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Bob White wrote:
Hi Buly,
There's a few things on the list he sent that doesn't sound quite
right. As long as I can do it without too much of a hassle, I guess I
will. The actual wording is "a ground run to max power in a nose high
attitude approaching an in flight stall". That sounds like an
invitation to do an inadvertent take-off if I ever heard one. When I
flew with the previous owner, the time from full power application to
lift off was about 5 seconds.
I think the A&P may be a problem also. I need one because I didn't
build the airplane. He sounded OK when I first talked to him, but more
recently he's been talking about checking to make sure the plane was
built to plans and stuff. I think he's supposed to check the brakes,
make sure the flaps aren't falling off, etc. I think his implication
is that the original builder could modify anything he wanted to, but
that I can't. This view seems to me to go beyond the roll of the A&P
as I understand it. I may have to find another one that understands
experimentals.
Bob W.
"The actual wording is "a ground run to max power in a nose high
attitude approaching an in flight stall". "
Hi Bob,
That phrase is a fairly common one in documents about prep for 1st flight. It normally means to find a ditch, put the tail in it & tie it down. Then do your full throttle ground run. The idea is to test both the engine & fuel delivery systems with the plane in its max climb attitude without having to discover any limitations in flight. The key words are 'ground run' meaning to do it *on the ground*, not in flight. Remember that almost any homebuilt can achieve a much higher attitude in climbing flight than it can achieve in any takeoff roll.
Hope that helps....
Charlie
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