We’re an aviation centric family of four. We originally lived in Indiana, but have since moved to the SF Bay area. We fly a Vans RV-10, and previously also had an RV-8.
We’re currently documenting our air adventures as well as the build of our third airplane, a Van’s RV-12.
Find us on the ground over at youtube.com/@hotshottravel
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He called mom out on being to high,
Sorry this happened... High octane fuel vapor + battery drill that sparks at the brushes = Disaster. I also noted you did not ground the plane and the tank either. Static electricity is real. Plus you can hardly see it. Your clothes can be lethal for static electricity charge. I always wear a wrist strap and ground to the tank.
Thanks for the series.
Hi. I plan (hope) to order a kit next year. It looks like you didn't prime. I do not want to prime either but am wondering, did you need to prime anywhere? IE matting surfaces, etc. Thank you
We primed the first plane we built (RV-8). Didn't prime this one. I largely think it's unnecessary. You still do need to prime a few places, Vans' specifies in their instructions. Won't take much effort to do those small spots though.
Fly Safe, coming to AirVenture this year?
This video is from September of 2023. But we would love to come to AirVenture or Sun and Fun.
Fly safe, have a good trip!
Fun! Tks for upload
Great job! Pretty plane.
Nice video! How did you attach the 360 camera?
Enjoyed your upload & family passion for aviation passion. Enjoyed flying the RG-182 flying the cascades in Oregon. Happy Landings!
Ahahah
Great video! Keep em comin!
Thanks! Will do!
Best short ever. I heard you guys talking about how the tower called us a Cirrus, and or a Cessna.
I'm an airline engineer/inspector, I would say that's a major mistake right there. That guy who made that installation should be suspended or fired. Light aircrafts don't have back-up systems like large airplanes. Well done with the troubleshooting. You have my like/sub.
Beautiful evening to fly and a wonderful airport.
How did you fix this leak?
Full video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/Yqp8s7yue5zRkdY.html
So you are of the opinion that ideal landing is half flaps? Just curious about your thoughts there. Thanks!
We usually end somewhere around 1/2 to 3/4 flaps. I don't find a huge difference with more flaps, and it takes a really long time to retract if you go around.
Could you guys share RPM/power settings and target airspeeds, flap settings, from the downwind leg, base, short final, flare, and touch down? While there are tons of RV10 content, there is not much out there on the specifics of flying them. This would really be helpful for us aspiring RV10 pilots! Love the channel!
I really try to get to a stable 95 knots in the downwind, which is where you want to start deploying flaps. I put in a small amount which really helps get the plane slowed down. Once you get down to below 90 (technically, 87 knots), continue deploying flaps and continue slowing down and getting into your base turn. I try and target 80 knots on base, and between 72 and 75 on mid to short final (depending on how loaded we are). Keep the nose pointed down down down down down until the flare. With full flaps, the nose points downward naturally, almost concerningly so. There is a desire to want to round out and level the plane off as you descend, but don't do that - you end up just flaring a hundred feet off the ground. Keep the nose pointed down, and round out close to the ground. Takes a bit of practice to really nail the sight picture. Not sure the power settings on those, I stop paying attention and just look out the window. But I suspect that it's pretty minimal - maybe 10 inches of mercury while in downwind to base, and then slight adjustments as needed up or down? I definitely carry a small amount of power into the flare, and then pull it out slowly while rounding out.
@@hotshotaero Thanks so much! This really helps!
Reminds me of flying through all the Canadian wild fire smoke last summer on the East coast
Overcast and rain eclipsed the eclipse up here in the Pacific Northwest. Marking my calendar for 2044...
As always very cool 😎
Great videos, helpful as Im getting going on my first condition inspection on my 10. I like the hole insert for the two bar on the nose wheel, any chance you recall what it is or where you got it?
Got them here: flyboyaccessories.com/products/tug-guards-for-nosewheel-rvs-pair
Your video sent the cat under the chair. 🐈
Good flying though thanks
Are y’all mad at each other? Mighty quiet in here
heh, nah. It's some older footage while we were still figuring out the camera and audio setup.
Love it!
Side step to the right and you can see the runway
love the paint on your plane!
Thanks a lot! The design was done by Conradd Kothman Maverick Aircraft Design and it was painted by Ken Kaminski's team at Flying Colors in Benton Harbor, MI.
If there is a club nearby he can fly gliders a year earlier than powered planes and teaches good stick and rudder skills. Talk to an IA to log his time building towards an A&P rating. Can he be the primary building and get the repairman cert for the plane? Will be great for him to take to college.
Yeah, we are keeping a log of all of his time for future cert purposes!
