There are no excuses for living in Indy and not seeing an RV. Its one of the Meccas for RV'ers. Those guys fly a lot. If you need contacts let me know.
I was into my wings of my 6 before I had ever seen an RV in person. Its was Sams site that motivated me.
I was a complete morron, often still am. At my home town airport were many RV's flying even then back in the mid 90's. 4 in one hanger alone. What an idiot I was. I knew nothing about EAA, or building. A simple walk at the airport on any Saturday in the 90's with a simple ?"Is there an RV here" and bam, I would have been pointed to the right place. I just didnt know to ask.
All I had to do was go look. I had no idea they were there. I was an R/C guy who ran into Sams building site somehow and was hooked instantly. Seemed like a big r/c model to me so I started building. What a dope.
There are no excuses today.