Taxi testing is a part of flight testing.? In an aircraft that has never been flown and the characteristics are unproven, flight without control verification is unwise.?
See:? ?FAA Regulations and Policies ?Amateur built Aircraft Title 14 code of federal regulations Section 90-89 Chapter 2 Taxi Tests Section 2 High Speed Taxi Excerpt;? 1. OBJECTIVE. To determine the aircraft?s high speed handling and braking parameters. a. Propeller rotation will determine which rud- der pedal is pressed to compensate for the asymmet- rical thrust of the propeller blades.? c. Each taxi run should be 5 mph faster than the last run until the aircraft is within 80 percent of the predicted stall speed. Prior to reaching the predicted stall speed, the pilot should test aileron effectiveness by attempting to rock the wings slightly. As taxi speeds increase, the rudder becomes more responsive and directional control will improve It goes on but you get the idea.? Joe Nunley Former Commercial Test Pilot Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone <div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Phillip Matheson via KRnet <krnet at list.krnet.org> </div><div>Date:02/03/2015 2:26 PM (GMT-06:00) </div><div>To: Alex Pearson <alexptx at gmail.com>,KRnet <krnet at list.krnet.org> </div><div>Subject: Re: KR> taxi testing </div><div> </div>How a bout a reality check her. Go and get lessons with an instructor before you kill yourself or wreak years of hard work. Phil Matheson -----Original Message----- From: Alex Pearson via KRnet Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2015 7:12 AM To: laser147 at juno.com ; KRnet Subject: Re: KR> taxi testing _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options
