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Posted for erosiak@comcast.net:

  Dan,
  
  I'd use a longer strip for getting some flight experience.  To me 2600 is a
bit short for the ES on first flights. Jusy my opinion...
  
  Ed Rosiak
  Super ES..
  
  
> I was out at the airport recently where my ES will have get its fit and 
> finish and **perhaps** final re-assembly.  I'm seeking opinions on the 
> sensibility of doing first flight of an ES out of this airport (Potomac 
> Airfield near DC), which is a pretty small strip.  The runway is only about 
> 2600 feet long and 40 feet wide.  However, this is an ES, which has lower 
> wing loading than the IV and Legacy.  Further, there is good quality grass