{"id":4137,"date":"2020-04-12T12:31:48","date_gmt":"2020-04-12T16:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/?p=4137"},"modified":"2020-04-23T16:36:33","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T20:36:33","slug":"calling-for-a-taxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/?p=4137","title":{"rendered":"Calling for a taxi"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m following the EAA Flight Test Manual and Test Cards<\/a> and the last test required before first flight is taxi and brake burn-in. Landing gear and tailwheel setup on the RV-7 are straightforward so I didn’t anticipate any steering problems on the ground, but like any aircraft test it’s the things you don’t expect that can really bite you. And since brake burn-in requires 25-30 knots groundspeed, I planned to verify steering in a large, open ramp area before heading out to the runway for higher-speed stuff.<\/p>\n

\"Taxiing<\/a>Fortunately, the RV-7 is very well-mannered on the ground and I had no problems with brakes or steering as I taxied to the ramp. A quick check on Comm 1 and 2 was also successful, and engine EGTs\/CHTs were stable and within expected ranges.<\/p>\n

Here’s a nice video courtesy of Ellen…<\/p>\n

https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/N701ED-taxi-to-Inner.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n

The only problem I encountered was minor landing gear shimmy – if you look closely in the video below, you’ll see the main gear tires oscillating just a bit. This is common to RVs and most builders correct it by adjusting tire pressure, adding wood stiffeners to the gear legs, or both.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/2020-04-12-09.54.58.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n

Big props to Ellen…she was my ground crew and called on the radio to ask if I felt vibration, which I did, but wasn’t sure what it was.<\/p>\n

After finishing taxi tests and brake burn-in, I finished the G3x full-power vibration survey and magnetometer calibration. It’s good to have the avionics completely done!<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>Thanks to Burt Wadas for being my official ground-test photographer!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m following the EAA Flight Test Manual and Test Cards and the last test required before first flight is taxi and brake burn-in. Landing gear and tailwheel setup on the RV-7 are straightforward so I didn’t anticipate any steering problems … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flight-prep","category-stuff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4137"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4143,"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4137\/revisions\/4143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}