....That's what my clock said when I shut down after this morning's flight! (I admit, I loafed about a bit for two tenths of an hour so that I wouldn't land with 39.9...). So legally, I'm ready to sign the airplane out of Phase 1 testing, and start paying back all of my friends and neighbors that have put up with this project with their promised rides!
Before I do that, just want to check with the experienced folks to se if there are any drawbacks to signing it out...I have tested the whole V-N envelope, speeds up to redline, stall behavior, stability at CG's from the forward edge to the aft, and the standard Acro stuff (loops,rolls,Split S, Immelmans, Spins...). Did a lot of performance testing as well, but I can continue that as long as I want.
I guess I want to make sure that I've covered everything I should,becasue I'd hate to go through the paperwork with the FSDO to put her back into Phase 1 to complete something else... Anyone think of something I've missed that needs to be addressed?
I'm looking at Thanksgiving coming up, and a Turkey dinner at Mom's in Minnesota is not that far away by RV!
Paul
Before I do that, just want to check with the experienced folks to se if there are any drawbacks to signing it out...I have tested the whole V-N envelope, speeds up to redline, stall behavior, stability at CG's from the forward edge to the aft, and the standard Acro stuff (loops,rolls,Split S, Immelmans, Spins...). Did a lot of performance testing as well, but I can continue that as long as I want.
I guess I want to make sure that I've covered everything I should,becasue I'd hate to go through the paperwork with the FSDO to put her back into Phase 1 to complete something else... Anyone think of something I've missed that needs to be addressed?
I'm looking at Thanksgiving coming up, and a Turkey dinner at Mom's in Minnesota is not that far away by RV!
Paul
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