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Airworthiness Earned! N83LJ!!!

Postby jjbardell » Wed Mar 02, 2016 12:10 pm

I had a wonderful experience with my FAA Examiner. He liked the plane and all my paperwork was well organized! Now it is time to prepare for the first flight.
Building: [11323] Zenith 750 CruzerDuty27.5 / O-320 [Instagram Build Log: Zenith750CruzerSTOL]
N67LJ - Vans RV-9A #90504 (SOLD)
N83LJ - Sonex #0864 (SOLD)
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Re: Airworthiness Earned! N83LJ!!!

Postby Bryan Cotton » Wed Mar 02, 2016 2:12 pm

Awesome! Hope C77 is in your flight test area.
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Poplar Grove, IL C77
Waiex 191 N191YX
Taildragger, Aerovee, acro ailerons
dual sticks with sport trainer controls
Prebuilt spars and machined angle kit
Year 2 flying and approaching 200 hours December 23
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Re: Airworthiness Earned! N83LJ!!!

Postby SonexN76ET » Wed Mar 02, 2016 2:54 pm

Congratulations! Way to go! I bet you feel like you just won the lottery!

Don't let anyone rush your first flight. Go only when you are 100% ready. When you "know" the first flight will be successful not when you "hope" or "think" the first flight should be successful. 100% know that it will be successful.

Have you attended the Sonex transition flight training? Nothing else will prepare you for your first flight any better.

I look forward to hearing your pilot report on your first flight!

Jake
Sonex Tri Gear, Rotax 912 ULS, Sensenich 3 Blade Ground Adjustable Propeller
MGL Velocity EMS, Garmin GTR 200 Comm, GTX 335 ADS B Out Transponder
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200+ hours previously with Aerovee engine
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Re: Airworthiness Earned! N83LJ!!!

Postby MichaelFarley56 » Wed Mar 02, 2016 3:18 pm

Congrats on the airworthiness certificate!

Be safe on your first flight and let us know how it goes!
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Airworthiness Earned! N83LJ!!!

Postby mfazio » Wed Mar 02, 2016 7:33 pm

Congratulations Josh! Well done.

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Re: Airworthiness Earned! N83LJ!!!

Postby jjbardell » Wed Mar 02, 2016 7:53 pm

Thanks all!

I am excited to now report on this beautiful day N83LJ had two very short but successful flights. The aircraft performed flawlessly. The CHTs were hot on both flights, so I made a precautionary landing and am continuing to tune the engine so it performs as well as the airframe. Pics and video to follow.
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Re: Airworthiness Earned! N83LJ!!!

Postby Bryan Cotton » Wed Mar 02, 2016 8:14 pm

Holy Cow! You got to give us more time than that. Congratulations!
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Waiex 191 N191YX
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dual sticks with sport trainer controls
Prebuilt spars and machined angle kit
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Re: Airworthiness Earned! N83LJ!!!

Postby fastj22 » Wed Mar 02, 2016 8:29 pm

jjbardell wrote:Thanks all!

I am excited to now report on this beautiful day N83LJ had two very short but successful flights. The aircraft performed flawlessly. The CHTs were hot on both flights, so I made a precautionary landing and am continuing to tune the engine so it performs as well as the airframe. Pics and video to follow.

I think you will find opening your cowl exits at bit will solve the high CHTs. Congrats.

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Re: Airworthiness Earned! N83LJ!!!

Postby kevinh » Wed Mar 02, 2016 8:37 pm

Congrats on the first flight!
Taildragger Waiex in progress, tail done, wings done, about to mate wings to fuse,
then cowl, canopy, paint (photos): flush rivets, turbo aerovee, acro ailerons
(I built my RV7A and happily flew it for about 500 hrs)
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Re: Airworthiness Earned! N83LJ!!!

Postby sonex892. » Thu Mar 03, 2016 4:13 am

Well done Josh. It seems like only 5 minutes ago you were starting to do the wiring.
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