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Old 09-24-2016, 09:42 PM
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Default Ground test sucessfull!

So, took a tour around the hangars today, running the brakes in, watching temps, first time with a castor wheel plane, no problem here. Taxied out to the clear and ran her up a little, no luck holding this thing back, lots of power, wants to skid forward, looked at the runway and turned back to the hangar, still need to perform other tests, static, transponder, W&B, A/W, and the transition training before I take to the air, BIG smiles today

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Old 09-24-2016, 10:59 PM
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That's a sweet looking paint job!
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Old 09-24-2016, 11:27 PM
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Wow, Nice plane Bret!

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Old 09-25-2016, 04:24 AM
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looking Good Bret!!
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Old 09-25-2016, 07:12 AM
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Way to go Bret! Looks very nice in the sun. The color really comes out.
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Old 09-25-2016, 07:20 AM
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I Love the color and scheme...
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Old 09-25-2016, 07:47 AM
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... looked at the runway ....
That must have been so tempting!

Looking good!

Cheers,
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Old 09-25-2016, 08:17 AM
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Great job Bret!
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Blast off! Take your time. Very nice looking.
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Old 09-25-2016, 11:28 AM
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That must have been so tempting!

Looking good!

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For a second....or two, I thought about cruising down the runway, but after all the things I've read on here about high speed taxi tests gone bad, I rejected that temptation and went home. I did do full throttle for .75 of a second, and was very impressed how fast this CS prop accelerated this thing, this is definitely not a 172, I look forward to and WILL do transition training
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