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.

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.

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!

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!

The RV4 is the best one, it was vans fav plane to fly

Fantastic craftsmanship, thanks for sharing the video. She is a beauty! RV-4 is one of my all-time favorite planes.

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!!!!!

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 first class workmanship. A wonderful achievement to be proud of. Awesome!

That is a beautiful RV4. Very nice job. Very nice.

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!

Well told. A good build. You must be thrilled.

Absolutely incredible - I'm so impressed

Amazing workmanship!

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!

You are a true craftsman sir. Well done on a fantastic looking aircraft and a great video.

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! ;)

VERY clean build, Gratz Dirk, you've got yourself a gorgeous aircraft!

Beautiful airplane! I love the paint choice as well. Two thumbs up!

Thank-you for making the Internet a richer place. Great video and even nicer construction job. Looks truly first class!

Beauty workmanship........great job sir..

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!

very nice video, beautiful plane, just gorgeous. Thanks for sharing!

wow thats amazing! Congratulations!

i am always again impressed what people create with a lot patience and ambitionated work in their own garage thumbs up very cool

superb work and extremely nice color scheme. wow.

WOW. Love the colors

Great video and excellent work. Truly superior build quality!

Awesome video!

This is a great video - good job - thoroughly enjoyed it!

Great job

Awesome! Congratulations!

Great Video! I can't wait till I my RV-9A finished! This is great movitation!

Respect for the awesome work from a Kitfox driver.

Great job! Enjoy it a lot!

absolutely gorgeous plane best build video yet

Great .. thanks for sharing with us ... it keeps our dreams a live if moments where they are about to die ... Great job ....

Amazing job.

great job!!! beautiful plane

Very nice plane ! congratulations , Hope you have many hours of flying fun .

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! :)

Beautiful!

Awesome job!! Great video.

Agreed A Plus skills !!!! so amazing to see ,

Amazing stuff!

Great job. I can´t imagine do it this way.

hellz yea good motivational video for a student graduating next week in Aviation Maintenance Technology, this video was bad ass

amazing!!

Awesome!

Excelent !!!! Gracias por compartir el vídeo. Gran proyecto !!!!

Incredible!

Goodjob guys.

Well done! that is truely amazing. loox a bit like an extra 300 or something

amazing!!!!!! good work!!

Extraordinaire..felicitations et bons vols

Excellent !

Outstanding

great job

Nice job. I bought one from a builder who couldn`t fly it. Best 600 hrs. of my life!

nice work ...

Bravissimo !!!

Most definitely the work of a German. Absolutely 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

Awesome. A whole lot of work, but damn that's a sweet plane.

great vid man. i really enjoyed it

Just wow.

klasse arbeit!

Great video. I'm currently building RV3 but only RC version, 1.5m wingspan. Still, gives me a lot of pleasure as well :)

bravo!!!

cool... great... speacless.!!

Wonderful :) :)

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

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.;)

Dedication !

dankeschön for das video

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.

I downloaded your vid..really cool!!!!

your wife is um....very patient.

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.

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!

Grats you are best .I wish i could do something like that :(

super..

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

superrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

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.....

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so whats your point reno sir,if you are really intrested i can make on very cost effective in india kindly update your conatct

lindo vídeo, estoy pensando construir un RV4 en Bolivia Santa Cruz

where is this? you guys genius.

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...

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.

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.

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.

That is just plain nice =) How much did it cost =D

Is there any point in the build that requires any aluminum welding?

What I would give to fly that plane just once... :-)

hi! may i know what engine did you use? or did you make your own engine?

may i know where did you purchased the engined?