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06-03-2020 10:17 AM |
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Originally Posted by JFCRV12
(Post 1435918)
Yep - I'll certainly be patient. Still kicking around just biting the bullet and building my own :)
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If you want to build, and can afford $80k or more, by the time you buy all the tools and extra's, go for it, pride of ownership will be greater.
If you don't have the 1000, to 2000 hours and this is your very first build, buy one that someone else needs to let go of. But be very cognizant that there are a lot of very low time Legacy model RV-12's out there, that probably have under 100 hours, that were hangar queens, getting inspections signed off, that did NOT have a lot of service bulletin updates performed. Lots of doublers added on wings, fuselage, elevator tabs, center brackets inside fuselage that control the flaperons, etc. In other words, a LOT of work to either pay for some AP to do the update, or spend the time doing it yourself.
It may also not have current 2020 ADSB out, or even ADSB IN, or Auto Pilot. So pay attention to what all you might have to perform yourself, or pay for, to bring it up to snuff. The builder knows everything that goes into the plane and where it is. The 2nd owner, like me, is forever getting up to speed and learning where and what everything is. It's experimental, and a very good idea that you are mechanically inclined, if you buy 2nd hand, to keep your plane healthy and with best current engineering practices.
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