Van's RV-10 versus Cessna Skylane This flyoff began with a blowout-and then the contest got even more lopsided. The first event, a simultaneous, side-by-side, maximum-effort takeoff, showed the AOPA 2020 Sweepstakes Van's RV-10 accelerates so much quicker than the Cessna 182T Skylane that the two barely stayed in the same zip code. The RV-10 broke ground about 100 feet shorter than the Skylane, and three seconds earlier. Then the RV-10 climbed at both a faster rate (1,400 fpm versus 1,000) and a higher airspeed (130 KIAS versus 110). B Y D AV E H I R S C H M A N | P H O T O G R A P H Y B Y DAV I D T U L I S aopa.org/pilot AOPA PILOT | 67http://www.aopa.org/pilot