BeechTalk - BT - Raptor Aircraft 5 Seat Pressurized 3,600 NM Range Diesel

Username Protected · **Posted:** 05 Oct 2020, 18:51

There is no substitute for knowledge and experience. We have an honest to gawd (Airbus) engineering test pilot living in SE Michigan that does a lot of “first” flights. The typical RV gets 10-15 hours of his scrutiny and recommendations. When he turns it over to the builder, it is fully sorted.

One builder likes to tell the story of the debrief from the first flight of his RV-6 ... he was instructed to remove the left horizontal stab and shim the leading edge 1/32nd upward. Peter will probably add more lead sinkers somewhere.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 07 Oct 2020, 14:30

Looks like she hopped.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/airc ... d#25b59ec8

Username Protected · **Posted:** 07 Oct 2020, 14:34

Didn’t make any speed records.....

Username Protected · **Posted:** 07 Oct 2020, 14:38

Odd looking track, too......hope it went safely.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 07 Oct 2020, 14:42

Took off 17 and landed 04.

Any live ATC for out there?

Username Protected · **Posted:** 07 Oct 2020, 14:46

Ah, shoulda looked closer...... :doh:

That makes me feel better, tho.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 07 Oct 2020, 14:52

Makes me nervous that the track shows taxi out but ends short of the runway. Hoping for safe arrival and video from him.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 07 Oct 2020, 15:00

Its the other direction - departed 17, landed 4:

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Seems like the LiveATC feed is there but spotty, only a 3 min clip for the 1800Z slot:
https://www.liveatc.net/archive.php?m=kvld

Username Protected · **Posted:** 07 Oct 2020, 15:04

Username Protected wrote:

Its the other direction - departed 17, landed 4:

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Seems like the LiveATC feed is there but spotty, only a 3 min clip for the 1800Z slot:
https://www.liveatc.net/archive.php?m=kvld

Ah, good!!

Username Protected · **Posted:** 07 Oct 2020, 15:08

you guys crack me up, we're ADS-B stalking this guy now, that is what this thread has come to

i guess i'm in for the updates :popcorn:

Username Protected · **Posted:** 07 Oct 2020, 15:42

Username Protected wrote:

you guys crack me up, we're ADS-B stalking this guy now, that is what this thread has come to

i guess i'm in for the updates :popcorn:

[youtube]https://youtu.be/uLO2xdDGLqk[/youtube]

VLD tower camera...

Airborne in about 2,800 ft of runway assuming he started at the threshold, followed by a shallow climb. Maybe he was just being conservative?

Username Protected · **Posted:** 07 Oct 2020, 15:47

Username Protected wrote:

you guys crack me up, we're ADS-B stalking this guy now, that is what this thread has come to

i guess i'm in for the updates :popcorn:

So, you're interested enough to subscribe to the thread but don't care to know when it took its' first flight? :scratch:

Username Protected · **Posted:** 07 Oct 2020, 15:55

Username Protected wrote:

VLD tower camera...

Airborne in about 2,800 ft of runway assuming he started at the threshold, followed by a shallow climb. Maybe he was just being conservative?

Based on the tower view, looks more like 3700' vs 2800', assuming liftoff was around that second outer taxiway intersection. Either way, somewhere between 3000' has been his typical ground roll...dot-to-dot in the top image is 3700', and 2700' would be the stripes to the right (basically straight out from that near taxiway).

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Username Protected · **Posted:** 07 Oct 2020, 15:59

well he flew it and survived to talk about it. Actually very interested in his next video.

The climb out looks super sketch. LOL that right turn after lift off must have soiled his pants. Then it climbed like a rock.

Either way thats a big step for him to get it up and land under control.

To get from here to a good flying aircraft is a long haul.

Mike

Username Protected · **Posted:** 07 Oct 2020, 16:30

Username Protected wrote:

To get from here to a good flying aircraft is a long haul.

Flying around and through the envelope edges is the hard part.

That initial climbout looked scary.