Dances with Bassets
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Anyone else notice that the firewall forward kit just went up $1300 bucks. Ouch! Wish we could of had a chance to place an order before this occurred. I never saw a notice of a pending increase.
Since I don't care a flip about ELSA, it seems to be a very good time to think seriously about Viking or Jabiru and go EAB. I may be wrong, but it would appear we are being taken advantage of, someone is looking at the fact that there are like 400 RV 12 kits out there wanting an engine for a plane that has a Rotax planned for. I would have already ordered, but the 18 months warranty starts when Vans buys the engine, I thought it would be nice to at least have a few days warranty after I first started the engine.
I hate it when there is only one ball game in town.
I would have already ordered, but the 18 months warranty starts when Vans buys the engine, I thought it would be nice to at least have a few days warranty after I first started the engine.
Are you sure about that? My understanding is that the warranty period begins at first engine start, not from when Vans buys the engine.
Yeah, I am sure, checked with the importer and LEAF, I was ready to buy the engine a month ago, but that stopped me, Vans had them in stock at that time (no idea how long they had been in stock using up warranty).. The warranty is 18 months or 200 hours, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST!. The 18 months starts when Vans buys the engine from the importer, the 200 hours starts when you start the engine. Of course that means nobody can get the 18 months on an experimental you are building, and if you are slow building there would be no warranty at all,
I am not sure if I learned a lesson or not, interesting that this mis information took $1300 out of my pocket and put it in the pocket of the mis informer. [...]
I am still hot under the collar for being misled by Vans and it costing me $1300. We professional tightwads don't get over something like that quickly.and a
However I owe a big thank you to Marty for finally getting to the bottom of this and clearing it up for us all. Thanks Marty.
At the risk of turning this into a political debate I would suggest to you neither Vans or Rotax is responsible for the devaluation of the USD, and as a student of economics I would also suggest; "You ain't seen nuttn yet."
There are "several hundred hours" total on the engine in flight, including some fairly long distance flights. Jan can answer that question better than I, he has been flying a Zenith, but is selling it and replacing it with an RV12! I think this weekend he is flying from Florida up to Mexico MO for the Zenith bash there. It seems many of the conversions are actually replacing an installed Rotax with the Viking. The first 12 to be flying with a Viking is being done by a member of this forum in fact, it should be at Oshkosh if he can get it done, you can see his progress on the Viking web site, just click on RV12 tab. This engine is built from Honda Fit, Honda marine engines, and Honda Racing. Not like taking a slow reving engine from a car and calling it an airplane engine. I expect some teething problems being one of the very first, but I can live with that in exchange for the final result.
Check it out here: http://www.vikingaircraftengines.com/