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Email Bryan / Sign Our Guestbook / View Our Guestbook RV-6 N901JH Our RV-6 was built by Jack Hakes. After over 3500 hours & 4 years of building, Jack finished the 159th RV-6 kit in 1991. The airplane was beautifully finished & won quite a few awards. Jack has worked on airplanes since 1948 and served as the Tech Advisor for EAA Chapter 49 & 1000. We adopted the airplane on 19 Dec 04 with 761.5 hours on the engine & airframe. Our RV-6 has a full panel and many nice add-ons. The plane is now based at Boulder City, NV (61B). Airframe: RV-6 with tip-up canopy. Engine: Lycoming O-360-A1A 180hp with Electroair Electronic Ignition Prop: Hartzell Constant Speed 2 bladed with polished blades Avionics: - Blue Mountain Avionics EFIS/Lite G4 - Advanced Control Systems AF2500 engine monitor - Narco 12D Nav/Com radio & AT150 transponder - Garmin GPS 90 - Trio Avionics EZ Pilot II autopilot coupled the Garmin GPS90 & the EFIS/Lite - Attitude indicator, Airspeed, Altimeter & G-meter Miscellaneous: - Custom "RV-6" rudder pedals - Dual brakes - Infinity Aerospace stick grips with 13 switch functions each - Aerox 2M oxygen system Performance: - Top speed as tested by Jack is 218mph - Cruise speed at 11,500' is 173KTAS (200mph). - Cruise speed at 17,500' is 150KTAS (173mph).