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Construction on my RV-6 'Flash' began in January of 1996, with the first flight in September of 2002.
She is a standard build
kit with manual flaps and electric pitch trim. Regular old carburetor,
180hp engine and a constant speed prop. We've put close to 1,000
flight hours on her to date and are always fiddling with something: the
panel, the interior, messing with the engine, etc.
My A&P, IA is Randy 'Monkey' Richmond. He does the
annuals, even though I can legally do them myself. His contact
info top right.
The first panel had a
traditional six pack instrument cluster and an MX-20 MFD.
No autopilot.
The second generation utilized
a Garmin 496 handheld and had a dual axis autopilot.
The third panel was IFR with (2) approach-certified GPSs.
Fourth panel is hard core IFR and adds a
2nd and 3rd Garmin G3X
and does away with about ten pounds of wire from previous items no longer in
the plane.
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Ed Hicks photograph.
Current Panel
Configuration (v4.0)
(construction
shots of panel install)
Travels to Date:
click image for a 2000 pixel
wide enlargement
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Airframe &
Powerplant:
Cockpit:
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