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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 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 ¼" VERTICAL SPEED INDICATOR SENSENICH AIRCRAFT PROPELLER PROPELLER MODEL- 72M859-1-83 PROPELLER SERIAL NUMBER - 32942 Pics can be emailed if you're interested. Karl |
RV-8 airplane
Sorry Karl,
I know it is a hard thing to do. Bob Swinney "Karl Townsend" wrote in message anews.com... 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 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 ¼" VERTICAL SPEED INDICATOR SENSENICH AIRCRAFT PROPELLER PROPELLER MODEL- 72M859-1-83 PROPELLER SERIAL NUMBER - 32942 Pics can be emailed if you're interested. Karl |
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Karl Townsend 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. 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 |
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"Tim Wescott" wrote in message ... Karl Townsend 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. 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 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 |
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"Karl Townsend" 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. 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 |
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On Mar 7, 6:02*am, "Karl Townsend"
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. Here's a couples links. Kinda shows what's involved.http://www.rv8.ch/http://www.vansair...ic/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 ¼" VERTICAL SPEED INDICATOR SENSENICH AIRCRAFT PROPELLER * * * * * PROPELLER MODEL- 72M859-1-83 * * * * * PROPELLER SERIAL NUMBER - 32942 Pics can be emailed if you're interested. Karl You should put up in: rec.aviation.homebuilt That's sad. Karl |
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On Mar 7, 10:29*pm, " wrote:
On Mar 7, 6:02*am, "Karl Townsend" 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. Here's a couples links. Kinda shows what's involved.http://www.rv8.ch/http://www.vansair...ic/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 ¼" VERTICAL SPEED INDICATOR SENSENICH AIRCRAFT PROPELLER * * * * * PROPELLER MODEL- 72M859-1-83 * * * * * PROPELLER SERIAL NUMBER - 32942 Pics can be emailed if you're interested. Karl You should put up in: rec.aviation.homebuilt That's sad. Karl Karl Check rec.aviation if your not monitoring it. You got a couple suggestions. Karl |
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Check rec.aviation if your not monitoring it. You got a couple suggestions. Karl Thanks, I hadn't followed my post. |
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