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Waiex #142 Flight Test

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Waiex #142 Flight Test

Postby 142YX » Sat Aug 29, 2015 5:10 pm

Hey all!

I am excited to start a thread where I will document the Phase 1 flight test of N142YX. Going to try to be a better member of the online community and contribute some content and lessons learned as I go.

First flight occurred on July 13th, 2015 and as of this post (August 29th) I have only flown twice.. I am currently grounded awaiting some parts to arrive but more on that later.

For now, here is montage video of the first flight, enjoy!



https://youtu.be/pDNQRXfw46U
Last edited by 142YX on Mon Aug 31, 2015 1:35 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Waiex #142 Flight Test

Postby GordonTurner » Sat Aug 29, 2015 6:33 pm

Nicely done. BZ

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Re: Waiex #142 Flight Test

Postby Bryan Cotton » Sat Aug 29, 2015 8:00 pm

Well Nick, that was awesome!
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Re: Waiex #142 Flight Test

Postby nwawingman » Sat Aug 29, 2015 9:23 pm

Love it! Great job and what a beatiflul Waiex.
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Re: Waiex #142 Flight Test

Postby Rynoth » Sun Aug 30, 2015 4:51 pm

Terrific job! Awesome footage.
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Re: Waiex #142 Flight Test

Postby Gripdana » Sun Aug 30, 2015 8:10 pm

Great video Nick. Do you think you will be able to bring your plane to Fox Field for the October 17th fly in?
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Re: Waiex #142 Flight Test

Postby 142YX » Mon Aug 31, 2015 1:01 am

Gripdana wrote:Great video Nick. Do you think you will be able to bring your plane to Fox Field for the October 17th fly in?


I sure hope so Dana, and am planning on it. Well inside of my Phase 1 radius, so even if I am not done with flight test I can't see why not. Really looking forward to it!
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Re: Waiex #142 Flight Test

Postby kevinh » Tue Sep 01, 2015 10:46 pm

awesome! I look forward to this series.
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