Do you remember your first RV CFI?

[Vlad]

Who was your first RV CFI? Do you remember what he taught you? I do


I met Ted at Oshkosh years ago. I just bought the tail kit. We talked a lot then stayed in touch for years.




Once in a while he flew his RV9A to greater NY area and gave me some motivation. He introduced me to Hudson River Corridor and East River Exclusion.





Then time came. I had my pink slip of airworthiness and a DPE just printed my private pilot certificate. Before ink dried Ted knew it. Stay where you are he said. I am coming to you.


Next morning after my checkride Ted was in my hangar. We went through all systems and flew in his RV for several hours. Good to go he said. And then first flight happened he chased me with a camera.










We are big friends. He moved but didn't forget me. Towed my lazy butt to the Bahamas and back.












Showed me Shuttle Landing Facility.








I am very proud of my first RV CFI. Tell me about yours

[n5lp]

My first RV instructor was a guy named Mike Seager. I flew to Fort Worth, Texas to meet him. We flew for an action packed hour and he covered it all. Probably the best one hour of dual I have ever had.

The main snag was I kept killing the engine. That airplane was set up with a low idle speed and would die on the ground unless you brought the throttle up. I think I forgot to do that about 75% of the time.

[gasman]

Originally Posted by n5lp

My first RV instructor was a guy named Mike Seager. I flew to Fort Worth, Texas to meet him. We flew for an action packed hour and he covered it all. Probably the best one hour of dual I have ever had.

The main snag was I kept killing the engine. That airplane was set up with a low idle speed and would die on the ground unless you brought the throttle up. I think I forgot to do that about 75% of the time.

Ya gotta let the clutch out easy as you add power........

[Clarkie]

Mine was Kent Gorton in ATL. Patience of a Saint. After 20 landings or so (my first in tailwheels), we had a nice little exchange on the upwind:

Him : Well the county sure is getting thier moneys worth.

Me: Huh?

Him: The county spent all this money in asphalt making this runway 150' wide and you sure are giving them thier moneys worth by using every inch of the 150'!

Me: %*&@ ^%$, Kent.

[Wayne Gillispie]

I bucked my first RV rivet with Ted. He gave our family our first RV ride. He and his wife are wonderful people. We know they don't miss the cold cloudy winters up North here, but we sure do miss them. What a beautiful place to retire to...Spruce Creek FLorida.

[Toobuilder]

Never had one for an RV, just got in and flew them.

It's funny, but before I became involved with this forum, I'd never even heard of "transition" training for a fixed gear single. A few years ago I attended a pilot briefing for some function at work and there was a CFI in attendance who offered "transition training" in the RV-6A - this comment produced more than a few chuckles from the crowd.

I'm not downplaying the benefit that transition training may give some people, just pointing out that this community seems to embrace it more than others. I learned a bunch about flying from my old man and (rightly or wrongly) he believed that you should be able to fly anything in category and class. I guess that's why it strikes me as so odd to hear so much about transition training on this site.

[Wayne Gillispie]

Originally Posted by Toobuilder

Never had one for an RV, just got in and flew them.

It's funny, but before I became involved with this forum, I'd never even heard of "transition" training for a fixed gear single. A few years ago I attended a pilot briefing for some function at work and there was a CFI in attendance who offered "transition training" in the RV-6A - this comment produced more than a few chuckles from the crowd.

I'm not downplaying the benefit that transition training may give some people, just pointing out that this community seems to embrace it more than others. I learned a bunch about flying from my old man and (rightly or wrongly) he believed that you should be able to fly anything in category and class. I guess that's why it strikes me as so odd to hear so much about transition training on this site.

Must be why we don't read about many "Loss of Control" accidents from our known group of individuals in phase 1. Usually mechanical.

[Russ McCutcheon]

Originally Posted by Toobuilder

Never had one for an RV, just got in and flew them.

It's funny, but before I became involved with this forum, I'd never even heard of "transition" training for a fixed gear single. A few years ago I attended a pilot briefing for some function at work and there was a CFI in attendance who offered "transition training" in the RV-6A - this comment produced more than a few chuckles from the crowd.

I'm not downplaying the benefit that transition training may give some people, just pointing out that this community seems to embrace it more than others. I learned a bunch about flying from my old man and (rightly or wrongly) he believed that you should be able to fly anything in category and class. I guess that's why it strikes me as so odd to hear so much about transition training on this site.

I think transition training is promoted by Van?s and by this forum as a way to prevent pilot caused accidents and reduce the total number of EAB accidents as per the FAA?s demands, as far as I know It?s not required but I have seen pilots that would benefit greatly from it or some form of training in there RV?s. If you?re coming from a Pits ok, a 150/172 better to get some help.

[Jaypratt]

No CFI.
I self taught (tail wheel),in the RV6 I built in 1995 / 1996. I had about 3 hours taxi time before first flight. Also only a few landings in a Citabria proir to first flight.
I was profecient in Bonanza, Cheorkee Six, and C 172, at the time I had 1500 TT in my log book with Single & Multi Engine Instrument land plane licence.
Since then I have built and flown a Exp Super Cub and three more tail wheel RVs, All of them were easy to fly. Also owned a C140, a C180J, and a RV4

[luddite42]

Yeah, it all depends on what your eperience is in. Most who build A-models are likely coming from Cessna/Piper trainer types, and would be well-served by transition training. If you have lots of experience in different tailwheel-sport-aerobatic airplanes, the RV will be a no-brainer to fly. If you are a very low-time and non-current tailwheel pilot, then transition training would be a good idea as well. In most cases, insurance requirements dictate the preparation pilots obtain.