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02-19-2009, 11:39 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: San Luis Obispo, CA
Posts: 159
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First Flight!!
After 7 years of building, on Tuesday, February 10, I completed the first flight of my Eggenfellner H6 powered RV-7, N143JL in San Luis Obispo, CA (KSBP). The first flight was fairly short: just once around the pattern due to high coolant temps. Turns out I failed to adequately fill the coolant tank, and despite my extensive preflight, still managed to miss it (I feel like a complete idiot). Thankfully, nothing was hurt, and everything else on the plane behaved normally. After addressing the coolant level, I had a second flight of 1.1 hours. The engine had plenty of power to spare and the temps sat comfortably around 185. I'm looking forward to the rest of my flight test period! Here are some photos and video:
http://picasaweb.google.com/mrblobbyone/FirstFlight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMhJ0I6XHQs
Paul
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02-19-2009, 02:50 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Smyrna, TN
Posts: 7
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Congratulations!! Looked like a really nice landing to finish it off.
From the sound of shutter snapping you could probably put together the first thirty seconds of flight together from photos alone. 
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02-19-2009, 09:07 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Atlanta, GA
Posts: 1,231
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Wow - can't imagine waiting that long for anything!
Congrats - and fly safe!
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02-19-2009, 09:48 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Troutdale, Oregon
Posts: 1
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Super congratulations on the first flight!
(On a side note - talk about a small world!)
...Dillon
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Live from beautiful breezy Troutdale, Oregon (TTD)
RV-9A Empennage
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02-20-2009, 06:55 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 126
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Congratulations!! Sounds like you have a terrific airplane.
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Darryl Husk
RV9A - finishing kit
Redford, Michigan
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02-20-2009, 07:36 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: albuquerque, nm
Posts: 1,167
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Congratulations!
Awesome feeling isn't it!
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02-20-2009, 07:58 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: East Central Florida
Posts: 71
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Paul-
Congrats on the first flight! The feeling must be unbelievable!! 
Gerry Peterson
Merritt Island, FL
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02-20-2009, 08:49 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Savannah, GA
Posts: 1,849
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Congratulations and way to buck all the negativity of the Sube engines!
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Todd
N110TD
RV-10 Vesta V8 LS2/BMA EFIS/One formerly flying at 3J1 Hobbs stopped at 150 hours
Savannah, GA and Ridgeland, SC
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02-20-2009, 09:10 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: arvada, co
Posts: 445
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Another congratulations!! It brought back many exciting memories from my first flight! I too was a 7 year builder but in the early RV6 days in the 90's.
It was all worth it! Enjoy and be safe!
Pat Claar
N660PC@comcast.net 
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