RV4 - the making of - (Experimental Aircraft)
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- Опубликовано: 17 июл 2007
- 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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Super Dirk..! Danke..! I started building my RV4 in 2004 , and I shamlessley copied your building approach and methods ..! My Bird flew in 2015, and I have had zero problems . A superb design I am sure you will agree..! So thanks Dirk, happy flying and stay safe in the air mate..! Cheers.
Thanks this video was used many times to keep me going and get my RV-4 flying.
This video is really interesting to me because you built your own plane... but also at 2:17 it’s the day I was born. Soloed on my 16th birthday. Crazy cool!
I had my first fly in an RV 4 last weekend at Kinglake, Victoria Australia. What a hot plane!
Any one who finishes a project like this deserves a medal!
beautiful construction...very nice ! I`m a pilot of airbus 320 in Brazil and I`d fly in this machine for sure...safe and sound. totally aproved - great job.
Very nice video log, and you built a very nice airplane...the German way! I remember all these moments, and the hundreds of flying hours I have loved my -4! Bravo!
Fantastic craftsmanship, thanks for sharing the video. She is a beauty! RV-4 is one of my all-time favorite planes.
UNREAL! Best build I've ever seen! Now THAT was true Art! May you always have blue skies and a tailwind. Congrats from a fellow Aviator that can more then appreciate the work involved! Betcha that plane is worth a FORTUNE to you, just based on your blood, sweat, tears and Passion! Leidenschaft all the way!
Mann, das war ja der wahnsinn. Gluekwunsch, nur das kann ich sagen. Du weisst ja nicht wie ich mir gefuehlt hab allein beim zusaehen. Der wolle hammer! Ich wuensch dir noch viele lange tolle jahre flugzeit :P in deiner Lady Godiva! ;)
The RV4 is the best one, it was vans fav plane to fly
Absolutely first class workmanship. A wonderful achievement to be proud of. Awesome!
Thank-you for making the Internet a richer place. Great video and even nicer construction job. Looks truly first class!
Awesome build. Nice job
That was an amazing video. 1st class job, told a great story ;)
Really enjoyed the video, thanks for sharing your great work with us!
Very nice looking plane. Sharp looking Vans... Inspirational for sure! I was thinking about going the RV route, but leaning towards a DR-107. Thanks for the inspiration, safe flyin!
That is a beautiful RV4. Very nice job. Very nice.
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!
Absolutely incredible - I'm so impressed
i am always again impressed what people create with a lot patience and ambitionated work in their own garage
thumbs up
very cool
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! :)
Amazing workmanship!
wow thats amazing! Congratulations!
Beauty workmanship........great job sir..
Great video and excellent work. Truly superior build quality!
You are a true craftsman sir. Well done on a fantastic looking aircraft and a great video.
superb work and extremely nice color scheme. wow.
Nice job. I bought one from a builder who couldn`t fly it. Best 600 hrs. of my life!
Beautiful airplane! I love the paint choice as well. Two thumbs up!
very nice video, beautiful plane, just gorgeous. Thanks for sharing!
VERY clean build, Gratz Dirk, you've got yourself a gorgeous aircraft!
Well told. A good build. You must be thrilled.
absolutely gorgeous plane best build video yet
Awesome! Congratulations!
Respect for the awesome work from a Kitfox driver.
Great .. thanks for sharing with us ... it keeps our dreams a live if moments where they are about to die ...
Great job ....
Agreed A Plus skills !!!! so amazing to see ,
great job!!! beautiful plane
This is a great video - good job - thoroughly enjoyed it!
Excelent !!!! Gracias por compartir el vídeo. Gran proyecto !!!!
Great job. I can´t imagine do it this way.
WOW. Love the colors
Amazing job.
Very nice plane ! congratulations , Hope you have many hours of flying fun .
Great job!
Enjoy it a lot!
Awesome video!
Great Video! I can't wait till I my RV-9A finished! This is great movitation!
