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Old 07-13-2014, 07:02 PM
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Default First Flight


After ten years and some 3800 logged building hours, my RV 8 flew today. Barry Weber, an experienced test pilot at the controls. The flight generally went very well. The airframe flew essentially hands off. The engine was a little rough at lower RPM's and I have some work to do to get the EFIS parameters set correctly.

Flight was about an hour. I was in an RV7 chase plane and got some good photos.

Looks like several days work to get through all the squawks. However, it did fly and flew well. I am pumped.

Thank you to everyone on this forum. I would have never gotten here without you.

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Michael Wynn
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Old 07-13-2014, 07:13 PM
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Congrats on a successful first flight!
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Old 07-13-2014, 07:46 PM
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Way to go, Michael! Your RV looks wonderful.
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Old 07-13-2014, 11:28 PM
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Default Congratulations!!

Michael, congrats on bumping the Hobbs up another notch.
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Old 07-14-2014, 06:38 AM
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Well done, i took all 40 hours to run through my list.
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Old 07-14-2014, 11:49 AM
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Congratulations Michael don't worry too much about the minor issues - at least now they are related to flying and not building I had quite a few but slowly but surely they get ticked off - then the real FUN starts and after 2+ years (175 hrs) my grin is as big as ever - Enjoy the fruits!
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Old 07-14-2014, 12:19 PM
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Congrats Michael! Looks like a beautiful day to be in the air!
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Old 07-14-2014, 05:13 PM
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Superb Michael!
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Old 07-14-2014, 09:12 PM
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And it looks great too!
You will be so pleased when you put on the gear fairings & wheel pants!
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Old 07-15-2014, 04:42 AM
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Congrats Michael. You are giving me hope
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