WRONG AIRPORT For Flight Test - First Flight Preparation - Raptor Prototype Experimental Aircraft
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WRONG AIRPORT - the decision
WRONG AIRPORT - the decision "not to fly" is the hardest part. Flight test is expensive and most programs are already late and over budget by the time we get there. No one wants to hear their baby is ugly or their airplane needs more work. Sometimes these painful conversations need to be had several times before its understood. As professional testers, our job is to minimize the risk to the program, and the more you do this kind of work the more you understand all the ways that airplanes can fail. As contractors it is very common for the owner to find another pilot willing to "just fly it" without addressing the concerns.
This video is a very long archive of our work with Raptor up to July of 2020. This includes our decision to pass on the Cherokee airport as a location for the first flight. This has been a difficult trip/program and a hard video edit, please let us know in the comments what is unclear.
We typically film to keep a record of our test programs. However we don't get to talk about most of the work we do. On previous trips to see Peter we kept details light per Peter's request, he runs a well-manicured vlog on the program @Raptor Aircraft and needs to control the story. This was the first time that Peter asked us to publish a detailed video of our work and we are excited to do so. I hope you find it useful.
Warning!! This is a long video, below is an outline with timestamps if you want to jump to a specific part of the flight.
My apologies for the popping in the microphone, it's new and I should have tested it more before we left.
Thank you for coming along with Wasabi Flight Test. We hope that there are lessons learned in this video that can be applied to your aircraft projects. We would love to help you with your flight test project, give us a call. Thank you!
Website: www.wasabiaero.com
Patreon: www.patreon.com/ElliotSeguin
Tshirts and More preferredaltitude.com/collections/wasabi-air-racing
Instagram: www.instagram.com/edseguin/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/WasabiAirRacing/notifications/
Sponsors:
Method Seven Eyewear: https://methodseven.com/
Butler Parachute: https://www.butlerparachutes.com/
Raptor links:
http://raptor-aircraft.com/
@Raptor Aircraft
Music:
Kyle X Amine - Lemonade
Kota The Friend - Smooth Guitar
Hanto - Blue Wall
Timestamps:
0:00:00 Opener
0:01:20 Introduction
0:01:58 What Does Wasabi Do?
0:04:46 First Leg to Borger Texas
0:05:50 Wasabi Raptor History
0:10:00 Second Leg Borger to Decatur
0:11:16 First visit To Raptor
0:12:23 Second visit to Raptor
0:13:51 Last Leg Decatur to Canton
0:14:43 Plan for third visit to Raptor
0:16:03 Arrival Canton
0:16:42 Trip 3
0:17:03 Day 1 Inspection
0:17:07 Brakes
0:17:40 Nose Door Security
0:17:54 Aileron pulley keepers
0:18:20 Loose gear bushings
0:19:32 Static port location
0:19:56 Redrive wear
0:20:37 Engine compartment clean up
0:21:08 Setting propeller fine pitch
0:21:59 Engine power discussion
0:24:38 Door rigging and lock
0:25:40 Control stick rebuild
0:27:27 Rudder stops (fixed day 2)
0:29:04 Weight and balance
0:30:22 Gear Swings
0:31:44 Emergency gear extension
0:33:11 Rib/wingskin damage (fixed day 2)
0:33:51 Right rudder hang up
0:34:56 Day 1 Static Run
0:35:28 Propeller governor operation
0:36:46 Day 1 Daily Debrief
0:38:21 Broken structure rule
0:39:00 Day 2 Local Familiarization Flight
0:40:06 Detailed airport "Land out" discussion
0:42:19 Day 2 Low Speed Taxi
0:42:50 Parchute Preflight
0:43:09 Briefing
0:43:50 Ingress
0:43:58 Engine Start
0:44:45 Pass 1
0:45:59 Pass 2
0:47:18 Engine smoke on spin up (ECU tuning)
0:48:28 Pass 3
0:49:20 Engine quit (watch the throttle hand)
0:49:47 Engine Restart Attempts
0:50:53 Jump start
0:51:12 Peter explains "auto idle"
0:52:55 Passes 4-7
0:53:35 Debrief low speed taxi
0:56:10 Day 2 Data Review
0:57:41 Justin debriefs the data review
0:58:28 Day 3 The Abort
0:58:49 Weather
0:59:11 Airport suitability
1:01:12 Light sport in the clouds
1:01:35 The Abort
1:04:21 Next Steps
#flighttest #fly #pilot #aviation #aircraft #flight #fly #pilot #raptoraircraft #avgeek #testpilot #experimentalaircraft #aircraft #airplane #pilot
Thank you for reading all the way down here. I (Elliot) feel very fortunate to be able to do this work and more so to be able to share it with you. It means a lot to me that you come along. So again thank you let me know how I can return the favor.
