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N87PR First Flight Today

bhester

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Today I flew over to Bowling Green, KY to do the first flight of N87PR. My buddy Doug Rohrer built this RV9A and wanted me to do the first flight for him, because it's been a while since he has flown. I went over a few weeks ago and did the inspection before the DAR inspection. The DAR signed it off Friday and the weather wasn't very good over the weekend but today was perfect. Only thing that didn't work was the airspeed, that wasn't a problem for me, but would have been for Doug and that's why he wanted me to do it, I landed it perfectly by feel. Congratulation Doug, she fly's fine.

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First Flight

Thanks Bobby for being the test pilot today. I was indeed rusty and have no experience behind a glass panel, so it was a no-brainer to ask Bobby to make the first flight in a new airplane with a new engine. He has done this several times now. If any of you other builders out there need a test pilot, Bobby is your man, and he will fly to you in his beautiful RV-7A.

Now I need to figure out why I don't have any airspeed indication on the G3X...
 
Congratulations!

Doug, enjoy your new airplane after all of your hard work! Congrats.

Thanks Bobby for being the test pilot today. I was indeed rusty and have no experience behind a glass panel, so it was a no-brainer to ask Bobby to make the first flight in a new airplane with a new engine. He has done this several times now. If any of you other builders out there need a test pilot, Bobby is your man, and he will fly to you in his beautiful RV-7A.

Now I need to figure out why I don't have any airspeed indication on the G3X...
 
First Flight

Today I flew over to Bowling Green, KY to do the first flight of N87PR. My buddy Doug Rohrer built this RV9A and wanted me to do the first flight for him, because it's been a while since he has flown. I went over a few weeks ago and did the inspection before the DAR inspection. The DAR signed it off Friday and the weather wasn't very good over the weekend but today was perfect. Only thing that didn't work was the airspeed, that wasn't a problem for me, but would have been for Doug and that's why he wanted me to do it, I landed it perfectly by feel. Congratulation Doug, she fly's fine.

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Congratulations on the first flight! Feel free to shoot us an email at [email protected] for help addressing those CAS messages, and to take a look at the airspeed issues.

Thanks,

Justin
 
First Flight

Thanks for all the kind comments. I see I made the VAF front page today! For those who are sitting on the edge of their chair waiting to hear about my airspeed issue, I am glad to report it was a simple fix. I used a Garmin unheated probe which has two ports coming out: one for pitot and one for AOA. I made the lines two different colors to avoid confusion and then hooked them up backwards anyway. Too much time between building the wings and final assembly at the hangar! Now I just need some good weather to start my Phase I flying.
 
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