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Old 02-29-2020, 04:47 PM
SantosDumont SantosDumont is offline
 
Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: Henderson, NV
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I have a Mooney today, for the most part it does what I need it to do. What I realized is that 99% of the time I fly by myself and I really don't need 4 seats.
But what made me want to build was a disagreement with a mechanic I was using for annual. It took me three months to sort it out and find a new mechanic. In the meantime I was stuck with the plane in my hangar, out of annual, and needing to put it back together and get a ferry permit to a field with maintenance. I decided I didn't ever want to be in that position again, so I'd have to learn how to build my own plane and do my own maintenance.

The Mooney has been a great machine to build time with, but I wish I was able to just slap more advanced avionics in there. To me it's not worth putting $100k to get advanced avionics into a 50 year old airframe, when for ~$30k I can slap them into a brand new airframe, get the opportunity to learn how to do it myself and never be held hostage by a mechanic again.
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Old 03-05-2020, 02:08 PM
mdmba mdmba is offline
 
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: WA
Posts: 52
Default Recently sold RV10

So I had a VERY nice RV 10..and I recently sold it...ONLY because I bought another plane. And the ONLY reason I sold the 10..was not b/c of finances, I could afford them both, but b/c if I didnt sell the 10..I would never fly the more expensive retractable TP that I recently upgraded, and bought. The RV10 is an awesome plane..fast, stable, has lots of room, jumps off the runway, sits up high, and looks so cool.

I live in WA, went to Vans to look at the 14...it is NOT a 2-seat RV 10. Not even close. It doesn't sit as high, doesn't have all the leg room that the 10 has, your missing the back seats, not nearly the headroom, and I dont care what the dimensions numbers say..the 10 just seems so much more spacious inside the cockpit.

Im NOT knocking the 14..its a great plane..but if you ever want to haul anything..the 10 has it beat!

Oh well, Ill just stick w my new turbine for speed, and fly my RV 8 when I want to have fun...well that is IF the PNW wx gets any better soon!
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