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View Poll Results: Your RV-10's Empty Weight?
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1475 - 1525
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1.82% |
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1525 - 1575
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7.27% |
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1575 - 1625
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14.55% |
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1625 - 1675
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15 |
27.27% |
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1675 - 1725
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17 |
30.91% |
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1725 - 1775
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5.45% |
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3.64% |
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1825- 1875
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3.64% |
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1875 - 1925
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08-06-2015, 09:31 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Just Minutes from KBVI!
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Poll: RV-10 Empty Weight Ranges
In my build I am considering (as we all do) the trade-offs between weight, performance, cost, and comfort.
I want to see what the statistics say about best achievable and most realistic empty weights.
I haven't been able to find this information all in one place so i figured I would ask the question here:
What is the basic empty weight of *your* RV-10? Please answer the poll with the closest "bin" your airplane fits in, and put your actual BEW in the text. If you can, please include info about any special equipment you added or subtracted like air conditioning, redundant alternator, etc.
I know that the upper and lower ends of my poll options are a bit unrealistic, but I'm curious to see if anyone has pushed those boundaries one way or the other.
Thanks!
Edited to note that I have to vote to be able to see the poll results, so I'm voting 1600 even though i only am on the empennage so far.
Last edited by 1001001 : 08-06-2015 at 10:01 AM.
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08-06-2015, 09:41 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Tampa, FL
Posts: 2,861
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Mine came in at 1629. I have a secondary alternator on the vacuum pump pad, a fiberglass overhead console, and a full Flightline Interiors interior but no exterior paint so that number will go up eventually.
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Todd "I drink and know things" Stovall
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RV-10 N728TT - Flying!
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08-06-2015, 10:21 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Cotulla, TX
Posts: 179
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1615 before paint. 1640 after paint
Dual EFIS, Full interior, no o/h console.
single battery, alt
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RV-10 Purchased
RV-12 Under Construction by my kids, wife & me
Donated 8/2018
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08-06-2015, 10:25 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Keller, TX
Posts: 408
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1638 pounds empty
I bought the RV-10 and it was painted twice and not stripped completely from what I can tell. The panel was also updated and some of the old wiring left in place adding weight.
Equipment included dual GRT EFIS, GRT engine monitor, b/u Alt and A/S, Freeflight ADS-B in and out. SL-10/30/40, traditional strobes and power supply etc.
Early posts on this RV-10 indicated empty weight around 1590 but that was 10 years ago and before paint.
Airplanes are like people, they tend to get heavier as they age
TJ
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RV-10 N331JH 3rd owner (First flew in 2005, #15 flying)
Northwest Regional 52F
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08-06-2015, 10:38 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Delaware, OH (KDLZ)
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Dave, you are asking a question that will generate some emotional responses and debate. A quick search of the archives will provide background. Look for the threads about Greg Hale's build and Van's letter.
What's your concern?
I have a fairly loaded RV-10. Two batteries, two alternators, and just about every one of Geoff's products installed.
Am I over Van's recommended gross if I have four males, full fuel, and luggage? Yes, but then name another four place aircraft that doesn't have similar attributes. Fortunately for me, that's not my mission and I've never had an issue with gross weight or CG.
Whether you want to build light or fully decked out, build the aircraft you want.
I could probably knock 20-30lbs off the build if I built another one just to being more educated in the proper application of products. For example: - Most primer is to be applied opaque, not a solid color
- Choose top coats colors and painters carefully. I have a metallic red that took about twice the number of coats to get it to look right compared to the other colors.
- Ensure you don't use too much epoxy. A typical newbie mistake
bob
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08-06-2015, 10:42 AM
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Senior Curmudgeon
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Dayton Airpark, NV A34
Posts: 15,420
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1631 first weighing, no paint only partially done interior. Dual alt/battery.
After paint and finishing interior, 1660ish as I recall.
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VAF 909
Rv-10, N210LM.
Flying as of 12/4/2010
Phase 1 done, 2/4/2011 
Sold after 240+ wonderful hours of flight.
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08-06-2015, 10:55 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Just Minutes from KBVI!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rleffler
Dave, you are asking a question that will generate some emotional responses and debate. A quick search of the archives will provide background. Look for the threads about Greg Hale's build and Van's letter.
What's your concern?
I have a fairly loaded RV-10. Two batteries, two alternators, and just about every one of Geoff's products installed.
Am I over Van's recommended gross if I have four males, full fuel, and luggage? Yes, but then name another four place aircraft that doesn't have similar attributes. Fortunately for me, that's not my mission and I've never had an issue with gross weight or CG.
Whether you want to build light or fully decked out, build the aircraft you want.
I could probably knock 20-30lbs off the build if I built another one just to being more educated in the proper application of products. For example: - Most primer is to be applied opaque, not a solid color
- Choose top coats colors and painters carefully. I have a metallic red that took about twice the number of coats to get it to look right compared to the other colors.
- Ensure you don't use too much epoxy. A typical newbie mistake
bob
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Bob,
My concern is primarily to see what the statistics say is possible and likely. I want the best performing, most efficient plane i can build that i can also afford and that can be built in minimum time. My secondary (but serious) concern is comfort. I intend to eventually be flying this plane long distances and i want a ride that makes that possible and enjoyable for me and my passengers.
But I don't want to be shooting for an unrealistic target, either. Collecting data and analyzing it seems a good way of avoiding that trap. Having a Ph.D statistician around the house tends to make you think this way.
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08-06-2015, 10:59 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Livermore, CA
Posts: 6,797
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1608.
Full ifr with autopilot (Grt/dynon/sl30/Garmin420), thin white paint external, basic interior (no extra insulation, no overhead console or headliner).
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08-06-2015, 11:24 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Clarion, Pennsylvania
Posts: 550
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Mine was 1563 before paint, and is likely somewhere around 1600 now. Quite stock. I like how it flies.
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RV-10 N784JC
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08-06-2015, 11:46 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Locust Grove, GA
Posts: 97
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1695 here initially. That's mostly full interior, overhead console, soundproofing in the floors and some walls, all interior surfaces were primered, and a full IFR panel with autopilot. Like Bob, I also have a metallic paint job that took a lot more coats than a solid and lots of clear coat as well.
Even with the heavy-ish weight, it still flies really well. My only issue weight-wise was the CG was farther back than I wanted. I recently moved my battery to the firewall (saved 5 pounds in the process of going to a PC680) and got the CG where I wanted for the loadings that I wanted.
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Aaron Sims
RV-10 (2015 Bronze Lindy)
RV-6A (sold)
Home Field: Mallards Landing (GA04)
Locust Grove, GA
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