Starting young- great! I was old in intermediate at 24 in a basic S1-S.
Why a RV with its reduced roll rate vs most anything but a Decathalon?
Will it be to get to and from a contest quickly, efficiently and possibly IFR/IMC? It certainly can do that, and legs to a contest and avoiding weathering out are nice options.
Does the roll rate vs lack of drag help centering rolls on a line segment?
Does the airfoil set help hold a vertical line accelerating and decelerating without hunting or anticipating the next pull or push? Most of the grading is centering rolls, proper headings, straight lines and symmetrical arcs under g at all speeds, whether slowing or accelerating.
Does it start and stop snap and spin segments reliably vs more traditional platforms? Folks have done lots of contests well with them, but they are not the standard to the majority.
Is that bad? No. An advantage or challenge? I don't know. Are 45 downline snaps with no speed loss or even while accellerating common?
As posted before, put on a gopro looking aft to and see what g and rotation presents.
That sounds like a step in the process towards the decision for each. 4g at 2x 1g stall speed snaps at 120 to 150 mph were bread and butter in a S-1. Intermediate was 5g to -2g unless fast- a RV is going to be going as fast, quicker and able to go too fast soon thereafter. Well flown, it could do intermediate with full inverted and a constant speed prop.
By my time we had the 4 IAC tech tips manuals, chock full of where to look for airframe and system issues- does the RV have that coverage for judged acro in a box wear and tear and ground proximity?
Please track down Jerry- RV-8 acro high time guru.
"RV8Squaz", here.