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03-25-2019, 08:54 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2017
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Charlie - sent you an email off line.
Others: hp for hp, Falco slightly faster [given equal build quality/ finish]; as an AMT i would agree that the complexity is an issue... Newest designs prove out that retraction does not 'pay out' at less than about 250 mph.
Not interested in flames -- 'ya pays yer nickel, ya takes yer choice: not everybody likes coconut'
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A&P; RLSA - A,G,W/S Falco F-8L
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10-30-2019, 04:41 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: Australia
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Would be sweet but doubt it's got any useful load?
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10-30-2019, 11:03 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Mead, WA
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Originally Posted by Capt
Would be sweet but doubt it's got any useful load?
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True. But you would be Billy Badass of the pancake fly in... 
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MSgt, USAF, Ret.
RV-8 Dreamer
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10-30-2019, 11:07 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Mead, WA
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Looks awesome with that wide stance gear. Only needs a fake belly scoop to complete the baby P-51 look. Is there a fixed gear version?
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MSgt, USAF, Ret.
RV-8 Dreamer
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10-30-2019, 11:31 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
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Something like 12lbs on the tailwheel. Might be a factor in the prop strike?  Also, you do know Vne is 212mph?
I know this mod has been discussed, but spar loads, fuel tank moments, etc.
You are definitely a test pilot with this one.
Looks cool though!
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Mike W
Venice, FL
RV-6A. Mattituck TMX O-360, FP, GRT Sport EFIS, L3 Lynx NGT-9000
N164WM
N184WM reserved (RV-8)....finishing kit in progress. Titan IOX-370
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10-31-2019, 07:42 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Victoria, BC, Canada
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Originally Posted by fl-mike
Also, you do know Vne is 212mph?
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Tell that to the Rocket guys...
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Rob Prior
1996 RV-6 "Tweety" C-FRBP (formerly N196RV)
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10-31-2019, 08:11 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: Ionia Michigan
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Dave Anders runs well beyond the VNE regularly.
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RV6 N7219d
IO-320-B1A
Sam James cowl
first flight May 2, 1997
RV8 #83830 tail done, wing done
Fuselage started
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10-31-2019, 09:15 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Battleground
Posts: 4,348
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Quote:
Originally Posted by fl-mike
You are definitely a test pilot with this one.
Looks cool though!
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Not to argue your point, my good friend and mentor who built it was a test pilot. He flew P51?s and a host of other models fresh off the production line at the North American Plant in Texas during WWII. The test regimen was one hour. He said very few had any squawks. They where prepped and shipped out. I can?t remember how many he flew in a day but it was impressive, as I recall, four or five.
Although his job was stateside, I still consider him, and all those of ?The Greatest Generation? to be hero?s.
This aircraft has withstood the test of time.
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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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10-31-2019, 09:15 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Southern California
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Dave Anders
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Originally Posted by D Weisgerber
Dave Anders runs well beyond the VNE regularly.
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Dave Anders does not have a stock air frame.
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