This is my idea...
I am a fabrication engineer and son of an aircraft engineer, so i have been around aircraft my whole life and would like to buy and build an RV4.
The New Zealand dollar is really good at the moment and i think now is the time to buy a new RV4 kit from Vans.
I do not have a pilots license so this is just something else i have to do. all the training cost and exams run to about $12,000 NZ Dollar for a PPL. So... the big question is would it be a stupid idea to build the RV4 with full controls in the rear, and have an instructor teach me in that to avoid the $200 hr running cost for a cessna 152, is this jumping in the deep end?
any advice on buying/building the RV and the training would be gratefully received.
Thank you David
I am a fabrication engineer and son of an aircraft engineer, so i have been around aircraft my whole life and would like to buy and build an RV4.
The New Zealand dollar is really good at the moment and i think now is the time to buy a new RV4 kit from Vans.
I do not have a pilots license so this is just something else i have to do. all the training cost and exams run to about $12,000 NZ Dollar for a PPL. So... the big question is would it be a stupid idea to build the RV4 with full controls in the rear, and have an instructor teach me in that to avoid the $200 hr running cost for a cessna 152, is this jumping in the deep end?
any advice on buying/building the RV and the training would be gratefully received.
Thank you David