Comments on: Some answers on “Two Weeks To Taxi” http://blog.xcski.com/2006/04/28/some-answers-on-two-weeks-to-taxi Everything I used to bore people on newsgroups and mailing lists with, now in one inconvenient place. Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:48:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Oblivion http://blog.xcski.com/2006/04/28/some-answers-on-two-weeks-to-taxi#comment-9469 Oblivion Tue, 01 Aug 2006 18:59:20 +0000 http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/2006/04/28/some-answers-on-two-weeks-to-taxi#comment-9469 Thanks for asking them the same questions that have been nagging at the back of my mind. I was also just at Oshkosh and picked up one of their shiny new brochures touting the "Two Weeks to Taxi." But what I kept wondering, and saw no hint of in the brochure, was, "And then what?" DO I truck the 'almost done' plane back to my home airport and finish it off there? DO I need to take ANOTHER two weeks off work for the flight tests and approval(s)? What about these floats and tail wheels they keep advertising that you can change to in 15 minutes? Unfortunately, I didn't get to their booth until after the show. It was unmanned, so I couldn't ask my questions. I'm glad you did. I'm also glad I wasn't alone in wondering. Good luck in your quest for an airplane. I'm still a few years off, but it's never too soon to start dreaming. Thanks for asking them the same questions that have been nagging at the back of my mind. I was also just at Oshkosh and picked up one of their shiny new brochures touting the “Two Weeks to Taxi.” But what I kept wondering, and saw no hint of in the brochure, was, “And then what?” DO I truck the ‘almost done’ plane back to my home airport and finish it off there? DO I need to take ANOTHER two weeks off work for the flight tests and approval(s)? What about these floats and tail wheels they keep advertising that you can change to in 15 minutes?

Unfortunately, I didn’t get to their booth until after the show. It was unmanned, so I couldn’t ask my questions. I’m glad you did. I’m also glad I wasn’t alone in wondering.

Good luck in your quest for an airplane. I’m still a few years off, but it’s never too soon to start dreaming.

]]> By: Josh http://blog.xcski.com/2006/04/28/some-answers-on-two-weeks-to-taxi#comment-6890 Josh Tue, 13 Jun 2006 03:10:43 +0000 http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/2006/04/28/some-answers-on-two-weeks-to-taxi#comment-6890 thank you for your blog! This is great to know more about the Sportsman. I had seen the plane last year. I was interested in it and I really like the idea of all of the flexibility of mission profile. However, with such a significant cost, I wonder what kind of resale value there might be for the plane should I ever need to sell it or if I ever lost my medical, etc. With a STC plane you know you can just resell it... what about with the Sportsman? I'm hoping it is similar or at least get the majority of my money back out of it, right? :-) My wife also doesn't want me to buy the plane yet... however after seeing the DVD it was a HUGE help since she could see how the plane could be used and some of the great trips we could take... much better than me trying to just tell her about it... she is sick of hearing about it from me :-) I just don't know if the factory would give me any sort of discount... the reason is that it would be $150k how i want it decked out with the 210hp, FADEC for fuel efficiency, etc. however, I'm hoping I could do the Dynon EFIS and EMS to save money over what Glasair offers today so hopefully that would shave some off of the $128k quoted plus upgrades pricing... Please keep updating the blog as you get closer to buying a plane.... it is great for all of us on the web to help eachother out... thanks, Josh thank you for your blog! This is great to know more about the Sportsman. I had seen the plane last year. I was interested in it and I really like the idea of all of the flexibility of mission profile. However, with such a significant cost, I wonder what kind of resale value there might be for the plane should I ever need to sell it or if I ever lost my medical, etc. With a STC plane you know you can just resell it… what about with the Sportsman? I’m hoping it is similar or at least get the majority of my money back out of it, right? :-)
My wife also doesn’t want me to buy the plane yet… however after seeing the DVD it was a HUGE help since she could see how the plane could be used and some of the great trips we could take… much better than me trying to just tell her about it… she is sick of hearing about it from me :-)

I just don’t know if the factory would give me any sort of discount… the reason is that it would be $150k how i want it decked out with the 210hp, FADEC for fuel efficiency, etc. however, I’m hoping I could do the Dynon EFIS and EMS to save money over what Glasair offers today so hopefully that would shave some off of the $128k quoted plus upgrades pricing…

Please keep updating the blog as you get closer to buying a plane…. it is great for all of us on the web to help eachother out…

thanks,
Josh

]]> By: Vicki http://blog.xcski.com/2006/04/28/some-answers-on-two-weeks-to-taxi#comment-2595 Vicki Fri, 28 Apr 2006 16:23:32 +0000 http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/2006/04/28/some-answers-on-two-weeks-to-taxi#comment-2595 Sorry. This is Vicki's chairperson. She's lying dead on the floor with a heart attack. She said, with her dying breath, to tell you that she's sorry about disinheriting you last month when she had to take out the garbage because you forgot. She meant to reinstate you, but never got around to it. Gee. Sucks to be you. Come get the body, she's starting to stink up the place. Sorry. This is Vicki’s chairperson. She’s lying dead on the floor with a heart attack.

She said, with her dying breath, to tell you that she’s sorry about disinheriting you last month when she had to take out the garbage because you forgot. She meant to reinstate you, but never got around to it.

Gee. Sucks to be you.

Come get the body, she’s starting to stink up the place.

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