Hello,
a year again I postet a thread with requriements and asked for help picking an airplane.
Now, a year later with me being a year nearer to the starting date (in approximately a year) I changed my set of requirements.
Plan or kit build, if the kit is not to pricey (see below)
Since I have many wishes, and I know that many of them won't fit together I ordered them according to importance:
absolutely must-have:
*fast: absolute minimum 140 kts cruise, the faster the better
*cost: I know that this hobby is not cheap, but in my little corner of the world AVGAS costs 11.8$/gallon, at the airport I will be flying to the most 12.85$/gallon. So it is a bit pricey... But I do not only want to look at fuel efficiency but building cost, operating cost altogether. So which is the cheapest for building and operating for the first 1000 hours? Here I also think a plane capable of auto conversion or any alternative propulsion (hybrid?) will be nice.
*place: 2 person + a bit of baggage, both persons relatively big (6'), big plus if it has enough weight left for playing around with some electronics and other stuff
should have:
*starting landing on a paved runway 630x18m (~2000 feet)
*not too long to build (<3000 hours, if less than that even better)
nice to have:
* place for a 3rd person
* not wooden construction (I know its a good material, but I am just not comfortable with it.
The last time I thought of a Cozy MKIV or a BD4, unfortunately the Cozy takes quite long to build.
But this time I am not fixated on a 4 person plane, if there is a 2 person plane that fits the bill (including enough weight left for enough baggage, ( and no 80 lbs is not much) I will of course consider it too, and I guess this widens the possible range.
Thanks for your suggestions
Best regards
Daniel
a year again I postet a thread with requriements and asked for help picking an airplane.
Now, a year later with me being a year nearer to the starting date (in approximately a year) I changed my set of requirements.
Plan or kit build, if the kit is not to pricey (see below)
Since I have many wishes, and I know that many of them won't fit together I ordered them according to importance:
absolutely must-have:
*fast: absolute minimum 140 kts cruise, the faster the better
*cost: I know that this hobby is not cheap, but in my little corner of the world AVGAS costs 11.8$/gallon, at the airport I will be flying to the most 12.85$/gallon. So it is a bit pricey... But I do not only want to look at fuel efficiency but building cost, operating cost altogether. So which is the cheapest for building and operating for the first 1000 hours? Here I also think a plane capable of auto conversion or any alternative propulsion (hybrid?) will be nice.
*place: 2 person + a bit of baggage, both persons relatively big (6'), big plus if it has enough weight left for playing around with some electronics and other stuff
should have:
*starting landing on a paved runway 630x18m (~2000 feet)
*not too long to build (<3000 hours, if less than that even better)
nice to have:
* place for a 3rd person
* not wooden construction (I know its a good material, but I am just not comfortable with it.
The last time I thought of a Cozy MKIV or a BD4, unfortunately the Cozy takes quite long to build.
But this time I am not fixated on a 4 person plane, if there is a 2 person plane that fits the bill (including enough weight left for enough baggage, ( and no 80 lbs is not much) I will of course consider it too, and I guess this widens the possible range.
Thanks for your suggestions
Best regards
Daniel