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Old 02-05-2011, 08:25 AM
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Probably because it is only 1/8 scale. It is a static display model I made for my father who always wanted one of my RC planes to hang in his home in MD. A couple weeks ago, I flew up to Quantico Va. (just outside the DC ADIZ) to visit him and deliver the model. From middle GA to northern VA took me just about 4 hours flying time with one fuel stop. One highlight of the trip for me was decending from 10.5k feet between big white puffy clouds while Gary Wright's "Dreamweaver" played on the XM 70's station. A surreal experience which I will always remember.

Bruce, you did a beautiful job, why arent you an EAA technical advisor?
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Old 02-05-2011, 08:45 AM
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Let me be the first to say it and get it out of the way: I lose.
I wouldn't mind seeing a separate thread called "Who has the most money invested in a single RV"
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Old 02-05-2011, 08:49 AM
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I have never seen an engine at that price. You must have a good source of used engines.

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I have an O-320-E2D sitting in my hangar that I paid $2000 for. It came from an estate sale from a gentleman down the road from us who passed away that had an old Cherokee which sat in a hanger basically rotting away for 30 years. The airframe was corroded beyond practical repair but the engine was in suprisingly good shape.
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Old 02-05-2011, 09:04 AM
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The 0-320 H2AD is a bargain, still,,,, and can be used in a RV x
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Old 02-05-2011, 10:09 AM
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We finished this RV6A slow slow build in 1997 after 4 years of building.
It had a 0 time since major O360 Lycoming we bought from an overhaul facility for $12,500. The flight instruments were all bought used and overhauled. The engine instruments were new from Vans. The radios consisted of one comm and one transponder we bought new. We mounted a handheld GPS to the panel for navigation. We worked out a deal with a local painter. He let us prep the plane in his booth and then we hired one of his painters to spray. We then prepped for the next color and his painter came in the following night for another color. We did this four nights in a row as we did primer, white, red, and then blue. Total cost for the painter was about $800 and we spent about $500 in materials using an acrylic enamel with a hardener. We initially went with a wood prop for about 8 years and then went with the fixed pitch metal through Sensenich. Total cost was about $32,000. Even though it wasn't IFR certified, I completed all of my basic instrument training in it. I did about 30 hours of flight work and then switched to the old C172 for 10 hours before completing a successful check ride!
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Old 02-06-2011, 09:46 AM
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The 0-320 H2AD is a bargain, still,,,, and can be used in a RV x
I used to be surprised that anyone would use a 76-series engine in a homebuilt. But after talking to a couple of fairly knowledgeable people about them, now I'm a bit surprised how few there are. It seems that these days their cam issues are pretty well understood and mitigated. And given how many of them were plugged into C172s it would seem a pretty logical choice.
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Old 02-06-2011, 09:50 AM
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I really like the way you set it up so that the right seat is the primary station!
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Old 02-06-2011, 11:46 AM
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My dad and I built our -3 in 1989 for $12,000.00. A VFR machine, no gizmos, standard 6 pack. Still flys today.
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Old 03-06-2011, 04:46 PM
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I finished my RV-8 in November for $43,000. This is actually a great thread. I was talking to Ken S. at Vans a couple weeks ago and he had a customer telling him you cant get an RV in the air for less than $80K. He asked me to write about all the ways I saved money for their facebook page. It's good to get the word out that you don't have to be a millionaire to have one of these things.

My 8 has a D-10, two axis auto-pilot, GPS 396 and an O-360-A1A,(had 590 hours on it).
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Old 03-06-2011, 07:20 PM
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Bruce, you did a beautiful job, why arent you an EAA technical advisor?
I'm lucky. He's always the first person I go to. While I'm building a 7 and he built a 9, he is full of knowledge. We knocked out 5 ribs on my tank in 1.5 hours. Although the EAA may not recognize it, he is advising!
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