Great video! I've flown into Center Island once (not in an RV) and found it to be a nice strip. Land to the south (uphill landing with trees at the end) and takeoff to the north (land drops away quickly into the Puget Sound).
Looks like you did a fine job flying into one of the many San Juan hidden airports!
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Scott "Grumpy" Stewart
RV-7 N957RV (First Flight on Dec 18, 2009)
RV-14 N144P (Empennage complete, wings almost complete, fuselage almost complete)
#866 on the Van's RV-7 hobbs
#6563 on Van's generic hobbs
Arlington, WA
Both my wife and I spent a few hours with Mike Seager in the factory 12 before we flew our own aircraft. It is important to recognize that the RV-12 is very much an RV and Mike really handles all the Van's models as a pro.
At the same time you really have to understand that the 12 is so darn efficient an airplane that you'll use way too much runway 'in float' if you come over the threshold faster than 50 knotts. If you have 3,000 ft of landing surface 60 will work, but if you have less or obstacles on approach you had better slow it to 50 or you'll scare yourself! The 12 flys very nicely at 50 on approch over the fence; even at gross weight.
Well done - I'd like to hear from you about your panel. I am hoping that Van's will offer a panel like yours - maybe with a SkyView and a 696.
Please let us know about yours and anything else that you may want to say about how difficult it was to install, etc.
Beautiful airplane - paint job looks great congratulations!!!
Fun in our RV-12 in the San Juan Islands
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RV-12 Instrument Panel
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