First Flight-
Well, it finally happened.
After a bit of a stumbling block with the non functioning prop governor that took a couple weeks to get resolved, my plane is officially an "air"plane.
Mike Seager came over to Bend yesterday and took it up for its first flight. A few minor squawks, but for the most part she flew well. After addressing some aileron snatch and a overly low idle, Mike and I went up and for a little RV refresher training for me. I definitely need to sharpen those skills more still.
Still a few little things to address including some calibration issues on the passenger side EFIS, and adjusting the idle screw back down now, but mostly just need to work through phase 1 and get used to flying the plane.
A lot going on during my flight, but with no pants on we were seeing 155 TAS at 24/24 at 6500 (IIRC). All the temps looked great and engine seems to be happy so far. One thing that was a bit new to me was how much aero braking that big ol' Hartzell composite prop has when in fine pitch. Need to carry a lot more RPM once the blue knob is in than I am used to, but I've also been flying a fixed pitch 172 recently too so I am quite certain I have that muscle memory right now.
Lastly- Huge thanks to Mike Seager. For those of you needing transition training, or anyone like me who wasn't quite up to doing the first flight, there is absolutely none better than Mike. Truly a great guy to fly with and and absolute gentlemen who provides so much more knowledge than just the flight training side. Mike was quick to help us tweak the ailerons and elevator after that first flight.
Lastly- a couple bad pics. Mike after first flight and a really bad in flight on my first flight.
[/IMG]