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Bruces S-19 Build Log
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Date: 6-13-2019
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Number of Hours: 0.80
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Manual Reference:
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Brief Description: First Flight
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I took off early in the morning, when it was cool and calm. Take-off and climb-out was great, except for very high oil temperatures - a little over red line, I got over Whidbey island and noticed fuel pressure was a little high, and a battery system warning, so I cut the test short, did a few stalls - flaps up and down to determine my landing speeds, some turns and came back to Paine field in a bit of a hurry. After getting tower clearance to enter the airport airspace the radio quit working (operator error - the Garmin radio has a really silly feature, if you press the radio flip flop on the stick for 2 seconds it locks to 121.5 and I couldn't remember how to unlock it) prior to getting final landing clearance, so that was a bit disconcerting while I was trying to handle the other problems and fly a good pattern. I got the radio problem worked out before I hit anything, and got landing clearance in time for a OK landing. All was good fun, now I have to work out the bugs, I think the battery is a non-issue, the high fuel pressure is ok and I am going to try the open up the oil cooler inlet as much as I can tomorrow morning with a cutting wheel. The airplane handled really well and the visibility is awesome.
Wahoo!!
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This is what a nervous Bruce looks like
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In flight - finally
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This is what a happy-to be-alive Bruce looks like
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