REFLECTOR:First flight N14B

Mon, 24 May 2004 00:41:01 EDT

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My Standard RG Velocity made its first flight yesterday with test pilot Steve 
Murphree at the controls.  The flight was great and Steve reports that the 
airplane flies hands off.  My "experimental" downdraft cooling system with the 
NACA ducts in the top cowl worked well.  It was a cool day in Tucson with a 
high of only 90 and the temperatures were in the normal range for a new engine.  
It only took me eleven years to complete.

The low fuel light in the sump tank was flashing once in a while.  This was 
discussed on the reflector before but I can't recall what the cause was.

Mel Bina 

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w engine. &nbsp;It only took me eleven years to complete.
 
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