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Old 10-15-2014, 07:42 PM
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Try 30k. 25k if you are real good. 15k for a unfinished kit, 6k - 8k for a run out but running motor, 5k for used avionics, and 2k for other stuff. It can be done, but most folks like to see how much they can spend. The best deal is just have 50k ready and buy a used one.

Would you rather spend 2-4 years building or are you the type that prefers to fly now?
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Old 01-26-2015, 03:46 PM
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That's what I am interested in. Well somewhat.
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Old 01-27-2015, 05:10 PM
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Thumbs up Plenty of money

Costs plenty of money but more than that is the time! I started mine in earnest about six years ago and now have the wings, fuse, and empennage well along and some built enitirely. The fuse is a Qbuilt and cost about 5000 dollars more being a QB.

Canadian dollars were equal for the first part and I have spent about 35000 on the plane so far with about 15000 dollars left to go to get it to the tarmac naked.

I think the paint job and incidentals will bring my total cost to about 58,000 dollars Canadian and that is with a lucky purchase of a O-320 B2C at 4500 dollars running with 300 hours left on it.

The money is one thing but the time, frustration, constantly groping in the dark for instructions etc, is the BIGGEST consideration. Money is needed in chunks of thousands at times and can be handled mostly, but, that TIME! time is critical!

Good luck... i understand they fly well and hopefully I will have that grin by winter 2015
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Old 01-27-2015, 09:10 PM
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It only takes 2 things to build your own airplane:

1. All of your time
2. All of your money
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Old 01-28-2015, 06:21 AM
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Here in Brazil due taxes, fees and freight it cost me
150.000 dolars, my country has a biggest tax in the world
About everything, a economic car here like a kia Rio costs more than 25.000 dolars being almost 50% are taxes, but the money goes for support corruption
Even though all taxes are paid when you walk to customs they ask you a little more under the table to free your cargo faster😡
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Old 01-28-2015, 07:24 AM
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The fastest and cheapest is to buy a flying RV- . However, you do not get the pleasure of building the way you want. Since you build as you want, the price certainly double of what you "can" buy for. The builder process fascinates me
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Old 01-28-2015, 09:09 AM
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The one surprise for me was how much money I spent on buying specialty tools.

Once I had all the metal working tools I thought I would ever need, I had to start buying flairing tools, crimping tools, engine cylinder wrenches, you name it.

The good thing to buying all these tools is that I can perform any maintenance I need without borrowing a tool from someone across town. The down side, they add cost!
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Old 02-20-2015, 06:54 PM
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I am debating standard fuselage vs quickbuild.
What is the estimated time to build the standard fuselage to the quickbuild stage ?
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Old 02-21-2015, 03:56 AM
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The one surprise for me was how much money I spent on buying specialty tools.

Once I had all the metal working tools I thought I would ever need, I had to start buying flairing tools, crimping tools, engine cylinder wrenches, you name it.

The good thing to buying all these tools is that I can perform any maintenance I need without borrowing a tool from someone across town. The down side, they add cost!
One hard, painful lesson for me while building Dad's -6 was that it's usually just cheaper to go ahead and buy the right tool instead of trying to improvise. Sometimes you can make a special tool (e.g. buy a Harbor Freight crescent wrench, heat it with a torch, bend it, and quench) for certain one-off places, but trying to just use what you have and "make it work" just isn't worth it from a time and money perspective--you spend a whole lot more time, expend a lot more frustration, and sometimes wind up breaking the tool or the part you're working on, and having to replace it.
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Old 02-21-2015, 04:23 PM
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I am debating standard fuselage vs quickbuild.
What is the estimated time to build the standard fuselage to the quickbuild stage ?
For the six, it figured out that you were paying about $8 per hour in labor for the quick build work.

But, it was not pre-punched. And the six did not come with the detailed instructions that the 7 has.

IF Van's sells you a part, (heated pitot) you can expect him to explain how to install it. IF he didn't sell it to you..... don't expect them to show you how to install it.
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