N546RV
Well Known Member
OK, I'll start with some background. I currently have a goal to finish the -8 next year. I also have a goal, once it's done, to do a big trip - flying to NC to pick up my dad, and taking him up to OSH. It'd be a good callback to the days we used to go on air show trips up to Oceana and Langley back in the mid 2000s.
But I've been thinking about this, mostly in terms of how realistic it is to be flying and finish Phase 1 in time for OSH 2021. Generally I've just been thinking in terms of "can I get that done in time" but now I'm beginning to wonder if it's even smart to potentially take a plane just out of Phase 1 and go straight to a thousand-mile cross-country trip. One part of me thinks that by the time 40 hours rolls around, kinks should be either worked out or understood, the other part says that might be naive.
And thus I pose this question - did you folks sort of "ramp up" your RV activities after 40 hours? Were there issues that cropped up after that time that might have been trouble on a long trip? At what point did you feel confident enough in the aircraft to commit to a serious trip? Am I completely overthinking this (as is my tendency)?
But I've been thinking about this, mostly in terms of how realistic it is to be flying and finish Phase 1 in time for OSH 2021. Generally I've just been thinking in terms of "can I get that done in time" but now I'm beginning to wonder if it's even smart to potentially take a plane just out of Phase 1 and go straight to a thousand-mile cross-country trip. One part of me thinks that by the time 40 hours rolls around, kinks should be either worked out or understood, the other part says that might be naive.
And thus I pose this question - did you folks sort of "ramp up" your RV activities after 40 hours? Were there issues that cropped up after that time that might have been trouble on a long trip? At what point did you feel confident enough in the aircraft to commit to a serious trip? Am I completely overthinking this (as is my tendency)?