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    Ralph, planning on Idaho visits a little more often if John and Debra will have me.😉 Hope your house is coming along or done by now.
    House is finished and we have a guest room if needed. I should have room for a visiting plane in the hangar by spring.

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    Congrats Ralph on the house. Quite a project. Nice to have another place to stay and hangar space too. Can’t beat that. Enjoy your home. Now get that Kitfox airborne soon.😀


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    Pattern work at Deer Valley Airport Phoenix. 8 to 10 aircraft in the pattern with me at any one time today. That was just on the North runway. Pretty day means lots of traffic. The Kitfox performed flawlessly but had a hard time getting oil temps above 130 first two touch and goes.
    Landed then covered almost entire oil cooler with tape and finally got to 170. May tape off some of radiator to get above 180 degrees. Should have zero issues flying in Arizona 100 degree temps with these cowlings.
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    Forgot my GoPro so a a quick photo in Deer Valley traffic pattern. Couldn’t take many photos. The ads-b in was almost overwhelming. Had to concentrate on just the guy in front of me and forget the other 8 plus aircraft setting off “traffic” alarms.

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    Topped off both tanks for the very first time. Everything working great so time to bug out of this crazy airspace and head out for the western edge of my assigned test area. One hour flight west of Phoenix at 118 mph cruise setting. True airspeed showed 124 mph at 4,500 feet. Nice 63 degree day. Visibility out of Phoenix, unlimited. Need another degree dialed into the Ivo prop for a little better easy cruise setting. Saw 130 mph at 5,700 rpm for just a short 30 second sprint.
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    60 miles west of Phoenix. Looking South towards Mexico.

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    Made it out to Indian Hills Airpark 110 miles West of Phoenix. Uneventful but incredibly rewarding flight.
    My brother resides out here in the winter. Great flying.
    Will stay 4 or 5 days and get some serious testing done.
    The MGL panel performed perfectly. Quite a glass panel. Will work on customizing it later. The Kitfox needs just a very slight left wing heavy adjustment but really would have hardly noticed it if not for perfectly glass smooth air today.
    All for now.
    Keep building guys.👍


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    Thanks for the pics Steve and congrats. Sounds like you had an absolutely "Normal" Kitfox maiden flight: no serious issues, slightly heavy left wing, low oil temperatures, tons of fun & satisfaction. Also, thanks for taking such good care of us all as an administrator of this great forum.
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    Thank you Jim. Much appreciated and, by the way, you guys are pretty darn easy to “take care of”. 😀
    Reassuring to have Larry watching out for all of us too. Thank you Larry.


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    Congratulations Steve......well done. Come on down to Stellar and I’ll take some inflight photos....not much traffic here..especially when you turn ADS-B in...off😃!
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    Thanks Russ. Not in my test area☹️.


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    Six hours on the hobbs so far.
    Beautiful day. Calm air, 67 degrees. Two hours today and hated to come down.
    60 miles visibility. More flying tomorrow.


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    Nice! Looks like good weather. Just curious is your Hobbs going off oil pressure?
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