Something Different!

[Hub-Bar]

Hi All

I would like to share a truly amazing experience with you. On Saturday morning I arrived at Pearly Beach AF to let my rotors chop some air and there was this beautiful little red aircraft tethered to the parking blocks. On closer inspection I saw RV7 on it. I have heard about and seen some RVs, but never took much notice of them. Only thing I knew about them was that they are pretty fast aircraft. After a while the owner, Martin Fenn, pitched up with Mauritz & Christiaan (two of our local pilots) to take Mauritz for an aerobatics sortie. Martin graciously offered me a flip as well. This was all new to me – parachute strapped on and emergency procedures explained, off we went – just about 100m takeoff roll! Martin showed me rolls, loops, snaps, slow speed/high speed performance and there I sat – thrilled and truly amazed. What an aerie! Martin then offered me the stick. I played around a bit and did some steep turns and was amazed at how smooth and powerful she was. I asked Martin if I could try a roll… No problem – he demonstrated and then I had a go. Nose up, 140 knots, aileron all the way left and over she goes – Wow Wow Wow!!! Indescribably smooth! Did a few more and then asked if I could try a loop… (me now doing the Oliver Twist thing). Again – demonstration – and then me - nose down, 160 knots and then stick well back – the earth starts sliding back underneath me – blue sky up – approaching a wisp of a cloud then through it – shudder, shudder at the top and Martin quickly fixes the situation – was onset of stall – I had pulled the stick too far back. Try again. This time it works nicely (in my eyes at least) and craning my head back at the top of the loop I see mother earth slipping sweetly back into position. Awesome! Martin also demonstrated slow speed at 100kts – fuel consumption 17 l/h. At 170 kts, consumption is 28 l/h – equates to: CTN to JHB 3,5h & 100 liters fuel – much less than I will use in the gyro from Pearly to Carnavon by the end of the month! To me it seems that the RV7 offers an extremely versatile and economic package. Thanks again Martin for having the balls to really show me what makes you RV guys tick!

[Pieter Smith]

Hi All

I would like to share a truly amazing experience with you. On Saturday morning I arrived at Pearly Beach AF to let my rotors chop some air and there was this beautiful little red aircraft tethered to the parking blocks. On closer inspection I saw RV7 on it. I have heard about and seen some RVs, but never took much notice of them. Only thing I knew about them was that they are pretty fast aircraft. After a while the owner, Martin Fenn, pitched up with Mauritz & Christiaan (two of our local pilots) to take Mauritz for an aerobatics sortie. Martin graciously offered me a flip as well. This was all new to me – parachute strapped on and emergency procedures explained, off we went – just about 100m takeoff roll! Martin showed me rolls, loops, snaps, slow speed/high speed performance and there I sat – thrilled and truly amazed. What an aerie! Martin then offered me the stick. I played around a bit and did some steep turns and was amazed at how smooth and powerful she was. I asked Martin if I could try a roll… No problem – he demonstrated and then I had a go. Nose up, 140 knots, aileron all the way left and over she goes – Wow Wow Wow!!! Indescribably smooth! Did a few more and then asked if I could try a loop… (me now doing the Oliver Twist thing). Again – demonstration – and then me - nose down, 160 knots and then stick well back – the earth starts sliding back underneath me – blue sky up – approaching a wisp of a cloud then through it – shudder, shudder at the top and Martin quickly fixes the situation – was onset of stall – I had pulled the stick too far back. Try again. This time it works nicely (in my eyes at least) and craning my head back at the top of the loop I see mother earth slipping sweetly back into position. Awesome! Martin also demonstrated slow speed at 100kts – fuel consumption 17 l/h. At 170 kts, consumption is 28 l/h – equates to: CTN to JHB 3,5h & 100 liters fuel – much less than I will use in the gyro from Pearly to Carnavon by the end of the month! To me it seems that the RV7 offers an extremely versatile and economic package. Thanks again Martin for having the balls to really show me what makes you RV guys tick!

Hallo Oom Cois,
Dankie dat oom die nice storie met ons deel. Ek het myself nou so lekker ingeleef in die storie as of ek langs oom gesit het. Al is ek M@&R bang vir n vaste vlek vliegtuig. Hoop ek sien oom in Junie?
Groete en veilig vlieg na Carnavon!

Groete uit n dor en droe Bosveld,
Pieter

[THI]

Very nice! Amazing aircraft. Would love a RV10!

[Technocrat]

Ja Fancois,
Groot fout om in RV7 te vlieg! I am paying the price for my flip in an RV7 on Monday .

But, it is horses for courses. Just enjoy flying...... And fly safe!

[Technocrat]

Ja Fancois,
Groot fout om in RV7 te vlieg! I am paying the price for my flip in an RV7 on Monday .

But, it is horses for courses. Just enjoy flying...... And fly safe!

A pic of Martin's RV. He visited us at FASX a couple months ago and had a flat tyre which was fixed quickly.

Martin Venn.JPG (24.84 KiB) Viewed 2560 times

[Gyronaut]

I'm seriously considering raiding the piggy bank for a RV7!
An amazing flight yesterday with Ivan Davey in MDB (RV8) has convinced me.
Will have to sell a Gyro to make space in the hangar... damn.

[Hub-Bar]

Ou Pieter – sien jou definitief Juniemaand – Daai plek waar die groot kremetarte groei roep hard!!! Kulula tot op Lanseria, dan met Andre se Jabbi, CKK, tot by julle – maak net die weer vas. Hoe se hulle? ‘Julle praat my thaal’ – groete daar.

Congrats Technocrat! I don’t think you will ever look back – come and show us the new baby asap – looking forward – what about a pic or two?

Gyronaught! Gyronaught! The cat is amongst the pigeons! Tanya Kleynhans, Theo’s daughter, is working at FAFK and doing her PPL there. Last Wednesday she was at home at Pearly Beach and I went over to have coffee and told her about my RV7 experience. Yesterday afternoon just before 17h00 my phone rang and it was Tanya. The excitement in her voice was priceless! She just landed back from the GF and Ivan Davey was at FAFK and invited her for a flip in his RV7, MDB. He took her to the GF and demonstrated what the RV can do – and then he gave her the stick and let her do some rolls herself! Wow! I recon Tanya is still in the clouds today – and by the sound of it, for the rest of the week as well! You RV guys are seriously making inroads in the hearts and minds of your fellow aviators – Thanks guys – You rock!

Now imagine having access to both a gyro and a fully aerobatic RV7….. Time to start thinking out of the box – check the math : (4 x gyro = 1 x gyro + 1 x RV7) ???? Talking about cats & pigeons.…

(Attached pics by Louw Hugo)

[Ashley AC]

Greetings Len.

When you are up here in Jo'burg, I'd like you to have a look at this.

http://www.pilotmix.com/index.php?pgid= ... axInfo=835

Regards