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Old 12-26-2013, 04:14 AM
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Question [Australia] RV maintenance costs

Hi All,
A question I've often wondered, which some Australian RV owners may be able to answer for me. I realise that its not a 'one size fits all'.

What does your maintenance generally cost for a 100hr or annual in an RV?

I'm finishing off a ch601 project that I got for a good price, and I'll most likely on-sell it, and hopefully make a bit out of it, and maybe buy an RV, most likely a -9a, as aero's are not a thing for me (well, my stomach).
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Old 12-26-2013, 05:07 AM
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G'day Hongie,
Are you buying or building? There is one -9a on the RAA register that I know of, but I assume you'd be going VH/PPL?
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Old 12-26-2013, 05:34 AM
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At this stage buy, but I would love to build in the future. The one on the RaAus register is yours? I think i've seen it on RecFly
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Old 12-26-2013, 05:57 AM
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No, not mine. It belongs to `RetiredRacer', who posts here from time to time (lives in Qld). It has an ex C152 engine in it, and other mods to keep it below 600kg MTOW. Not sure that RAA would let another one go through though. The -12 might be a better choice if it needed to be RAA rego.
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Old 12-26-2013, 06:14 AM
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Ok. It would be VH rego, although I do not as yet have the PPL sorted.
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Old 12-26-2013, 06:21 AM
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That obviously makes buying much easier. Can't help you with maintenance costs, but there are a few Aussie -9 owners on the forum who should be able to. If I wasn't building a -12, I would have gone for the -9.
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Old 12-26-2013, 06:49 AM
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No worries. Thanks for your input mate.

Obviously its early days yet, but I'm just kicking some figures around in a spreadsheet.
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Hi
If you buy a built RV you can not do the maintenance it must be maintained by a LAME
so allow about $2000 a year for annual service
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Allan is correct, it will cost in the range of $2000 a $2500 for an annual. Depending on your C of A and logbook statement, you shouldn't need to get a LAME to do a 100 hourly. For private operations, it's just the annual you need done by a LAME. You can do your own pilot matinance each 50 hours. If you fly more than 100 hours per year, you can do the 100 hourly (which will just be a second 50 hourly).
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Old 12-26-2013, 05:58 PM
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Yep, aware of the need for a LAME to do the annual, i wasnt aware that I would be able to do 50/100 hourly.

$2000 to $3000k I could probably handle. My hangarmate's 172 reportedly cost $10k on its annual! Could not handle that on a yearly basis.
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