Van's RV8 - Super Fast Homebuilt Aircraft 

Michael you are here too wow!

of course. this is one of my fav aviation channel :)

Me too!

They are great airplanes. Vans makes an RV for pretty much everything. We have the RV-10 and love it. It works perfectly for our family of 4. If you want to do aerobatics there’s an RV for you, if you want a family plane there’s an RV for you, and the whole RV series performs amazingly.

A used Cessna costs a whole lot less than a new RV8, but it won't fly as well, or as fast though.

That’s awesome! Wish I knew him. He built a great plane that I use all the time.

But I think he said he is not the original builder. It's my understanding only the original builder gets the repairman certificate.

@@BobPritchard You only need the repairman certificate to sign off the annual conditional inspection.

Bob Pritchard True, there’s only one repairman certificate that’s ever issued to an experimental aircraft, but it has nothing to do with “repairing”...or doing any maintenance on the aircraft. The name “repairman’s certificate” is definitely misleading...I think it should be called something like the “condition inspection” certificate. So, if you didn’t build the airplane there’s only two people that can sign off on the annual condition inspection...1. The original holder of the repairman’s certificate and 2. An A&P. But once again, if it’s your airplane and you’re confident enough in your own mechanical skills, then you have every right to do as much work as you like on your airplane.

I was going to say the same. He can most definitely perform work on that plane. I upgrade my RV-6 quite often and I'm the fourth owner. Just get the A&P to sign off your yearly Condition Inspection.

Bobby Doodle is now a unofficial member of ZZ TOP! Laura loves it! It tickles!!!

You have great taste. I own a 177B (and love it), but if I ever downsize, it’s an RV-8 for sure.

and burning less than 10 gal/hr at that

Shame you can’t take it international

@@5000mahmud sure you can.. why can’t you?

Na RV 8

@@carlwilliams1570 Tricycle over taildragger any day. CG behind main gear and rudder pedal tap dance after touchdown not for me.

I agree, the 8A just does not look good but then again I am partial to my taildragger 8. tthn

Boring. Juvenile. Hardly original.

@@petesmith9472 You need to seriously lighten up, Pete. Chill. Some like blonds some like brunets. Some like taildragger, some like nosedraggers.

Studio RV8 ?..all true. Which is why it is always such a predictable, boring and juvenile argument/discussion. The poor bugger's plane is obviously his pride and joy and rightly so. Why bother with a comment that's designed to inflate your ego at the expense of his joy.

@@petesmith9472 Pete, take a deep breath, lighten up and enjoy the day.

She was an amazing woman to learn from!

GeneralChangOfDanang I was about to comment that the little wheel is on the wrong end.

How much tail wheel time do you have? What airplanes?

Jon Johansen is likely one of Vans most qualified and record breaking pilots and representatives. He has about 7000 hours in his owner built Vans' tail draggers. He is now building an rv8A and says he's tiring of the long cock competition that drives the tail wheel nose wheel argument. He has a point: it is juvenile, clichéd and boring.

TheLZisTooHot .....every modern airplane is a nose wheel....can't help if you're living in the past. BUT you're SOOOOO TALENTED flying tailwheel. The aviation community bows to your brilliance

I have an RV-8. Considered the RV-8A initially, but decided to go with the taildragger out of concern for the robustness of the nosewheel design. I'm more comfortable with the taildragger for unpaved runways. They're both fantastic airplanes whichever way you go.

Edward Grant KMOR in east TN

Very true. Should always know what you’re doing... well at least understand what you’re doing

Samuel Greer training wheel😂

No, the guys that owned it prior didn't want to get out of the habit of checking the gear lights,so he put them in