First Flight - N630PK

[n85ae]

Congratulations, that's a good feeling!

Jeff

[Mcgaero]

Looks beautiful Phil, Congratulation!

[mscotter]

Congratulations!
That little bit of the nose we can see looks awfully pretty. How about posting a full profile or 3/4 view so we can see how pretty the rest of that airplane is?

[foxbait]

Congratulations, like the colors, provides some more inspiration.
Mike

[PapuaPilot]

Thanks everyone! The first takeoff was a surreal moment. The right wing went down just a little bit at liftoff. After that I added a blip of nose up trim and that was it. I was amazed how well the plane flew. At one point I had my hands off the stick and the plane remained straight and level, but it does need some right rudder to center the ball.

I checked the data on the Garmin SD card for the first takeoff and it showed the rate of climb was over 1200 FPM and I was definitely going faster than Vy. I can't wait to see what it can do when the engine is broken in.

I made a video and did my first upload to YouTube. Here is the link: https://youtu.be/3f7LNq1h9co

I talked to B&C yesterday about the alternator issue. We still aren't sure what is causing the over voltage circuit breaker to pop. One thing that helped was to know that they set the voltage regulator at 14.4 +/- 0.2 volts, which is what I am getting. I thought that might be the problem. It appears the problem may be caused by a spike, a bad switch or a bad over voltage sensor . I just might have to fly the plane to troubleshoot it. :roll eyes:

Mscotter, here is a picture showing the whole plane. There are a few more pictures in my albums too.

[DesertFox4]

Woo Hoo is right!

Nice Kitfox Phil. Beautiful and sounds great too.

Wishes for many exciting aviation adventures.

Looking forward to seeing it up close at the next Kitfox factory fly in.

Enjoy every flight.

[rosslr]

Nice one Phil! 1200fpm is impressive. How was the balance, given the heavier engine? And I liked the little celebratory 360 at the end!

cheers

r