Awesome job!! Great video.
Did you really keep your shop so neat for the whole process, or did you tidy up when you were going to take photos? ;-)
-jcr
Beautiful!
Great job
Most definitely the work of a German. Absolutely amazing!
Amazing stuff!
hellz yea good motivational video for a student graduating next week in Aviation Maintenance Technology, this video was bad ass
Goodjob guys.
wow.he must be a wealthy german.Did you see that house. Fr sure that's worth more than a million us.Excellent work. Rv's r a real lil hot rod of a plane.;)
Extraordinaire..felicitations et bons vols
amazing!!!!!!
good work!!
Congratulations. Thinking of doing it, but seems very long time to spend. It takes a special person to work on something like that. Well done!!!!!
Incredible!
great job
Well done! that is truely amazing. loox a bit like an extra 300 or something
Awesome. A whole lot of work, but damn that's a sweet plane.
Excellent !
great vid man. i really enjoyed it
amazing!!
Thanks for sharing ! I loved watching every step of the building process :D Plan to do a RV-4 or 8 shortly. Turbo-Sonex, Thomas - Norway
Outstanding
klasse arbeit!
nice work ...
Just wow.
Bravissimo !!!
Awesome!
Great video. I'm currently building RV3 but only RC version, 1.5m wingspan. Still, gives me a lot of pleasure as well :)
Amazing, beautiful work. I bet it was difficult to convince yourself to paint over that beautiful bare aluminum! But the maintenance of it would have been brutal.
dankeschön for das video
cool... great... speacless.!!
bravo!!!
your wife is um....very patient.
Wonderful :) :)
Dedication !
this makes me wanna make one, wait i already wanna make one lol, kiack ass dude! im 16 and so is my freind we both wanna make one but with a mazda rotary engine found on those old rx7's make an aluminum tubing frame and wrap it with canvas, so yea thanks for this vid bro!
I downloaded your vid..really cool!!!!
It's just to bake the paint on. Some paints need to be cured under a good deal of heat. To temper, or bend the metal would take more temperature.
lindo vídeo, estoy pensando construir un RV4 en Bolivia Santa Cruz
Grats you are best .I wish i could do something like that :(
Muito bom!!! Adorei o vídeo... Eu queria saber como faço pra adquirir esse kit? Moro no Brasil e por aqui é muito difícil encontrar esse tipo de mercadoria
Its looks like you made a serious mistake on one of the spars.... AS A FAA inspector I would like to talk to you!! ha IM kidding.... It looks damn GOOD...
super..
Hello! First I would like to congratulate you on the beautiful work you have done! Second is questioning you if you had previous experience with riveting? I was grown inside one light aircraft workshop and we had a very good riveter, but I've never done any riveting in my life. One more time, congrats for the smooth finish.
I have been looking into building one. The RV-4 will cost a minimum of about $35,000 all said and done, and can go over $50,0000 if you go nuts with a new engine, constant speed prop, advanced avionics, custom paint, etc. The basic airframe kit is about $15,000, and can be ordered one section at a time to spread out the cost. It's a hell of a plane for the money though, if you have the time.....
so whats your point reno sir,if you are really intrested i can make on very cost effective in india kindly update your conatct
Wonderful job. What was your motivation to do it? You were driven by what? Along the way did someone helped you, even just encouraging you?
Thanks.
where is this? you guys genius.
superrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
What I would give to fly that plane just once... :-)
That is just plain nice =)
How much did it cost =D
its worth to mention that you need a license to fly it, and it has to pass some tests.
if you build a microlight (or is it ultralight?) you dont need a license to fly it in many places.
Like many projects of this type, I wonder how many hours were just spent staring at it saying "why the hell aren't you just done already?"
Congrats!! nice job, Are those modified wing tips or am I smoking crack?
Hi mate. At 6min 32 seconds I see a retractable cable thing for your canopy, what is it and where can I find one?