What’s This All About? (a.k.a You’re building What?)
Yes, I’m building a “real” airplane. No, not a “remote control jobby” as my neighbor called it. For a few years prior I have been considering this undertaking. I have looked at numerous kits from companies spanning the globe. One thing always stood in my way. I could never find a kit that would result in the performance and payload expectations that I had. I needed a plane that could haul a family (2 adults in the front and two kids in the back). It also should to be able to handle a minimal baggage weight for those people. With long cross-countries being the planned mission in most cases, it also had to have the performance to get up to cruise altitude in a reasonable time and move along at a decent clip once up there. With all those considerations, there just wasn’t anything out there. Along came the RV-10…
When Van’s Aircraft introduced the RV-10 I immediately got excited. Here was a kit plane that had four seats, could climb at about 1900 fpm, and cruised at about 200 mph. Hmmm, this is definately closer to what I need. Well, on November 5th, 2004 I pulled the trigger and order the first sub-kit. I have started the most epic undertaking of my life and am enjoying it to the fullest. I am looking forward to the day when the entire family drives a few miles to the hanger, jumps in, and goes…
