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Old 09-14-2011, 09:09 PM
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Some guys don't like their wife. Some wives don't like to fly. I semi-damaged my 6A with the wife along. She's insisting I re-build it. She loves flying in our RV, and has supported the project from nearly day one.

So............just because someone doesn't care to take their other half along, it isn't the norm.

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Old 09-15-2011, 12:24 AM
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This is something you really need to discuss with HER, if you haven't done so already. As for me, my wife and I are really looking forward to traveling and flying adventures together. I can't imagine having all this fun without her along at my side. She's been up a few times, and loves it. But she won't take a back seat. That's why I'm building an RV-7A.
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Old 09-15-2011, 04:25 AM
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At Triple Tree last weekend, I bumped into one of my former transition trainees who's already flown his -7A 190 hours in one year...from South Carolina to Burbank, California and back...with his wife along, who said she'd never fly in "that thing", a long time ago....and numerous day trips since.

When Irene threatended the northeast, they bailed out of her way from Buffalo, New York, riding the counterclockwise rotating winds at 220 knot groundspeeds over a 3 1/2 hour, non-stop trip back to Barnwell, S.C. compared to 14 hours of driving!! Her bladder made it fine, since they've been careful to watch liquid intakes before long flights.

Yep, she's now hooked but he used a simple..'no-push' approach, just quietly mentioning that it only takes a fourth of the time to go anywhere in the airplane..and so on.

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Old 09-15-2011, 04:11 PM
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This is something you really need to discuss with HER, if you haven't done so already. ... But she won't take a back seat. That's why I'm building an RV-7A.
I wanted to build an 8.... The other half said "that's fine ... If you want to sit in the back all the time"... We have a 9A...
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Old 09-15-2011, 05:25 PM
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Maybe not the popular choice but......you could purchase a completed and flying 8 and enjoy it now leaving the decision about the number of seats and the yet to be kids until later.
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Old 09-19-2011, 07:48 PM
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I'm in the same boat. I have always wanted an -8, wife likes to fly and kids in the future. Right now, we are seriously considering building a Bearhawk. We flip flop all the time though. So, its either a Bearhawk, RV-7, or RV-8.

Bearhawk is most practical for us, as we like to take things along with us. The RV's would be quite a bit more "friendly" to build though and we haven't ruled them out.

Oh, and we need more $$$ for all of this too
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Old 09-19-2011, 09:08 PM
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One suggestion that hasn't come up, is build the 8 and when you're done, find 3 or 4 partners and build the 10. Like someone said, most of the time two seats will be sufficient and the 10 will cost more to build and operate. With the partners, it may take a little planning to fly it when you want but it shouldn't be insurmountable and the 8 will be there the rest of the time.
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