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anybody have an RV12 in a flying club?

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Kmdpilot

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Curious if anyone has an RV12 ELSA in a flying club? If so, how hard was it to get insurance? only contacted on insurer Avemco and they were no way, no how on experimental or LSA in flying clubs. I would think it would be a great plane to have in a club. Gotta be safer than a 60 year old 150.
 
Kmdpilot said:
Curious if anyone has an RV12 ELSA in a flying club? If so, how hard was it to get insurance? only contacted on insurer Avemco and they were no way, no how on experimental or LSA in flying clubs. I would think it would be a great plane to have in a club. Gotta be safer than a 60 year old 150.
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Generally, the insurance folks have been friendly to the RV12 from my experience. It's not super fast, has fixed gear with a nose wheel and a good record of being safe during all phases of flight.

Our group of 11 owners uses Falcon Insurance for our ELSA 12iS. We are a mix of Sport and Private pilots with some owners having significant flying time. Also, a couple of our owners attended the Rotax Maintenance Course too.

Our group is also very good at maintenance, doing 100 hour inspections for our plane; our log books and binders are well documented with the goal of following Vans/Rotax maintenance schedule exactly.

Hope that helps.
 
Hi Mike - It sounds to me like you are describing the "Flying 12" club that stemmed from a chapter build project. Is that the case?

If so, is there a way that someone could get some dual in your club airplane? I'm just over the hill in Tracy and finishing up my -12 build. Would love to find a way to get some dual without traveling out of state. If I could do it in a way that put a few $ in your club budget instead of Southwest, Marriot, and Enterprise that would be great.

Sorry for the thread break. I think that overall this is an important question for the -12. Part of the design mission is as a trainer, but they obviously aren't having success in that market segment.




mikefox said:
Generally, the insurance folks have been friendly to the RV12 from my experience. It's not super fast, has fixed gear with a nose wheel and a good record of being safe during all phases of flight.

Our group of 11 owners uses Falcon Insurance for our ELSA 12iS. We are a mix of Sport and Private pilots with some owners having significant flying time. Also, a couple of our owners attended the Rotax Maintenance Course too.

Our group is also very good at maintenance, doing 100 hour inspections for our plane; our log books and binders are well documented with the goal of following Vans/Rotax maintenance schedule exactly.

Hope that helps.
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N8DAV8R said:
Hi Mike - It sounds to me like you are describing the "Flying 12" club that stemmed from a chapter build project. Is that the case?

If so, is there a way that someone could get some dual in your club airplane? I'm just over the hill in Tracy and finishing up my -12 build. Would love to find a way to get some dual without traveling out of state. If I could do it in a way that put a few $ in your club budget instead of Southwest, Marriot, and Enterprise that would be great.

Sorry for the thread break. I think that overall this is an important question for the -12. Part of the design mission is as a trainer, but they obviously aren't having success in that market segment.
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FlySRQ

Not affiliated with the club at all but I see the airplane at local events and at the occasional breakfast run. May be worthwhile to reach out. They have been around for a bit.

https://flysrq.org/
 
I have an RV-12 in a multi-way partnership, with N aircraft and N partners.

We insure our aircraft for liability only via Falcon and maintain a self insured fund for hull. No issues getting insurance.
 
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