Hi all,
My names james and I'm from Australia. I'm currently an aircraft engineer and hold a PPL and own my own c150. I'm new to the site and have a bunch of questions for you guys on building an rv4. I've always like the rv4 more than the 8 due to its sleek lines, speed and cost. The only thing that makes me worried is the time to build and back seat pax weight carrying capacity, I'm 5-4" and 70 kg so not on the big scale! I consider myself to be in the best possible position to build an aircraft due to working for a large airline. My ideas of and rv4 will be Sam James cowls, fastback, io-320 with b/a prop, sky view with a/p etc and squeeze every knot I can out of her! I had a brief flight in an rv4 until we had a prop failure, was exciting and fun while it lasted. My mission is locals with the monthly x/c flight. I want a machine that is fun, fast, aerobatic and can carry a 100kg person if ever needed. Am I looking at the right aircraft?
Any help with would be greatly appreciated guys!
James
My names james and I'm from Australia. I'm currently an aircraft engineer and hold a PPL and own my own c150. I'm new to the site and have a bunch of questions for you guys on building an rv4. I've always like the rv4 more than the 8 due to its sleek lines, speed and cost. The only thing that makes me worried is the time to build and back seat pax weight carrying capacity, I'm 5-4" and 70 kg so not on the big scale! I consider myself to be in the best possible position to build an aircraft due to working for a large airline. My ideas of and rv4 will be Sam James cowls, fastback, io-320 with b/a prop, sky view with a/p etc and squeeze every knot I can out of her! I had a brief flight in an rv4 until we had a prop failure, was exciting and fun while it lasted. My mission is locals with the monthly x/c flight. I want a machine that is fun, fast, aerobatic and can carry a 100kg person if ever needed. Am I looking at the right aircraft?
Any help with would be greatly appreciated guys!
James