|
Construction on my RV-6 'Flash' began in January of 1996, with the first flight in September of 2002.
She is a standard build
kit with manual flaps and electric pitch trim. Regular old carburetor,
180hp engine and a constant speed prop - nothing too exotic in the
powerplant department. We've put close to 1,700
flight hours on her to date and are always fiddling with something: the
panel, the interior, cleaning the engine, etc.
My A&P, IA is Randy 'Monkey' Richmond. He does the
annuals, even though I can legally do them myself.
The first panel had a
traditional six pack instrument cluster and an MX-20 MFD.
No autopilot.
The second generation utilized
a Garmin 496 handheld and had a dual axis autopilot.
The third panel tweak was to
make it IFR by installing approach-certified GPSs.
The fourth panel tweak was hard core IFR and added a 2nd and 3rd Garmin G3X
and does away with about ten pounds of wire from previous items no longer in
the plane. Started using
Garmin Pilot on an iPad in late 2014 to display IFR
approaches as a backup. I like backups.
The fifth panel tweak is currently
underway <grin>. I
obtained both my instrument and commercial ratings in this
aircraft. It is a wonderful airplane and the RV community
is the best there is!  |
