My long term project finally took to the air on 16-04-2006 at London,
Ontario, CYXU.
Chris Staines did the test flight, his third to date. The plane flew
straight and true, but with rather more leisurely performance than his 914
Mono.
Chris also provided lots of advice, encouragement and assistance which
helped immensely in the completion of the build.
The flight was short, due to a non functioning transponder, and the
necessity of maintaining amicable relations with the tower controllers.
Later when checking for the problem, I found that I had not re-connected
the antenna cable, the last time that I'd taken off the panel..... I
really could write a book on how to double your building time.
Kit A061 is a tri-gear, foam wings, XS fuselage, 912S with Woodcomp C/S
prop. With the speed kit installed, cabin heat, vacuum system with steam
gauges, fire ext, first aid kit and ELT weighed in at 898lbs.
Dave
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