N410BL Flies!

leffler · Post by **leffler** » Fri Oct 11, 2013 7:22 pm

About 5pm at KDLZ, N410BL took it's first flight with me as the pilot. Geoff Combs, Phil Newlon, Renee Leffler, Zac Holcomb, Lynn Coriell assisted me with the first flight. I did a couple touch and goes with Geoff in his RV-10, then it was my turn. I want to thank everyone that helped me today.

Geoff Combs following me to the runway as the chase plane.

N410BL departs earth for the first time!

Taxing back to the hangar. Successful flight!

Joe Strausbaugh, Lynn Coriell, Geoff Combs, Bob Leffler, and Renee Leffler. Photo taken by Phil Newlon. Thanks to all of them for their help and assistance.

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stevewiz · Post by **stevewiz** » Sat Oct 12, 2013 7:35 am

How exciting. The plane looks great and congratulations.

painless · Post by **painless** » Sat Oct 12, 2013 9:14 am

Awesome!!! Congratulations! Enjoy that RV grin!

bruceh · Post by **bruceh** » Sat Oct 12, 2013 2:27 pm

Way to go, Bob! Hope you have many, many more.

hydroguy2 · Post by **hydroguy2** » Sat Oct 12, 2013 7:52 pm

woohoo! now enjoy the ride, it only gets better from here.

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Sun Oct 13, 2013 5:59 am

Bob, great job!

You have got to be thrilled!

Can't wait to see it in person!

CJ

Post by **Spike** » Mon Oct 14, 2013 9:14 am

That is soooo cool to hear. I love the colors to boot.

So now the big question, wanna sell it?

Spike

leffler · Post by **leffler** » Mon Oct 14, 2013 11:02 am

Spike wrote:That is soooo cool to hear. I love the colors to boot.

So now the big question, wanna sell it?

Spike

The bigger question is can you afford it?

I would sell in an instant for the right price. However, the right price is about twice the market price at the moment.

Joe Parish · Post by **Joe Parish** » Mon Oct 14, 2013 6:15 pm

Congrats on the first flight Bob! Stay safe and enjoy.

Post by **Spike** » Tue Oct 15, 2013 5:52 am

Oh Bother!

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Tue Oct 15, 2013 8:22 am

Way to go Bob!! Congrats!!

leffler · Post by **leffler** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 6:05 am

It's amazing that the RV-10 flies much better when the fuel pump actually works. Replaced it over the weekend and now things work as they should. I had an enjoyable hour test flight late yesterday afternoon. Now, back to Phase I testing.

bob

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 6:25 am

What do you mean by, "when the fuel pump actually works"?

CJ

Post by **Spike** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 7:24 am

Great question. Maybe I am glad that he wouldn't sell it to me!

Spike

leffler · Post by **leffler** » Mon Dec 02, 2013 7:14 am

captain_john wrote:What do you mean by, "when the fuel pump actually works"?

CJ

Sorry I missed the question. I just noticed it this morning.

My mechanical fuel pump failed on the first flight. Which made for a highly anxious trip around the pattern to land. Fortunately, the electric fuel pump handled the job quite well and allowed me to land with out any issue.

It was a very tense few seconds until I figured out what was wrong. It was a mixed blessing. I overlooked turning the boost pump on during the pre-flight check list. Had it been on, I probably wouldn't have known there was an issue with the mechanical pump.

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Mon Dec 02, 2013 7:21 am

Wow!

That makes for some excitement!

CJ