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The best new thing I saw at OSH...
....was Van's new, four-place RV-10. They had a cockpit mockup outside the
tent for the tirekickers to sit in. The roominess is truly impressive, especially the rear seats which hold two six-footers in comfort. Van is projecting an 1100 lb. useful load for the airplane if you build it light. http://www.vansaircraft.com/public/rv-10spe.htm The formal introduction of the airplane was jammed on Wednesday. When the crowd was asked how many had already ordered empennage/rear fuse. kits, a dozen hands went up. When we were asked how many were thinking about ordering one, a hundred hands went up (mine included). Van was smiling. -- Dan C172RG at BFM |
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I've been watching the -10 from afar to see how it comes out. I'm glad to
hear that the cabin is that big. The -7 has been on my watch list for a couple years now and seems to be quite impressive itself. In a couple of years....I'm gonna do one or the other..... BTW, if your into homebuilt, check out www.rvproject.com. This guy is one of many people logging his progress online (he's a RV-7 builder). He does an EXCELLENT job of documenting his process. I check his site daily for updates and *almost* feel like I'm part of the building. Jeff "Dan Luke" wrote in message ... ...was Van's new, four-place RV-10. They had a cockpit mockup outside the tent for the tirekickers to sit in. The roominess is truly impressive, especially the rear seats which hold two six-footers in comfort. Van is projecting an 1100 lb. useful load for the airplane if you build it light. http://www.vansaircraft.com/public/rv-10spe.htm The formal introduction of the airplane was jammed on Wednesday. When the crowd was asked how many had already ordered empennage/rear fuse. kits, a dozen hands went up. When we were asked how many were thinking about ordering one, a hundred hands went up (mine included). Van was smiling. -- Dan C172RG at BFM |
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Jeff Franks wrote:
I've been watching the -10 from afar to see how it comes out. I'm glad to hear that the cabin is that big. The -7 has been on my watch list for a couple years now and seems to be quite impressive itself. In a couple of years....I'm gonna do one or the other..... BTW, if your into homebuilt, check out www.rvproject.com. This guy is one of many people logging his progress online (he's a RV-7 builder). He does an EXCELLENT job of documenting his process. I check his site daily for updates and *almost* feel like I'm part of the building. Yup. That's Dan Checkoway's site. I found it about a month ago and I've been riveted to it since then (sorry, had to use that pun at least once in a public aviation forum). I've had some great email conversations with him regarding the process, as well as the quickbuild vs. slowbuild issues, and he's been really helpful. If he's typical of the RV builder's community (and I think he is), this is definitely the aircraft to build, assuming you don't have a preference for composites and can rope in a friend or two to help you rivet those tough spots. The one thing I can't figure out is how the hell he finds the time in the day to do his "real job" (as he puts it), build an airplane while doing the photojournalist thing, maintain the site, keep Jen (the wife) happy AND SLEEP. -Doug -- -------------------- Doug Vetter, CFIMEIA http://www.dvcfi.com -------------------- |
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