On 28 Dec 2005 18:53:21 -0800, "Bret Ludwig" wrote:


Bret Ludwig wrote:

Bret Ludwig wrote:
It's a lot of work to build and you wind up with a skittish little
plane with either a piece of **** Lycoming or a lot of kludge work to
accomodate better.

I have only flown in one once: it was enough. Dick Van Grunsven TOLD
ME, personally, on the phone, 20 years ago (you could call him up then)
he builds a day VFR airplane and if you want a good stable instrument
platform you should buy a Bonanza like the one he has.

Exactly where do you get the word "skittish" out of what VanGrunsven said? Just
because a plane isn't as stable as a Cessna 182 doesn't make it skittish.

I've got next to no high-performance time, but when I flew the RV-8 a few years
back, it was very easy to fly. It went where I pointed it, and didn't dance
around if I breathed on the stick.

Ron Wanttaja