Hangars

[c177tx]

Howdy, I am an old lurker, and recent new member. I am a Cardinal Owner in Texas and now I am looking for some more speed. I have been researching the RV's for sometime now, and have decided to get past the paralysis of analisis stage. So I have ordered the preview set for the RV8. And will get paralized again on the old debate, where to put the third wheel, will it be manual or electrict trim, slider or tip up, Nikon or Canon oh sorry wrong forum for that. But just to many decisions decisions... I will be doing a slow build as I have more time than money right now, as I will be starting another project that will be taking the majority of my cash ur credit. My wife and I purchased a lot a couple of years ago in an residential airpark TS36, web site www.silverwingsfly.com. We plan to start constructing in the next year or two. I plan to start the empenage in my garage this winter, and have the hanger finished before the RV. But I will need to have the hangar built, and would like some imput from others that have built their own hangers as to what kind and why, pictures would be nice. I have seen the many Metal hangars out there, but would be interested in others such as, pole barn buildings or wood hangars.

I love the house and hangar that was recently posted by Mr Paul Rosales, but we just dont plan to got that grand..can we say Taj Majhal...all kidding aside those are some nice digs he has there.. The hanger will need to be large enough to house the planed RV8 and my old trusty 68 Cardinal. I believe that 60 x 40 would be just fine.

G. W. Moore
RV8 preview plans
68 Cardinal driver

[Alschief]

We have been trying for over 60 days just to get the plans from the vendor, yes, the money has been paid so far no luck just excuses. .
Dealing with the FAA is not much better, lost application etc.
The industry seems to have a several suppliers whom are not what they appear to be. Many are just web sites, One supplier raised the price 3 times in 24 hours.
Be careful. I will post more soon.

[Mel]

Garrie,
First, it's hangar. Not hanger. And I have 2. Mine are both all steel. The first is manufactured by Tyler Builder Systems (Tyler, TX), and the other is by Red Dot Buildings. They are both very similar. They both cost about $12.5K each. This price includes 1 personnel door, insulation, and one 10' roof vent. The first was built in 1990 (40 X 60 X 12) and the other in 2002 (45 X 50 X 14). That price was delivered on the truck. I unloaded the truck and erected the buildings with the help of EAA friends. I did much research and would do the same again. Feel free to call if you would like to talk about it. 972-784-7544

[c177tx]

Mel,

Thanks for the information and spelling check.. At 1:20 in the am with my Texas accent, hangers sounded right. I have edited the post.

G. W. Moore
68 177
-8 preview plans

[Mel]

No offense intended. Just pulling your chain.
BTW, web sites for both companies; tylerbuilding.com, and reddotbuildings.com.

[brian]

Morton makes some good ones, based on a wood pole frame. I believe, especially with the increases in steel prices, they are considerably cheaper than a steel frame. There are several new Morton hangars at a couple local airports near me, and they seem to be good. I think all the owners are quite pleased.

Your choice of location (which airport) can make a big difference. I was going to build at Claremont, NH, and it turned into the hassle of a lifetime. It was over a year of constant hassles just to get a building permit. I am now planning to build at Springfield, VT. Attitudes of local bureaucrats will make a HUGE difference. So, a closer airport may not be the best choice.

details on my hangar experiences at:

http://brian76.mystarband.net/hangar.htm

[Mel]

Morton does indeed make some good buildings, but from my experience, they wanted about 2.5 times the cost of all steel buildings. Another thing I don't like about the Morton buildings is they simply pour a concrete floor. There is no foundation.

[c177tx]

Brian,
Thanks for the information on Morton. Before I purchased my lot I looked into building at our local public airfields that are still open. 2 airfields in the Austin Area have been plowed up in the recent past. The City of Austin closed Robert Mueller at midnignt one night and plowed the airfieds at 1:00am. KAUS forget it unless you are Michael Dell. Austin has plenty of room at the old Bergstrom Airforce Base, they even opened a go cart racing park out there. But when it come to General Aviation they are not very friendly. KHYI, 20 year ground lease with a 10 year option, Permits and regulation traffic down IH35. Georgetown is getting busy and having to use the toll roads I can get to the airfield faster, but it is still a long way away for me.

[mdredmond]

Mel,

Any idea what a concrete slab costs for a hangar the size of yours?

-matt

[Mel]

Matt,
My records show that I paid $9,562.50 for the hangar foundation (2250 sq.ft.) and $5,350 for 2000 sq.ft. of ramp between the hangars in June of 2001.