{"id":182,"date":"2010-08-04T18:00:36","date_gmt":"2010-08-04T17:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flyvans.com\/wordpress\/?p=182"},"modified":"2022-02-14T02:50:49","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T01:50:49","slug":"first-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flyvans.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2010\/08\/first-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"First Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’re proud to announce that our RV-7A succesfully flew its maiden and second flight today at Birrfeld (LSZF) airfield in Switzerland.
\nThe awesome event was captured by several cameras, so expect an update soon, featuring pictures and video.<\/p>\n

The feeling is beyond description and so worth every minute it took to get there!
\nBoth flights went perfect, with the landings being nice and maingear first but flying can still be improved by a little earlier rotation and more flare at touchdown.<\/p>\n

First flight was flown by Bernie, followed by cowl removal \/ inspection and a second flight with building partner Alex as “flight test engineer” ;-)<\/p>\n

The only squawks were a seeping oil cooler fitting (which didn’t show up during various ground comprar hinchables juegos baratos<\/a> runs and only lost a few drops of oil overall) and an aileron trim that went to max right once, which we suspect could be related to control stick wiring.<\/p>\n

check\u00a0back for an update in the following days.\u00a0will post\u00a0pictures and videos as soon as they’re gathered and ready.<\/p>\n

rgds from RV-grinning
\nAlex & Bernie<\/p>\n

UPDATE: Here’s a teaser image with the famous RV-grin immediately after the first flight with Bernie and Alex cheering. Bear with us for just a toboggan gonflable<\/a> little longer until we get all the great pictures and videos collected and processed.
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\nPicture by RV-10 builder Michael Wellenzohn<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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