2015 Oshkosh Tent Talk

Reno Wastegate Development
July 24th at 11:30am
Forum Stage 1

Elliot Seguin and Justin Gillen will be giving a tent talk on the engine development work done as part of preparation for the Aerochia/Farnsworth three kilometer closed course and time to climb records set at the 2015 Mojave Experimental Flyin. Specifically the search for the cause of four turbo failures (including one on the course at Reno) and how that added up to the fastest time to climb by a piston powered airplane in the record books.

Race 44 Records Patch

Patches are done!! These are for the #aerochia #worldrecords. 4 records in 3 days. 390 mph! And the fastest #recip time to climb in the record books. Easily the coolest flying I have ever done!!! Send a SASE to PO Box 131 Mojave CA 93502. #patch #lancair #sportclassairracing #experimental #avgeek #airplanesarecool #gofly #airrace @btmichael for the design.

A photo posted by edseguin (@edseguin) on Jun 10, 2015 at 6:15pm PDT

Four records in three days. #everythingisawesome #aerochia #race44 #lynnfarnsworth #naa #brianutley

A photo posted by edseguin (@edseguin) on Apr 18, 2015 at 12:20am PDT

2014 Patch offering

Hey Guys, 

Wasabi had a great year of testing, racing, and record setting and we want to share. Send us an envelope and we will send you a patch. If you insist the patches are valued at $5, any donations will be spent on avgas testing airplanes!! While supplies last. If you want a specific patch write which one you are interested in on the envelope, and we will do our best.

PO Box 131
Mojave CA
93502

Thank you,
Elliot

Dragon:  This is the mission patch for N357AW, the most recent Aerochia Super Legacy.  Wasabi was tasked with getting the airplane airworthy and doing the phase one test program.  The names on the top of the patch are the four core members of the team, Andy Chiavetta, Justin Gillen, Elliot Seguin, and Jon Hadlich.  The center of the patch is a dragon.  The dragon was a south pacific style kite that was donated to ward off the gremlins that seemed to be haunting the program.  The patch was designed by Michael Lizama (@BTMichael).

Race 44: This is the mission patch for Lynn Farnworth's race 44 build up and participation at Reno 2014.  The patch is Mowgli (Andy) juggling so many difficult problems.  This program was aggressive before the gremlins started to plague the airplane.  The result was a couple turbo failures (the snails) and Lynn's impressive dead stick during a heat race at Reno.  The names in the center of the patch are the core members of that team Andy Chiavetta, Elliot Seguin, and Justin Gillen. The patch was designed by Michael Lizama (@BTMichael).

Darth Vader:  This is the mission patch for Wasabi's 2014 season.  This was a very busy year for Wasabi, we cut the gear off the airplane, tested an exciting new Catto propeller, increased our gross weight by 20%, and flew non-stop to Oshkosh for the airplane's EAA debut.  The most important was we consistently went faster and finished better than we ever had.  The patch was designed by Michael Lizama (@BTMichael).

Sunrise: This is the mission patch for the Mojave to Oshkosh non-stop formation flight and associated testing and formation practice.  The patch shows a formation of exotic aircraft flying in formation towards the rising sun while other folks are still still catching a few last Zs.  The aircraft on the patch include, Dustin Riggs flying Dick Rutan's Ol' Blue, Doug Dodson flying his Glassair II, Zach Reeder flying the Rutan Catbird, Elliot Seguin flying Wasabi, Justin Gillen flying the Tangotimemachine, and Brandon Cangiano flying Polaire his Lancair Legacy.  The patch was designed by Whitney Brown, http://whitneyjbrown.com/.

Race 44 test hop for Lynn

There are good days and there are really good days.

Twice during race week we were asked to fly test sorties for Andy and Lynn.  I had been doing the break-in and power testing on the airplane in Mojave but it is a different thing to test over Stead, to some a holy thing.

Turning the power up while in a leisurely left hand turn in a truly hot airplane while the sun sets over that valley of speed is something air race freaks dream about. I remember checking and rechecking my data, I wanted to be damn sure I wasn't blowing this awesome opportunity.

After landing I taxied up to the team; Andy, Lynn, Jenn, Donald, Terry, and even Klaus and Jenny. The looks on their faces told me the airplane had sounded good. The look on Andy's face said "give me the data".

Thank you Andy and Lynn, for a truly awesome Reno experience.  I can't wait until we get this thing hooked up.