There are granddads. And there are cool granddads. ;-)
No rudder pedals in the backseat of an RV8?
Not by default. Van's makes some you can add in, but they don't work very well in my opinion, and I would certainly not want to use them for any type of landing.
Great video and info :)
What a great RV-10, I am starting the build on mine and I am debating if I want to go with AC or no. We have 2 young kids and will be using the RV as a cruiser and we live in Canada where summer isn’t that long but quite hot and humid. What’s your thought on this.
Really tough call. My opinion is the added weight of the AC isn't worth losing the carrying capacity in the plane. I'd rather tough it out on the ground with some heat. You're not on the ground long, and once you get some altitude it's a non-issue. But a very personal decision, to be sure!
operating a power tool in the vicinity of fuel vapours??
Son was spot on, too high and a little fast=float forever.
Beautiful airplane!
Great video!
Reinstalment after a repair? Problem/remedy?
Just an old short from a previous repair, luckily!
This is why I would just file IFR any time airspace is an issue.
This is why I say if you are going to "use" your airplane you need a instrument rating. Because you planned on a VFR trip but weather can always change and you always need a out. If you guys were VFR only, with passengers, it is very tempting to try to make the trip and get into a sucker hole with no way out. As a commercial pilot you can not operate 50 miles from your departure airport or at night without a instrument rating. That should tell us something about using our planes for cross country travel and not having to learn a "lesson" first hand.
It’s not reflected in the footage , but we definitely got boxed in while we were working on getting the clearance.
Yes, but you had your "out" by having your IFR rating and you had communication with ATC. What you wouldn't want is to be boxed in and not have communication with ATC. Then you would have to climb in IMC without a clearance. Not good but better than running into a mountain. I did a lot of training in a 172, N739WE, that ended up as a coffin for two people scud running and one was a CFI. I really loved that plane, it deserved better. That is not where any of us should want to end up. @taero
On your graph, what is the left column? Goes to 1400 range. I'm assuming your at cruise power? Running 400F CHT is a bit hot isn't it? Maybe I'm too conservative! That jagged CHT graph indicates a bad connection, as you found out. I used my data to calculate my GAMI spread. Shows how close your fuel injectors are calibrated. Real easy to do with your engine data that records. Just get into your normal cruise and slowly go from ROP to LOP. Then pull the data and look at where the first CYL EGT peaks and the last cyl EGT peaks. The GAMI Spread is calculated by determining at what total engine fuel flow each cylinder reaches peak exhaust gas temperature (EGT) and subtracting the lowest flow from the highest flow. Most engines are considered to have good fuel/air ratio balance if the GAMI Spread is less than 0.5 gph.
Left column is temp. The bundle towards the bottom are CHTs and higher ones are EGTs. 400 is not abnormal at all on RVs during the initial climbout. Lycomings can handle up to 430, though we try to keep things under 400 as much as possible.
Awesome job. An RV-10 is my dream plane. I currently have an IFR capable RV-12. I plan on only doing very light IFR with it. It's kept me current with a Dynon HDX and garmin GPS175, l love that equipment
Very cool!
I hear they are charging $60 to land these days. Curious what it cost you and if you over nighted? Love your plane. I'm helping a guy get his RV14 finished at KPIE.
We just stayed for the day (did a trip seaplane trip to Dry Tortugas). Can't remember now what they charged, but we got fuel and it wasn't cheap!
Why do you hope to never have to request an IFR flight plan while in flight? Requesting a pop up IFR is a routine thing to do and should be done as soon as VFR is no longer possible just like you did which was the right thing to do.
Two reasons really: the controllers weren't really prepared for us to do so, and I think it's a small admission we probably should have filed an IFR flight plan at our midway stop.
I wouldnt feel any apprehension about asking for a pop up ever. You guys did the right thing. I live in Chicago which is very busy airspace and its done all the time.@@hotshotaero
My first solo was out of ISM back in 79, lived right down the street at the time.
Love the family aviation channel! Looking forward to more content. As someone who wants to build a hangar home and build a kit plane myself, you are both living my dream! Getting my CFI here in March, so hopefully I can start that adventure in the next couple of years. Love your RV-10, btw, great IFR set-up! Cheers!
Sry had to ffd to end. Dragged out.................congrats
23's and 200kt! I'm looking forward to this...
Nice! A tad over 3-miles a minute at 11.0 GPH.
What camera are you using and how did you mount it?
We have a couple different ones we move around, but both nflightfam and flightflix.aero have great products. The exterior camera is usually a go pro hero 10, and we also have an insta 360 we use for the 360 interior shots.