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Guy Buchanan
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Location: Ramona, CA
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 Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 6:24 pm Post subject: Time to Fold Wings |
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Today I timed myself as I put the plane into it's folding wing
"hangar". It took just over seven minutes, rather than the twenty
seconds it would have taken to push it into a full size hangar. I'm
guessing the set-up takes about the same time, for a grand total of
14 minutes of wing folding overhead per flight. If I fly four times a
week, it's costing me almost an hour a week, or four hours a month,
which works out to about $500 per month to fold the wings. Hmmm.
Maybe I should just rent the hangar. ($450 per month, versus the $100
per month I'm paying for a tie-down now.) My break even is therefore
12 flights per month. Guess I'm going to have to give this more thought.
Guy Buchanan
San Diego, CA
K-IV 1200 / 582-C / Warp / 100% done, thanks mostly to Bob Ducar.
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Jim Shumaker
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| Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 8:42 pm Post subject: Time to Fold Wings |
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Not to mention the added benifit of being a whole lot of storage space for a price that is much cheaper than a commercial storage locker.
Jim Shumaker
Mod III, 912ul
800+hours
oh yeah California
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| Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:37 pm Post subject: Time to Fold Wings |
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Guy Buchanan wrote:
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Today I timed myself as I put the plane into it's folding wing
"hangar". It took just over seven minutes, rather than the twenty
seconds it would have taken to push it into a full size hangar. I'm
guessing the set-up takes about the same time, for a grand total of 14
minutes of wing folding overhead per flight. If I fly four times a
week, it's costing me almost an hour a week, or four hours a month,
which works out to about $500 per month to fold the wings. Hmmm. Maybe
I should just rent the hangar. ($450 per month, versus the $100 per
month I'm paying for a tie-down now.) My break even is therefore 12
flights per month. Guess I'm going to have to give this more thought.
Guy Buchanan
San Diego, CA
K-IV 1200 / 582-C / Warp / 100% done, thanks mostly to Bob Ducar.
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If I'm understanding this right you're saying that's about $125 per
hour for your time?
I'm shocked to think how little my time is worth by comparison. =-O
I would agree that renting a hangar would be a good trade off for you.
Go for it.
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Rex Hefferan
SE Colorado / K-II / 582-C / still waiting repairs
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Float Flyr
Joined: 19 Jul 2006
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Location: Campbellton, Newfoundland
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| Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 5:03 am Post subject: Time to Fold Wings |
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Remember that $450 is in your pocket not in the hangar owners. $450 can buy
a few gallons of gas or a new instrument every month.
If you are regular you probably spend more time than that on the throne
everyday. Lets see there are seven days in a week....... Is that wasted
(pun intended) time?
When I was trained I was trained to do a thorough pre flight and then a full
flight plan including a flight W&B and navigation with alternates.
Calculating and filling out the W&B, nav charts, headings, fuel consumption,
dead reckoning and a flight itinerary chews up quite a bit of time too. I
realize all this paper work isn't necessary for every flight but it helps to
keep me sharp.
Noel
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Guy Buchanan
Joined: 16 Jul 2006
Posts: 1204
Location: Ramona, CA
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| Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 8:41 am Post subject: Time to Fold Wings |
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At 05:02 AM 11/6/2007, you wrote:
| Quote: | Remember that $450 is in your pocket not in the hangar owners. $450 can buy
a few gallons of gas or a new instrument every month.
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Lessee now. If it costs $20/hr. in fuel, then the total cost to fly
is about $60/hr. So if I don't use the hangar I've got an extra $350
per month to fly so I can fly an additional five or six hours per
month! I LOVE YOUR MATH!
(Of course, if I fly another five hours per month, it costs me about
$150 in set up time. . . Oh I give up. I think I'll go flying.)
| Quote: | If you are regular you probably spend more time than that on the throne
everyday. Lets see there are seven days in a week....... Is that wasted
(pun intended) time?
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Not at all. All you have to do is install your computer in the
bathroom. HAHAHAHAHA!
Guy Buchanan
San Diego, CA
K-IV 1200 / 582-C / Warp / 100% done, thanks mostly to Bob Ducar.
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| Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 5:08 pm Post subject: Time to Fold Wings |
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$450 a month for hanger rent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You need to find a
smaller airport. Roosterville/ 0N0 is $70 a month and I keep my boat in the
hanger too. Its only 3000 X 20 but that is 5x more then you need for a
Kitfox.
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shinco(at)bright.net
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| Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 3:15 am Post subject: Time to Fold Wings |
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I like going out to the airport and have the KF ready to fly right out
of the hanger.BUT I all so like the KF to be able to put on a trailer
and taken home at times all so.that is what the kitfox is all about.it
is you choice to do so.my hanger is $95.00 a month and it is a large
hanger probley could park 4 kitfoxs in there.and our runway is all most
5000ft.But I can take my KF home on the trailer at any time.if I
want..if his rent is $450 a month.and I wanted to fly.I too would find a
new place to hanger..or I too would trailer my kitfox home. That is what
is best about the KITFOX..you can not do that with a production
aircraft.. Steve Shinabery N554KF, KF2
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$450 a month for hanger rent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You need to find a
smaller airport. Roosterville/ 0N0 is $70 a month and I keep my boat in the
hanger too. Its only 3000 X 20 but that is 5x more then you need for a
Kitfox.
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tstaley(at)centurytel.net
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| Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 3:32 am Post subject: Time to Fold Wings |
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Rent at Lincoln,Mo. is $45 a month. Eldorado,Mo is about the same. They are
open T-hangers but Lincoln is one of the nicest grass strips in Mo. Any of
you Kitfoxers want to fly down to Wheatland,Mo. I have a grass strip 1200
and 1400 feet. Love to see some of you fly in here.
LeRoy
Shea Field
Wheatland Mo.
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