| Airport | KAWO |
| Phone | 360-474-8231 |
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| Callsign | N232SC |
| S/N# | 691 |
| Project Status | flying |
| First Flight | June 30th, 2001 |
| Pilot | Structural aeronautical engineer. Contributes stress analyses to the wings. |
| Last Update | 2002-01-19 |
| Remarks | Ford V6, long wings, metal fuel tanks and composite wings. |
Images
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Doing the W&B |
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A few days before the first flight |
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A few days before the first flight |
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Ford V6 SC engine |
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Ford V6 SC engine |
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Ford V6 SC engine |
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After sever problems with my super-charged engine I decided to replace it with a carbureted Ford V6 (the one from Holger. This shows the progress of building it up. Picture taken September 2002. |
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Side view of the replacement engine setup. September 2002. |
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Bringing home the newly purchased N777LC |
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Ready to leave Heber City, CO |
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Take-off at Heber City, CO |
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A trimming system for the ailerons. |
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The panel |
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2003-06-08: Steve and Carolyn fly down from Arlington, WA (AWO) to Aurora (UAO) to visit Holger. |
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2003-06-08: In UAO, near Van's Aircraft headquarters. |
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2003-06-08: Fitting 6'2" trailer trash in the back. Steve's back seats are quite comfortable with thick padding. It is surprising how well one sits in such a tiny space. |
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2003-06-08: Loading her up. |
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At the Cougar Mountain Fly-in 2003. |
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April 2004 |
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April 2004 |
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April 2004 |
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Steve getting ready for a flight after a fresh annual; April 2004 |
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Fitting a normaly aspirated Ford V-6 to N232SC: new exhaust |
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Fitting a normaly aspirated Ford V-6 to N232SC: new exhaust |
Articles
| Vortex Generators | Building and testing of vortex generators |
| Findings on wing spar stress analysis | This is a brief summary of a lengthy discussion and a number of calculations that I run in early 2002. To learn more about the discussion search in the archive of the BD-4 mailing list. |