Which Aircraft to Build?

[Bank-n-Yank]

LearLove,
You might have been inhaling the jet-a fumes a bit too much...... The tailwheel RV-8 has a much better look to it, IMO.

 

[Goose Egg]

If your mission is shortening your lifespan, then any homebuilt will do.

-Goose

 

[flyboycpa]

check this one out. for some reason in the rv8 I think the 8a looks better than the tailwheel 8. I thing the 3 and 4 are the best looking overall, if not one of the best lokking planes around.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2004...003QQitemZ130053840492QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

check out this guys hangar - he's got some toys. Nice 8 in the background.

LearLove,

Actually, that is an RV-4 in the background. It is probably one of the nicest -4's you'll ever see. It has a 150hp Lycoming with a fixed pitch wood prop. I am positive of this as my Swift resides two hangars down from Ham's hangar. His RV-10 is nearly finished and will most likely be a multiple award-winner wherever he takes it. He has been flying this -8A for a couple of years and it is also in mint condition. Hopefully, he'll find someone to buy it and free up some hangar space.

Regards,
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[DustMaker]

If your mission is shortening your lifespan, then any homebuilt will do.

-Goose

mmm - have you compared the safety record of say the canards compared to say certificated?

which plane was it that had 7 fuel tanks? it had/has quite a bad record

 

[Goose Egg]

mmm - have you compared the safety record of say the canards compared to say certificated?

Hey, no offense Dustmaker. I kid. I'm a glider guy. Glider guys kid.

-Goose

 

[DustMaker]

good, just rather touchy subject with me.

looking at experimental as a whole - dangerous as many are 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 of a kind planes - the bugs are not ironed out, many are acrobatic and finicky planes.

BUT, many are quite docile and have excellent records.

 

[dav8or]

I've got a RV 8 tail kit for sale. I built the rear spar and then decided to start a vineyard. No time or money to finish the build. PM me if you're interested.

 

[Bringupthebird]

Remember 1) You'll never get your money out of a homebuilt 2) There are substantial libilty issues if you (or your heirs) ever want to sell a homebuilt and 3) Your life insurance probably won't cover you if you auger in in a homebuilt.

Once you get past that, build a T-18. Same performance as an RV for half the money. Better yet, buy one that has been built already and then get an extensive pre-buy by someone who knows the type intimately.

Not that intimately, of course.

 

[DustMaker]

1 can be untrue - depending on plane and engine

2 is untrue

3 may be right

 

[Goose Egg]

For what it's worth (and I know nobody asked me), I think I'll hold off on building/flying homebuilts. I've just heard too many horror stories. I'll save my 9 lives for something else. But if you guys like it, more power to ya! Those airplanes are definitely cool, but it won't be me flying them.

-Goose