Hypothetical question...
When looking at an RV (or any homebuilt/experimental)...when does an accident become irrelevant in your purchase?
hypothetical example... Accident was medium ...no fuselage bending, wings ok
Does 50 hours of proven flight time make it ok, 200, 500? No visible sign of damage ie repair was done very well. At what point would you look at the log book and say, the plane has proven itself since the bender.
Another way .... says 2 RV's...same average hours/instrumentation/engine
One had an accident but has flown 100 hours since and you cannot tell except for a log book entry. The other, no history of damage. How would you compare them? Would you say they are both valued the same? Since the original was built in a home shop, and rebuilt by the same person/friends, would it not make sense that an accident is irrelevant in valuating an aircraft?
One could argue that a Cessna/Piper leaves the factory and gets bent. It is then rebuilt at the level of craftsmanship of the individual doing the repair. But in the homebuilt world, often the repair person is one and the same as the builder, so, as good as "factory?"
Discuss...
When looking at an RV (or any homebuilt/experimental)...when does an accident become irrelevant in your purchase?
hypothetical example... Accident was medium ...no fuselage bending, wings ok
Does 50 hours of proven flight time make it ok, 200, 500? No visible sign of damage ie repair was done very well. At what point would you look at the log book and say, the plane has proven itself since the bender.
Another way .... says 2 RV's...same average hours/instrumentation/engine
One had an accident but has flown 100 hours since and you cannot tell except for a log book entry. The other, no history of damage. How would you compare them? Would you say they are both valued the same? Since the original was built in a home shop, and rebuilt by the same person/friends, would it not make sense that an accident is irrelevant in valuating an aircraft?
One could argue that a Cessna/Piper leaves the factory and gets bent. It is then rebuilt at the level of craftsmanship of the individual doing the repair. But in the homebuilt world, often the repair person is one and the same as the builder, so, as good as "factory?"
Discuss...