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Vic Baker
Joined: 11 Jan 2006
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Location: Carson City, Nevada
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 Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 4:25 pm Post subject: First Flight |
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N377KJ first flight today. 20 minutes of just plain (plane) fun then back to garage for a careful lookover. 5 years (this month) from receipt of kit - with a lot of handholding from John and Debra McBean (bless them!).
Aircraft is "by the book" with no mods.
A few numbers (for you numbers folks)
Conventional (tailwheel) gear.
750 lbs mains
70 lbs tail
20 gal fuel
pilot (me) 210 lbs
Wants nose up trim for power off approach. No problem. (have manual servo trim tabs on elevator)
Set 5000 RPM (5800 available) for TO and climb. Lift off in the blink of an eye (be ready!) OAT 11 Deg C, field elevation 4700'. Climbing at 600 fpm at 65 mph indicated.
(this is no C150!)
3 point landing, keep it straight! (after flying with John McBean, decided to place alignment tape on glare shield - easy to come in crabbed left)
Ok, me? 66 years old. 600 hour pilot. Have not flown for 20 years. Took 20 hours instruction this summer in Super Cub. One hour with John in Tri gear Kitfox. No problem handling this airplane, likes thumb and forefinger on stick with arm resting on leg.
Vic Baker
S7 912S Warp 100%
Carson City, Nv
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lcfitt(at)sbcglobal.net
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| Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 5:09 pm Post subject: First Flight |
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Vic,
Great report. Right about now I am regretting a bit the decision to no
longer have the Cameron Park Kitfox fly-in. You are close enough for a
visit. I have flown over Carsen City many times. You will have tons of
places to explore.
Lowell
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dan(at)azshowersolutions.
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| Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 5:43 am Post subject: First Flight |
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Vic, Congrats on your accomplishment. Reports like yours gives those of us that are still building the inspiration needed. To know that some day we will run out of parts and actually fly this thing is needed. Keep us updated on how she performs.
Dan B
Mesa, AZ
KF-IV, 912S
Vic Baker <vr_baker(at)nvbell.net> wrote:
[quote] N377KJ first flight today. 20 minutes of just plain (plane) fun then back to garage for a careful lookover. 5 years (this month) from receipt of kit - with a lot of handholding from John and Debra McBean (bless them!).
Aircraft is "by the book" with no mods.
A few numbers (for you numbers folks)
Conventional (tailwheel) gear.
750 lbs mains
70 lbs tail
20 gal fuel
pilot (me) 210 lbs
Wants nose up trim for power off approach. No problem. (have manual servo trim tabs on elevator)
Set 5000 RPM (5800 available) for TO and climb. Lift off in the blink of an eye (be ready!) OAT 11 Deg C, field elevation 4700'. Climbing at 600 fpm at 65 mph indicated.
(this is no C150!)
3 point landing, keep it straight! (after flying with [quote][b]
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n981ms(at)yahoo.com
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| Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:51 am Post subject: First Flight |
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Vic congratulations. Nothing compares to that first flight. Interestingly enough, by the time of my first flight 400+ hours ago I had not completely run out of parts 
Maxwell Duke
S6/TD/IO240
Dublin, GA
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Subject: Re: First Flight
To: kitfox-list(at)matronics.com
Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 9:43 AM
Vic, Congrats on your accomplishment. Reports like yours gives those of us that are still building the inspiration needed. To know that some day we will run out of parts and actually fly this thing is needed. Keep us updated on how she performs.
Dan B
Mesa, AZ
KF-IV, 912S
Vic Baker <vr_baker(at)nvbell.net> wrote:
| Quote: | N377KJ first flight today. 20 minutes of just plain (plane) fun then back to garage for a careful lookover. 5 years (this month) from receipt of kit - with a lot of handholding from John and Debra McBean (bless them!).
Aircraft is "by the book" with no mods.
A few numbers (for you numbers folks)
Conventional (tailwheel) gear.
750 lbs mains
70 lbs tail
20 gal fuel
pilot (me) 210 lbs
Wants nose up trim for power off approach. No problem. (have manual servo trim tabs on elevator)
Set 5000 RPM (5800 available) for TO and climb. Lift off in the blink of an eye (be ready!) OAT 11 Deg C, field elevation 4700'. Climbing at 600 fpm at 65 mph indicated.
(this is no C150!)
3 point landing, keep it straight! (after flying with
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