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I am 5' 9". I had someone over 6' in there once and they had to slouch. You probably want something bigger.

@@rvjay9443 even with the “almost 14 mod”? Thanks for your response.

​@@RaceMentallyI'm not familiar with that mod. No idea.

@@rvjay9443 I guess it’s a mod to make more room for taller people. I hope I’ll fit ok 😅 Also, what did you pay for your 6? I’m in So Cal let’s grab a $100 burger. My treat

@@RaceMentally I think it was in the 50's. It was a long time ago and I've since sold it and stopped flying due to cost and budget constraints. I'm going to have to pass on that burger. I live on the east coast.

Hey. Sorry to hear you're having issues. Unfortunately, I am far from an expert. This was the only time I did this and it was many years ago. If you're having trouble knowing what wire goes to what, I would say to get a free wire and some aligator clips and do a continuity test on the 4 wires in question.

Unfortunately not. I haven't flown in a year or so. Sold the plane for budget reasons.

Lol. Yep, that's this plane. Well, I guess you can see how well it runs now :)

@@OutdoorTraveler crossing my fingers the condition inspection goes well. The money is burning a hole in my bank account. :-)

@@JonWMeyer So did you get it?

Yep. It's been here about two weeks and I'm working around my instructors crop dusting schedule for transition. It's a lot of fun, but a real handful.

@@JonWMeyer that sounds right :) How many hours in so far? Was the cheatsheet/checklist helpful?

There's one G5. It would be really nice to have a second because I want to be seeing a traditional horizon indicator when turning to an assigned heading.

It's about $2,900 a year for the annual. Other than that the autopilot for some reason stopped working correctly after the GPS epoch. The autopilot vendor thinks there is a bad ground on the cutoff input. Also the canopy developed 2 large cracks which I sealed with "weld-on" #16 and #4. The cracks happened from heat expansion of the rivets inside holes that had been drilled too small. That's mostly it though. It's been a good, well performing, plane and I feel very safe in it.

160. I get anywhere from 119 to 128 knots depending on conditions at 2300 rpm.

@@jasoncarter7971 Thanks. We are looking for a 6a, just curious what you thought of the 160hp.

Thanks for the information,

@@jasoncarter7971 I'm looking at an rv-6. 119 to 128 knots seems slow. What about at 8000 feet?

Nice. I did some of my training down there. My instructor takes his students there for radio practice. There's one controller down there that talks so fast, it's really good practice for the NY class B stuff.

Jason Carter I think I know who you are talking about. Is she female? She always made me nervous. Put me in my place for not being exactly at pattern altitude, lol. I later met her during a tour of the tower. She’s very nice. They do tours you know. If you haven’t you should fly down and visit the tower.

There's a bar between the seats for the flaps. Completely out of frame. It's a great plane. Still working out well for me.

How many hours did you have when you stepped up to the RV?

@@reyesben I trained in the RV for about half of my training hours. I couldn't test in it thought because the testers weren't comfortable in an experimental. So I've basically been flying it since the beginning. The other plane I trained in was a Cessna 172. The RV is super sensitive on landing so it's not a plane you'd want to fly if you weren't comfortable with keeping on top of your speed/power. The issue primarily is that the max full flap speed is just below 90 knots and you want to be coming in for a landing around 80 knots. Plus the plane is super slippery so you build speed fast if you're not paying attention. So you need to be very on-top of your speed. Stall is also pretty sudden and you drop like a rock. Having started in it early on though, it wasn't much of an adjustment for me. Just feels like the way things work.

Jason Carter that was smart to train in it. I have my PPL with all my time in Cessna’s. I love the RV though and think one is in my distant future. You have a beautiful plane with autopilot also! That’s sweet! I’m at Barnes but not current. Kids and family are expensive but I watch airplane videos constantly. I was happy to find your channel. If you ever come down to BAF for a bite at the terminal restaurant I would love to see your plane in person. My 15 y.o. son is working on his license now.

Timothy Wade don’t do it! Buying an experimental plane before I got my license was a huge mistake. It took me about 6 months and 80 hours to get my private because I trained on the RV and then had to retrain on the Cessna 172 because I couldn’t get a check ride in the experimental. Also if you get a terrible check ride person, they are going to go over that plane with a fine tooth comb and could decide your plane isn’t airworthy because it’s missing a placard. I highly recommend waiting until after you get your private. It also makes it easier to buy because you don’t need to hire someone else to ferry it. And it gives you more time to figure out what you want the plane for so you get the right one. For insurance, I used a broker based at hanscom massachusetts. I don’t recall the name at the moment. They deal with aviation insurance only so it’s not someone like geico.

@@jasoncarter7971wow well I’m 38 hours in and just bought an RV6A. I did this because the price was right to build more time. I am doing my training in a warrior 2 160hp as well as my check ride though. The RV was a spontaneous buy. Had a bunch of mods and was decent plane and price was right to go somewhat fast and efficiently places. I plan on having it a year maybe 2 until my RV-10 is done.