I'm very new to the forum (and to the idea of ownership) and imagine there may well be threads about this I haven't found yet, so feel free to say, "read [x] and then ask"...!
We are evaluating whether we can buy an already flying 9A - approximate timeframe: within 2 years. I went to my airport today (KAEG in Albuquerque) to scope out the hangar situation and to talk to the maintenance folks. The maintenance personnel available at the FBO there aren't able to do regular work on experimentals due to the FBO's insurance, though the chief said they can work on certificated parts of RVs, such as a Lycoming, for example.
If I buy an already flying RV, I know I couldn't (and shouldn't!) qualify for a repairman certificate, so that's not on the table.
How difficult would it make ownership, not having a repair shop on the field that could potentially work on an RV? For something like an annual condition inspection, I could certainly fly the plane to the inspection. But what about other maintenance or repair issues that could come up?
Thanks for thoughts -
Doug
We are evaluating whether we can buy an already flying 9A - approximate timeframe: within 2 years. I went to my airport today (KAEG in Albuquerque) to scope out the hangar situation and to talk to the maintenance folks. The maintenance personnel available at the FBO there aren't able to do regular work on experimentals due to the FBO's insurance, though the chief said they can work on certificated parts of RVs, such as a Lycoming, for example.
If I buy an already flying RV, I know I couldn't (and shouldn't!) qualify for a repairman certificate, so that's not on the table.
How difficult would it make ownership, not having a repair shop on the field that could potentially work on an RV? For something like an annual condition inspection, I could certainly fly the plane to the inspection. But what about other maintenance or repair issues that could come up?
Thanks for thoughts -
Doug