Originally Posted by stiknruda
Kingy's advice is sound.
I also have another "check" that really has saved my bacon and the KLM Captain owner's embarrassment and insurance excess.
If it is a first for an aircraft, then I insist on at least a minute at full power before I enter the runway, for the a/c types that I normaly fly this means having bodies draping themselves over the tail.
This little test diagnosed a failed mech fuel pump - had I not done this it would all have gone desparately quiet at about 60'!!
I've test flown 4 home built Pitts', have flown tKF's VP1 and have played with an EAA biplane thing which was frightfully awful.
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Stik
Whilst that's good advice, I'd suggest that it's advice for first flight of a(ny) newbuild, or an(y) aeroplane that's not flown for some time, rather than specifically for something because it's single seat.
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