"Peter" wrote: >>Do your high-speed taxi training after your plane has flown with a "genius" pilot.<<
Troy Petteway did my first flight for me. I'm honored and lucky that he did it for me...that's quite a risk for anybody to take for a friend. And it makes a lot of sense to ask an expert pilot to test fly your plane...he will be more likely to "land straight ahead" or whatever it takes to save his bacon, rather than be so concerned about your airplane. The downside is if the elevator comes loose or the aileron cables come off a pulley, and he's screwed. You may kill him, and if that's not bad enough, his wife is about to sue you for everything you own. Even if he signs something, I believe you are still responsible if "negligence" can be proven, which I wouldn't think would be too difficult considering you were "crazy" enough to build an Experimental plane. I'm talking out off both sides of my mouth now, but now realize what a huge favor I was asking Troy to risk his life to potentially save mine. in 20/20 hindsight, I wouldn't do it again for several reasons. I'd rather take the risk myself, than ask somebody else to do it for me... Mark Langford ML at N56ML.com http://www.n56ml.com
