---------------------------------------------------------- RV4-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sun 05/04/03: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 01:34 AM - Re: Re: RV-List: BUILDING ON THE CHEAP! (Tom Kuehne) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 01:34:00 AM PST US From: "Tom Kuehne" Subject: Re: RV4-List: Re: RV-List: BUILDING ON THE CHEAP! --> RV4-List message posted by: "Tom Kuehne" hi chuck, as i can see your new rv 4 is flying, congratulations. its been a while, i miss coming out to coalinga a work on that rv 4. it was a great time, i enjoyed flying with you. hope you and your family is doing good. see ya, sometime..., somewhere.... tom From: "C. Rabaut" Subject: RV4-List: Re: RV-List: BUILDING ON THE CHEAP! -- RV4-List message posted by: "C. Rabaut" Okay, I'll fess up.... I've got tons of "Spare Parts" (I've already given away starters, carbs, ASI's, ELT's, Circuit breakers, etc... for free and still have some left {lots of circuit breakers}). But I've also got a Lycoming O-320 D1A with only 200 hours TTSN (total time since new) comes with Slick-Mags, Precision-Carb, fuel pump from the factory. It is currently "pickled" in Aero-Shell preservative oil with desiccant plugs (Coalinga, Cal. is very dry, but just being careful) and is stored in my hanger. Asking price is $16-k, new it cost over $23-k, and I think the current prices are even higher. I haven't advertised it anywhere yet because I wasn't in a hurry to sell it, but with the weather improving ( my wife not liking me spending $$ on my current plane), I may put it in Trade-a-Plane and/or on EBAY soon. Chuck daytime phone (559) 935-1525 ext. 139 ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill VonDane Subject: Re: RV-List: BUILDING ON THE CHEAP! -- RV-List message posted by: "Bill VonDane" I bought my 1500 hr O320 for $6000 complete including shipping, and the prop was used but never flow for $450 I think... One thing I can say about building on a budget is that it is very easy to keep it light, and man do these things fly nice when they are light! -Bill Vondane - RV-8A www.vondane.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Bristol" To: Subject: Re: RV-List: BUILDING ON THE CHEAP! -- RV-List message posted by: Dave Bristol Very true Scott, I found my "midtime first overhaul" O-360 in a old friends hangar for 4k! Some instruments from similar sources and a radio from a destroyed Cherokee. The radio was in need of resurrection but I can do that stuff myself. My RV6 came in just under 30k and of course I've put another 6-7k worth of goodies into it since but 29,000+ gave me a fantastic full panel airplane. And the only thing that I paid anyone else to do for me was sewing the seat cushions. I only had one skin of leather and I'm a 50% waste kind of upholsterer! Dave, RV6, So Cal Scott Bilinski wrote: -- RV-List message posted by: Scott Bilinski I have noticed several builders have mentioned the cost of building. Some are in the low 30k range others in the low 20 range!!!! I think we need to document how this is done. Here is what little I can add: I have found that there is real network of people at airports and the more of them you know the cheaper you can build a plane. For example I have seen hundreds of instruments in various hangers which I knowt hey would just about give away. So what I am saying is who you know can make a BIG difference in the cost of building. Anyone else? Scott Bilinski Eng dept 305 Phone (858) 657-2536 Pager (858) 502-5190