In this study we employ von Neumann analyses to investigate the dispersion, dissipation, group velocity, and error properties of several fully-discrete flux reconstruction (FR) schemes. We consider three FR schemes paired with two explicit Runge–Kutta (ERK) schemes and two singly diagonally implicit RK (SDIRK) schemes. Key insights include the dependence of high-wavenumber numerical dissipation, relied upon for implicit large eddy simulation (ILES), on the choice of temporal scheme and time-step size. Also, the wavespeed characteristics of fully-discrete schemes and the relative dominance of temporal and spatial errors as a function of wavenumber and time-step size are investigated. Salient properties from the aforementioned theoretical analysis are then demonstrated in practice using linear advection test cases. Finally, a Burgers turbulence test case is used to demonstrate the importance of the temporal discretization when using FR schemes for ILES.