KirkGrovesRV8
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Hi Everyone!!!!
Well yesterday at KFWQ my RV-8 took to the air!!! Wow what can I say, I need to Thank so many people but first is God, my wife, and Tom Emery..I could not have done it with out you Tom. Also I need to Thank Alex D. for the awesome transition training and Larry O'keefe and Gary Jasper for the refresher flights.I also want to thank Dave at Rivet head aero for the amazing silver bullet steering link and for all his custom work.
Now for the flight....
After all the preflights were done I saddled up and taxied out after a smooth runup I took the center line.. now I had never flown a RV solo before let alone my fire breathing 0-360 c/s 8 , the word sling shot comes to mind to describe the take off... before I could get all the throttle in I was in the air, All I could think was WOW I am flying, I looked down at the D-100 and it said 1850 something FPM climb and I thought wow that seems kinda low and I looked at my airspeed and I was doing 150 indicated!!!
But it got even better!!.. once I hit 3500' I set up my race track above the airport and set the power at 25 squared.. and would you believe it but I was seeing from the high 150kts to 165kts indicated and was seeing 168 to 172kts TAS!!!!!!! I even saw the GPS as high as 175kts!!!! She flew the ball right in the center and only a slight heavy left wing.. so I flew above the airport for about 30min and then slowed the ship down dropped some flaps and flew around at 70kts for a little bit and then brought her down in the pattern and had a wonderful wheel landing(I even have the video to prove it ) taxied off the runway and all I could think to do was shout and whoop and wave my arms like a goof ball . Besides getting married and having my son this was by far the most amazing thing I have ever done.
So sorry for my long winded rambling but in case you can't tell I am on cloud nine!!!
Thanks for taking the time to join in on my amazing weekend!!!!
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Well yesterday at KFWQ my RV-8 took to the air!!! Wow what can I say, I need to Thank so many people but first is God, my wife, and Tom Emery..I could not have done it with out you Tom. Also I need to Thank Alex D. for the awesome transition training and Larry O'keefe and Gary Jasper for the refresher flights.I also want to thank Dave at Rivet head aero for the amazing silver bullet steering link and for all his custom work.
Now for the flight....
After all the preflights were done I saddled up and taxied out after a smooth runup I took the center line.. now I had never flown a RV solo before let alone my fire breathing 0-360 c/s 8 , the word sling shot comes to mind to describe the take off... before I could get all the throttle in I was in the air, All I could think was WOW I am flying, I looked down at the D-100 and it said 1850 something FPM climb and I thought wow that seems kinda low and I looked at my airspeed and I was doing 150 indicated!!!
But it got even better!!.. once I hit 3500' I set up my race track above the airport and set the power at 25 squared.. and would you believe it but I was seeing from the high 150kts to 165kts indicated and was seeing 168 to 172kts TAS!!!!!!! I even saw the GPS as high as 175kts!!!! She flew the ball right in the center and only a slight heavy left wing.. so I flew above the airport for about 30min and then slowed the ship down dropped some flaps and flew around at 70kts for a little bit and then brought her down in the pattern and had a wonderful wheel landing(I even have the video to prove it ) taxied off the runway and all I could think to do was shout and whoop and wave my arms like a goof ball . Besides getting married and having my son this was by far the most amazing thing I have ever done.
So sorry for my long winded rambling but in case you can't tell I am on cloud nine!!!
Thanks for taking the time to join in on my amazing weekend!!!!
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