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03-24-2005, 04:24 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Houston, TX
Posts: 472
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$85,000 / 1100 lbs. = $77.27 per pound for an RV.
If all you do is give up duck hunting, it works. 
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RV7-A - Slider (QB Fuse and Wings)
Mattituck IO-360 (AFP) w/2 P-mags
Catto 3-Blade
SJ Cowl and Plenum
Panel: Dual GRT EFIS / EIS4000 / PMA8000B / SL-30 / SL-40 / Internal GRT GPS / GTX 327
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01-21-2009, 09:30 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: shelby, nc
Posts: 23
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I bought an RV6a last fall flown about 50 hrs in the past 3 months and have only paid for an oil change. Will do the next one myself. Hanger side is 375/month but can easliy fit 2 RV's on my side. Burns about 8-10 gal per hr depending on power setting. Gets close to the gas milage of my car. Bought it with <2 hrs in an RV and insurance was about $1500/yr. Compared to the Twin Cessna 310 (24 gal/hr) it's a freaking bargin.
I let my wife fly and take her out to eat. I only tell my wife about the cost for the gas (just a little white lie). She loves flying! (and what she doesn't know - want hurt)
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01-22-2009, 08:15 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Hicks Airfield, Fort Worth,Texas
Posts: 1,728
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Progress or drop out?
This thread was started 1-24-2005. Plenty of time to finish 2 RVs since then, this being 1-22-2009. Wonder where some of you fence sitters are now? Finished and flying? Or did you talk your self out of flying all together?
Flying needs to be your passion to be done safely. Not a hobby that is done a couple of times a year. Nothing wrong with not flying. It's not for every one.
Cost ? Pooie. I say, if I go broke it will be in an airplane, any airplane is better than none. A hundred years ago almost no one got to fly. Take advantage of the times we are in. If you love it you will find a way.
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Paul Revere, Borrowed Horse, & Shooter
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01-22-2009, 11:34 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: I live in on the Rosamond Skypark (CA) and am married to Victoria (Tuppergal).
Posts: 982
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Originally Posted by Jaypratt
This thread was started 1-24-2005. Plenty of time to finish 2 RVs since then, this being 1-22-2009. Wonder where some of you fence sitters are now? Finished and flying? Or did you talk your self out of flying all together?
Flying needs to be your passion to be done safely. Not a hobby that is done a couple of times a year. Nothing wrong with not flying. It's not for every one.
Cost ? Pooie. I say, if I go broke it will be in an airplane, any airplane is better than none. A hundred years ago almost no one got to fly. Take advantage of the times we are in. If you love it, you will find a way.
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You summed it up very nicely Jay  I have updated my operating cost post after receiving several off-line requests. BUILD (or buy), then Fly safe! Rosie 
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Paul A. "Rosie" Rosales
Rosamond Skypark (L00), CA
RV-6A, 4200+ hours since 7/4/2000
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01-22-2009, 01:22 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Taylorsville, GA
Posts: 748
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One more idea
Find a buddy and divide everything by 2! Friends are one of the best things about the process.
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Jeff Rhodes - Taylorsville, GA
RV-9, 7 - going fast
BC-12D - going slow
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01-22-2009, 01:59 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Socal
Posts: 106
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Cost to fly
I mostly think about the cost to not fly, it's too hard to live without. I pay the bills, take care of the wife and kids, somehow I find the money, yes my panel looks like something from the 1940's (except for the Avmap) but I'm flying. Keep looking up !
Peter
RV6, needs paint
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01-22-2009, 03:23 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: WV
Posts: 33
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Ongoing cost of ownership
Like you said in the excitement some people forget about the ongoing cost. I remember years ago hearing someone complain about the cost of plans for a sonex or something. I responed that the $400 or so would be like tossing a couple nickles down a sewer compared to what the total cost of building and ownership would be. Needless to say that's not what they wanted to hear.
Here's what I'm doing. Building a Mustang II from plans. Fabricating all parts myself except the ones I can't make which I'll have to buy. Will use a Chevy 4.3 V6 with a prop speed reduction unit from Belted Air. Will make my own cowl and engine mount (already have the mold and jig). Will not hanger, that cost too much and would never consider physical damage insurance coverage, hey I'm trying to save money here.
By building my own airframe I can stay down in the $6,000 area as oppposed to what an RV kit costs. I'll have about seven or eight K in firewall forward and you can guess the difference in maintaining the Chevy verses a Lycoming. If I had to use a Lycoming I never would have started.
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08-11-2010, 09:41 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Sierra Vista, AZ.
Posts: 18
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Ownership costs?
While taking my morning walk, I started questioning what it really costs to fly an RV. There have probably been many posts about this subject, but I haven't read them, yet. I know there are many factors (private airpark, insurance, hangared or tie-down, regional fuel costs, etc.) that would produce varying totals from different builders, but I would like to see some of the long-time RV flyers post what they feel are realistic ownership costs for their specific aircraft. Maybe I'm opening a can of worms here, but it might be something that many RV builders, like myself, would like to know. Anyone care to share their information?
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08-11-2010, 11:14 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: I live in on the Rosamond Skypark (CA) and am married to Victoria (Tuppergal).
Posts: 982
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You can start here  Rosie
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Paul A. "Rosie" Rosales
Rosamond Skypark (L00), CA
RV-6A, 4200+ hours since 7/4/2000
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08-11-2010, 11:32 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Collierville, TN
Posts: 74
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Thanks for updating your info sheet, Rosie. Whenever I feel tired of building I check out your website for inspiration!
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