Date:	6-21-2014
Number of Hours:	0.00
Brief Description:	1st FLIGHT !! - 1
Went up this morning around 9:15am. Just .3 on the Hobbs, but it went well. Other than the fact I had no air speed! I later found I had swapped pitot & ASI connections at the wing root after putting the wings on. I thought I was SO careful, so not sure how I did that!! Really mad at myself for that. But having flown the factory Sonex with you, I just relied on sound, feel and muscle memory. I bounced the first landing so powered up and went around. 2nd landing was perfect, and is the one you see on the YouTube video. http://youtu.be/sOp9UugkzC0 This week I put in a new Sonex throttle cable and routed it per the Sonex factory setup. I replaced the braided cable with solid stainless wire, though. Worked perfectly!! Very smooth! I went back up in the afternoon for a half hour. Better take-off. OK landing. Engine ran great (AeroVee). Little touching the yellow arc on a few temps while climbing, but flattened out the climb and they were better. By the time I got to the end of my 30 minute flight all the temps were looking very good, so didn't really have to baby it. That's good news. Did some steep turns, a little zero-G, some slow flight, and lots of "enjoying the scenery". Stayed within gliding distance of the airport, puttering around at about 3,000'. Looking forward to going out again tomorrow. There is a grass runway airport (Crow Island) 3 miles from my airport. I overflew it today, but I think I'll land there tomorrow. Funny how a tailwheel airplane makes you HAPPY for grass runways! Plane flew really smooth. I can't quite tell if I have a slightly heavy right wing. Need to fly it a few more times. But if it is, it's not much I really felt comfortable up there after the first 15 minutes (of the 2nd flight). Landing still makes me a bit anxious. I'm flying the numbers, but it just "looks" like I'm high and fast. So I have to watch my airspeed or I'll get too slow. So only 39.2 hours to go before I can share the enjoyment. Everything was running so well today, it REALLY seems a shame to have