YEEEHAAAA!!!
Yeehaaa! What a thrill!! It Flies!!!
First flight was Saturday evening after a very thorough and professional inspection by Gary Sobek and lots of help form friends putting it back together.
First flight was uneventful (other than the thrill!) all engine temps and pressures in the green. It flies hands-off, no heavy wing, no rudder needed in cruise. First landing was a 3-bouncer (at least).
High speed run Sunday morning, no wind, temps in the 60s, 6000 ft, ground speed was 205 mph one direction and 210 mph coming back. Rpm 2550, WOT.
Stalls cleanly at 50-54 mph (just me and ? fuel). Climbs like a bat-out-of-****, I don?t recall the initial rate of climb but I was at 1500 agl before I turned crosswind on the first flight and I turned much earlier than normal to stay close to the runway.
I got some basic training from Gary Sobek and Randy Thorne on formation flying on Sunday ? way cool, another thrill!
Airplane info:
RV 7 Slow-build, 5 years
1051 pounds empty
IO-360-B1B (o-360 lyc converted to bendix injection)
Hartzell blended airfoil constant speed
Dynon D10A EFIS, Dynon D10 EIS
I have a few minor squawks:
Elevator trim adjustment ? can?t trim out all back pressure on final
Idle mixture adjustment still not quite right
Pop, pop, pop from the engine when I pull the throttle back to idle to slow down in the pattern and on final.
I?ve been waiting five years to say this: Keep pounding those rivets!!! It is well worth all the effort!!!
Dave Clinchy
RV-7 N516SB
Sacramento, CA