sglynn
Well Known Member
I was at Van's today and told a guy I was installing enough avionics in my RV-7A to fly legal IFR in IMC. He said, "why? RV's aren't designed to fly in IMC." I said, "if my Cherokee can fly IMC my RV-7A should be able to." He said, "no!, and went on about IMC having ice, and that RV's are not as stable as a Cherokee, etc, etc.
So, of you guys who fly an RV in actual IMC, tell us about it? I'm talking about easy IMC like climbing through 3000 - 6000 foot thick stratus layer to get on top, or come back down. Or in summer through cumulus clouds. Is the RV stable enough to hand fly by attitude indicator and DG in IMC? Is the RV easy to hold altitude by reference to instruments only? Is an RV easy to recover from unusual attitude by instrument only in actual IMC? Do you think autopilot is manditory for IMC in an RV? Is electric trim a help or hinder? Are the systems you installed redundant enough for safe IMC?
Thanks for sharing your actual IMC experience in an RV with us.
So, of you guys who fly an RV in actual IMC, tell us about it? I'm talking about easy IMC like climbing through 3000 - 6000 foot thick stratus layer to get on top, or come back down. Or in summer through cumulus clouds. Is the RV stable enough to hand fly by attitude indicator and DG in IMC? Is the RV easy to hold altitude by reference to instruments only? Is an RV easy to recover from unusual attitude by instrument only in actual IMC? Do you think autopilot is manditory for IMC in an RV? Is electric trim a help or hinder? Are the systems you installed redundant enough for safe IMC?
Thanks for sharing your actual IMC experience in an RV with us.