I can tell you for sure, I was one nervous wreck on that Friday! I realized that I haven't flown solo in a plane in two an a half years! Nancy, Scotty, and I headed for the airport. Scotty had his HD camera and Nancy had her ipad and they filmed from the ground. I had Scotty's Go Pro camera mounted in the plane. I had been waiting for the perfect calm day but finally settled on about a 10-15 mph breeze coming down runway 17. It was actually quartering a little out of the East but I never noticed it. I fired the plane up and it was ready! No backin out now! Here is the video I put together later.
I felt like a rag doll after that flight. My cylinder head temps got high pretty quick and that rattled me. I put the nose down and backed off the power and they came down below 400. I will tel you this, it is a great flying plane! The controls are so light and the Skyview was great for monitoring the engine. One more glitch, when I tried my flaps out, the plane yawed hard to the left! Didn't know what was going on at that point but I knew I was landing without flaps! Later I found my rudder cable caught under the flap weldaments.
Anyway, I was thrilled! As we drove home I realized that I had just flown a plane I had put together myself!
