Jess,
Welcome aboard! This is a great place to get ideas and advice. When I built my -8, I spent many hours combing this site for advice. The only recommendations I can give you after flying an -8 for 100 hours is to build it like you want it and spend the money for a Grove Airfoil Landing Gear. Also, I might add that at 8,500', full throttle, 2,450 RPM, 8.7 GPH and 50 ROP, I get 174KTAS out of my IO-360 with a blended airfoil two blade prop. Pretty **** cool! Speaking of cool, I put a set of louvers on each side of the cowl and I think this has really helped the cooling (CHT's in the 360's). Finally, just keep pounding rivets. There is not an individual on this site who can put into words how awesome it is to fly an RV. Good Luck!!
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