This video is a very long archive of our work with Raptor up to July of 2020. This includes our decision to pass on the Cherokee airport as a location for the first flight. This has been a difficult trip/program and a hard video edit, please let us know in the comments what is unclear.
We typically film to keep a record of our test programs. However we don't get to talk about most of the work we do. On previous trips to see Peter we kept details light per Peter's request, he runs a well-manicured vlog on the program @Raptor Aircraft and needs to control the story. This was the first time that Peter asked us to publish a detailed video of our work and we are excited to do so. I hope you find it useful.
Warning!! This is a long video, below is an outline with timestamps if you want to jump to a specific part of the flight.
My apologies for the popping in the microphone, it's new and I should have tested it more before we left.
Thank you for coming along with Wasabi Flight Test. We hope that there are lessons learned in this video that can be applied to your aircraft projects. We would love to help you with your flight test project, give us a call. Thank you!
Website: www.wasabiaero.com
Patreon: www.patreon.com/ElliotSeguin
Tshirts and More preferredaltitude.com/collections/wasabi-air-racing
Instagram: www.instagram.com/edseguin/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/WasabiAirRacing/notifications/
Sponsors:
Method Seven Eyewear: https://methodseven.com/
Butler Parachute: https://www.butlerparachutes.com/
Raptor links:
http://raptor-aircraft.com/
@Raptor Aircraft
Music:
Kyle X Amine - Lemonade
Kota The Friend - Smooth Guitar
Hanto - Blue Wall
Timestamps:
0:00:00 Opener
0:01:20 Introduction
0:01:58 What Does Wasabi Do?
0:04:46 First Leg to Borger Texas
0:05:50 Wasabi Raptor History
0:10:00 Second Leg Borger to Decatur
0:11:16 First visit To Raptor
0:12:23 Second visit to Raptor
0:13:51 Last Leg Decatur to Canton
0:14:43 Plan for third visit to Raptor
0:16:03 Arrival Canton
0:16:42 Trip 3
0:17:03 Day 1 Inspection
0:17:07 Brakes
0:17:40 Nose Door Security
0:17:54 Aileron pulley keepers
0:18:20 Loose gear bushings
0:19:32 Static port location
0:19:56 Redrive wear
0:20:37 Engine compartment clean up
0:21:08 Setting propeller fine pitch
0:21:59 Engine power discussion
0:24:38 Door rigging and lock
0:25:40 Control stick rebuild
0:27:27 Rudder stops (fixed day 2)
0:29:04 Weight and balance
0:30:22 Gear Swings
0:31:44 Emergency gear extension
0:33:11 Rib/wingskin damage (fixed day 2)
0:33:51 Right rudder hang up
0:34:56 Day 1 Static Run
0:35:28 Propeller governor operation
0:36:46 Day 1 Daily Debrief
0:38:21 Broken structure rule
0:39:00 Day 2 Local Familiarization Flight
0:40:06 Detailed airport "Land out" discussion
0:42:19 Day 2 Low Speed Taxi
0:42:50 Parchute Preflight
0:43:09 Briefing
0:43:50 Ingress
0:43:58 Engine Start
0:44:45 Pass 1
0:45:59 Pass 2
0:47:18 Engine smoke on spin up (ECU tuning)
0:48:28 Pass 3
0:49:20 Engine quit (watch the throttle hand)
0:49:47 Engine Restart Attempts
0:50:53 Jump start
0:51:12 Peter explains "auto idle"
0:52:55 Passes 4-7
0:53:35 Debrief low speed taxi
0:56:10 Day 2 Data Review
0:57:41 Justin debriefs the data review
0:58:28 Day 3 The Abort
0:58:49 Weather
0:59:11 Airport suitability
1:01:12 Light sport in the clouds
1:01:35 The Abort
1:04:21 Next Steps
#flighttest #fly #pilot #aviation #aircraft #flight #fly #pilot #raptoraircraft #avgeek #testpilot #experimentalaircraft #aircraft #airplane #pilot
Thank you for reading all the way down here. I (Elliot) feel very fortunate to be able to do this work and more so to be able to share it with you. It means a lot to me that you come along. So again thank you let me know how I can return the favor.
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