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10-23-2018, 10:32 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: McMinville, OR (KMMV)
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N127KT The Dirty Bird flies
On Tuesday October 16 N127KT The Dirty Bird flew for the first time. What a rush! First flight had a couple of squaks that were easily taken care of and the second flight went amazingly well!!!
It was just a few weeks shy of 8 years of building to get to this point.
A few specs:
RV8
Showplanes Fastback
Showplanes Cowl
200hp IO-360 built by Barrett Precision Engines with the Proteck EFII
Whirlwind 74HRT
Grove airfoil gear
G3X
FlyLEDs
JD Air tail wheel
many more awesome vendors
Empty weight 1035
Thanks all for the advice and encouragement along the way and a special thanks to DR for helping to make my dream of building and flying my own plane a reality.
Keep pounding those rivets!!!!!
Last edited by mill2978 : 10-23-2018 at 10:37 AM.
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10-23-2018, 11:01 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2017
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Heck yea! Totally awesome! Love first flights  Congrats!
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10-23-2018, 12:27 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Asheville, NC
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Good show!
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10-23-2018, 12:31 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Plano, TX
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Awesome, way to go
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10-23-2018, 12:48 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: CHESHIRE, MA
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Congratulations! What an achievement!
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10-23-2018, 12:58 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Charlottesville, Virginia
Posts: 1,230
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Very nice.
WOW....Congrats for sure.......8 yrs....but worth it today!
Love the look of the Showplanes fastback and cowling.....the 74HRT is pretty too.
Question if you will....
Any issues with fitting the HRT74 and the Showplanes cowling, if so, how did you address them?
Meaning, does the prop contact the cowling when rotated full or coarse pitch?
Thanks
Bob
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RV-6, 0-360 Hartzell C/S, Tip up, 1200+TT
James extended cowl/plenum, induction, -8VS and Rudder. TSFlightline hoses. Oregon Aero leather seats.
D100-KMD150-660-TT ADI2- AS air/oil seperator. Vetterman exhaust with turndown tips.
Louisa, Virginia KLKU N94TB
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10-23-2018, 03:36 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Ridgeland, SC
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Congrats Aaron! Awesome job!
Tom
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RV7 Tail Kit Completed, Fuse started-Pay as I go Plan
Ridgeland, SC
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10-23-2018, 06:37 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: McMinville, OR (KMMV)
Posts: 244
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob Martin
WOW....Congrats for sure.......8 yrs....but worth it today!
Love the look of the Showplanes fastback and cowling.....the 74HRT is pretty too.
Question if you will....
Any issues with fitting the HRT74 and the Showplanes cowling, if so, how did you address them?
Meaning, does the prop contact the cowling when rotated full or coarse pitch?
Thanks
Bob
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No issues fitting the prop and there are no clearance/contact issues with the showplanes cowl and the prop.
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10-23-2018, 06:51 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Battleground
Posts: 4,348
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Yay! Well done.
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RV1 - Proud Pilot.
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10-24-2018, 04:37 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: GTA, Ontario
Posts: 826
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Congrats!
Way to go!
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