Radial Kitfox mini coupe, she flies!

Well after a solid 18 month push some good ground runs and taxi runs, I mustered the strength to line up the run way and pull the trigger!

Up she went, It hardly started rolling and I was air born. Amazing, I had about 2/3 throttle and was seeing 1500 FPM. Leveled off and circled the airfield at 3500' AGL for around 30 mins then landed. It was a non even and aside from the flap position wandering in flight everything went better than I could possibly have imagined, Ive since added a flap ratchet locking system and now have 25 hours TT, what a blast to fly. I have more power than I'll ever need and I can air speed redline (100MPH) with just 22" power. I cruise at around 90 MPH with 19" power.

I gotta tell you I just love this little plane. :)

See a nice start up here, turn up the sound: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVn4b49KWPs

Huge congrats Paul. She's a beauty. Long journey but what an incredible machine. Enjoy.!!!

Sweet! How beautiful...

Ahh! There it is again. Im envious. How beautiful is that airplane. So Cool.
Congrats on the completion.
Eddie

Love that radial sound!

Congratulations on a very, very good looking airplane!

Congrats! It's beautiful.

Congrats!!! That thing now is known to fly as great as it looks. You and your masterpiece are truly an inspiration.

Dang right he is. I sit here watching that clip and find myself wanting to build one like that. Im not even done with this one!. Thanks A Lot. :D