---------------------------------------------------------- Rocket-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sun 01/16/05: 4 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 07:28 AM - Builders in Northern California (lui) 2. 10:01 AM - Rocket vs. RV-7 (Brian Dal Porto) 3. 12:02 PM - Re: Rocket vs. RV-7 (Elmshoot@aol.com) 4. 05:39 PM - Re: Rocket vs. RV-7 (nico css) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 07:28:47 AM PST US From: "lui" <8418signco@ev1.net> Subject: Rocket-List: Builders in Northern California --> Rocket-List message posted by: "lui" <8418signco@ev1.net> Brian: When I met John Harmon over the phone he asked me a few questions to determine my expectations, time available to build, etc. Based on our conversation, he recommended me to check the F-1 quick build kit or buy one already built. The F-1 is a different airplane but with some similarities. This has been the best advice John has given me. Even a quick build takes some time to figure out a few things. If you don't have much time to build or experience from other projects consider a quick build or one already built. The bottom line: the best looking airplane in the market and fast! - nothing near a RV. L. ------------------- > Time: 10:59:47 AM PST US > From: "Brian Dal Porto" > Subject: Rocket-List: Builders in Northern California > > --> Rocket-List message posted by: "Brian Dal Porto" > > I am finally ready to take the plunge into a kit plane. I have narrowed my choices > to Harmon Rocket (#1) or an RV-7 (#2). But I still have concerns about how > much more work a Rocket is than an RV-7. I would like to visit some one building > a rocket to take a look and talk about what's involved. > > Brian ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 10:01:44 AM PST US From: "Brian Dal Porto" Subject: Rocket-List: Rocket vs. RV-7 --> Rocket-List message posted by: "Brian Dal Porto" A couple of years ago I got a ride in an RV-7 up at Van's. A couple of months ago I flew down to Bakersfield and got a ride from John. Wow what a difference in performance. Up until then I was convinced that a rocket wasn't that much faster and it was harder to build so I knew the -7 was probably the way to go. After that ride in a rocket I changed my mind. I want a rocket! That said I also want to start my project with my eye's wide open and not through rose colored glasses. Brian ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 12:02:59 PM PST US From: Elmshoot@aol.com Subject: Re: Rocket-List: Rocket vs. RV-7 --> Rocket-List message posted by: Elmshoot@aol.com Brian, Pick up the phone and call the insurance companies and see if any will underwrite you. I did and it was about a $4000 a year difference. That will buy a lot of fuel. And that is why I haven't begun any project. I am leaning toward a -7 with a reworked Lycon motor. Sparky ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 05:39:40 PM PST US From: "nico css" Subject: Re: Rocket-List: Rocket vs. RV-7 --> Rocket-List message posted by: "nico css" Listening to you guys proposing the pros and cons of the 7 and the Rocket, it appears to be a matter of taste. If you are content drilling holes in the sky at any speed, the 7 will do. If the rate at which you drill those holes matter a great deal, you have to pursue the Rocket. I fall into the latter category. Regardless of the fuel, I'd much rather fly less and do it with a glow in my cheeks, than buzz around disturbing some atmosphere. My 2-bit's worth. Nico ----- Original Message ----- From: Subject: Re: Rocket-List: Rocket vs. RV-7 > --> Rocket-List message posted by: Elmshoot@aol.com > > Brian, > Pick up the phone and call the insurance companies and see if any will > underwrite you. I did and it was about a $4000 a year difference. That will buy a > lot of fuel. And that is why I haven't begun any project. I am leaning toward a > -7 with a reworked Lycon motor. > Sparky > >