I was very nervous about this trip and prepared meticulously and it worked out for me!
Thank you all who had advice for me. It kept me safe, I'm sure. Again, Dave Baxter, all you fellas. I appreciate all the extremely valuable info on these SD2 aircraft. I have many more questions on projects and fixes I see as I have been able to fly this for over 30 hours now.
I didn't freeze my tail off on this trip as I expected either. I will have a rundown of my flying gear later or for those who are interested but for example, my feet were uncomfortably warm with the setup I put together. Soft down Mountaineering booties with an insulated boot liner and foot warmers in them kept my feet a little too warm for my comfort but obviously great. A down Mountain Hardware parka with several layers and ski pants. A homemade vinyl flying helmet with an insulated liner, a baklava and ski goggles. Of course ski gloves with the cheep hand warmers installed kept me really warm. Only down side was the large amount of stuff wrapped around my face. Didn't love that very much. Actually pulled it off when I was 20 minutes away from KPIH, my home airport. The route had a lot of stops. KREI-KDAG-KHND-KSGU-KFOM-KPVU-KBTF-KPIH. About 120 knots in cruise and a total of 7 hours of flying.
Thank you all who had advice for me. It kept me safe, I'm sure. Again, Dave Baxter, all you fellas. I appreciate all the extremely valuable info on these SD2 aircraft. I have many more questions on projects and fixes I see as I have been able to fly this for over 30 hours now.
I didn't freeze my tail off on this trip as I expected either. I will have a rundown of my flying gear later or for those who are interested but for example, my feet were uncomfortably warm with the setup I put together. Soft down Mountaineering booties with an insulated boot liner and foot warmers in them kept my feet a little too warm for my comfort but obviously great. A down Mountain Hardware parka with several layers and ski pants. A homemade vinyl flying helmet with an insulated liner, a baklava and ski goggles. Of course ski gloves with the cheep hand warmers installed kept me really warm. Only down side was the large amount of stuff wrapped around my face. Didn't love that very much. Actually pulled it off when I was 20 minutes away from KPIH, my home airport. The route had a lot of stops. KREI-KDAG-KHND-KSGU-KFOM-KPVU-KBTF-KPIH. About 120 knots in cruise and a total of 7 hours of flying.
