Originally Posted by
sflpilot
I don’t doubt you my brother had an RV6-A. Very equipped with avionics and cost a fortune in maintenance and got rid of it in three months. I told him not to buy it from day one. He just rents from the local flying club now.
I'm sorry to hear that he had such a poor experience; sounds as though he didn't get a competent pre-buy and got stuck with a rare bad one. He should've gotten involved with the local RV builder's/owner's group. They're everywhere and would have been a huge help to him.
This is the second RV I've built, so I'm well acquainted with the type and its relatively few peculiarities. I hold the Repairman's certificate for my RVs and do all of my own maintenance.
Here's a pic of my old RV-8:
The panel of my new RV-14A during bench testing:
