First flight of "Vintage Hatz"

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jdgleitz
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Re: First flight of "Vintage Hatz"

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That is absolutely awesome! Thanks so much for sharing the occasion with us.

JD
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Griff
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Re: First flight of "Vintage Hatz"

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Gentlemen,
I have watched your progress from various websites for the last couple of months, and I just joined this forum for the express purpose of wishing you a hearty congratulations on your first flight! You have built one of the most beautiful and well-sorted airplanes I have ever seen. You should be proud.
We hope to see you and your Hatz at Oshkosh some day.

Fly safely, and keep those pictures and videos coming.
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Congratulations! Nice job on the first flight. I also like the Hatz grin.
John and Jeff Hanson
stearmoth
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Thanky guys for the nice comments! Attached a few more pictures.
Hans & Sam, H.C.#78, Switzerland
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Here a picture with our spouses Therese and Nadja, our Test flight instructor Martin (second from right) and the two photographers Chris (far left) and Sam (far right)
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And the two lucky guys, "Vintage Hatz" builders, Hans & Sam, with the big Hatz grin!
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JBMoore
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Excellent!
And thanks for the pictures.
You now have experienced one of the great pleasures in life; to have completed, flown and shared the experience of building an airplane. It's a wonderful experience.
Now...... how to get it to Broadhead........?

Congratulations,

Jeff Moore
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Video still not ready, but a photographer made some air to air pics for a flight magazine! This has also been my first flight (Hans): one of the greatest events in my life! the guys who hade a first flight of their self-built ship know that feeling!!!! Enjoy....

Hans & Sam, H.C.#78, Switzerland
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Re: First flight of "Vintage Hatz"

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what speeds are you using for approach and touch down?

Landings can be exciting. Sometimes several landings for a single approach.

John
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Re: First flight of "Vintage Hatz"

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Dear John,

As our airspeed meter is not yet calibrated, we don't want to publish those values at this time. However, we will publish this data later on. One thing is for sure: Our prop is overpitched and we have to collect this specific data in order to have built a new prop. Included another air to air picture to share.
An intersting note: We experienced that the tailplane incidence at 1.3° was too high - we lowered it to the plans setting, which is about 0.6°. It seems, that is still a bit too high and we will lower it some below the plans setting.

Hans & Sam, H.C. #78, Switzerland
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