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Post subject: Re: I'm buying an RV-6 ----> yes, I am different...  Posted: 13 Feb 2014, 15:10 |
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Congrats!!! RV's are the best designed airplanes on the Market! Including Beech Products...
But with that said, there is a brand new service bulletin out on the horizontal... I'm sure you know, but just to make sure....
You will LOVE the RV...
They do so many things well... Great X/C, Great IFR, Great Gentlemen's Acro, Great Formation ship, Great operating costs, Great Speed, It is very hard to find fault in a well built RV....
The only thing Better is a Rocket...
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Post subject: Re: I'm buying an RV-6 ----> yes, I am different... Posted: 13 Feb 2014, 15:26 |
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Username Protected wrote: Congrats!!! RV's are the best designed airplanes on the Market! Including Beech Products...
But with that said, there is a brand new service bulletin out on the horizontal... I'm sure you know, but just to make sure....
.. Doug, Roger that on the SB this month -- all in order and good.
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Post subject: Re: I'm buying an RV-6 ----> yes, I am different... Posted: 13 Feb 2014, 15:27 |
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Username Protected wrote: Arlen,
Did you look at the Lancair Legacy?
Tim Briefly, and not seriously. I got some ride and fly time in a couple RVs in December -- that sealed it.
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Post subject: Re: I'm buying an RV-6 ----> yes, I am different... Posted: 13 Feb 2014, 20:43 |
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Arlen: I made a similar choice last fall. Fast enough and sips fuel! Plus I can still jump in the 182 if I need to carry a load or fly IFR. This one is VFR only (at the moment).   Blue Skies! Matt
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Post subject: Re: I'm buying an RV-6 ----> yes, I am different... Posted: 13 Feb 2014, 20:58 |
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Really nice one. Congrats. Love the roll rate on those rv's. you barely touch it and it responds. Good on ya for the tail wheel version. They just look fast sitting on the ramp. Bet you'll pay a lot more attention to those crosswind component numbers now. 
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Post subject: Re: I'm buying an RV-6 ----> yes, I am different... Posted: 13 Feb 2014, 22:33 |
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This . . . Is . . . Not . . . . Good! I have spent the last week looking at various "fun" planes online, from Champs to Citabrias to biplanes, to . . . But I haven't looked at the RV. Damn you Arlen!! 
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Post subject: Re: I'm buying an RV-6 ----> yes, I am different... Posted: 13 Feb 2014, 23:00 |
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Username Protected wrote: Go practice on grass. Much more forgiving when learning tailwheel. True. But if you master pavement then you are good to go anywhere. I say get a good instructor and practice on what you're going to land on most of the time. Regardless… Arlen, Congratulations!!! I think RV's are great airplanes. I love to watch guys who really know them fly them. I want to fly one or in one some day. Can't wait to hear your first PIREPS. 
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Post subject: Re: I'm buying an RV-6 ----> yes, I am different... Posted: 13 Feb 2014, 23:50 |
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Username Protected wrote: Congrats on the purchase. I'm just finishing the metal work and mounting the main gear on my -8. To those thinking about building…….it is a lot of work. I sure hope it is worth it.
Robert I admire people who have that kind of dedication. I think it'd be cool to start building an RV if/when we have kids - maybe start when he's about 8 or 9 - and finish it about the time he finishes his license... and then hand him the keys after he gets his PPL.
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