On the other hand, I must tell you (if not already
apparent) I LIKE tinkering with my set up - one of the reason I went this
route. Heck, with a Lycoming I would be bored to tears and broke
{:>).
Hi
Ed,
I appreciate
your perspective on all this. Believe it or not, I chose pursue this
because of the reason you mentioned above. The RV-8 just bolted together,
and flew like it was supposed to. There were no surprises at all with the
(new) Lycoming. Yep, kinda boring :-) All my life, I've built
or restored things, cars, planes, etc, and everytime I get them finished, I get
bored and want to move on. My hope was that the RV-3 would be a project
that would keep me occupied for years to come.
While I don't
mind tinkering with it for years, I feel the need to quickly get in the
ballpark of where I need to be. It's getting hard to answer the
daily question of "why is this better than a Lycoming". Let's see, besides
being overweight, ugly, and having a fraction of the performance of an
O-320... Maybe I can post no trespassing signs around my hanger
:-)
Thanks,
Rusty