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05-23-2014, 11:05 AM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Sammamish, WA
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Taxi before airworthiness inspection?
Can you legally taxi the airplane before the airworthiness inspection?
Thanks,
Michael-
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05-23-2014, 11:08 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Wichita, KS
Posts: 1,958
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Yep. Make sure your insurance policy is updated to "in motion" before taxiing.
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05-23-2014, 11:22 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Suwanee, GA
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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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05-23-2014, 11:42 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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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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05-23-2014, 12:40 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Marietta, GA (KCZL)
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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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Last edited by blahphish : 05-23-2014 at 12:47 PM.
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05-23-2014, 12:45 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Suwanee, GA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by N427EF
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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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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05-23-2014, 01:16 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Livermore, CA
Posts: 6,797
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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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05-23-2014, 01:28 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: La Feria Texas
Posts: 3,822
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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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05-23-2014, 01:54 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: San Jose, CA
Posts: 1,125
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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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05-23-2014, 02:14 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Asheville, NC
Posts: 2,692
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ArVeeNiner
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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+1 for me too. Gave a good opportunity (speed) to really break in the brakes too.
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