First day flying for Dave

Today I had a short 2.5 hour shake-out flight  in 4D and put in two engine runs to learn the start up and shut down procedures.  Starts cause about 300 ft of altitude loss and shutdown about 50 ft. 

It was also a good opportunity to fine tune the LX9000 configuration and get it set up to my liking.

The instrument panel is missing two instruments to which we are accustomed to seeing, an altimeter and compass. The compass many of us have long learned to ignore but having no altimeter means relying upon the LX9000 display to provide altitude information.   For that I need to decide where best to place it.

The other thing to sort out is a pee system since 4D has no over board disposal tube.

I also found that the sun is exceptionally strong here so I 'll be wearing pants and 

long sleeves to protect bare skin as much as possible in flight. 

Happy New Year from what is already 2017 in Australia.

Dave