Not sure just how to keep this non-RV thread going without drawing the ire of a moderator. So here's what I'm going to do:
That's Van hisself talking to Dan Weseman at S&F. Dan is the designer and builder of the prototype Panther. Van was impressed.
I'm involved with the Panther as a beta builder. I scratch-built a Sonex back in 1998. Then I build an RV-3 that was totaled at S&F in 2011. Then I rebuilt an RV-4. Then I saw a 3-view of the Panther and sold the RV-4. For me, it was LSA time. During the entire time I was building the -3, if I heard it once, I heard it 100 times- If Van would just do a QB -3 I would order one tomorrow. Don't think you'll ever see the QB -3, but have a look at the
Panther and see if it just might work for you.
Three flight test reports have been published
here,
here and
here. Dan sold his RV-4 to build the Panther. Bob Woolley, Panther beta builder and test pilot, currently flies an RV-4.
If that's not enough RV content, here's another photo from S&F.
That's Ron 'Smokey' Schreck, one of Team AeroDynamix' finest, trying the Panther on for size.
Tony