To start the trailering test, We took the 2016 Ford Escort and trailer a mile down the road to a circular drive at a nearby church parking lot (I'm terrible at backing the trailer.) On that one mile drive, my buddy Fred (3D print guy) detected no undue movements. However I noted that we had not tied-down the prop which was free-wheeling nicely at 40 mph. We secured it and decided to make the 13 mile trip to Caddo Mills Airstrip.
Luckily, very little traffic and the trip was uneventful. Roads were good so I was bale to maintain a steady 50 to 55mph on the 55MPH limit Texas 2ndary roads.
We drove out onto the ramp and when I got out I noted that it was much more windy than I'd like. However, Fred offered to walk beside the windward wing so we decided to go on with a little taxi testing.
Unfolding and rigging the wings on the trailer makes it much easier to load/unload with the ramps as the tail is more easily supported.
I entered, climbed in and strapped up in preparation for startup.
A few minutes of unease as I could not get the Polini to start. Probably the drama, but it certainly helps to have the KILL SWITCH in the off position. With that fixed she started right up.
Fred was doing videos and we are in the process of uploading them to my PC. I should be posting them in the morning.
