That Lycoming IO-540 on our nascent Van’s RV-10 is about 10 minutes old now, and still a sweetheart. Each engine start tested another function, checking the mags, the propeller, calibrating the rpm, and adjusting the mixture control. The Airflow Performance Experimental fuel injection system seems a little rough, but overall acceptable during the idle runs, [...]

I knew it would run eventually; I just didn’t know when. I thought that the leaking right fuel tank would slow our RV-10 build down, but so far it is turning out to be just a blip. With little fanfare the other evening, just before sunset, my husband pulled the project forward, shuffling our airplane [...]

Was he just contemplating his work, I wondered, as I walked toward my husband, who was sitting catatonic in a green plastic chair in the hangar. He was staring at the nearly, but not quite complete, RV-10 in front of him, and the look on his face was anything but awe. Exhaustion? Maybe. Not quite [...]