The RV is a lot of work...

With about 8 to 900 hours in my RV4 I can say that it definetly is a
"hands on" airplane. The one time I inadvertantly flew it into IMC with
the autopilot not working I absolutly had my hands full. It is tough to
read a map without it going "off". 'Skiddish' is, however, a subjective
term. The Sonari I had before made the RV seem like a brick by
comparison. The only 2 times my '****' Lycoming let me down was once
when I ran it out of fuel and once when I nosed it over into a mud pond
(don't ask). My wife's C-172 is a good instrument training platform but
like those similar I find it so "BOOORRREING" to fly that I feel "why
bother". For long distances I would rather take an airliner and annoy
the flight attendents for drinks. The results are the same; catatonic
stuper.
For all the things it can't do I just couldn't bare the thought of
selling my RV. If I can't get a rush each time I fly then there are a
lot cheaper forms of entertainment so why bother.

Jim