Show us a pic of your FINISHED RV-10

[panhandler1956]

Nice Mike! That's a beautiful -10!

[mkraus01]

Thanks all for the compliments! I am really excited it is finally 'done', I don't plan on doing much of anything lease except fly it.

The interior is from Abby at Flight Line interiors. She is great to work with.

The other question was "How do I like the prop".... It's a tough question. I like how smooth it is. I like the weight, I like the looks. I hate how hard it is to remove the cowl with the nose gear (never thought of that since I was an RV-4 driver previous with no cowl removal issues), and I'm told it is 5-8 knots slower than the blended airfoil Hartzell. Would I do it again? I'd probably go with more speed and easier cowl removal...... But that is just me....

Thanks
-Mike Kraus

[pierre smith]

Mike, a friend of mine has the three-blade on his -10, so they made the whole lower "chin" removable with camloks for that reason. Makes cowl removal a cinch.

Yep, even with his 300 hp, my 260 hp -10 is 7 knots faster with my blended airfoil Hartzell

[ddnebert]

Construction began in February 2006, first flight in August 2010, but the last 220+ hours of flying have been without a paint scheme. John Stahr of Eugene did the amazing paint job expressing my design of a northern hemisphere view on the left side and southern hemisphere theme on the right side. Come see it in Homebuilt Camping at OSH Sun-Thu to appreciate the details!

Details of the completion: O-540-B4A5 engine (235 HP) - does well with autogas, MGL Avionics Odyssey with RDAC instrumentation, Garmin 430W, KT76a Xpdr, Garmin 340 audio panel, Trio autopilots, Trutrak Attitude Indicator, a few steam gages, Aerosport interior. Old-school Hartzell prop, vibrationally-matched to engine to earn 25 hr fly-off.

[blahphish]

Looks great Doug! Looking forward to seeing it at Osh. While you were flying it unpainted, did you have all the fiberglass sealed on the outside?

[ddnebert]

Brian:

I did apply primer (water-based Stewart Systems gray) with a paint gun to the exposed cabin top and cowling fiberglass. The wing-tips were all gel-coated and protected originally, so I did nothing. Otherwise, the plane would have looked like spumoni ice cream - pink doors, green cabin top and cowling, blue superfill. I didn't have the wheel fairings or pants on till this week - rough fit before painting, just installed them this week.

Doug.

[Bill.Peyton]

Yesterday we put the finishing touches on our project after 2 years of full time building. Next week we will have our inspection and hope for a first flight soon. The interior consists of mostly Aerosport products including their new seats. The finish was done using Jetglo, which took us 3 months of with the assistance of our friend and his elaborate paint booth, which was only available on the weekends.[IMG]IMG_2758 by Bill Peyton, on Flickr[/IMG]
[IMG]IMG_2762 by Bill Peyton, on Flickr[/IMG]

[Aerosport1]

Bill looks fantastic

Geoff

[Wesael]

Good job Bill!!!!

i like the interior color, panel and switches

Glad to see you are so close. The light is getting bright at the end of the tunnel!

Will be waiting to see pics in the "trip right ups" section in a few months

[Wayne Gillispie]

Looks great. Looking forward to some trips and fly-ins.