The reality of moving forward at all with this build brought to the forefront the fact that I have never even sat in an RV, much less flown one. There are not many -10's in the DFW area, but one of the Van's transition instructors is here in South Dallas and he has a -7 and a -10. I called Alex De Dominicis with RVTraining.com, and he said we could do an hour that would count eventually toward my transition training and insurance minimums. Beautiful afternoon flying out of Eagles Nest (T56). We did a brief preflight, he showed me how to get in the plane (not as easy as it should be), reviewed the instruments (he had a dual AFS PFD/MFD with a GTN 750). He took off and gave me the controls on climb out. I did some turns, he demonstrated a power-off stall, then I flew to Midway (JWY), and I did some touch and go's in the pattern, then he flew back to T56. 1.1 hours of RV-10 time in the log book! Enjoyed my time with Alex. Will definitely go back to him for my transition training, and may take some "motivation flights" along the way. Impressions: overall very pleased with the performance and handling. Castering nose wheel will take some getting used to. First time flying a stick and it was no issue. The plane goes where you point it with minimal trim; probably the easiest to fly airplane I've flown. It has the power to weight of the Bonanza, but you never feel like you have you're hands full or that it can get away from you. Really good forward visibility, but a little bit different sight picture that I need to remember - the nose looks like it is pointing severely to the right to me. This was pronounced in left turns when I was finding myself adding left rudder that wasn't necessary and on landing I was adding left rudder to align with centerline and Alex asked me what I was doing. I swore the nose was pointed 20 degrees to the right. It will take some getting used to. His MFD and PFD are both on the master and they tend to brown out when starting. Not a big deal, but a little annoying. I hope that I can avoid that. [Later research says this is why people run a back-up battery.] The cruise numbers that he quoted were a little disappointing, but I think they are just much more conservative than what others are running. He said he runs 165 MPH at 13 gal/hr ROP. There are several others on vansairforce that are getting closer to the 190-200 MPH book value at 13 gal or less. Purchases: RV-10 Training Flight - RVTraining.com