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06-10-2016, 09:48 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Tucson, AZ
Posts: 818
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Flying an RV is.....
When I talk with student pilots or GA pilots who have never flown an RV I always try to describe what it is like to fly one. I have a hard time expressing what it is really like. I've said that "C or P" brands are like a Yugo or VW Bug and an RV is a Porsche. I have never driven a Porsche or a Yugo (many of the younger generation don't even know what a Yugo is/was) but I did own a Bug or two.
So I am throwing this question out the RV community. Please finish the sentence.
Flying an RV is ?
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Paul Merems (EAA Tech Counselor, EAA Sheetmetal Workshop Instructor/Volunteer 12 yrs)
ExperimentalAero- HANGAR BANNERS
www.experimentalaero.com
RV-7A (Flying since 2010)/RV-4 (sold 1990)
Tucson, Arizona 85749
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06-10-2016, 09:51 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Port Orange, FL (7FL6)
Posts: 274
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Flying an RV is.......
The definition of sport aviation.
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06-10-2016, 10:04 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Cartersville, Georgia KVPC
Posts: 945
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C and P are like Chevy sedans...an RV is like a Miata with wings.
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06-10-2016, 10:07 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Richmond Hill, GA (KLHW)
Posts: 2,183
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I like the VW vs Porche comparison. Both have horizontally opposed, air cooled 4 cylinder engines, just like Cherokees and RVs. Compare the performance and handling of the two and it is appropriate.
I owned a Cherokee 140 until my first ride in a RV-8 and subsequent ride in an F1 Rocket. I also owned a 1973 Super Beetle and stepped up to a 1973 Mustang shortly after.
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Ray
RV-7A - Slider - N495KL - First flt 27 Jan 17
O-360-A4M w/ AFP FM-150 FI, Dual PMags, Vetterman Trombone Exh, SkyTech starter, BandC Alt (PP failed after 226 hrs)
Catto 3 blade NLE, FlightLines Interior, James cowl, plenum & intake, Anti-Splat -14 seat mod and nose gear support
All lines by TSFlightLines (aka Hoser)
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06-10-2016, 10:40 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Battleground
Posts: 4,348
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Station Wagon/Truck v.s. Sports Car.
Same idea.....
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Bucker Jungmann
Fiat G.46 -(restoration in progress, if I have enough life left in me)
RV1 - Proud Pilot.
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06-10-2016, 10:51 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Hastings, MN
Posts: 582
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It's a little different for us 10 drivers...
An old 182 is like driving a 1983 Chevy Caprice Wagon.
The RV10 is like driving a 2016 Audi Q7
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RV-10 N829EC - Flying
First Flight: 8/29/15
KSGS - Fleming Field, South Saint Paul, Minnesota
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06-10-2016, 12:32 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Socal
Posts: 452
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I just tell people double your rate of climb and add 50 knots to your cruise speed.
Granted, ive never flown an RV, but im building one 
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Working on an RV-4
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06-10-2016, 12:45 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Garden City, Tx
Posts: 5,120
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Robin8er
I just tell people double your rate of climb and add 50 knots to your cruise speed.
Granted, ive never flown an RV, but im building one |
That's pretty accurate actually, but do it all on less fuel.
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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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06-10-2016, 12:47 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: fort myers fl
Posts: 945
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i like the bug 911 comparison, because at the basic level they are the same car, flat motor, rear engine, basic floor pan are all the same idea. in the early years, not much difference in weight and size, but two different ends of the performance spectrum.
bob burns
RV-4 N82RB
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06-10-2016, 01:15 PM
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been here awhile
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: North Alabama
Posts: 4,300
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Like comparing a Corvette to a Chevy Suburban.
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