It has been a LONG 9 months since the arrival of my first Kit from Van's. It was the Avionics kit, which was the last kit needed by the way. But, I have the documents all submitted for the airworthiness inspection, so if I didn't screw up something and the DAR can push the FSDO a little I have an inspection scheduled this Friday, Apr 14th, 2023.
Fired up the Dual G3X's and the 650Xi a few days ago... looks so cool. Everything now works. Initially the Pitch servo couldn't be found, a pin not fully inserted by Stein was the culprit, pushed in all the way and all's well.
Yesterday The engine was fired up for the first run. Coolant temp got close to red line. Shut it down and popped a couple hoses thinking it might let some air out, added more coolant and restarted. Second run the temps came up to a much lower number and stabilized... Success!
The hard part is that I am going out of town the following day for nearly a month! so the first flight/Flt testing will have to wait!
Fired up the Dual G3X's and the 650Xi a few days ago... looks so cool. Everything now works. Initially the Pitch servo couldn't be found, a pin not fully inserted by Stein was the culprit, pushed in all the way and all's well.
Yesterday The engine was fired up for the first run. Coolant temp got close to red line. Shut it down and popped a couple hoses thinking it might let some air out, added more coolant and restarted. Second run the temps came up to a much lower number and stabilized... Success!
The hard part is that I am going out of town the following day for nearly a month! so the first flight/Flt testing will have to wait!