First flight today
 

I did my first flight today in my RV-12. It took a lot longer to build than I expected. About 20 months, working on it about 30 hours a week. Of course fully priming everything with Azko and painting the interior with JetFlex added at least 30% to the overall build time.

Many thanks to my brother who was my quality control through out the build process. His knowledge and assistance was (and continues to be) extremely valuable.

Also, thanks to John Albury for his excellent transition training. After John's training, I felt very confident doing the first flight.

Ground and Air-to-Air pics to follow, but here's a shot of the Dual Garmin display.



I still have to install the interior and do the wheel pants but at least I can have fun flying while I'm working on really getting her finished.

AND, I got to train 3 new FAA inspectors while doing his aircraft.

CONGRATULATIONS on your first flight.

slo mo vid of takeoff
 

Many congrats Rick! Here's the slo mo video of your first take off, taken as you went by my taxiway.

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https://youtu.be/HfeCKW4klxQ

Feels great, doesn't it! Congratulations!

Hey, I think I saw that bird running Saturday! It was nice to meet you and Congrats Rick!

Here are a few air to air shots of Ricks first Flight.:D

Love the videos & air-to-air. Thanks
 

I just watched the video & saw John's air-to-air shots. Neither of these photo shoots were pre-arranged, I just got lucky!

Watching the slo mo take-off was cool. I think I did a pretty good job if I may say so myself.

Your panel is identical to mine. You're gonna love the G3X system. Enjoy your RV-12

TB

I would like to add my congratulations Rick, looking good!

Congrats, Rick.

I've been flying my 12 for almost 1 year now and really like it. I just added wheel fairings. The economy and performance are very satisfying.

Paint is next...