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FS: RV-8 airplane
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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