First ride in an RV

Post by **Spike** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 3:05 pm

Just got my first real ride in an RV. Been doing most of this on faith. it was an 8A with 160HP FP. All I can say is, well, dawgonit, wow, er ... um .... scuse me while I get back to banging rivets.

Wicked cool ride.

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 3:26 pm

WOW!! I had NO IDEA you hadn't had a ride yet! It is a HUGE motivator, huh!?

Way

JohnR · Post by **JohnR** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 5:56 pm

They are amazing aren't they Spike? It can really help with the motivation as Chad said. Glad you finally got to go for a ride!

Post by **Spike** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 6:00 pm

Oh yeah. We were only up for about 40 minutes, as the snow storms were moving in. What a friggin great ride. Every other minute I was turning around to keep the airport in sight. SCHWEEEEEET.

N200PF · Post by **N200PF** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 7:45 pm

Hey Spike you'll be thinking about that ride for a LONG time...just try and remember it the next time you're dilling out your 3 rivet of the day! Oh that's right, you havn't had to drill any out yet!

Hey how about other Rivertbangers?!? When was your first RV ride and what was it like??? Did it cause you to change your life and become an airplane builder? (Mine caused me to meet a community of people that caused me to become an airplane builder...or to be more accurate, an airplane sub-parts builder. It's a long way from being anything close to an airplane)

- Peter

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 8:10 pm

Like Spike, I was a builder before my first ride, but it did SOLIDIFY that I'm doing the right thing! That ride (and ALL of them since), was simply AWESOME!!

That's right after landing.

Hey Spike...got any pics of that 8A you rode in???

svanarts · Post by **svanarts** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 8:42 pm

N200PF wrote:Hey how about other Rivertbangers?!? When was your first RV ride and what was it like??? Did it cause you to change your life and become an airplane builder?
- Peter

I decided to start building an RV-4 after I sat in an RV-4 that was built by a local older gentleman. After sitting in it I KNEW that was the airplane I wanted.

I didn't get my first ride in an RV until a year later. It was an RV-4 with a 180 horse motor and a CS prop. It was (and still is) the most amazing ride I've ever had in an airplane. I was building an RV anyway but that ride showed me that I had made the right decision. Now I can scarcely imaging flying any other kind of plane. Maybe when I'm older I'll go back to a Champ or Cub but for now, it's RVs for me!

RV9inIowa · Post by **RV9inIowa** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 9:15 pm

N200PF wrote:

Hey how about other Rivertbangers?!? When was your first RV ride and what was it like??? Did it cause you to change your life and become an airplane builder?

- Peter

I had my first and only ride in an RV this past spring, right before I became a builder. A great local guy took me up for a ride in his 6A. I'd never flown anything like that, what fun. We flew to a local field to see a 9A that was just completed. I had been on the fence for like 4 years but that one short ride sealed the deal! Also I got to meet a few other local builders. I think the people are as good as the airplanes.

A few short months later, I have a completed tail and 2 riveted wing skeletons! BTW - I used my tungsten bucking bar and have to drill out maybe 1 out of all the rivets. Love that little hunk of metal!!

jim_geo · Post by **jim_geo** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 9:34 pm

I decided to build an RV before my first ride. My first and only ride was the day I ordered at the factory. Just took the ride to be sure. I'd be more than willing to volunteer myself for another ride or two if anybody needs a navigator. Hint

Hint.

dons · Post by **dons** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 12:55 pm

I did research for, well, maybe 4 or 5 months, then decided on the RV without even seeing one up close. I got my first and only ride in an RV a few month later. I can't wait to give someone else that first ride in my own RV.

Wicked Stick · Post by **Wicked Stick** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 10:38 pm

I got my first RV ride in Scott's RV-8 with a 180hp with CS prop.
The acceleration down the runway was impressive.
At the time I owned a Grumman AA-1B with a 160hp fixed pitch.
It was a little faster than a 172, but no where near what the RV's can do.

A week or so after that ride, I ordered a tail kit for my own 8.

After I sold my Grumman, I got withdrawals for airtime, so I decided to do a co-ownership in an RV-4 to pacify me while I build my 8.

The picture below is the RV-8 (lead) that I got my first ride in.
I'm flying as 2 in the RV-4.

Here's the intended picture.. I had to rename it to work.
Thanks for your help though Spike

jim_geo · Post by **jim_geo** » Mon Jan 22, 2007 11:01 pm

Nice picture Dave.

Wicked Stick · Post by **Wicked Stick** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 8:49 pm

jim_geo wrote:Nice picture Dave.

Thanks Jim, that was a 3 ship picture that spike placed in.
The revised 2 ship photo was the one I intended to show, but it was getting late last night, and I was too tired to fix it. All fixed now.