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07-21-2018, 09:51 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Phoenix, AZ
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RV Quickbuild Cost Timeline
Hi all-
I?ve looked around a little, but couldn?t seem to find any questions and answers about cost outlays and when they come due. I?m buying the empennage for the -14 in the next few weeks and am planning a QB wing and fuselage. With lead times of 5 months for the QB, what?s the next expense after the tail kit? Is it the entire QB kit price on Vans? site or do I subtract the empennage kit costs from that number? Or can any of that be broken up into chunks, like waiting on purchasing the finish kit etc.? Thanks in advance for the assistance.
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07-21-2018, 11:03 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Posts: 12
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Originally Posted by RV8JD
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Thanks for the response. I?ve looked at the order form, but maybe I?m missing the obvious. Here?s the cost breakdown from Vans:
Empennage - 4335
Wing - 8045 (SB)
Fuselage - 9975 (SB)
Finish kit - 13,200
QB Kit - 48,635
Does that QB cost include the empennage and finish kit cost? If so, when I?m ready to order the QB wings and fuselage how much will I pay at that point? Then can i wait on the finish kit until later as well?
Sorry for the basic questions. Just trying to get it all straight.
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07-22-2018, 12:39 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Buda, TX
Posts: 56
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It's clearer if you look at the slow build order form:
https://www.vansaircraft.com/pdf/ord...order_form.pdf
If you use that form and add up the cost of the wings, fuselage, and quickbuild options for each, you'll see that it comes out to $31,095, within $5 of the price shown on the quickbuild order form.
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07-22-2018, 01:22 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Aiken, SC
Posts: 620
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Don?t forget the firewall forward costs, too. ~$7K as I recall.
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07-22-2018, 04:07 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: Munich, Germany
Posts: 120
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JokerF22
Does that QB cost include the empennage and finish kit cost? If so, when I’m ready to order the QB wings and fuselage how much will I pay at that point? Then can i wait on the finish kit until later as well?
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Quickbuild only includes Wings and Fuselage.
So you have the following steps:
1. Empennage
2. Quickbuild Wings + Fuselage
3. Finishing Kit
4. Firewall forward, engine etc.
Also have a look at https://www.vansaircraft.com/public/cost-estimator.htm
Best,
Malte
Last edited by mjanduda : 07-22-2018 at 04:10 PM.
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07-25-2018, 12:05 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Posts: 12
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Just a quick follow-up...I finally figured out what my problem was (one of them, at least). Whenever I opened up the order form on mobile or iPad, the costs are NOT listed on the right. It's blank! I realized this when I happened to look at the form on a desktop computer and everything finally became clear.
Thanks for the responses.
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