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Old 06-14-2009, 10:28 AM
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I'm not building an RV, I'm starting out with a bearhawk. I use the forums because the glass panel, autopilot, fuel injection, and lycoming knowledge applies to me to as well.

The reason? Simple, I live in Alaska, so my flying is more slow, STOL, high wing, bush type operations.

I do want to build an RV-8 one day, but I'm not sure owning two airplanes is in the cards for me.

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Old 06-14-2009, 10:28 AM
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I almost chose an RV but I couldn't get over the hershy bar wing and the gandy dancer gear legs. I"m building a Mustang II. I'm plans building and am only buying the parts from Mustang Aero which I can't or don't want to make myself. My final cost will be way lower than any RV. RV's are great and have blown away everything in it's class as far as market share is concerned, but there are plenty of alternatives with equal performance.
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Old 06-14-2009, 10:53 AM
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I own plans for the E-Racer so that would be my choice. I may even build it after I finish my 8.

If money and availability weren't a factor, a Berkut would top my list.
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Old 06-14-2009, 11:00 AM
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Old 06-14-2009, 11:50 AM
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I was very close to purchase a Sonex kit, but I think (if there was no RV) I would most probably end up with some carbon fibre UL kit from the Zcech republic.
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Old 06-14-2009, 12:19 PM
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Default I will never build another airplane

I got it right the first time - the plane is built right for me and it is always ready to go, fast, high or low and long.

I was really surprised to see all of the back country plodders that came up on the wish list of people that have chosen to build an RV. Not disappointed or anything like that - just sincerely and unexpectedly surprised. The guy that wrote up the Legend is more in line with what I expected.

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Old 06-14-2009, 12:52 PM
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I’m not building anything, decided there are plenty of good used experimentals to pick from at a very fair price on the market today. I can do the annuals, and just let some A&P sign it off at a very fair price, so that's no longer an issue with me. It’s just a matter of saving up for it now.

But it seems to me the Mustang would be the best choice, followed by Thorp if you're wanting something similar to the RV's. And the prices seem to be around half that of the RV's as well. Neither one of these companies offer really all that much support though; no builders offer up a forum like this either; at least last I checked, but instead just use the archaic yahoo board with lots of spam thrown in.
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Old 06-14-2009, 12:57 PM
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This is a tough question. If there never was an RV, I'd probably be looking for something else fast and economical.

But now that I'll have the RV, my next plane needs to be for rugged stol ops. I think welding will be a useful skill to pickup anyway, so the next plane will be a bearhawk or a supercub clone.
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Old 06-14-2009, 01:10 PM
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Before ordering my RV-9 emp kit, I was about to buy a Quad City Challeger II ultralight. The dealer was really close to home, went there, did a demo ride... +amphibious float are a really good safety feature here in Qu?bec. What stopped me : it would have taken a too short time to build and I did not have enough money to put in there that fast...

Then, I had my eyes on the Murphy Air Rebel Nice little airplane to put on floats!

But I decided to buy a -9A instead. I think I'd like to put it on floats but for now, I will just keep it the way it is!
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Old 06-14-2009, 01:29 PM
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