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Building Juliette Whiskey
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Date: 6-23-2006
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Number of Hours: 0.00
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Brief Description: You're going to build a WHAT!!
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After much deliberation and battling with my own thoughts, I've decided to build an airplane. I've been thinking of doing this for years, but the obligations and responsibilites of family life and kids have made me put it on the back burner. I did, however, learn to fly and get my private pilot ticket a few years ago. And now that the kids are grown and gone and Wendy and I have a solid 10 year plan in place, it is time to build. We plan on building a summer home down in North Carolina and decided our own plane would be great for commuting. I have decided to Build a Van's RV-9A. The decision was based on many factors. I am a somewhat low hour pilot and wanted something that was not only fast, but economical to fly. Insurance cost need to be within reason, so a welll know kit was called for. The Van's Aircraft company is the biggest kit suppler in the world. They have more planes flying than anyone. The builder's support network in place is awsome. The kits themselves are state of the art match hole technolgy. Once I decided to build a Van's, I debated over whether to build an RV-7A or RV-9A. The tail draggers would be fun, but insurance looks more kindly at tricycle layouts. The RV-7 has a bigger engine and can do awsome aerobatics. The RV-9 is not aerobatic and has a smaller engine. It will still cuise about 190mph. This will get us to North Carolina in between 2 - 3 hours and up to Vince's Cottage in about 1 hour....not bad. Besides, the RV-9 will be cheaper to insure and cost less to build. I can live without flying upside down (at least for a while). Even though I have not worked out all the details as far a what I will include in our new plane (ie. panel, interior, etc.) I do know it will be a Van's RV-9A (Tricycle gear), 160 hp Lycoming 0-320 engine and probably a fixed pitch prop. I still might go with a constant speed Hartzell, but I kind of like the simplicity and looks of the Catto 3 blade fixed. I would also like most of the bells and gadgets. So let's get started...
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A sweet plane!
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I like the simple paint design
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God Bless America!!
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