FS: RV-8 airplane
Karl Townsend
homebuilt airplane. About fifteen years ago, I visited my dad and seen a
pile of AL sheeting and extruded AL support stock for ribs etc. I spent two
days with him fabricating one side of the vertical fin on the tail. I
thought, "there ain't no way". Well, only 6000 logged hours of work later,
it flew. He went on to outfit it with every conceivable electronic
navigation device for full IFR rating.
Here's a couples links. Kinda shows what's involved.
http://www.rv8.ch/
http://www.vansaircraft.com/public/rv-8int.htm
If you're in the market for a meticulously home built aircraft, this is one
hell-of-a deal. Here's the specs:
710- CT ASKING
PRICE---$90,000
SPECIAL AIRWOTTHINESS CERTIFICATE ------------ 09/ 13/ 00
LYCOMING ENGINE- 0-360 A1A 180 HP. ENGINE HAS 500 HOURS AS OF 2/22/10
414 HRS. INSTALLED UNISON SLICK AIRCRAFT MAGS.
OIL AND FILTER HAS BEEN CHANGED EACH 25 HRS. WITH PHILLIPS 20 W-50 OIL AND
12 OZ. AV BLEND
PLANE HAS NEAR NEW MICHELIN TIRES
I CRUISE AT 150 KNTS
HOSES
NEW FLEXIBLE IN 2009
OIL, GASOLINE, INSTRUMENT LINES
OIL COOLER, FUEL PUMP, AND CARBURATOR
RADIOS
GMA 340 AUDIO PANEL
GNS 430 GPS
GTX 327 TRANSPONDER
MX 20 MFD
GI 106 NAV. INDICATOR
ALTITUDE HOLD AUTO PILOT
CARUS 3000 V. STERILIZER
STEC C 1261-17-14 PITCH COMPUTER
STEC 0107-5 PS PITCH SERVO
STEC 0111 TRANSDUCER
GARMIN 3-4-56 GPS ANTENNA
CI-122 COMM. ANTENNA
IMC INSTRUMENTS
3 1/8" ATTITUDE INDICATOR / ELECTRIC
3 1/8" GYRO COMPASS/ ELECTRIC
3 1/8" TURN AND BANK INDICATOR / ELECTRIC
2 �" VERTICAL SPEED INDICATOR
SENSENICH AIRCRAFT PROPELLER
PROPELLER MODEL- 72M859-1-83
PROPELLER SERIAL NUMBER - 32942
Pics can be emailed if you're interested.
Karl
Robert Swinney
I know it is a hard thing to do.
Bob Swinney
"Karl Townsend" <karltown...@embarqmail.com> wrote in message
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710- CT ASKING
PRICE---$90,000
HOSES
NEW FLEXIBLE IN 2009
OIL, GASOLINE, INSTRUMENT LINES
GNS 430 GPS
GTX 327 TRANSPONDER
MX 20 MFD
GI 106 NAV. INDICATOR
ALTITUDE HOLD AUTO PILOT
CARUS 3000 V. STERILIZER
STEC 0111 TRANSDUCER
GARMIN 3-4-56 GPS ANTENNA
CI-122 COMM. ANTENNA
IMC INSTRUMENTS
2 �" VERTICAL SPEED INDICATOR
Tim Wescott
> Sadly, my father is putting up for sale the project of his life. Its an RV-8
> homebuilt airplane. About fifteen years ago, I visited my dad and seen a
> pile of AL sheeting and extruded AL support stock for ribs etc. I spent two
> days with him fabricating one side of the vertical fin on the tail. I
> thought, "there ain't no way". Well, only 6000 logged hours of work later,
> it flew. He went on to outfit it with every conceivable electronic
> navigation device for full IFR rating.
>
> Here's a couples links. Kinda shows what's involved.
> http://www.rv8.ch/
> http://www.vansaircraft.com/public/rv-8int.htm
-- snip --
I visited a friend of mine who's the engineering manager for an aircraft
sheet metal company at Aurora airport (now _there's_ metalworking! They
repair aircraft and make parts for the Sikorsky S-64, which Sikorsky no
longer supports. They've been making sheet metal and structural parts
for years; they're just about to get some of the flying surfaces ATC'd
-- so they're doing some Really Serious work there. And it's a _little
place_).
You have to drive right by Van's on the way in, so I stopped by to see
if I could cadge a tour, or at least a peek at the production floor. I
couldn't, but the receptionist did inflict me on one of their sales guys
and him on me. We were obviously from different planets -- he couldn't
imagine anyone wanting to build model airplanes when they could just as
well build full scale, while any time I want to fly full scale I
contemplate how often I crash models and the urge passes.
They do cool stuff there, though.
--
Tim Wescott
Control system and signal processing consulting
www.wescottdesign.com
Stu Fields
"Tim Wescott" <t...@seemywebsite.now> wrote in message
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Dang Tim, with your interest in aviation and a good technical background, I
was about to ask you if you were interested in buying my Safari Kit
Helicopter. Reading your post above, my probability estimator says my
expected gain here is pretty low....
Stu
Wes
>Sadly, my father is putting up for sale the project of his life. Its an RV-8
>homebuilt airplane. About fifteen years ago, I visited my dad and seen a
>pile of AL sheeting and extruded AL support stock for ribs etc. I spent two
>days with him fabricating one side of the vertical fin on the tail. I
>thought, "there ain't no way". Well, only 6000 logged hours of work later,
>it flew. He went on to outfit it with every conceivable electronic
>navigation device for full IFR rating.
Did he loose his medical or did he decide he wasn't alert enough to continue flying?
If the former, that is sad, if the later it is still sad but he did the right thing and
you will have him with you longer. Your dad has a strong will to complete such a project.
If that will was passed off to you, you will go do well for yourself.
Wes
kfvo...@gmail.com
wrote:
> Sadly, my father is putting up for sale the project of his life. Its an RV-8
> homebuilt airplane. About fifteen years ago, I visited my dad and seen a
> pile of AL sheeting and extruded AL support stock for ribs etc. I spent two
> days with him fabricating one side of the vertical fin on the tail. I
> thought, "there ain't no way". Well, only 6000 logged hours of work later,
> it flew. He went on to outfit it with every conceivable electronic
> navigation device for full IFR rating.
>
You should put up in: rec.aviation.homebuilt
That's sad.
Karl
kfvo...@gmail.com
Karl
Check rec.aviation if your not monitoring it. You got a couple
suggestions.
Karl
Karl Townsend
>Check rec.aviation if your not monitoring it. You got a couple
>suggestions.
>Karl
Thanks, I hadn't followed my post.