There's nothing wrong with ground evaluations when getting to know a freshly
built airplane . . . although I've gotten familiar with any number of airplanes
in my long life and never felt the need to do HSTT's. I would have been looked
upon as something of an idiot in fact, had I tried such an
I test fly experimental aircraft professionally. There are arguments both ways
on whether or not to do high speed taxi test.
I had an incident about two months ago where the client said the airplane was
ready to go. It looked ready but my policy is that I don’t test fly without
high speed taxi
I disagree with this notion. There is nothing wrong with "high speed taxi
test". There is no certified production aircraft that has not gotten through
that testing phase. High speed taxi will accomplish several items that must be
determined as part of the certification process. For example, how
The story provides a great illustration of the good sense of not doing "high
speed taxi texts" and the using of brakes for anything except holding and the
occasional short runway.
Mike StirewaltKSEE
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On 7/28/2024 10:32 PM, Zachary Martine via KRnet wrote:
if you have nylon lines, make sure that they can vent heat,
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Thanks to Zach for sharing that story. Flying 211LF for 20 years and
800 hours I knew the shortcomings of nylon lin
This is the third instance among friends of mine where a nylon brake line has failed inside the wheel fairings causing a fire, one of which destroyed the aircraft. I have preached about it for years. Nylon brake lines work well. I had them on my KR for the 24 years I flew it and never had an iss
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