Here at Hangar #5 Unlimited we have tremendous news. Bill Higgins has been working diligently on completing his flawless RV-6 for the past decade. It was last night around 6pm Eastern Time that I had the honor of taking it into the wind for the first time.
Here is a picture of Bill leveling the fuse to calibrate the tanks.
The ship has an O-360 and a Sterba prop.
I just love the way it looks from the turtledeck! It was a very uneventful evening from an onlooker's perspective. I departed runway 6 and climbed to 3,000 feet to test the control surface inputs. I checked ailerons, rudder and flaps. I knew elevator control was good or I likely wouldn't have made it to altitude!
After the controls checked out the engine was next. It worked smoothly throughout the powerband. It is a factory Lycoming so no shocker there.
A total of 0.8 was spent aloft with absolutely NO SQUAWKS! Today we will take the cowling, emp fairing and inspection panels off to doublecheck everything another time. If we get it all back together and the weather is suitable... we may fly again.
We have the entire takeoff and landing on camcorder. Let me see about uploading some of that.
Congratulations Bill! You have made a wonderful aircraft there! It was a pleasure flying it!
CJ
