Yesterday was the first day I taxi'd the Lancair under it's own
power. A big milestone!!!
Everything checked out perfectly and the engine ran like a kitten.
I taxi'd in a large oval for about 5 mintues. I noticed no weird sounds,
or vibrations, or anything strange, except I did notice that since this
was a very slow taxi test and I'm told not to put any side load on this
landing gear, I slowed way down for the turns, and I did notice that it felt
weird to get the airplane in a turn and then find out I put too much brake and
try to get it to turn the other way - so basically, I was doing a lot of S
turns down the taxiway. I got better.
I didn't taxi fast but did notice if I taxi'd a little faster than a
baby's crawl, it was much easier to steer in a straight line. Could be
one of those - getting use to steering with brakes instead of the Cessna
nosewheel steering.
Matt
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