Don Patrick
Well Known Member
Awesome !
Congrats Martin….
Hope it’s an easy fix for you!
Don
Congrats Martin….
Hope it’s an easy fix for you!
Don
Canopy skirt buzz is a very common problem on the RV-8. When it happens it sounds like something very bad is happening, but a bit of velcro loop material or felt or rubber door sealing material will fix it.... But due to the less-than-perfect fit of my canopy skirt, a skirt flutter develops at 140 knots which generates an aft canopy vibration that becomes severe over 160 knots. The aircraft should not be flown again until the fit is improved. Might be an easy fix (sealing material), might be a hard fix (resculpting the skirt). ...
I posted the first (public) RV-8 flying video on my YouTube channel. Although I archive video from each Phase 1 flight, I won't be sharing many of them. Most are too boring and the early ones are too embarrassing. Starting to work through the test cards but mainly just getting used to flying the aircraft and getting the bugs out. This was my longest flight to date; flying the perimeter of my Phase 1 test area.
https://youtu.be/W6JPV0SUvoc
My final RV-8 Blogspot post is up. It's Epilogue Part 2; it's mercifully short and includes links to the 3-part Final Falsi-Fighter Flights video series on my YouTube channel as well as a link to my "Falsi-Fighter is SOLD!" thread here. I'm not sure I publicized Epilogue Part 1, which posted in October. In any case you can follow the link and get to both parts. The end of yet another era.
https://goatflieg.blogspot.com/2023/12/epilogue-part-2-falsi-fighters-final.html
Martin,
It is sold?
Please repeat last transmission.
Daddyman