Quote Originally Posted by Gator88 View Post
Thanks for your response and indulging the "newbie". My basic thought process is this: I want a 4-place aircraft that is faster than my Six. What I see in common between the RV-10 and Mooney are that both are speedy, 4-place single engine aircraft. Both would be more efficient than the Six. Both would handle my new mission of mainly carrying myself and my wife, but occasionally carrying an additional 2 people. The Six is great for carrying practically anything that we can stuff into it, but I won't need that capability for much longer. What I like about the RV is the short field capability and the efficiency of the fuel burn to speed. I like the fact that I could almost get the performance of a Mooney or Cirrus in an RV-10, but in a more efficient package at a lower cost. In what ways are you thinking the RV and Mooney are such different aircraft - other than one being certified?
Gator,
How tall are you? Or, your wife for that matter? Go climb into a Mooney, a Cessna 400, or any others of interest. If your not sure of your building skills, then try your hand at building a wooden wing and see how it turns out. There are those that the art of building comes more natural than to others. Good luck with your research and hope you decide and do build a showman ship quality aircraft one day,er or should I say some years into the future.

Tejasflyer