Early test day Caldwell. Glad they are tests. Half of the exhaust was planted in a farmers field from 1500 feet. Lucky to still have a prop or sail. Redesigned the exhaust and all is well.
We see this guy everywhere! Had the pleasure of lunch one day at Santa Ynez (IZA). Son of a famous test pilot, and all around amazing guy with amazing stories of his own, and a history to back them up! You can read more about him here.
This wing has not flown except for the test by the craftsman Mark Gibson. So far everyone that has seen this wing today agrees, this thing is heavy duty through and through. The stitching is immaculate and straight. All the batons came out of the box spot on using the chart.
We continued down the Rio Puerco Valley to Belen.&nbs...nbsp; This ended up being my longest non-stop flight ever at 5.3 hours.  ...Canyon at 5.1 hrs back in 2005. What a great flight and trip! 25.5 hrs of f...
Here we have a mock up of major components like the coolers etc. Right or wrong i mounted the engine with a 5 degree lift on the rear so that when in flight I had a level thrust as my nose rides about 5 degrees up in flight.