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vertcnc

Joined: 16 Jul 2007
Posts: 3
Location: Northern, IL

Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 5:56 pm Post subject: Quick build Kit

I was looking at the quick build kit, and was curious your feeling on how complete it is. Besides the poor manual that I have read about here. I have no experience in building airplanes, but good mechanical abilities. I have about 55hrs flying the Allegro 2000 during Sp training and solo and was looking to move forward. Does any one know how many Kits have been sold and flying in the US?

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Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 6:46 pm Post subject: Quick build Kit

I have no idea how many kits have actually been sold in the U.S., but I 

purchased mine almost two years ago at the Sebring, FL Sport Aviation Expo. 

You may have read one of my prior messages about the state of the assembly 

manual - it left MUCH to the imagination.  Maybe by now some changes have 

been made.  I also had no plane building experience, but consider myself 

fairly handy.  Had it not been for an Allegro 2000 within flying distance to 

use as a reference, I would have been pulling my hair out.  As it turned 

out, that plane got sold, so we spent quite a bit of time on the phone with 

B-Bar-D and found some answers there.  This was after photographing every 

square inch of what we thought we might need to refer to later on.



The kit was mostly complete, but it was hard to tell this without a 

thourough parts list.  Many of my parts appeared to have been thrown 

together at the last minute without being sorted by category (perhaps in an 

effort to make a deadline?).  We did have to bother B-Bar-D quite a few 

times towards the end for parts that we didn't even know existed until we 

got to that particular project.  Once again, hopefully Allegro has remedied 

this issue.



Now that my plane is completed, I must say that it's gorgeous and I'm glad 

we built it.  Don't hesitate to take on this project, but be prepared to put 

lots more time than advertised into the building process (part of which is 

simply "creative solution" time).  We have another plane that we were able 

to fly in the meantime, so we were still able to get in the air without 

renting.  Just some things to think about....



Dale Hackworth

Hobe Sound, FL

Allegro 2000

N306AD



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vertcnc

Joined: 16 Jul 2007
Posts: 3
Location: Northern, IL

Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 8:47 am Post subject: Re: Quick build Kit

Thanks Dale,



There is three Allegro 2000 at the airport here that I fly out of, including the one I have trained in. So I should have no problem filling in some of the blanks left out in the manual. Did you find that they would deal at all on the price.



Tim

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Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2007 4:08 pm Post subject: Quick build Kit

Tim,



The price of our kit was not negotiable, but who knows?, the dealer in your 

area may be willing...



Did anyone else out there negotiate their kit price successfully?



Dale Hackworth

Hobe Sound, FL

Allegro 2000 Amphib

N306AD

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hgmckay

Joined: 23 May 2006
Posts: 397

Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 7:31 am Post subject: Quick build Kit

Just a note to let you know I agree fully with Dale and Amy Hackworth's reply to your question. I have an Allegro 2000 that I built from the Quik-Build Kit, and every thing Amy and Dale described happened to me. I will also tell you that I got little to no support from the US Distributer, Fantasy Air USA. Their main interest is in selling finished ready to fly airplanes, not supporting those of us who want to build one from a kit. It took me two years to finish my airplane, and if this forum had not existed I would have been in deep "yogurt", if you know what I mean. The airplane is a wonderful LSA, and I love to fly mine. It's performance is great, and I think it is one of the sharpest looking LSAs out there. Just be prepared to have a lot of frustration during the building process unless Fantasy Air in the Czech Republic has made a lot of changes, and Fantasy Air USA has changed their ways, which I don't believe they have. If you have any questions I can help you with, j  ust em ail me and I will help you, and I am sure others on this forum will do the same. 

  

Hugh McKay in NC 

Allegro 2000 

Rotax 912 UL 

N661WW 

hgmckay(at)bellsouth.net (hgmckay(at)bellsouth.net)  

  

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Thom Riddle

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 1597
Location: Buffalo, NY, USA (9G0)

Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 4:52 am Post subject: Quick build Kit

Fellow Allegro flyers,



I agree with Hugh on his assessment of the situation. We were  

fortunate to have purchased one already built and flown for 270 hours  

so did not go through the trials of assembling a kit. However, since  

ours is the oldest one in service in the USA we've been pioneers on  

occasion with getting parts, finding alternate suppliers, and figuring  

out how to make repairs.



So, unless a question or response is trul personal, please post all  

questions/comments pertaining to Allegros to the list so we can all  

benefit from all of our experiences. That is the purpose of this list  

and as Hugh has said, its value increases the more we use it.



Thom in Buffalo

Allegro #03-202

N221FA

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vertcnc

Joined: 16 Jul 2007
Posts: 3
Location: Northern, IL

Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2007 7:07 pm Post subject: Re: Quick build Kit

Thanks for the information. 



Tim

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