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Old 05-23-2014, 11:05 AM
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Default Taxi before airworthiness inspection?

Can you legally taxi the airplane before the airworthiness inspection?

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Old 05-23-2014, 11:08 AM
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Yep. Make sure your insurance policy is updated to "in motion" before taxiing.
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Old 05-23-2014, 11:22 AM
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Default No high speed

Make sure not to make a high speed taxi that causes flight. Many high speed taxis results in accidental flight.
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Old 05-23-2014, 11:42 AM
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I don't know your reason for the need to taxi but for a highly evolved kit plane
there is little to be gained by taxiing around.
A lot can be ruined by needlessly running up the engine "taxiing" such as engine overheating and glazing your cylinder walls for never ending high oil consumption.
It looks like your question has already been answered.
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Old 05-23-2014, 12:40 PM
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Definitely wouldnt want to overdue it as it is hard on the engine, but it sure is a ton of fun to taxi your plane for the first time! Give your grinning muscles a bit of a warm up for the first flight
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Old 05-23-2014, 12:45 PM
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I don't know your reason for the need to taxi but for a highly evolved kit plane
there is little to be gained by taxiing around.
A lot can be ruined by needlessly running up the engine "taxiing" such as engine overheating and glazing your cylinder walls for never ending high oil consumption.
It looks like your question has already been answered.
I agree. Just got out of my phase I, and the only taxiing I did was 1 time to the run up area to do a full runup test & calibrate the ADHR, then the first flight. Breaks were tested during the runup.
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Old 05-23-2014, 01:16 PM
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I did one runup to test the governor, one moderate speed taxi to break in the brake pads. Then de-cowl and look for leaks, etc.
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Old 05-23-2014, 01:28 PM
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One reason for doing it, at least in my case, is I have owned a number of planes with different steering on the ground, but this is the first for me with steering by the brakes. I will need to get used to that.
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Old 05-23-2014, 01:54 PM
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I put a used engine in my plane so it was already broken in.

The FSDO inspector took a while to get out there so I had a few weeks of waiting. Taxiing on the ground and going down the runway while lifting the nosewheel really got me comfortable with controlling it on the ground. By the time the first flight came, the ground ops were known and familiar.
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Old 05-23-2014, 02:14 PM
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The FSDO inspector took a while to get out there so I had a few weeks of waiting. Taxiing on the ground and going down the runway while lifting the nosewheel really got me comfortable with controlling it on the ground. By the time the first flight came, the ground ops were known and familiar.
+1 for me too. Gave a good opportunity (speed) to really break in the brakes too.
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