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12-22-2020, 09:02 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2020
Location: Julian, California
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Why are RV-14’s $230k when a 7 or 9 is $100k
I have looked at 7, 9, 10, and 14 RVs. It seems a great 7 or 9 is $100,000. A great low total time, low engine time, great panel equipped 10 is $250,000 and a great 14 is $200,000. I’d like a 10 or 14 because I’m wide shall we say, wide.
To get a 10 or 14, I’d take the money from my retirement investments. I understand the price of a 10, but a 14, I don’t. Why are they so expensive when so similar to a 7 or 9? Have they always been this expensive or is this a surge due to COVID and I should hold out for a dip?
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12-22-2020, 09:05 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: KSGJ / TJBQ
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Easy.... Supply vs Demand.
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12-22-2020, 09:29 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Sacramento, CA
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it cost more to build a 14, most have a full and nice panel with likely a new engine which might not be the case for a 7 or 9.
RV14 is more that meets the eye.
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12-22-2020, 09:29 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Dublin, CA
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Well I think engine cost is probably part of it.
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12-22-2020, 09:32 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: WARNER ROBINS, GA
Posts: 464
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Said another way, More WIDE buyers in the population. Less WIDE planes on the market.
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12-22-2020, 09:51 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: Joseph, Oregon
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Quote:
Originally Posted by pilotkms
Said another way, More WIDE buyers in the population. Less WIDE planes on the market.
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Hahahaha.... 
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12-23-2020, 05:44 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
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Just go with a 7 or 9 if you think they are as desirable , problem solved.
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12-23-2020, 05:52 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Dallas area
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The -14 structure is more like a 2-place 10 than it is a wide -7/-9.
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Last edited by Mel : 12-23-2020 at 05:54 AM.
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12-23-2020, 06:13 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: Henderson, NV
Posts: 70
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If you do the quickbuild kit you easily get to $200k. Also everything is listed with the pre-tax price but don't forget the builders need to pay sales tax and use tax.
QB Kit $50k
Engine $45k
EFII $10k
Prop $15k
Avionics $40k
Brakes/Wheels $10k
Paint $20k
That's $190k.
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12-23-2020, 06:14 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: NOLA
Posts: 287
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Cost
As others have mentioned - there is more than meets the eye. While I have no doubt you could technically get a -14 in the air for $90k-100k, it would most certainly require a second hand engine, limited avionics, and paint (both of which installation would not be able to be outsourced to stay within the $100k range).
IMO, $140-160 - is a reasonable cost to build a -14.
Couple that with the limited market size, and it quickly becomes a hot commodity.
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