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    Moving plane to hangar

    This is how we move our RV-4 from the runway (In back Yard) to the hangar , 60 feet away. It's tough living in the country in Arkansas ? I tow the plane with my riding lawn mower and a two wheel dolly. The runway ends in the back yard halfway between the house and hangar. We have 20 acres...
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    Captain John -

    Have you worked with aircraft sheel metal before ? You will be thrilled to build thr RV-7. We ( My wife & I ) have built two RV-4's and really enjoy our time working , and now flying, together. I hope you will too . Building sometimes seems like a never ending task , but it keeps coming...
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    RV-4 , N1191X

    We completed our RV-4 in April.2002 and started flight testing. We used a 150 HP lycoming based engine with inverted oil system and Bendix PS-5C carb. for inverted fuel system. In the aerobatic tests the systems performed flawlessly. We have a Paceseter wood prop. It is day/night VFR...
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    RV-4 , N1191X

    This sounds like a likely spot for me to hang out , with tin-benders ! My wife and I finished? (Do we Ever? ) our second RV-4 in April,2002. Forty hours of tesring almost finished now,and then she gets to go along. She helped drive a bunch of the 10,000 + rivets,and helped drill & de-burr the...
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    A lurker going public

    I haven't had time to browse this site much yet,but I have it in my Favorites List. It looks really good. I am Bob Olds , 70 years young , and just finished our ( My wife ,Lucille, and I ) second RV-4 last spring. We live on a 20 acre farm in Western Arkansas. We have an 1100 foot grass...
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