Paul Walter
Active Member
Hello everyone, I am looking at an RV 3 at the moment- very neat well built example. It has io320 and Catto cruise prop. This thing is a rocket ship indicating 165knts at 1000 feet that’s 25 knots faster that my RV 6 was and 20 faster than my 7A was. I know this has probably been well and truly covered before but I am concerned with ripping through VNE with out even trying. Are vans quoted VNE speeds indicated air speed ?. A guy at an air show told me he flew his on RV 7 numbers and never had an issue but I live on the safe side. So I was wondering would it be wise to beef up the empennage?. Is it true the Harmon rocket used a standard RV 4 tail ?. Would heavier skins be enough or would the hole structure need to be beefed up and if so has anyone done it and what modifications were made.
Thank you
Thank you