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First Flight C-GEMQ

riseric

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Saturday early morning, November 20th 2021
RV-8 C-GEMQ took to the skies for the first time !!!

Flew beautifully for 40 minutes.
1/4 to 1/2 ball on the right to correct and maybe a little heavy right wing, to confirm with further tests.

25MP/2500RPM at 3000 ft/-5C resulted in 162KTAS, no wheel pants, no wing to fuselage fairings.

Despite a complete engine run check, the engine burped/pulsed +/- 100 RPM a few seconds after take-off.
Too lean mixture (my fault), once corrected the engine ran very smoothly.
CHT's in the 350's except #3 of course at 380ish. Considering modifying the rear baffle or adding washers.

Tested the flight behavior with flaps, test stalled twice before landing, all ok.

The landing was uneventful.
What a machine !!!

The RV grin is for real !!!:D
 

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Congratulations, Eric, you are going to LOVE that airplane. I know I sure miss mine... :-(
 
awesome news!

congratulations eric!!!!

remember us talking about it over a desk at a conference, a while back ;-)
like years *G*

enjoy the testing phase and hope you can take magali along soon!

cheers,
bernie
 
Thank you everyone.
Subsequent flights just confirm how WOW this airplane is !!
Just over 4 hours done, mostly breaking-in the engine, calibrating the AOA and compass and enjoying the ride.


Great work, Eric! Really a wonderful feeling, isn't it? :)
Thanks Mickey, wonderful it is !!


awesome news!

congratulations eric!!!!

remember us talking about it over a desk at a conference, a while back ;-)
like years *G*

enjoy the testing phase and hope you can take magali along soon!

cheers,
bernie
Thanks Bernie, yes, regional meeting in Croatia 2011...
I did not know the existance of Vans at that time.
Thanks to you showing me your RV-7, here I am, flying my own RV-8 !!
Awesome !!!
Magali is first on my list of passengers, I need to fly 25 hours before I can apply for a C of A without restrictions.


Fantastic news. Congratulations. Must have hauled *** with today’s temps too!
Here's a YouTube link of last Wednesday's take-off at Maximum Gross (1800 lb). Practice for the 3 minute climb report.
https://youtu.be/5f-tfN-VsOE
 
Nice!

Congrats Eric and all the best…quite a few of us in the GTA that get together for when you get your restrictions lifted!

Don
 
Congratulations Eric, all the hard work and perseverance paid off. Enjoy your prize!

Keith
 
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