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Sounds like you are pretty handy, so i wouldn’t worry about making a mistake. since you've been around production planes, that will be your “moral compass” on questionable stuff. i see some experimentals with sketchy hardware that would give anyone who has been around production GA planes the willies. and as you proceed you will/should have lots of different eyeballs on the plane.

My biggest concern is not so much making an undetected mistake as figuring out the best build sequence. when to replace those clecos with permanent fasteners is constantly being reconsidered. I just ordered 100 more to push that decision down the road a bit further. ordered the avionics early just to get the mounting trays and wiring hardware.

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My biggest concern is not so much making an undetected mistake as figuring out the best build sequence. when to replace those clecos with permanent fasteners is constantly being reconsidered. I just ordered 100 more to push that decision down the road a bit further. ordered the avionics early just to get the mounting trays and wiring hardware.

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Having built two aircraft and being a planner at heart, the sequencing challenge is exactly that -a challenge. I’ve concluded that there are very few hidden things that will put you in the sequencing penalty box, and that a lot of the things I and others agonize over are things where you just need to make a decision. The alternatives are probably within 10% of one another on time, or ease of access, or cost, and it’s awfully hard to guess that closely anyway…So just pick something and do it.


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The one thing I like about the Vans is the option for being a tail dragger. I have never flown one but would like to be able to land on a grass strip with out worry

if that is the goal, just get a bonanza and fly off grass right now. It's far better suited than any of the go-fast experimentals you have mentioned


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The one thing I like about the Vans is the option for being a tail dragger. I have never flown one but would like to be able to land on a grass strip with out worry

if that is the goal, just get a bonanza and fly off grass right now. It's far better suited than any of the go-fast experimentals you have mentioned


Either one works on grass. I have a Bonanza on my strip & my one of my buddies has an RV10 on his strip. :thumbup:
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The one thing I like about the Vans is the option for being a tail dragger. I have never flown one but would like to be able to land on a grass strip with out worry

if that is the goal, just get a bonanza and fly off grass right now. It's far better suited than any of the go-fast experimentals you have mentioned


Not so much a goal as I’ve been there and done that with my Bonanza but would like to keep that option. I enjoy grass strips

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Do you think there will be an A version of the RV10?


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Do you think there will be an A version of the RV10?

It is effectively the A version. Vans' A models have tricycle gear.

I don't think you'll ever see a factory taildragger RV-10. My understanding is that there are fundamental issues with moving the gear attach point to a location where it was never intended to be.

The earlier models were generally designed from the ground up as taildraggers, with a tricycle option.


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Do you think there will be an A version of the RV10?


Bryan, I see No one has mentioned Glasair Sportsman 2+2 located in Arlington Washington, they also offer a Two weeks to Taxi program :) You go and help them Build your Plane, there used to be one Hangared right next to me.....it was a Great Looking Airplane :eek:

Check them out :thumbup:

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I added them to the list to research. Thx


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Been searching for a video of an RV with a deltahawk engine but couldn’t find one but did find some on a cirrus and a twin velocity. Has anyone put one on an RV?


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Been searching for a video of an RV with a deltahawk engine but couldn’t find one but did find some on a cirrus and a twin velocity. Has anyone put one on an RV?


To my knowlege they are not available to the public yet


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To my knowlege they are not available to the public yet[/quote]

That may be the case then. I watched a video where they had their 180 hp certified by FAA over a year ago but haven’t found any performance reviews. Just ground runs and start ups


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I watched a video where they had their 180 hp certified by FAA over a year ago but haven’t found any performance reviews. Just ground runs and start ups

Whatever you do as a first time builder, do NOT do any of the following:

* Be one of the first ten people to complete an airframe to flying status, or a version of an airframe. I was the first builder to try the new "extended fuel" system in my airplane. I never finished the fuel system, only two other people did, and the factory dropped it as an option. It was a PITA.

* Use an engine that doesn't have hundreds of flying examples.

* Put an engine on an airframe if there aren't at least ten flying examples of the combination of the two. This is MUCH more difficult than you think it is at first.

Ten is a number I pulled out of my rear as an absolute minimum. You should probably set a higher threshold.


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