I'm cheap and anxious about the liability embedded in selling my RV-7. I'm also very interested in building an RV-15. My 7 has 1500hrs on it, and I'm contemplating the likelihood of overhauling my beloved TMXO-360 in about 5 years.
My imaginary construct is order the 15 kit as soon as it's available and start building it. When I get to the FWFWD stage, take the engine (motor mount?) off the 7 for installation on the 15. Ditto for my avionics suite, lovingly integrated and configured for IFR flight since 2007. The webinar seems to indicate an O-360 with 72" CS prop would work; I'm not interested in max performance/competition, so the 200+HP with 82" prop combo is not that enticing to me.
This leaves the airframe, gears, and wheels. Question to the group is, if I part out the empennage, wings, and fuse, can someone use them for their project? Target audience would be slow-builder with less time than expected needing a ready-made set of wings/fuselage, someone recovering from damage, etc... A builder would have to consider staying over the 51% threshold; accident/damage replacement on a built airplane would not be material.
Thoughts? Thanks.
My imaginary construct is order the 15 kit as soon as it's available and start building it. When I get to the FWFWD stage, take the engine (motor mount?) off the 7 for installation on the 15. Ditto for my avionics suite, lovingly integrated and configured for IFR flight since 2007. The webinar seems to indicate an O-360 with 72" CS prop would work; I'm not interested in max performance/competition, so the 200+HP with 82" prop combo is not that enticing to me.
This leaves the airframe, gears, and wheels. Question to the group is, if I part out the empennage, wings, and fuse, can someone use them for their project? Target audience would be slow-builder with less time than expected needing a ready-made set of wings/fuselage, someone recovering from damage, etc... A builder would have to consider staying over the 51% threshold; accident/damage replacement on a built airplane would not be material.
Thoughts? Thanks.