Vans RV 10 Kit plane at Lakeland Sun and Fun. Beautiful Kit plane took 2000hrs to build. powered by Lycoming. this is the dame airplane that made a crash landing in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin on July 22 2022
Really sorry about his unfortunate accident. I saw this plane at sun n fun and it was the nicest example of an rv-10 I have seen. Amazing everyone walked away from the accident, speaks to the rv’s abilities in slow flight. Not many 200mph planes can go slow enough to land off field without killing a few people.
The story I was told was that the rudder is unpainted because it's a new rudder. The original rudder, which was painted and looked just as good as the rest of the plane, was damaged when a couple people exited the plane at the same time while two others were in the back (so very rear CG) causing the tail to smack the ground. Unfortunate accident, but these things happen. As you can see it's already fixed. Evok3 will paint it and all will be good to go, you'll never know it was an issue.
If you leave your tail tie down installed, that will help protect your rudder. Also with a composite prop, a/c in the tailcone, low fuel, you'll exceed your aft CG limit very easily. The back seats are for mid-sized children, if you pack the baggage compartment to 100 lbs on a no a/c RV-10.
