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Post subject: Re: Raptor Aircraft 5 Seat Pressurized 3,600 NM Range Die  Posted: 07 Oct 2020, 16:37 |
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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  Lol just a flight aware notification. Super creepy.
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Post subject: Re: Raptor Aircraft 5 Seat Pressurized 3,600 NM Range Die Posted: 07 Oct 2020, 16:38 |
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Definitely an oddly wobbly climbout, considering it was calm winds. Will be interesting to see the readout/video, and the rationale for the quick return to base. Climb rate was definitely not sporty...I'd generally expect to be well above pattern altitude by the other end of an 8000' runway. Long road ahead, the age old 90/90 rule...  Wonder what it'll mean for the escrows, too. Attachment: Screen Shot 2020-10-07 at 3.33.07 PM.png
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Post subject: Re: Raptor Aircraft 5 Seat Pressurized 3,600 NM Range Die Posted: 07 Oct 2020, 16:43 |
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he flew... Congrats I really did not think that it would.. Now, he needs to make a plane out of this pig... But it flew.  
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Post subject: Re: Raptor Aircraft 5 Seat Pressurized 3,600 NM Range Die Posted: 07 Oct 2020, 18:21 |
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I wonder if he had overheating issues.
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Post subject: Re: Raptor Aircraft 5 Seat Pressurized 3,600 NM Range Die Posted: 07 Oct 2020, 18:30 |
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Username Protected wrote: I wonder if he had overheating issues. I am sure He did. The plane? Maybe... lol
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Post subject: Re: Raptor Aircraft 5 Seat Pressurized 3,600 NM Range Die Posted: 07 Oct 2020, 18:35 |
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Username Protected wrote: I wonder if he had overheating issues. I am sure He did. The plane? Maybe... lol
I just watched the video someone posted of the take off on something other than my phone and that that thing looked like it was porpoising pretty bad on that climb out. I bet that scared the crap out of him. I bet he gets a proper test pilot now.
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Post subject: Re: Raptor Aircraft 5 Seat Pressurized 3,600 NM Range Die Posted: 07 Oct 2020, 19:15 |
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Time to donate it to the EAA and refund people's deposits. Sadly, I don't think either will happen. Glad the guy is OK.
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Post subject: Re: Raptor Aircraft 5 Seat Pressurized 3,600 NM Range Die Posted: 07 Oct 2020, 19:27 |
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May be like the Spruce Goose where Hughes flew it once to satisfy the contract and retired it.
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Post subject: Re: Raptor Aircraft 5 Seat Pressurized 3,600 NM Range Die Posted: 07 Oct 2020, 22:32 |
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Username Protected wrote: Wow... we should rename this thread "Never-Raptor"
Congrats to the builder for doing what 99% of the participants in this thread said would never happen. Care to back up that claim? Most people seemed to think that it would fly, but not very well.
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