What was your age when you started your RV

[llavalle]

Since I'm 25 and I'm about to start a RV-9, I was wondering how old you were when you got the crazy idea of building a plane ?

And while you're at it, how much flying experience do you have??

I have a PPL and barely 100hr

Enjoy

[gbrasch]

Got the idea at about your age at my first "Oshkosh", didn't start till years later at the age of around 50. Still working on it 6 years later with over 5000 flight hours...someday!

[JordanGrant]

I was 20 when I had the idea (in college). Started right after graduating - I was 22. Finished it just prior to my 30th birthday. Get started!

[llavalle]

Originally Posted by JordanGrant

Get started!

I've had the preview plan since 2004. I ordered an Avery RV Toolkit on monday. I also received the practice project toolbox

I'm waiting for the canadian dollar to stabilize before ordering the tail kit
It went from $0.96 US to $0.84 in the past 3 weeks . The market is too volatile at the moment. I'll wait around 3-4 weeks and order

[DeltaAlphaZulu]

Age 43, haven't started yet but trying to slowly put together tools, will then do practice kits etc then order "8" emp kit - hopefully sometime within next 6-9 mths. Still working on PPL (attempt #2 - first one was hijacked by life changes - getting married, building a house, having kids, changes of jobs etc).

[prkaye]

I'm waiting for the canadian dollar to stabilize before ordering the tail kit

It's amazing how big a factor this can be for us Canucks. I was very fortunate and got my finish kit, firewall forward kit and engine when the Canadian dollar was over 96 cents US. A couple of weeks after my cheque cleared for my engine it has plummeted to about 84 cents. That's a couple of thousand dollars difference on the price of an engine!

I know some guys who built their entire plane when the Loonie was about 75 to 80 cents US. Ouch!

One thing I did when the Canadian dollar was well over a dollar US last year was to open a US dollar account and convert some then... I'm glad I did!

[n2prise]

Originally Posted by gbrasch

Got the idea at about your age at my first "Oshkosh", didn't start till years later at the age of around 50. Still working on it 6 years later with over 5000 flight hours...someday!

Glenn Brasch Tucson, Arizona, KRYN.
RV-9A Finish kit #90623, 1953 Piper Tri-Pacer.
EMS Eurocopter AS-350 B-3 A-Star Driver.

Glen,

I see I was just in front of you when I ordered the RV-9 empennage kit. I got started in October 2002 and had the first flight on June 9, 2005. The Hobbs meter stands at 262.2 hours now.

I did not have anything to fly other than rented Cessnas from the local flight school. That could be why I worked on my 9A and got it done.

[Bob Axsom]

I started building out RV-6A when I was 60. It took 8 years to complete it (actually I'm still working on the perfect configuration). I have just under 5,000 flight hours, I turn 72 in a few weeks and I'm leaving in a few minutes to fly in the Memphis 100 air race tomorrow.

Bob Axsom

P.S. Won the RV Blue Class and finished 7th overall behind an SX-300 and 5 Rockets. B.A.

[pierre smith]

...years old and ordered my Cassutt fuselage and wing kit. It flew 1 1/2 years later. Started the -6A when I was 59, now 63.

Regards,

[L.Adamson]

45 when I started the 6A. 57 when it came time to fly it. Still 57

L.Adamson