{"id":2041,"date":"2013-03-22T17:47:02","date_gmt":"2013-03-22T21:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/?p=2041"},"modified":"2013-07-21T22:20:24","modified_gmt":"2013-07-22T02:20:24","slug":"practicing-the-rv-grin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/?p=2041","title":{"rendered":"Practicing the RV grin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Van&#8217;s Aircraft likes to talk about the &#8220;RV Grin&#8221;&#8230;the smile we builders eventually have when we finally get to fly our RVs. \u00a0I got a chance to practice my grin today when I flew to lunch at New Bedford with my friend Tim in his beautiful RV-10.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2013-03-22-12.48.02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2043\" alt=\"Tim's RV-10\" src=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2013-03-22-12.48.02-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2013-03-22-12.48.02-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2013-03-22-12.48.02-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2013-03-22-12.48.02-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tim&#8217;s airplane is unique in a couple of ways. \u00a0First, it has a ballistic parachute recovery system integrated into the fuselage. \u00a0The fairings below and behind the cockpit windows house parachute risers that are attached to fittings on the main wing spar carrythrough.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2013-03-22-12.34.33.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2044\" alt=\"Tim's Avidyne panel\" src=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2013-03-22-12.34.33-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2013-03-22-12.34.33-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2013-03-22-12.34.33-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2013-03-22-12.34.33-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The other novel aspect of Tim&#8217;s airplane is his Avidyne Entegra PFD and MFD. \u00a0I don&#8217;t know of any other RV (or any experimental airplane, for that matter) with Avidyne avionics&#8230;it&#8217;s a very nice addition.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2013-03-22-12.02.27.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2042\" alt=\"Dave's RV grin\" src=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2013-03-22-12.02.27.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2013-03-22-12.02.27.jpg 640w, https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2013-03-22-12.02.27-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2013-03-22-12.02.27-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>I&#8217;m definitely smiling, and I think I caught Tim by surprise&#8230;but I&#8217;m sure he&#8217;s about to smile too. \u00a0Thanks for the ride, Tim&#8230;it was a great motivational boost!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Van&#8217;s Aircraft likes to talk about the &#8220;RV Grin&#8221;&#8230;the smile we builders eventually have when we finally get to fly our RVs. \u00a0I got a chance to practice my grin today when I flew to lunch at New Bedford with &hellip; 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