mikeytingstrom
Member
Hello VAF,
I am very new to the RV scene. Other than taking a ride in an RV7A, my only real experience with RVs is looking at them from a distance at the many fly ins I've attended. I just sold my Cherokee 140 to buy an RV4 and will hopefully have it in the next couple of weeks after some major maintenance items are taken care of. I will be working on my tail wheel in a Citabria this upcoming week, but I wanted to come on this forum and see if there are any local RV4 owners that would be willing to show me the ropes of an RV4. I'm local to the Jacksonville, FL area. I have a few phone numbers and emails of some guys I met during the Fall of last year, but I figured I'd look on VAF first before cold calling some guys I barely know and guilt tripping them into letting me see their RV.
A little bit about me: I'm a 260 hour instrument rated ASEL pilot, most of my flight hours are split between flying home to Mississippi, sight seeing around Pensacola, and going to fly ins near Jacksonville. I'm also in the local Civil Air Patrol Squadron (still fairly new), and prior to Covid I was fairly active in going to FAA Wings seminars/IMC Club meetings at the local EAA chapter on Craig Field.
Any general tips for the RV4 would be much appreciated! I've done a ton of Googling, but sometimes it's hard to pick out the forest from the trees as far as figuring out the most important aspect to look for/think about then it comes to these kind of things.
Thanks!
Mikey
I am very new to the RV scene. Other than taking a ride in an RV7A, my only real experience with RVs is looking at them from a distance at the many fly ins I've attended. I just sold my Cherokee 140 to buy an RV4 and will hopefully have it in the next couple of weeks after some major maintenance items are taken care of. I will be working on my tail wheel in a Citabria this upcoming week, but I wanted to come on this forum and see if there are any local RV4 owners that would be willing to show me the ropes of an RV4. I'm local to the Jacksonville, FL area. I have a few phone numbers and emails of some guys I met during the Fall of last year, but I figured I'd look on VAF first before cold calling some guys I barely know and guilt tripping them into letting me see their RV.
A little bit about me: I'm a 260 hour instrument rated ASEL pilot, most of my flight hours are split between flying home to Mississippi, sight seeing around Pensacola, and going to fly ins near Jacksonville. I'm also in the local Civil Air Patrol Squadron (still fairly new), and prior to Covid I was fairly active in going to FAA Wings seminars/IMC Club meetings at the local EAA chapter on Craig Field.
Any general tips for the RV4 would be much appreciated! I've done a ton of Googling, but sometimes it's hard to pick out the forest from the trees as far as figuring out the most important aspect to look for/think about then it comes to these kind of things.
Thanks!
Mikey