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View Poll Results: Did you fly in an RV before you started building one?
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Nope - I started pounding rivets on the reputation alone!
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11-07-2007, 06:28 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Dayton, NV
Posts: 12,247
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Building on Faith...
Don't worry, this is not a religious thread....or maybe.... 
Simple poll this week....how many people started to build their RV before they had ever flown in one? In other words, who had enough faith in the design that they committed to it without even trying one out first? 
The polls are open...
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Paul F. Dye
Editor at Large - KITPLANES Magazine
RV-8 - N188PD - "Valkyrie"
RV-6 (By Marriage) - N164MS - "Mikey"
RV-3B - N13PL - "Tsamsiyu"
A&P, EAA Tech Counselor/Flight Advisor
Dayton Valley Airpark (A34)
http://Ironflight.com
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11-07-2007, 06:34 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Martinsville, IN
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Heck, I can go that one better. I started building my Long-EZ before I even had a pilot's license!
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Randy Pflanzer
Greenwood, IN
www.pflanzer-aviation.com
Paid through 2043!
Lund fishing Boat, 2017, GONE FISHING
RV-12 - Completed 2014, Sold
427 Shelby Cobra - Completed 2012, Sold
F1 EVO - partially completed, Sold
F1 Rocket - Completed 2005, Sold
RV-7A - Partially completed, Sold
RV-6 - Completed 2000, Sold
Long-EZ - Completed 1987, Sold
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11-07-2007, 07:08 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Warner Robins, GA
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I had my preview plans before I took a demo ride in 'ole blue at SNF 2001. My mind was made up by the point anyway.
A couple months prior to getting the preview plans I hadn't even known about homebuilt planes until I recieved a copy of Kitplanes. Once the decision to build was made, I really had to define the mission of a personal plane and take into consideration the fact that I had no piloting experience beyond R/C. With a little research, however, building an RV was the only logical conclusion for me. I suspect that there are a lot of folks out there with the same story.
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Bruce Sacks
RV-9 N659DB - Flying since 7/1/06
Hatz CB-1 - Fabric covering with Polyfiber.
Warner Robins, GA
A&P
APRS KJ4EFS
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11-07-2007, 07:10 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Waco, Texas
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Good performance, fair price, great track record.
Just build!!!!
Last edited by Phil : 11-07-2007 at 07:23 AM.
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11-07-2007, 07:21 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Port Orange, FL
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I had my first RV ride a few months before my first flight at the back of a 4. Two weeks before my first flight I went to Mike Seager and had transition training in a 6A. The first time I flew a 9A was during my first flight.
Of course, I did a lot of research on-line and inspected RVs in Oshkosh before I ordered my preview plan and the empennage kit. It was faith but not blind lead me to the decision.
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Ted Chang, VAF #681
RV-9A #91048, flying since 8/2006. 2,050 hrs.
2018 Due paid
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11-07-2007, 07:35 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Eagle Neck, Georgia
Posts: 208
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I bought a used kit (empennage barely started) before I had ever even laid eyes on ANY RV. I was about 3 years into it before I even sat in an RV-9A, and I've yet to fly in an RV. I looked at several designs after I decided to build, and the support for Van's designs was just on another planet compered to anything else. And I figured I'd need all the help I could get!
Chose the 9A on faith and never looked back.
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Ben Ridgdill
VAF #1497
RV-9A Kit #90217 Sold;
Scrounging RV-3 parts
RV-9 Tail Kit #91415 on Deck
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I love it when a plane comes together!
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11-07-2007, 07:39 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Azle, TX
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Still a Virgin
I started my first attempt to build the -4 back in '83 without ever riding in an RV and now that I'm finally back at it and on the wings I still have yet to ride in one. I have FAITH!
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Bill Grant, A&P
8KCAB, M20G
RV-4: Fuselage controls
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11-07-2007, 07:41 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Warrenton, VA
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Never rode in an RV until I bought the empennage kit. I had a few friends that had them and was lusting after their RV's for years. Finally secured a ride in a -6 and it just confirmed all my secondhand impressions of the RV series. I was not disappointed.
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11-07-2007, 07:42 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Louisville, Ga
Posts: 7,840
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Free ride
Ben,
Check your PM's,
Pierre
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Pierre Smith
RV-10, 510 TT
RV6A (Sojourner) 180 HP, Catto 3 Bl (502Hrs), gone...and already missed
Air Tractor AT 502B PT 6-15 Sold
Air Tractor 402 PT-6-20 Sold
EAA Flight Advisor/CFI/Tech Counselor
Louisville, Ga
It's never skill or craftsmanship that completes airplanes, it's the will to do so,
Patrick Kenny, EAA 275132
Dues gladly paid!
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11-07-2007, 07:42 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: south carolina
Posts: 1,111
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i did
I had not flown in a small airplane in 18 years or so.unless helicopters count.but even that was 15 years ago. the only small plane i ever flew in was a cardinal. I did not have a pilot’s license either.  My brother started all this. hes a research kind of guy so i figured if he was into it then it would work for me.
after a good bit of buildin James Clark took me for a ride...didnt know how to appreciate it. had nothing to compare it to. then after getting my PPL i flew with Ken Harill..all i can say about the RV is holy cow this is gonna be cool
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William Weesner/ still kicking.
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