Hi, my name is Amber--a recently minted CFI living in the Dallas area (passed MEI ride just a few weeks ago.) I've been lurking on these forums for a while but never registered until now.
Now that I have a bit more free time (relatively speaking) I'm very interested in starting a Van's project (RV-7). I've reviewed all the data on Van's website and I was curious if anyone had any advice that wasn't specifically mentioned? Like, is there a lot of heavy lifting (I'm 110lbs), and how can that be limited to what only is necessary?
I know it may be a little premature (since I don't have anything constructed) but I'm also curious about the avionics available. Has anyone had any experience installing an EFIS like EFIS/One (from BMA) into a Van? It doesn't seem that much more than buying each individual flight instrument and GPS individually and it looks pretty sweet. I definitely don't have 70,000 or whatever the garmin 900x costs, but something like the 17,000 for a PFD + MFD seems doable.
Do most people do most of the construction out of their garages or do they rent space at a hangar?
Now that I have a bit more free time (relatively speaking) I'm very interested in starting a Van's project (RV-7). I've reviewed all the data on Van's website and I was curious if anyone had any advice that wasn't specifically mentioned? Like, is there a lot of heavy lifting (I'm 110lbs), and how can that be limited to what only is necessary?
I know it may be a little premature (since I don't have anything constructed) but I'm also curious about the avionics available. Has anyone had any experience installing an EFIS like EFIS/One (from BMA) into a Van? It doesn't seem that much more than buying each individual flight instrument and GPS individually and it looks pretty sweet. I definitely don't have 70,000 or whatever the garmin 900x costs, but something like the 17,000 for a PFD + MFD seems doable.
Do most people do most of the construction out of their garages or do they rent space at a hangar?
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