---------------------------------------------------------- RV10-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Mon 08/09/04: 4 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 04:06 PM - rv10 cost to build (Doug Brinlee) 2. 04:56 PM - Re: rv10 cost to build (Ed Godfrey) 3. 05:28 PM - cost to build numbers (Doug Brinlee) 4. 05:59 PM - Re: cost to build numbers (Tim Olson) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 04:06:51 PM PST US From: "Doug Brinlee" Subject: RV10-List: rv10 cost to build --> RV10-List message posted by: "Doug Brinlee" Hey RV-10 builders.... I have run the numbers and with a 235hp engine and basic avionics I am coming up with 65 to 75k to build a 10... Maybe I am dreaming. Any thoughts?? I am getting ready to buy a 7 kit but trying to find a way to swing the 10 kit. Doug ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 04:56:43 PM PST US From: Ed Godfrey Subject: Re: RV10-List: rv10 cost to build --> RV10-List message posted by: Ed Godfrey Doug, Would you be able to share yor "numbers". I have been trying to work out the overall cost myself. Ed Doug Brinlee wrote: >--> RV10-List message posted by: "Doug Brinlee" > >Hey RV-10 builders.... I have run the numbers and with a 235hp engine and basic avionics I am coming up with 65 to 75k to build a 10... Maybe I am dreaming. Any thoughts?? I am getting ready to buy a 7 kit but trying to find a way to swing the 10 kit. >Doug > > > > ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 05:28:54 PM PST US From: "Doug Brinlee" Subject: RV10-List: cost to build numbers --> RV10-List message posted by: "Doug Brinlee" Ok, Here is what I have.... I took the rv-7 cost estimator and put estimated cost for the 10 and came up with the following: kit total slow build 31,000+ engine 235hp 540 mid time 15,000 + Fix pitch catto prop 2500.00 + firwall forward 4000 + basic avionics and radios 6500.00 + lights 1000 + basic electrical system 1000 + Interior 1000.00 we can do interior ourselves+ tools 2200.00 64,200 + paint 2500.00 to 5000.00 66700 to 69200 total... I have been told that you can set up a 540 as fixed pitch..... but not sure and have someone checking into it. Dont see why the 10 could not fly on a fixed pitch catto prop with 235hp. I could be totally wrong about that... If I find the numbers add up I plan to build a 10. take care, Doug ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 05:59:32 PM PST US From: Tim Olson Subject: Re: RV10-List: cost to build numbers --> RV10-List message posted by: Tim Olson Doug, You may well end up with one of the cheapest RV-10's that flies. From what we know know about kit prices, the first 3 kits will run you ~ $3K + 7.25K + 12.1K --- roughly $22,500. The 3rd kit is probably going to be a bit higher than the others...maybe $8000-is? At the show, I asked about FirewallForward and it sounds like that will be in the few thousands also. So, $35,000 is probably more like it. You're one of the first that I've seen mention that they're not going either balls-to-the-wall with the 260Hp, or to a new, but alternative engine (deltahawk, innodyn, or other). Nothing wrong with a used mid-time, but I'm hearing more people talk about new. Haven't heard anyone else really talk about Fixed Pitch props either, and we kind of chuckled after the RV-10 Forum at OSH as to how many VFR only -10's there will be....most people seem to be thinking a real IFR cruiser. Nothing wrong with your plans....it's just that you're seeming to be in a slightly different direction than many others. There's no autopilot, and many other things on your list. My plan is more like: $40k with QB on the fuse only for the airframe. $38K for a new engine with dual lightspeed ignition with extras $10K for a c/s prop $59.5K for a pretty decked out panel Quite a bit different, and even more than I expected originally. I guess I'd say make yourself aware that you may end up 20% or more overbudget by the time you get done, because your opinions may change as time goes on. I see Van's demo -10 as a very basic plane in most respects...not much trim to it at all. Yet even they are pushing toward the $100K mark. I'm guessing that a large percentage of the builders are going into this expecting that they won't get it flying before they've poured in at least $80-90K.... anyone else want to comment on that to verify? Tim Doug Brinlee wrote: > --> RV10-List message posted by: "Doug Brinlee" > > Ok, Here is what I have.... I took the rv-7 cost estimator and put > estimated cost for the 10 and came up with the following: kit total > slow build 31,000+ engine 235hp 540 mid time 15,000 + Fix pitch > catto prop 2500.00 + firwall forward 4000 + basic avionics and radios > 6500.00 + lights 1000 + basic electrical system 1000 + Interior > 1000.00 we can do interior ourselves+ tools 2200.00 64,200 + paint > 2500.00 to 5000.00 66700 to 69200 total... I have been told that you > can set up a 540 as fixed pitch..... but not sure and have someone > checking into it. Dont see why the 10 could not fly on a fixed pitch > catto prop with 235hp. I could be totally wrong about that... If I > find the numbers add up I plan to build a 10. take care, Doug >