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robbie(at)atlanticpkg.com
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 Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 11:07 am Post subject: Insurance Advice [was re: Boeing Crosswind Movie] |
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That training wheel up front is looking better and better.... <grin>
Thanks for the heads up.
Any insurance advice from anyone?
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Robbie Walker
On Sep 12, 2007, at 2:43 PM, Dale Walter wrote:
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Insurance can be $800 or more higher for the tailwheel. Get a quote
before
you build.
Dale
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Steve Glasgow
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| Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 1:46 pm Post subject: Insurance Advice [was re: Boeing Crosswind Movie] |
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Robbie the video has no relativity to an RV. In the case of large aircraft the mass is the difference and landing them is really mass management. There have been as many landing incidents in the A models as the Tail Wheel models. So in my mind it is a toss up.
Get what look cool to you.
Cappy
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Larry Bowen
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| Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 2:39 pm Post subject: Insurance Advice [was re: Boeing Crosswind Movie] |
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Getting 5 hours of TW instruction will help you decide either way. I have no regrets with my TW.
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paulf(at)ncsu.edu
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| Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 2:52 pm Post subject: Insurance Advice [was re: Boeing Crosswind Movie] |
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I have never directly compared quotes, but I suspect the insurance difference for a tailwheel would go down with experience.
If I were building, it would be an RV-8 with a tail-wheel. You chose an RV, in part, because they are fun to fly. Tandem seating and a tailwheel both increase the fun factor. It also looks cooler on the ground. Visit any gaggle of RVs receiving visitors. It’s the tailwheel 8’s and 4’s that get most of the attention from non-RVators.
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Paul D. Franzon
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From: owner-rvsoutheast-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-rvsoutheast-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Larry Bowen
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Subject: Re: RVSouthEast-List: Insurance Advice [was re: Boeing Crosswind Movie]
Getting 5 hours of TW instruction will help you decide either way. I have no regrets with my TW.
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dwight(at)openweave.org
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| Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 5:07 am Post subject: Insurance Advice [was re: Boeing Crosswind Movie] |
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On Wed Sep 12 18:38:57 2007, Larry Bowen wrote :
| Quote: | Getting 5 hours of TW instruction will help you decide either way. I have
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Then again .. you can do the crazy thing I did. I partnered with a
couple of friends on a 1967 Citabria 7ECA. That ends up being a pretty
cheap way to own an airplane (if you have -good- partners, which I do
so far). I'm now at the 30-hour mark on tailwheel time, and am having
a ball. Yes, it has slowed my building while I did transition training
and got some of the various insurance requirements behind me. But boy
it sure feels good. 
Regarding insurance (this is NOT an RV, so is not intended to be any
sort of direct comparision) we were shocked. Between the three of us
only one had any significant TW time. One of my partners had only just
over 100 hours total time, and had not flown in 18 years. SkySmith got
us a quote for just under $1100/year. Split three ways, that ends up
being pretty darned cheap. In airplane-dollars, at least.
I hope to have a non-trivial amount of TW time when I have to finally
get insurance on the RV-7. I _hope_ it'll reduce my insurance costs,
but the best "insurance" will be the experience itself (or so I firmly
believe).
BTW, the guy who had not flown in 18 years is now close to 30 hours of
tailwheel time too ... and is doing great. Having a blast.
-- Dwight
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Dale Ensing
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| Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 5:36 am Post subject: Insurance Advice [was re: Boeing Crosswind Movie] |
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Had similar experience to Dwight's with three way partnership in a Cessna
170A while building the RV-6A. My total time in TW is still more than I have
in tricycle gear. However, one of the influencing factors in deciding on an
RV 'A' model.was, when flying cross country with the 170A, I found myself
picking airports based on wind direction . Have landed in cross wind
conditions with the 6A that I would never have tried with the TW 170A. Maybe
the TW RV's are more mangeable in cross winds than the 170?
Dale Ensing
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flyguy
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| Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 8:03 am Post subject: Insurance Advice [was re: Boeing Crosswind Movie] |
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I find crosswind in TWs no big deal due to short wing.
Don't let that sway you. Reno
--- Dale Ensing <densing(at)carolina.rr.com> wrote:
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Ensing" <densing(at)carolina.rr.com>
Had similar experience to Dwight's with three way
partnership in a Cessna
170A while building the RV-6A. My total time in TW
is still more than I have
in tricycle gear. However, one of the influencing
factors in deciding on an
RV 'A' model.was, when flying cross country with the
170A, I found myself
picking airports based on wind direction . Have
landed in cross wind
conditions with the 6A that I would never have tried
with the TW 170A. Maybe
the TW RV's are more mangeable in cross winds than
the 170?
Dale Ensing
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