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09-22-2008, 12:17 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Cartersville, GA
Posts: 350
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1st Flight!!!
Hey Guys,
As of Friday 9/19/2008 at approximately 12:30pm, N147RV became an official airplane. After The DAR crawled through, up, down, and across my airplane he simply said, (beautiful, I can't find any squawks so I'll have to make one up to show I'm doing my job  . ) As most of you know that have flown an RV, it's hard to describe the feeling you get the first time you take off in your own RV. Well now I know what your talking about so I'll leave it at that. I started flying about 4:00 pm FRI. after I got everything buttoned back up. Saturday at about 5:00 pm I had to ground it temporarily to do a 10 hour oil change  . So far I've had no runs, drips or errors, no cowl chaffing, everything seems to be doing fine. Wings are very neutral with full fuel aboard, but I do have to hold very slight right rudder at cruise, nothing an Avery trim tab won't fix. This is the 5th plane I've either built or restored for myself but is the most rewarding by far. Trying to get the 40 flown off asap but fuel at $5.86 a gallon is very trying. I would like to thank DR's list for all the info and hints through the build, you guys are great. 
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Bill Woods
RV8 sold  180 hrs. of pure joy 
(Nov 2018) Bought 7A Tip up
project, converting to tailwheel
slider (just because)
Thunderbolt YIO390
Hartzell BA
Steinair Panel (WOW)
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09-22-2008, 12:27 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Eastvale, CA
Posts: 378
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Congrats Bill!!!!
Wow! Awesome news Bill, Congratulations!!!!!!!
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Bart Filipiak
Eastvale, CA
RV-8 N74VB
Barrett IO-390
WW200RV
FLYING!!!!!!!
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09-22-2008, 12:37 PM
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Senior Curmudgeon
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Dayton Airpark, NV A34
Posts: 15,408
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Way to Go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Congratulations
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Mike Starkey
VAF 909
Rv-10, N210LM.
Flying as of 12/4/2010
Phase 1 done, 2/4/2011
Sold after 240+ wonderful hours of flight.
"Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a person on the ground incapable of understanding or doing anything about it."
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09-22-2008, 12:41 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Watkinsville, GA
Posts: 626
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really cool!
congratulations
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Marshall Jacobson
"Miss Sue"
RV-8 80749 slow build taildragger
7.5 year build first flight Dec 2005
SOLD at 540 hours and 10 years of FUN
N68AK
Watkinsville, Georgia
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09-22-2008, 01:07 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Taylorsville, GA
Posts: 748
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now I get it
That explains the blue / grey / yellow streak that rustled the leaves at our strip on Friday night! Looks good!
See you soon.
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Jeff Rhodes - Taylorsville, GA
RV-9, 7 - going fast
BC-12D - going slow
jrhodes@v1salesmgt.com
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09-22-2008, 01:18 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: SC
Posts: 12,887
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Bill,
She looks very nice. Congrats!
Now you are going to have to change your screen name. How about RV8-737?
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Bill R.
RV-9 (Yes, it's a dragon tail)
O-360 w/ dual P-mags
Build the plane you want, not the plane others want you to build!
SC86 - Easley, SC
www.repucci.com/bill/baf.html
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09-22-2008, 02:01 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Iowa
Posts: 255
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Bill,
Great looking airplane, congrats!
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09-22-2008, 02:43 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: North Central TX, via Taylorsville, GA
Posts: 87
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Congratulations Bill!!!
Can't wait to see the finished product! If the RV9 in your shop is any indication of how nice your -8 looks, then it must be great looking! Maybe I'll get to check it out on Oct 18.
CDE
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09-22-2008, 03:53 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: florida
Posts: 82
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flying off hours--
Way to go Bill-- I guess you can have the hours flown off in less than a week if you keep going, and only $2500 in fuel! Ouch! (RV grin)
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Vance Noles (vaf#139)
RV-9A--370+hrs
RV7-A qb @ 100%-58hrs
TMX-IO360, Hart CS,
IFR, Tru-Trak ap,
Bradenton, Florida
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09-22-2008, 08:32 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Savannah, GA
Posts: 1,849
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Congrats! Looks great!
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Todd
N110TD
RV-10 Vesta V8 LS2/BMA EFIS/One formerly flying at 3J1 Hobbs stopped at 150 hours
Savannah, GA and Ridgeland, SC
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