Malndi
Well Known Member
Hi from Perth, Western Australia
Long time lurker now with a reason to introduce myself and my new (to me) aircraft, and to thank everyone who has posted here to create a valuable knowledge base that contributed to my decision to buy an RV and also to be quite comfortable with that decision.
I had envisaged buying in the US and/or flying my new aircraft on an epic two-day flight home from the eastern states of Australia. But ultimately I found an RV6A at a local airfield. The pre-buy inspection went well and combined with the accessibility of it, including the option of taking over the hangar spot, I ran out of reasons not to buy it.
It's a locally built 1998 model with a standard O320/FP prop configuration. I like that it has manual flaps and trims which I find ads something for the pilot that was missing in the highly competent but uninspiring G1000 equipped Cessna's I was renting.
My wife has been very supportive of the RV decision and is looking forward to her first flight in it when I complete transition training. In the mean time she has been working through colour samples from Classic Aero.
We have a few upgrades planned but I didn't waste any time upgrading the front end. I was a little spooked about the nose wheel issue due to there being few sealed runways in Western Australia and also because I planned to home-base at an unsealed airfield. In the first week of ownership I ordered a Beringer nose wheel from Aeromotive in New Zealand and of course the nose job and lip skid from anti-splat.
Looking forward to many flying adventures and enjoying the good company and information here at VAF.
Photo coming right up.
Cheers Mal
Long time lurker now with a reason to introduce myself and my new (to me) aircraft, and to thank everyone who has posted here to create a valuable knowledge base that contributed to my decision to buy an RV and also to be quite comfortable with that decision.
I had envisaged buying in the US and/or flying my new aircraft on an epic two-day flight home from the eastern states of Australia. But ultimately I found an RV6A at a local airfield. The pre-buy inspection went well and combined with the accessibility of it, including the option of taking over the hangar spot, I ran out of reasons not to buy it.
It's a locally built 1998 model with a standard O320/FP prop configuration. I like that it has manual flaps and trims which I find ads something for the pilot that was missing in the highly competent but uninspiring G1000 equipped Cessna's I was renting.
My wife has been very supportive of the RV decision and is looking forward to her first flight in it when I complete transition training. In the mean time she has been working through colour samples from Classic Aero.
We have a few upgrades planned but I didn't waste any time upgrading the front end. I was a little spooked about the nose wheel issue due to there being few sealed runways in Western Australia and also because I planned to home-base at an unsealed airfield. In the first week of ownership I ordered a Beringer nose wheel from Aeromotive in New Zealand and of course the nose job and lip skid from anti-splat.
Looking forward to many flying adventures and enjoying the good company and information here at VAF.
Photo coming right up.
Cheers Mal
