RV-7A construction begins

[Flyfalcons]

That's correct, there were a few reasons for wanting the trike gear, although the problems associated with trigear RVs do have me a little worried. An RV-4 has excellent vis in the three-point attitude due to the very narrow cowl - not sure how the 7 will be. With a self-etching rattle can primer, there is no alodine needed - just clean and spray. Should work fine for corrosion protection, especially over the layer of alclad already on the aluminum.

[sweetpea]

Me thinks Ryan is just scared


LOL

[JohnVH]

Only thing Ryan is scared of, is all of us flying our HK450's!

[Flyfalcons]

More scared of a broken nosegear flip-over than anything else. I've seen enough idiots flying tailwheel RVs to know that I can probably handle it too. Remember that joker at Concrete last summer?

[Flyfalcons]

Oh yes I'm scared of the HK's too but then again I get skeered flying my own T-Rex.

[sweetpea]

	Quote: Originally Posted by JohnVH
	Only thing Ryan is scared of, is all of us flying our HK450's!

Yes, 4 of us flying those at once will be quite scary~



Ryan do you have a color scheme in mind? Something like the P-51 RV or keeping it straight Civvie?

[Flyfalcons]

Straight civvie for sure; a P-51 scheme on a side-by-side plane would look gay.

[Yakov]

	Quote:
	Quote: Originally Posted by toc pilot I have a 'tail kit' for a RV-7 that I bought. I hope to also have an RV-7 with a sliding canopy and 180hp CS prop combo! Bill Hempel Quote: Originally Posted by pitviper51 when you going to RC one?? the RV is dang near the size of some of your models I couldnt help it.. 50cc rv8 would be sweet.. or you can do a 60%er mike

HELL YEAH 50% -60%, somthing for a 100cc, RV7 or 8 and I'd be No.1 on the list... well after you Bill, of course.

[Yakov]

I went to Sun-N-Fun in 2005 with the intent on building an RV7 or RV8 and camped out at the Vans tent for the whole week bugging them to death.

Got a demo flight in an RV6. I am a Super Spam Can Pilot (Cessna C-172) so got to fly the RV6 during the demo. Man-O-man is she ever responsive. We weren't suppose to do aerobatics as the demo pilot was not an aerobatics instructor so that meant nothing over 60 deg of bank and definitely no loops. Now I am us to a slower lumbering C172 so when the pilot told me to make a right turn I slammed the stick over, thinking I was stil in a 172 and before I knew it we were at 75 deg of bank, the roll rate is amazing.

Good luck with the project. I decided, at the time, that I could build a lot of models, like 100+ for the price of an RV. Now that I fly IMAC I think that number has shrunk to only about 10. Hmmmmmm maybe it's time to rethink this.

SUBD

[JohnVH]

	Quote: Originally Posted by Flyfalcons
	More scared of a broken nosegear flip-over than anything else. I've seen enough idiots flying tailwheel RVs to know that I can probably handle it too. Remember that joker at Concrete last summer?