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Home-built RV-7A airplane excavated from basement
Reeves figured it cost him $40,000 to $45,000 to build the plane, plus the $5,000 it cost to excavate down to his foundation, shore up the basement walls, jack up the house and knock a hole in the wall large enough to safely get the plane out. (www.pennlive.com) Mehr...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
wtf
Rather poor planning to start building it in such a confined space. Of course renting a hangar for that many years would probably have been much more expensive than $5000.
i could have rented him a shed here in iowa where he could have built his plane and it would have cost him $1,000.00 a month
Seems that he could have spent the 5,000 on an out building and built it there instead-but then you would have to have a bit of forsight.
Rent a shed at $1000/mo x 9 years = $108,000. plus costs for commuting from PA to Iowa appears to be more than double the lack of foresight cost him.
I myself think this is kinda cool. Its obvious he loves airplanes and what better place to build it than your basement. The fact that he had to make a Garage isn't bad, because now he has a nice new access to his basement he didn't have before. 5k doesn't seem so bad compared to renting a place that you have to constantly drive to. At least he was home every day to work on it.
Come on... This is how EAA works. Having a place in your home is what its all about. The time and money it takes to build in a rented hangar, or in an out building, could be huge. Then let alone the cost to heat it. If you have the space in the basement, Why not?! Well done! Good luck with the completion of the aircraft!