Gary Voth said:I'm Gary Voth and I fly an RV4 N95HD built by Herman Deirks.
I live in Cleburne TX and keep the plane at a grass strip in Godley TX
Love the RV4 160HP withe Sensensich FP metal Anyone else aroune here interested in Alaska nest summer?
Marc DeGirolamo said:Here are some of the things I like and dislike about the -4
Like:
- center seating
- feel in the air and on the ground
- big canopy..great view
- flies great when light
- easy to get at instruments with detachable fwd skin.
- simple to maintain (all RV's )
- great for short field
Dislikes:
- with two people (any size) not much room (weight) left for baggage
- not much room for maps etc. ( I used the fwd baggage aluminum Van's sent for other things....rear seat heel wells)
- hard to get at battery (thus the need for a external plug for charging,boosting etc.)
svanarts said:Hi Gary,
How close is Gleburne to Alvarado? I'm going to be visiting an old friend there this summer on my way back from Oshkosh. Have any suggestions for good airports to stop at in the area while visiting?
svanarts said:Hi Gary,
How close is Gleburne to Alvarado? I'm going to be visiting an old friend there this summer on my way back from Oshkosh. Have any suggestions for good airports to stop at in the area while visiting?
Gary Voth said:I am 7 miles from Alvarado... Give me a call 817/556-0607
Joe Hine said:Jim Graham, I read your introduction post and I am very interested to know more about your sliding canopy installation on your 4. Since I have had mine, I have thought the only thing that would make it perfect for me is a sliding canopy. I'd love to see some photo's. My [email protected]
I'll introduce myself as well. I'm very slow 4 builder...took 11 years. First flight was in 1997. I live in Fredericton NB in eastern Canada. Being in the frozen north, we don't fly in the winter. The field where I keep C-FYTQ is not maintained in the winter and once it snows, flying is over.
grahambo said:Hi,
First a new engine mount so I could have the longer gear legs and now putting on a sliding canopy.
Grahambo
John_RV4 said:Hi all,
John Walsh here. Loooong time RV4 slow builder. I just bought an RV4 to put a quick end to my RVless existence.
I'm going to continue my own project but now can fly in the meantime. I'm based at KASH, Nashua, New Hampshire.
Joe Hine, We vacation every summer at PEI. I have always wanted to make a trip around that island in an RV at 500'. Maybe this is the year I get to do it !!!
Later
John
grahambo said:Hi Joe,
I'll e-mail some photos in the next few weeks. The basic design was done by John Haehn (sp?) a number of years ago and he sells plans. He has some good ideas. I don't have his latest phone #, but Van's might be able to get it for you.
Since my building skills are basic and this is a completely custom project, I enlisted the help of a guy who used to build RV's for folks. It came out a little too rough for my taste, but I flew it a year while doing some research and planning some fixes.
However, it didn't take long to realize it would take more than just some "fixes". Without the ability to shape and weld aluminum, I finally bit the bullet and farmed it out to a warbird restoration outfit with a wizard sheetmetal guy. I like how it's turning out and expect to test fly it on the 21st.
I have come across three other "from scratch" RV-4 sliders in the last few years and if I can come up with their names I'll get them to you. Each had a different take on the design and they all looked great and worked well. They were all much better craftsmen than I, also.
John's design uses a dorsal fin to provide a track for the rear sliding block and some angles attached to the upper fuselage longerons for two other sliding blocks. Recently, I saw an RV-4 using some RV-8 components which eliminated the need for the dorsal fin.
I'm not sure about the others, but I flew with mine cracked open only in the pattern at 80 kts or less (faster means too much air pressure pushing up under the rear of the skirt as the fuselage tapers). Here in Arizona that provided some much needed airflow after descending into furnace-like summer air temps. And, of course, taxiing with it open helps a lot, also.
As they say, every deviation from the plans means about 10 times the work and that is definitely true in this case. I'm beginning to think an RV-8 QB would have been a better use of my time and money.
Jim Graham
[email protected]
Tsquare said:My name is Terry Small and I have taken (at Uncle Sam's request) a year off from building my RV-7 to fly Apache helicopters in Afghanistan. I'll be home soon and am anxious to get back to building. So far I have the wings, empanage and fuselage complete. During my 11 months in Kandahar I have pretty much planned my panel and will be looking for an engine and prop combo when I get home. It's been nice reading all of you RV'ers comments on the Forum.
Terry Small
Ogden, UT