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Old 10-24-2011, 11:08 AM
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Talking clime out at 2.500 ft/min

After only a couple hours on the hobs I intended to make a high altitude flight, to check the performance and handeling. Flying at 1.500 ft, I requested climbing to FL60. After ATC kept me on 1.500 ft for a while due to departing traffic at Brussels, they finally cleared me to FL60. Immediately I pushed the engine controlls full forward and pulled the stick back to 80 KTS. It did only take about 30 seconds for ATC to call: PH-VAN, initial climb to FL40 only! what kind of aircraft is this??

It felt so good to reply: Van's RV-9A and it took me 5 years to built it!

Regards, Tonny.
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Old 10-24-2011, 11:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Neal@F14 View Post
One of the best parts of flying an RV is taking off on a normal length, typical airport runway and already reaching full pattern altitude and turning crosswind with still plenty of runway pavement under me.

In the poor old Cherokee 140, the crosswind turn at pattern alt was usually at least a half mile downstream of the departure end of the runway.
Isn't that the truth! I fly a Cherokee 140 and it's a great plane to learn to fly in but I can't wait until I'm finished with the 9A. And if that isn't incentive enough, I may be flying into 14A and may have another RV to watch out for. ;-)
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Old 10-24-2011, 01:15 PM
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Default Twin vs RV

I was flying aerobatics in the local training area one day and heard an aircraft checking in on the frequency to get clearance to cross the area.
He got his clearance and ATC adviced him that it was a small airplane (me) who was above him in the same area. He acknowledged.

I spotted him below me, called him up and asked if I could join on his wing for few minutes for some formation-practice.
He came back in a rather cocky and annoyed voice and said: "well, this is a twin (he put pressure on the word "twin") and we are flying at 150 kts!"

I couldn't resist that one and answered: "that's ok because I can slow down some!"
He came back with a much lower and puzzled voice: "what kind of an aircraft are YOU flying??"

I almost growed through the canopy when I replied: "homebuilt Vans RV-7!"
He didn't say another word until he left the frequency....

PS: I was VERY tempted to swop down, increase to 200 TAS, pass his wing, do a roll in front of him and then pull up again... but exercising good airmanship, I ofcourse resisted that urge...
... but that sure would've been a thing I couldn't have done with an ordinary plane....
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Old 10-24-2011, 01:44 PM
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I took a friend of ours, non pilot, up for an evening flight. The conditions were beautiful, dead calm. Ahead of us I spotted the flight school's 172. I have a good relationship with the instructors and radioed that I would be passing on the left side. As we approached the aircraft I told my passenger that this was an airplane that was used to teach people how to fly. As we were passing, she asked the question " They teach them how to fly backwards!!!?"
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Old 10-24-2011, 02:43 PM
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One time when coming out of Twin Oaks (7S3) Or after the monthly pancake Bkfst we were # 2 after a V-tail Bonanza. I waited till he was airborn with his gear up before I rolled...
Within about two miles, before we got to the Newberg ridge we were 500 ft above him going past him and still climbing.
Must be he was sight-seeing.....
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Old 10-24-2011, 02:54 PM
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Many years ago, I'd just been released by Joshua Approach to contact William J. Fox Field (where I learned to fly and still do). I was descending out of 10.5K for 3.5K, straight in approach, at top of the yellow arc in nice, smooth air.

I was about 17 nm out when I checked in, and Fox followed with "...Plan on #1 for the runway". A Baron called in right after me reporting that he was 10nm out for landing. The tower replied back, "...Plan on #2 for the runway."

The Baron shot back immediately, "You do know that I'm less than 10nm out now", and the Tower didn't miss a beat: "Yes, I do (pause...) And you can still plan on landing #2 behind the RV".

I was on the ground when he entered the downwind Rosie
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Old 10-25-2011, 10:05 AM
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We had left just Monterey enroute that we were asked to climb to 7500 expeditiously. Well with already some speed and going full power we made it to the 7500 in no time which we got a response back ?that was an impressive climb?

But what I gets me going the most, is when we are talking with other pilots of 182, Moony and the likes about speed and fuel burns. No contest there.
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Old 10-25-2011, 12:32 PM
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ACT - Southwest, you have a RV7 at your 12 o'clock, 8 miles, one seven thousand feet, same direction.

Southwest - "cool"
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Old 10-25-2011, 02:17 PM
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Took off behind that fancy new cessna skycatcher they do training in out of Twin Oaks the other day and gave them plenty of room. Even still, I was above and ahead of them pretty quickly. The student in the skycatcher made a radio call "2miles east 1,500 feet, looking for the RV", which I replied "2.5 miles southeast 2,200 feet. Traffic no factor". Then the instructor got on the radio, "So not fair!".

Good times!
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Old 10-25-2011, 03:54 PM
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A couple of days ago my wife and I were returning from Sanford FL cursing at 7500. Just South of JAX, we saw a piece of traffic on the screen that was not moving relative to us. Turns out it was a Barron (unknown what type) going to SAV. He stayed right at the same position for the entire rest of the way to SAV. We were also stopping there to have lunch with our son. It was so cool to be doing Baron speeds on 8 GPH. Then come home and land on the 1250 foot grass strip and park it in our hanger beside the house. Try that in any spam can faster than 80 kts. Broken airplane.
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