Lots of people do it safely, some don’t. Is it worth it? A friend of mine killed himself and a pax in an RV-4 this summer. He was intelligent, cool headed and a naturally gifted pilot with thousands of hours of mountain and bush flying. He had quite a bit of gentleman’s acro in the RV before...
Here is the update on the trim issue.
The 4 place fuselage comes with a custom rear stabilizer geometry. The rear attach bracket for the horizontal stabilizer is raised 1/2 inch, shifting the trim range towards nose up. Kirk has had very good success with this mod.
With Kirk’s help we...
Finally headed south of the border! Beside the mission boys that I lined up to help, the local EAA chapter in Lafayette, GA helped patch up some holes in logistics and showed up for the wing pull. Thanks Stacey, Scott, Dave and Don!
As to the risk here, KevinJ nailed it. I have met many people in the mountains with major, life altering injuries from vehicle accidents. Yes, including truck rollovers when they were riding in back. A missionary friend was killed in a bus roll over. Bolivia is famous for the "death road" from...