Recently, I decided it was time to bolt up the Raven wings I'm building for my Pitts and do a preliminary fit check before attaching the leading edges and such, so off go the old wings and on with the new ones. It went pretty well, surprisingly little malletization required.
Fitting complete, the Ravens went back to the table and I put the old wings back on. Don't want to be grounded while building. I checked and rechecked the rigging, bolts, nuts, and screws before taking off for a quick test flight. Loops, rolls and spins, no surprises. It flew as it did before. I was hoping that, with the new wings underway, the old ones would feel the threat and roll faster - they did not.
As I got back to the pattern, I found the one thing I missed on reassembly - the pitot and static hookups. Not much of an issue, since I had a 15 knot headwind, but annoying nonetheless.
Next time I think I'll write some of this stuff down into some sort of a check list or something.
Edited by: akt227
