The RV-7 passed the initial airworthiness inspection in December of 2024 with the first flight happening soon after. I did the phase 1 flight testing using EAA’s task based flight testing guide.
The first flight went very well with no problems. The aircraft flew straight and true hands off.
Chilly conditions but the Reif sump heater did a great job.
When I did the initial oil change I went ahead and added a blast tube for cooling the alternator after reading about failures of the plane power alternator. -vans airforce thread: https://vansairforce.net/threads/cooling-solution-for-plane-power-alternator.231891/#post-1822386
The sky designs aero 5.0 carbon wheel fairings are nice but still quite a bit of work to install.
First overnight trip to Chattanooga:
I’m very happy with the Monkworkz 30 amp vacuum pad generator. It’s a very nice unit and makes usable power at 1000 rpm.
I also installed a new alternator cooling adapter printed from a higher temp material. Great product.
