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02-22-2016, 08:35 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: WA
Posts: 52
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Can i say WOW...
So today was my first ride in Van's RV 10 in Aurora, OR. Me+Pilot+back seat passenger+50lb of lead weight...about 740lbs total in cabin. Runway is 5000 ft long if I'm not mistaken...we started at beginning, and before we hit the 4000 ft remaining marker, we were airborne and off we went...up up and away!! All is I can say is WOW!! So here is the kicker...and I kid you not...a Cirrus SR-22 takes off just a few minutes after we land...and she gobbled up about 1/2 the runway length.
I would not have believed if I wasn't there myself, the RV-10 is AMAZING!
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02-22-2016, 09:30 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Meridian ID, Aspen CO, Okemos MI
Posts: 2,645
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My first ride was just as amazing - though it was in a 9A. I couldn't believe how fast we got off the ground and how quick we climbed. We were at full gross and flying out of Rifle Colorado - 6000' elevation. Now I am trying to get my 9A finished!
Oh, and welcome to the "gang".
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rockwoodrv9a
Williamston MI
O-320 D2A
Awaiting DAR Inspection
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02-23-2016, 12:03 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Portland, OR
Posts: 337
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Yup. Impresses me every time and I now have 248 hours. I took off last night from HIO (not far from Aurora) and I was seeing an easy 1600' FPM on climb out. I was solo and density altitude was -1600' but impressive nonetheless. I've taken off at 8000' density altitude with the family and bags and she doesn't stop impressing me.
You'll enjoy it!
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David Halmos
RV-10
Flying - 570+ hours
Portland, OR
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02-23-2016, 11:29 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Denver, CO
Posts: 1,967
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RV-10 Performance, from the ground...
I watched once, as fellow Colorado pilot, Jim Berry, took off with my wife, my wife's friend and her teenage son in his RV-10. I was on the ramp with my newborn daughter, asleep in her stroller, about 1/3rd of the way down the runway, prepared to take video of the takeoff. I started filming when they made the turn onto the runway and throttled up. By the time they passed us, they were about 200 feet up in the air, and this was on summer day in Denver, with about a 9,500 ft Density Altitude! When my wife landed, I asked her what she thought of the takeoff, vs. the POS Cessnas we typically rented. She told me, "it was like riding in an elevator." 
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02-23-2016, 11:57 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Sausalito, CA
Posts: 325
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Hey, Mike, we're neighbors. Where are you based?
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Joe Zuffoletto
RV-8 (flying)
Fullerton, CA (KFUL)
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02-23-2016, 12:09 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Garden City, Tx
Posts: 5,145
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mdmba
So today was my first ride in Van's RV 10 in Aurora, OR. Me+Pilot+back seat passenger+50lb of lead weight...about 740lbs total in cabin. Runway is 5000 ft long if I'm not mistaken...we started at beginning, and before we hit the 4000 ft remaining marker, we were airborne and off we went...up up and away!! All is I can say is WOW!! So here is the kicker...and I kid you not...a Cirrus SR-22 takes off just a few minutes after we land...and she gobbled up about 1/2 the runway length.
I would not have believed if I wasn't there myself, the RV-10 is AMAZING!
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So have you ordered the tail kit yet? 
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Greg Niehues - SEL, IFR, Repairman Cert.
Garden City, TX VAF 2020 dues paid 
N16GN flying 700 hrs and counting; IO360, SDS, WWRV200, Dynon HDX, 430W
Built an off-plan RV9A with too much fuel and too much HP. Should drop dead any minute now.
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02-23-2016, 03:10 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Washougal, WA
Posts: 32
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I'm jealous! Every time I went to Van's - for the factory tour or even the day I purchased and picked up my empennage kit - either the weather was bad and the planes were in for maintenance or the -10 was loaned out for transition training. I'd really like to get my wife up in one since she's buying into this big time! (And it wouldn't hurt my feelings any for me to get MY test fight as well!)
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Michael Marchand
Washougal, WA
Dues paid: 2015, 2016, 2017
N910DM Reserved
RV-10
Empennage - Completed!
Wings - Completed!
QB Fuse In work!
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02-24-2016, 08:48 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Destin
Posts: 1,543
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mdmba
a Cirrus SR-22 takes off just a few minutes after we land...and she gobbled up about 1/2 the runway length.
I would not have believed if I wasn't there myself, the RV-10 is AMAZING!
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My lancair is similar to a Cirrus, and I always use 1/2 or more of the mile+ runway when taking off, gives me more time to scan my instruments and build up airspeed, no need to make every takeoff a "max performance/short field" takeoff
sometimes i'll just click trim up a few and let it fly itself off the runway, normal rotation around 75kts, this method rotates me at 95-100kts- nothing wrong with that
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02-24-2016, 10:07 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Hubbard Oregon
Posts: 9,035
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bkthomps
nothing wrong with that
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Unless the airport you want to use only has an 1800 ' long runway (we have lots of those here in the PNW).
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Opinions, information and comments are my own unless stated otherwise. They do not necessarily represent the direction/opinions of my employer.
Scott McDaniels
Van's Aircraft Engineering Prototype Shop Manager
Hubbard, Oregon
RV-6A (aka "Junkyard Special ")
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02-24-2016, 11:19 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Southern Michigan
Posts: 1,966
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When I was switching hangers from Howell, MI to Gladwin, MI, I moved most everything using the RV-10. My wife brought the grand-kids to the hanger to see the plane and watch my departure. I had the rear seats removed and the plane was loaded to the gills including two top roll around tool chests filled with tools. I was a couple hundred pounds shy of gross weight with full fuel. A Cirrus was ahead of me and after he took off and cleared I did the same. When I got back home a couple hours later my wife commented right away that I was off the ground in half the time the Cirrus was. It was the first time she saw the RV-10 fly. I rotate the nose wheel off the ground at 65-70 knots and shes flying a moment later picking up airspeed and altitude like a home sick angel. I see no reason to keep driving the plane on the runway after 65-70 knots.
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David C.
Howell, MI
RV-10: #41686 Under Construction
RV-9A: #90949 Under Construction
RV-10: #40637 Completed/Sold 2016
Cozy MKIV:#656 Completed/Sold 2007
"Donor Exempt" but donated through Dec. 2020
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