Is it bad when my first post is asking for something? I figure posting on the RV-8/8a section would be the best place for this. Last week I finally decided that I wanted to build an RV-8 and order the Preview Plans Set. I?ve looked at a lot of different kits over the past year an eliminated all the others for one reason or another as they just didn?t measure up to my vision of what I wanted in an airplane.
Looking at a number RV?s I decided that I wanted one. The only thing is I have picked out the RV-8, the one that I have not seen yet.
Getting to what I want, I hope there is a RV-8 owner that is reasonably close to Savannah, Tennessee that I can drive to and see their plane in person. I would like to see how I fit. I have seen a couple kits that say they fit a taller pilot. I couldn?t shoe horn myself into them. Van?s specs also show I will have the room to set in the cockpit, and if needed they have a Taller Pilot option that I can use. So I am not worried that I would have a problem to fit one way or the other.
The biggest thing is I have got the RV-8 on the brain and just really want to gaze upon one in all its glory.
Del
Looking at a number RV?s I decided that I wanted one. The only thing is I have picked out the RV-8, the one that I have not seen yet.
Getting to what I want, I hope there is a RV-8 owner that is reasonably close to Savannah, Tennessee that I can drive to and see their plane in person. I would like to see how I fit. I have seen a couple kits that say they fit a taller pilot. I couldn?t shoe horn myself into them. Van?s specs also show I will have the room to set in the cockpit, and if needed they have a Taller Pilot option that I can use. So I am not worried that I would have a problem to fit one way or the other.
The biggest thing is I have got the RV-8 on the brain and just really want to gaze upon one in all its glory.
Del