RV4 - the making of - (Experimental Aircraft)

Process of building an experimental aircraft during the last five years in my garage. It's a long way to the top if you want an RV4.....Credits to my wife Andrea and Willi, the dog, for beeing still here, Pat the personal bucking bar for help and support, my parents for some extra grease, Klaus for infecting me with the RV-virus, Doug Reeves for his fanastic www.vansairforce.net community, Van for his great design and support, Georg for all the tools and for teaching me how to land this thing and all the others on the way. The experience of a lifetime!!

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[RageboyTornado]

AcDC and Bosshoss man ....

Eine Frage wofür sind diese abstehenden Bolzen ? Weil die kommen jah logischerweise eh wider ab und deswegen versteh ich den Sinn nicht so ganz.

Gruss

Nick

[Schlichtenhorst]

Das sind clecoes, kleine Dinger, die die Bauteile anstatt der später verwendeten Nieten zusammenhalten. Man kann sie wieder entfernen, um das ganze Zeug wieder auseinanderzunehmen und zu lackieren, danach kommen dann Nieten in die Löcher.

[icebonesridesagain]

Great vid man, Im saving up to buy a RV-4 kit myself, what kind of engine is that? Looks like a lycoming 360 series.

[Schlichtenhorst]

It's an Lycoming O320, converted to aerobatic specs with Christen Aviat inverted oil system an an Ellison Throttle Body Injector (aerobatic carburetor). More than enough for this little aircraft, lot's 'a fun...

[gur2ys4me]

Great video...great songs to go with it...and picked up a few tips on how to possible build my wings. I like those sticks put in as well, that seemed to make some very tight skins. I've saved up enough for a kit, and was wondering with the prepunched wing skins on the 4 now, and a few other things Van's has done, do you think the hourse will hopefully be less than yours, and still have a great plane?

[Schlichtenhorst]

Jep, don't get into details and don't try try to invent the wheel, just build per plans and you're done under 2000 hours :-)

[hotrod1968hemi]

Great video! Thanks for taking pics of all your progress. You rarely find start to finish videos such as this. A big thumbs up on the finished product as well!

[markawbolton]

Beautiful work there and very tidy. Do you regret painting it after you flew it ?

[PhilharmonicLights]

My God, this is really something! Knowledge, creativity and hard work is everything. Great set of skills and knowledge proves that you not necessary lots of money, special labs and conditions to build complex thinks such as Airplane. Taking in account that is just one off. Only large companies with lots of resources can build prototypes of airplanes, or you need to be individual with lots of recourses in your head... in short... genius... well done!

[HIllCarver]

very nice video, beautiful plane, just gorgeous. Thanks for sharing!

[mesoronery]

You are a true craftsman sir. Well done on a fantastic looking aircraft and a great video.

[pyrexia2]

Dedication !

[kansastwista]

beautiful plane, I hope you get years of fun out of her. love the name as well

[JIMMYLINE]

great work! I must admit, at the 9:15 mark I almost cried when I saw the bird coming apart....then I saw it was being painted, so I started to smile again! :)

[talfly]

amazing!!!!!!

good work!!

[flyboyy77]

hellz yea good motivational video for a student graduating next week in Aviation Maintenance Technology, this video was bad ass