[543TB]

N124F is out of Phase 1 and is now free to roam (first flight 2/7/2022). One cross country McKinney TX to Booneville AR. Several flights now with my son. Awesome! Kit 1705 only took me 32 years to complete. (Lots of work, family, and other airplanes required my time )

Well done, Brad. That's a beautiful airplane.

 

[gasman]

N124F is out of Phase 1 and is now free to roam (first flight 2/7/2022). One cross country McKinney TX to Booneville AR. Several flights now with my son. Awesome! Kit 1705 only took me 32 years to complete. (Lots of work, family, and other airplanes required my time )

ECI Titan (I)OX-360
AFP Fuel Injection
Catto 3-Blade
Dynon Skyview (classic)
Dynon 2-axis autopilot
MGL-V6 Comm
Fly LEDs lighting
Oregon Aero leather seats (VERY comfy)

Cruises 162kts TAS, 8500ft, 55% power, 6.5 gal/hr. I can go faster and burn more gas, but why bother? Nice aerobatic performance, though not as effortless as my Pitts was. I can carry a 220lb passenger with full fuel which is better than I feared.

Good for you. You're getting close to Dave Anders fuel economy..... http://cafe.foundation/v2/pdf_cafe_apr/RV-4.pdf

 

[Dayton Murdock]

The paint scheme is awesome! love it

 

[Marlonyoung]

N301FS

Finished and first flight 11/11/22

 

[jull_under]

My RV-4 based in FL

I'm not the builder

 

[bkervaski]

I'm not the builder

Whoa! If you aren't dressing up as Santa and taking kids for rides you're not living up to that paint job! Awesome.

 

[Marlonyoung]

N301FS - just finished my first condition, inspection and paint on the cowling and faring. 110 hours flight time in the first 12 months with no significant issues.

 

[jull_under]

N301FS - just finished my first condition, inspection and paint on the cowling and faring. 110 hours flight time in the first 12 months with no significant issues.

Gorgeous

 

[jull_under]

Whoa! If you aren't dressing up as Santa and taking kids for rides you're not living up to that paint job! Awesome.

Thanks. I was giving EAA Young Eagles flight with my last airplane. However, some overzealous kids make me nervous in a tandem airplane. I know I can take the rear stick out. Perhaps that's what I'll do next

 

[Marlonyoung]

Gorgeous

Thanks - my first attempt at painting. Learned a lot and would like to do it over and better but there is always the next project.

my rear stick is easily removable, and did about a dozen young eagle flights init last year.

 

[Giadina Rv4]

RV-4 S\N 1448
Built in 1995, only 500h flights
First RV in Italy, mine since Jun 23.
I couldn't feel happier than this!!

 

[RV4_Flyer]

Free RV-4 manuals

OK, so the manuals are only 25 MB combined but too big to attach to e-mail or to post directly. Here is a link to the two PDF documents. My father, Jim Lenahan, wrote these and he did originally sell them but he died in 1996 and these have been rotting in a box. I'd rather give them out for free to others that love the plane he loved if you find them useful. Please feel free to download and share with others for free.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/0fh81sws0gmsbxx/AACMfBkEAQ65U2MRWjSE_01Ra?dl=0

-Tom Lenahan

Tom,

Wanted to drop a line and say thank you for converting these to a PDF, this has some great info that I was looking for; as I just bought a flying RV-4, so trying to learn the ins and outs of it. This has helped out!

Thank you,

Carson