Paul and I drove down to DVT to visit Terry and watch him start his Kitfox for the first time. Unfortunately, Terry had a few (to be expected) problems and we ran out of time and had to leave before the big event. Before we arrived, Terry was putting antifreeze into the system and had a leak, into the cockpit. He go it stopped and drained but had some clean up to do.
When we arrived, they (Terry and his Rotax mechanic, Rick) were doing the required burping of the oil system. We watched and they got it completed. They tried turning the engine over and were not getting any spark to the engine. After some discussion, they figured out the engine was not grounded and had to go to the aviation department at Auto Zone for a ground strap. Upon returning and installation of the ground strap they started the fuel pumps and had another leak. That leak was going to take some time to fix and unfortunately we had to leave. They persisted and eventually got it to start with no more leaks. Awesome! Congrats Terry, that is a big milestone. Next up, final inspection and the beginning of the Phase One 40 hour fly off.
Here's a quick video while we were there...
Here is a video Terry sent me of the big moment...
