Nedimbek
Active Member
Hello Canadian RV owners/builders,
It has been more than a year now that I am planning building an RV-12, still trying to justify the cost of building and owning an airplane.
Over this period of time, I was searching building techniques, specifications, tools and educating myself in the technical aspects of building an airplane.
Seeing not many rv-12 build in Canada, almost nobody in this forum, brought some second thought to my mind. As there is no ELSA category in Canada the build will be an amateur-built which broadly brings a re-sale restriction considering that it can not be re-registered as ELSA in the USA.
As a second thought I am strongly considering an RV-9/9A
Here are some pro's and con's in comparison:
Rv-12
Pro's:
Easy to build, kits are complete, doesn't need much experience to build
Takes less time to build
Easy to maintain (not sure about this)
Low operating cost (fuel economy)
Con's:
Slow speed
Smaller size
Less payload
Rv-9/9A
Pro's:
Faster, much better for cross country
Easy to sell in the future
Larger, higher payload
Con's:
Harder to build, requires more knowledge in engine, avionics install
Takes more time to build
Higher operating cost
My mission is mainly casual sport flying and cross country for travelling.
I am kindly requesting your opinion on this. It will greatly help me to come to a conclusion.
Many thanks,
It has been more than a year now that I am planning building an RV-12, still trying to justify the cost of building and owning an airplane.
Over this period of time, I was searching building techniques, specifications, tools and educating myself in the technical aspects of building an airplane.
Seeing not many rv-12 build in Canada, almost nobody in this forum, brought some second thought to my mind. As there is no ELSA category in Canada the build will be an amateur-built which broadly brings a re-sale restriction considering that it can not be re-registered as ELSA in the USA.
As a second thought I am strongly considering an RV-9/9A
Here are some pro's and con's in comparison:
Rv-12
Pro's:
Easy to build, kits are complete, doesn't need much experience to build
Takes less time to build
Easy to maintain (not sure about this)
Low operating cost (fuel economy)
Con's:
Slow speed
Smaller size
Less payload
Rv-9/9A
Pro's:
Faster, much better for cross country
Easy to sell in the future
Larger, higher payload
Con's:
Harder to build, requires more knowledge in engine, avionics install
Takes more time to build
Higher operating cost
My mission is mainly casual sport flying and cross country for travelling.
I am kindly requesting your opinion on this. It will greatly help me to come to a conclusion.
Many thanks,
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