It was a 11am show. The previous owner and I sat down and went through all the paperwork. We calculated the new cg mins and max for it. After a quick lunch, the previous owner flew it once and we briefed. I strapped in and taxied to runway 7. I asked the tower to keep an eye on me as this was my first flight in this young lady. I lined up on the centerline and went through a last min relaxed check of everything. I figured since the fuel pump was on and the gear was "down and welded", everything would probably be ok if I forgot something. I pushed forward on the money handle and started to accelerate. The rudder was effective immediately. The -3 started a bit to the left and I was careful not to overcorrect. I'm guessing after 300 feet she wanted to come off the ground. I held her about 20 feet over the runway for another 500 feet and started a gentle climb. Not sure what my airspeed was but it felt good. At 200 feet it looked like I was at 120 kts. I departed to the north and the airspeed snapped up to 160 kts. Some basic feel manuevers were completed and I headed back in. 2 notches of flaps and 90 kts over the numbers provided lots of float. I touched..... Small bounce.... Small bounce.... Mmmmmm added a touch of power because I could feel the crow hop coming in. Another touch and I released back pressure and all was good. She had NO bad properties on rollout. BIG SMILE..... After paying for 8 gallons of fuel and another brief, I departed Lzu for WDR. One of my friends has a very nice mooney and I razzed him pretty good by announcing I had to slow way down for the mooney in the pattern, glad he is a good sport.
(I did have to pull the gas WAY back). After some brief formation flight we landed and talked. I departed WDR and in 5 min I was back at LZU. What a time machine!!! I made a tail low wheel landing and taxied back to parking. I'm not sure what she climbed at because she was pegged at 2k. Time to install the Dynon.....
Best
Brian