TheLachlan

Lol that’s pretty funny, good one!

How long did you have it, how many hours on it? Did you maintain it yourself, if so how was that?

Would love a RV-10! I do wish however for a retract version. Although I read somewhere that a RV guy I think it was, he had made a retract and it hadn’t picked up that much speed vs cost/effort, think it was like around 6knots maybe?

So I spent a little time looking into the BSV’s... very intriguing! I’ll go look at the forum yet too but I’m definitely interested in these as well now! How are the annuals for them do you know? I know it varies obviously but I mean like with the wood inspection and all, does it get abnormally pricey?

Oh? Sounds like you know something about them I should know, care to share more? Also, what did you build?

Yeah I’d be thinking about 12-13k for a self maintained experimental and then operating costs like fuel and maintenance Items would be on top of that. 12-13 is payment, hangar, yearly inspection, and insurance for a 30k ish plane.

If you are referring to me, we are all over the place in TX right now, don’t have much of a base, which would also need to change somewhat as I don’t want to be hours away from the plane, kinda defeats the purpose then. We live full time in a nice 42’ 5th wheel and travel a bunch.

I’m wanting to say that’s impressive but also don’t know how much up keep was in between, either way sounds pretty good though.

I’m thinking that for the current state of things that I need to see if I can get an experimental for 30-40k, if that can’t happen then I need to wait until I can comfortably expand the plane budget closer to 70-100k. Need to put eyes on a T18 and see if they look cobbled together for those prices.. I mayyyy find an RV for that range too but from what I’ve seen it’s not very likely under 40k.

Yeah that could be pretty stressful living that far on the edge.

This isn’t a bad rule to follow I’d say, don’t think it spells disaster if one would adjust some of those numbers slightly but definitely not a bad rule. 10% of purchase price though for the first annual? Even if you get a bang up PPI?

This is such a big pro for me on the experimental side of things. Also that friend I mentioned, I think he is an A&P and also has a RV6 and a T18 in his hangar, I want to make it to his side of TX soon to check them out.

From the time I posted the plane for sale to after we had dropped it off for the pre buy some things had changed already to where I would have been totally cool had the sale not gone through, had hangar options going and all. But it’s okay cause that was stretching my budget, and if I can’t get something nice in my range then it will just have to wait, I don’t want to “reach” for something that I’ll regret.

That’s what’s I’m scared of, another nightmare with expensive parts, specially when trying to shop within a lower budget. The pre buy uncovered stuff my shop missed that did the rebuild , more surprises. If it where experimental I’d gladly tackle it myself most of it and the parts wouldn’t have a 1000% markup.

They are higher, the RV6A is a tricycle gear hence it being lower most likely, a RV6 without the A in tow is a tail dragged and would be higher sounds like.