swisseagle
Well Known Member
Hello all!
A friend of mine bougth an RV-6 from a Pilot which only could fly 170h before he get very bad sick and past away.
But he is not familiar with taildragger at all and dont want to risk his new plane untill he learned how to handle it. So he want to convert it to an
RV-6A
Does anyone have done this in the past?
Is it possible?
How long does it took?
The plane is equiped with an O-320 and an Sensenich prop, it has the short enginemount (compared with an mount for an RV-7/O-320) so it has a tendency to be tailheavy, do you think it would be a good point to also go for long version mount or is the changing of the third wheel enough to bring the CG a bit in a better position?
Anyway, he will ask Vans also, but we are interested in your experience!
Thanks alot, regards
Dominik
very slow build RV-7A
A friend of mine bougth an RV-6 from a Pilot which only could fly 170h before he get very bad sick and past away.
But he is not familiar with taildragger at all and dont want to risk his new plane untill he learned how to handle it. So he want to convert it to an
RV-6A
Does anyone have done this in the past?
Is it possible?
How long does it took?
The plane is equiped with an O-320 and an Sensenich prop, it has the short enginemount (compared with an mount for an RV-7/O-320) so it has a tendency to be tailheavy, do you think it would be a good point to also go for long version mount or is the changing of the third wheel enough to bring the CG a bit in a better position?
Anyway, he will ask Vans also, but we are interested in your experience!
Thanks alot, regards
Dominik
very slow build RV-7A