Hi all,
so I finally did it, I ordered my empennage kit yesterday
. It has been a long time coming. I think I went through the standard builder steps. After lurking for a couple of years I contacted Mitch, Vans's East coast rep. I've never seen a 10 up close and was excited to get my hands on one. Mitch spent a few hours with me and my wife showing us the airplane and taking us for a ride. I fly professionally for a living and have flown countless aircraft from the piper cub to a B-777; I was beyond impressed with the RV10. I can honestly say that the 10 is one of the nicest airplanes that I have flown. Even my wife loved the airplane asking me "when can we get one". The next day I ordered a whole bunch of tools that I had no idea how to use and made a temporary workshop in my basement. I managed to put together the tool box without a hitch but the practice airfoil proved to be a little much for me so I contacted Keith from W.C. Aircraft in Boone Iowa. My wife and I took a class with him and by the time we were done I was comfortable with all of my tools in my tool box and even ordered a few more from Cleaveland tools that I felt that I couldn't live without. After building a couple more airfoils for practice, joining EAA, contacting my local chapter, and of course donating to this wonderful site I ordered the Empennage kit. Now back to reading primer wars?
Stay warm out there,
Dave
so I finally did it, I ordered my empennage kit yesterday
. It has been a long time coming. I think I went through the standard builder steps. After lurking for a couple of years I contacted Mitch, Vans's East coast rep. I've never seen a 10 up close and was excited to get my hands on one. Mitch spent a few hours with me and my wife showing us the airplane and taking us for a ride. I fly professionally for a living and have flown countless aircraft from the piper cub to a B-777; I was beyond impressed with the RV10. I can honestly say that the 10 is one of the nicest airplanes that I have flown. Even my wife loved the airplane asking me "when can we get one". The next day I ordered a whole bunch of tools that I had no idea how to use and made a temporary workshop in my basement. I managed to put together the tool box without a hitch but the practice airfoil proved to be a little much for me so I contacted Keith from W.C. Aircraft in Boone Iowa. My wife and I took a class with him and by the time we were done I was comfortable with all of my tools in my tool box and even ordered a few more from Cleaveland tools that I felt that I couldn't live without. After building a couple more airfoils for practice, joining EAA, contacting my local chapter, and of course donating to this wonderful site I ordered the Empennage kit. Now back to reading primer wars?Stay warm out there,
Dave
