If not your current project, then what?

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If not your current project, then what?

-3
0
No votes
-4
0
No votes
-6/-7
0
No votes
-8
1
8%
-9
0
No votes
-10
4
31%
-12
0
No votes
Bearhawk
4
31%
Rocket
2
15%
Ultralight
2
15%
 
Total votes: 13

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If not your current project, then what?

Post by captain_john »

Hey All,

I thought this would be an interesting thread, as we are always thinking about the next plane we will build.

The renewed interest in the -3 kits among veteran builders is a good example.

I like the idea of a fun little -3 as much as I do a -10 for lugging around a crew!

I am probably MOST intrigued by the idea of a high wing floatplane with huge capacity like... the BEARHAWK! Maybe an O-540 with 230 hosses and amphibious floats? Simple electric avionics and good honest qualities.

What plane intrigues you?

8) CJ
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Post by cjensen »

I voted 8, hands down. It's what I really wanted from the start, but Brit wouldn't sit behind me.

I think a 3 would be fun, but toddling around by myself ALL THE TIME, would get old to me. I have no interest in the 10 whatsoever...honestly, if I wasn't building my 7, I would more than likely be building a car...Cobra.

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I'm still having way too much fun building the 7 to even think about something else I would really like to build. Maybe after a few serious setbacks one will come to mind, like something that can land on a long driveway.
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Post by smittysrv »

I think the RV10 would my next choice, and if (God forbid) I can't pass a physical, one of these would be nice:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=JR7dZ3DKG2U

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Post by rv8or »

I voted Ultralight...but what that really means is a self launch glider.

Come on Van, get that -11 done!

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Post by tmbg »

I have a LIST....

I voted Rocket, but it's not really on my list for awhile, since I'll already have an RV...


the next plane will be a Super Cub, it'll likely begin construction before the RV is finished... it'll be a partner project. We want to build a ridiculously STOL cub so we can land on football fields if we want :)


After the super cub is done, we're going to build a pair of Pitts S2C's.
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Tube & Fabric biplane, RV-10, or Sportsman.
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Post by svanarts »

Dang, I'm already on my next project. But if I where to do it again, it will be an amphib I think.
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Post by 1:1_Scale »

Since a Stemme wouldn't really count as a project, maybe a -10 in a partnership with 1 or 2 other parties, or another 130+ hp for my car :evil:
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Post by BSwayze »

I'm with Don. I'm so focused on getting my RV-7A finished and flying that I haven't even thought of something else. But I voted for the Rocket on a whim. Faster, even more exciting, why not?

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Post by chappyd »

Falco

http://www.seqair.com/

I bought the plans before I got the -7 stuff. Very expensive, very complicated. I'll start on it right after I have my -7 done. Or.................maybe that Lancair.........

Can you say "kid in a candy store?"
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A Hatz Classic. Tube 'n fabric and the wind in what is left of my hair....
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Post by captain_john »

I gotta say, if money and complexity were non issues, I would go with a Nemesis!

Of course, that isn't realistic.

:cry: CJ
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Post by TomC »

My two choices would be either an Osprey II amphibian or a WWI fighter replica such as a Fokker D-VII. At the present time, these both look like pipe dreams as I need all available cash for gas and other op expenses :bang:

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Post by jim_geo »

I think I'd build a Breezy if not my 7.

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Post by papakeith »

If I go by what you listed, I still made the right choice for me. Thanks for the post! :)
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Post by captain_john »

Keith, you are welcome.

What I am kinda suprised at is, no one selected the -3. Hmmmm... I happen to like it but it does have it's shortcomings.

The -10's I expected to see listed. In the back of my mind I thought it would be popular.

The -7 really isn't a "second" project, I think. It makes a really good "first" project for it's relative utilitarian nature, I think.

I chose the Bearhawk because now that I have virtually completed the RV airframe, I think I could pull off the plans built wings. Without the RV, I don't think I could do it.

Thanks all for participating!

I know we have some lurkers who haven't voted. Please do!

:) CJ
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Either real practical or totally impractical

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Last post for the night. I have to get my two hours in on the plane.

I guess my choices would lie at either end of the spectrum.

A -10 would be a great traveling plane as would a Lancair ES (if I could bring myself to fork out that kind of cash or work with that much nasty epoxy). The funny thing is that after working on the RV I am less inclined to do a glass plane.

A Rocket or One Design would be great for boring holes in the sky or seeing the coast of Maine from an inverted attitude.

Antony

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Re: Either real practical or totally impractical

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aparchment wrote:Last post for the night. I have to get my two hours in on the plane.

I guess my choices would lie at either end of the spectrum.

A -10 would be a great traveling plane as would a Lancair ES (if I could bring myself to fork out that kind of cash or work with that much nasty epoxy). The funny thing is that after working on the RV I am less inclined to do a glass plane.

A Rocket or One Design would be great for boring holes in the sky or seeing the coast of Maine from an inverted attitude.

Antony
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Post by captain_john »

I am going to shut my transponder off at Pease!

STEALTH MODE!

:wink: CJ
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