Rick
Nice job! I really like the paint scheme. Reminds me of an airline I
used to work for ;-)
Paul Morel
912 Speedster
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From: Jim Crowder
To: kitfox-list@matronics.com
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 1:34 AM
Subject: RE: First Flight - finally
Rick,
Congratulations on a great first flight. That condensation on the
windscreen would have given me a scare. I've had that happen in cars
when passengers had wet clothes and outside temps were low. As to your
weight, I piled everything not installed on board my Fox as close as
possible to where it will be installed and weighed my Model 5 a couple
of weeks ago, and my weight came out very close to yours. When I read
yours, I looked on my desk to check mine, but my weight and balance
calculation is apparently at the hangar. In any case my memory tells me
we are probably within ten pounds.
It sounds like you took everything in stride and pulled it off
wonderfully. Great going.
Jim Crowder
Model 5
Installing 3300A Jabiru
From: owner-kitfox-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-kitfox-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Weiss
Richard
Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 7:56 PM
To: kitfox-list@matronics.com
Subject: First Flight - finally
All,
Well, today was as near perfect as it gets. Winds calm, temperature
about 70 (sorry about that to everyone north of Daytona Beach), sky was
high thin for the most part, so I decided, after 14 years and 9 months
of building time, it was time to get this bird in the air. After
reading about everyone's first flight posts, I guess I was the only guy
to ever be nervous flying their machine for the first time. Like
everyone here knows, the ground roll was quick and short. The liftoff
smooth and wow, this airplane flies great. I would like to tell you how
fast I was going, but my airspeed indicator never worked (along with a
few other minor things). It made for a few interesting moments, but
attitude flying worked good, until the condensation on my windscreen
made everything ahead invisible. Fortunately the side windows stayed
clear. The windscreen cleared up after about a minute. I leveled at
1000 feet and did some turns, slow flight, and played for about 10 more
minutes then headed back for a landing. It all went smooth considering
I held used half flaps (11 degrees) and extra speed, just to be on the
safe side. I would like to say it was a perfect landing, but it did a
small 'skip' before rolling to turnoff speed. That had to be the best
half hour of flying fun in a long time.
Thanks to everyone on this list for all of your help over all these
years. I hope I can pay it forward some time. There are a lot of
others to thank for all their help and they know who they are. However,
I want to especially thank my former girlfriend, now wife, for all 14
years and 9 months of patience and support. She is the greatest!!!!
Rick Weiss
N39RW Series V Speedster, 912ULS
SkyStar S/N 1
Port Orange, FL
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