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11-02-2009, 12:54 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: La Mesa, CA
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Open Cockpit-N584RV
RV4 with the top down. My open cockpit conversion that is interchangeable with the canopy when it gets cold out there; or when you're going somewhere beyond local bouncing around, and need more speed. I call it an RV4-C. The only other one I know of is in Mohave, CA.
See: http://i36.tinypic.com/dvofah.jpg
Thanx to longranger and Phil to get photo up. Photo attribution: Frank Britton, RV4 driver, CFI, Aerobatics/formation instructor, KSEE.
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11-02-2009, 01:02 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Tehachapi, CA
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Very classic! Kinda Ryan- or Fairchild-ish.
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11-04-2009, 09:22 PM
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Here's the photo.
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11-04-2009, 10:40 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Pomona, ks
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NICE!
Too bad you cant fly a rv6 with canopy open. . . I do miss my old Ercoupe. Nothing like flying around with you arm sitting on the window sill.
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11-04-2009, 10:41 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Toronto, Ontario
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What would you guys think of next ?!?!?
My jaw dropped so low, I am having a hard time putting it back in place.
Last edited by rv7boy : 11-05-2009 at 09:46 PM.
Reason: Removed vulgar acronym.
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11-05-2009, 12:56 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Langley, BC, Canada
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What notations in the logbook are necessary when you switch from the throw-over canopy to open cockpit? I'm guessing there's a significant change to the CG...
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11-05-2009, 01:55 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Sonoma county CA
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Nope, we have one in Petaluma....
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sam C
RV4 with the top down. My open cockpit conversion that is interchangeable with the canopy when it gets cold out there; or when you're going somewhere beyond local bouncing around, and need more speed. I call it an RV4-C. The only other one I know of is in Mohave, CA.
See: //tinypic.com/r/dvofah/4
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Take a look on the back cover of Van's 2009 catalog. Look at the small picture in the top center of an RV4 with NAVY on the side. He built a slider on that aircraft. The slider can be removed and a cover goes over the back seat and makes a head rest for the pilot and makes it an open cockpit single seat. |
11-05-2009, 04:53 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Grayson, Georgia
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THAT is too freakin' cool! I wonder how involved it gets changing it to and changing it back from a drop top? Either way, I bet it doesn't overshadow the fun of an open cockpit 
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11-05-2009, 06:01 AM
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Location: Louisville, Ga
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Ain't "experimental" great?
....and who says you can't fly a -6 with an open cockpit?
I know of one guy who did, albeit for just a short "hop",
Regards,
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11-05-2009, 07:11 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Huskerland, USA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LifeisGood
THAT is too freakin' cool!
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+1!
Wow! How fun would that be in the summer! |
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