fixnflyguy
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Grandson Cooper (10 mos.)taking the RV-.5 for his first flight, with proper attire! Working his skills on Flight Lead position.
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VAF Hat sighting/RV1/2 First Flight
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GalinHdz
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AWESOME! Just like my granddaughter Lilly (2yrs old) who absolutely loves to fly her airplane while making a fashion statement in her "flight suit".
Here is a video of her flying her airplane through some turbulence.
Here is a video of her flying her airplane through some turbulence.
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Grandson Cooper (10 mos.)taking the RV-.5 for his first flight, with proper attire! Working his skills on Flight Lead position.
Very nice Bill! Teach him how to fly slow
fixnflyguy
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Details about the RV.05
Due to the large number of PM's and questions about the little RV, I will give a short story and details about this project, which always draws attention. I stumbled across the plans listed in the ACS catalog (paper version, pre computer days) while I was building my RV-4 tail kit in 1995. You can google "RV Sport pedal plane" and find it. The plans/plastic components are no longer available. At the time when I ordered my plans, I procured the very last set of plastic (ABS cowl,cheeks,spinner,wheel pants and windshield). The basic airframe is 3/8" plywood and 1x3 pine. The turtledeck, forward upper skin, and wing skins are tin per plans, but I used fiberglass sheet from airliner baggage bins. Anything will work, and is attached via glue/small nails.Wingtips are piece of 2x4 cut/sanded to shape. The joystick is scrap aluminum tube and simple hardware junk. Tailwheel is a swiveling caster on a 4130 tube tailspring. The plans include a pedal crank, but when I built it for my son 19 years ago, we had a gravel drive, so I omitted them and went all out Flintstone for motoring in the shop/garage. I used auto bondo to blend/fill all the wood/skins and painted it with some poly urethane. Seat upholstery done by a friend. Anyone with basic model building skills can build this, including hand laying a fiberglass cowl, ect. I built mine in 2 weeks for sons 3rd birthday. I do have all the plans and construction book, which I intended to make copies of for several folks when I get the time...this could easily be made into any of the RV models. Need a gaggle of pedal RV's !!
Due to the large number of PM's and questions about the little RV, I will give a short story and details about this project, which always draws attention. I stumbled across the plans listed in the ACS catalog (paper version, pre computer days) while I was building my RV-4 tail kit in 1995. You can google "RV Sport pedal plane" and find it. The plans/plastic components are no longer available. At the time when I ordered my plans, I procured the very last set of plastic (ABS cowl,cheeks,spinner,wheel pants and windshield). The basic airframe is 3/8" plywood and 1x3 pine. The turtledeck, forward upper skin, and wing skins are tin per plans, but I used fiberglass sheet from airliner baggage bins. Anything will work, and is attached via glue/small nails.Wingtips are piece of 2x4 cut/sanded to shape. The joystick is scrap aluminum tube and simple hardware junk. Tailwheel is a swiveling caster on a 4130 tube tailspring. The plans include a pedal crank, but when I built it for my son 19 years ago, we had a gravel drive, so I omitted them and went all out Flintstone for motoring in the shop/garage. I used auto bondo to blend/fill all the wood/skins and painted it with some poly urethane. Seat upholstery done by a friend. Anyone with basic model building skills can build this, including hand laying a fiberglass cowl, ect. I built mine in 2 weeks for sons 3rd birthday. I do have all the plans and construction book, which I intended to make copies of for several folks when I get the time...this could easily be made into any of the RV models. Need a gaggle of pedal RV's !!
