Shadetree, You did get honest information up to here.....
http://www.vansairforce.com/communit...0&postcount=16
You will find that whatever RV you purchase, you will really enjoy flying it. And if you hang out here, you will see this scenario repeated about every 45 days....... We just LOVE our RV's
Oh, one other thing....... Van has two personal airplanes that he built in the past few years, an RV10 and a RV12. They both have nose wheels. And Van is about the most experienced pilot in the RV family.