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peter.capani(at)gmail.com
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Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 7:14 pm Post subject: Hours to Build F.8L

I am deciding on which aircraft I want to build.  The mission profile is well defined as long-haul cross country for my wife and me in a comparatively fast plane.  The F.8L fits the profile.   Are there builders local to the Fort Worth area (Granbury, Hicks, etc., also) that can tell me the number of hours or years it took to build their planes?  Thanks.  

   

Pete Capani  

ATP AMEL  

   

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angus.buchanan(at)virgin.
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Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 3:36 am Post subject: Hours to Build F.8L

Hi. I’m a UK based Falco builder; and have used all of the Falco Kits to build my aircraft (ribs, spar, electrics, hinges, metal parts etc.)  

Even with this system, the task is still bigger than nearly all “kit” aircraft.  

I have been building for 14 years – the total number of hours not always the practical measure of effort involved! Look at www.seqair.com . Most builders have the same experience as me; the combination of time available vs. all the other forces on us – family, houses to extend, when money is available at same time as time on our hands!  

   

Therefore the 9,000 hours mentioned by Sequoia is a guide only.  

   

I think the record is a two person team rebuilding an aircraft the pilot crashed in 18 months – and that’s a person who knew how to do it all.  

   

The Falco is magnificent – but you have to enjoy the build as much, if not more, than the objective of flying it!  

   

Good luck.  

   

Angus  Buchanan  

         

  

From: owner-falco-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-falco-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Peter Capani

 Sent: 02 November 2009 03:12

 To: falco-list(at)matronics.com

 Subject: Hours to Build F.8L  

  

   

I am deciding on which aircraft I want to build.  The mission profile is well defined as long-haul cross country for my wife and me in a comparatively fast plane.  The F.8L fits the profile.   Are there builders local to the Fort Worth area (Granbury, Hicks, etc., also) that can tell me the number of hours or years it took to build their planes?  Thanks.  

   

Pete Capani  

ATP AMEL  

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peter.capani(at)gmail.com
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Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 4:48 am Post subject: Hours to Build F.8L

Hi, Angus.  Thank you for your instructive comments.  The decision with which I must come to grips is whether I would have the “stamina” to build such a magnificent aircraft.  At first blush, I’m a flyer and not a builder but I may be willing to trade the two for a time in order to have a Falco.  

   

--Pete Capani, ATP AMEL  

       

From: owner-falco-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-falco-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Angus Buchanan

 Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 5:34 AM

 To: falco-list(at)matronics.com

 Subject: RE: Hours to Build F.8L  

  

  

   

Hi. I’m a UK based Falco builder; and have used all of the Falco Kits to build my aircraft (ribs, spar, electrics, hinges, metal parts etc.)  

Even with this system, the task is still bigger than nearly all “kit” aircraft.  

I have been building for 14 years – the total number of hours not always the practical measure of effort involved! Look at www.seqair.com . Most builders have the same experience as me; the combination of time available vs. all the other forces on us – family, houses to extend, when money is available at same time as time on our hands!  

   

Therefore the 9,000 hours mentioned by Sequoia is a guide only.  

   

I think the record is a two person team rebuilding an aircraft the pilot crashed in 18 months – and that’s a person who knew how to do it all.  

   

The Falco is magnificent – but you have to enjoy the build as much, if not more, than the objective of flying it!  

   

Good luck.  

   

Angus Buchanan  

         

  

From: owner-falco-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-falco-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Peter Capani

 Sent: 02 November 2009 03:12

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 Subject: Hours to Build F.8L  

  

   

I am deciding on which aircraft I want to build.  The mission profile is well defined as long-haul cross country for my wife and me in a comparatively fast plane.  The F.8L fits the profile.   Are there builders local to the Fort Worth area (Granbury, Hicks, etc., also) that can tell me the number of hours or years it took to build their planes?  Thanks.  

   

Pete Capani  

ATP AMEL  

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mrspudandcompany(at)veriz
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Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 5:15 am Post subject: Hours to Build F.8L

I am deciding on which aircraft I want to build.  The mission profile  is well defined as long-haul cross country for my wife and me in a comparatively  fast plane.  The F.8L fits the profile.   Are there builders  local to the Fort Worth area (Granbury, Hicks, etc., also) that can tell me the  number of hours or years it took to build their planes?  Thanks.

  

 Pete Capani

  

 ATP AMEL

  

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   I am in the building process of a Falco, plans    building.  It has been a long process.  I now have 10+ years of part    time work into it, and should be, hopefully, done in another year or so.     It has been an interesting project with a tremendous amount of learning.     You must have a lot of patience, and enjoy the project    for what it is.

    

   The Falco is a wonderful aircraft.  It is    fast and responsive, a real joy to fly.

    

   As I said in the first paragraph, it is labor    intensive especially if you plans build it.  Sequoia has a lot of kits of    preassembled parts, but it gets very expensive to go this route.

    

   The RV7 is a good airplane to build, much shorter    time than the Falco, and it is a good flying fast cross country craft, which    is much less expensive and labor intensive, than the Falco kit    process.

    

   One of the best forums for the Falco is http://falco.co.nz/phpBB3/index.php     This is the South Pacific Falco Forum.  Lots of good builders and lots of    help.  Give a try.

    

   Good luck on your building endevors.

    

   Roger Curtis

   Upton, MA

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