Posted for "Bill George" <
bgeorge49@gmail.com>:
LANCAIR
IV-P KIT FOR SALE
It is with great regret that I feel it is
time to get on with my flying life
by selling my kit and buying a
flying airplane. I was 72 in December, and
according to Sky Smith, it
is no longer possible to get insurance for a
pressurized airplane if
you are over 70. Also, since I have been retired for
a number of
years, I don’t know how I could afford the
engine/prop/instrument
panel on my income.
I purchased the kit in September of
1996. It is an "old" fastbuild kit
serial number
LIV-329FB-P.
I have done almost all the work myself, and I
would be willing to put my
backside and all attached parts in this
project. So I don't have to recover
very much "paid help" time. I did
hire Jerry Parks to do the wing to
fuselage mating at his shop in
Redmond. He also worked firewall to new
fastbuild type (glass to
glass areas for mounting
hardware).
If
you have any questions, please feel free to call or e-mail me. I
have
additional photos, but these are the ones I took at the request
of a
previous interested buyer.
I will
try to explain what I have completed according to the
builders
manual
index to
chapters.
Chapter 2 - Horizontal Stabilizer - Complete,
except for elevator
counterweight closeout area (BL
62).
Chapter 3 - Elevators – Closed, Trim Tab - Fitted, but
not complete. Trim
Servo Mount completed
(Alternate Method
from Lancair News N/L)
Counterbalancing - Weight installed prior to
closing.
Elevator/Stab counterweight interface NOT
DONE.
Elevator Travel Stops - NOT DONE
Chapter 5 - Main Wing Spar
Closeout – As Completed at Factory
Chapter 6 - Wing
Construction – Left Wing - Extended fuel to BL 171,
using
Winglets
Hole drilled for fuel pickup, pickup NOT installed (I
have both
3/8”& ˝” screen
pickups)
Electrical Conduit installed in leading edge like later
fast build
kit. -
Complete
Tiedown Done - New fast build location
Chapter 6 - Wing
Construction - Right Wing
Some Fuel vents completed, holes for
electrical conduit
drilled in leading edge ribs, conduit bonded in,
close
out spars cut & fitted, not bonded in.
Chapter 7 & 8 – Flaps & Ailerons
I purchased the
fast build ailerons & flaps from
Lancair, spent a week in their
build shop to install them. They are
substantially installed, but not
complete. No instructions are included for
this. Bottom wing skins
have been trimmed in the flap area as in new FB.
Chapter 12
- Firewall & Bulkheads – This chapter is a mixed bag of
slow
build & FB instructions.
Chapter 16 –
Wing Mating to Fuselage - Done by Jerry Parks
I have
pictures, and can take more digital pictures to show whatever
you
like. I can also scan in Construction Manual pages if you have
particular
questions.
As far as parts, ALL Lancair
supplied standard parts are included.
Options that I have
bought over the years are as follows:
1) High Energy Brake
System (Lancair)
2) Annuniciator panel - Jim Franz (Proprietary
Software Systems)
3) AOA PRO System - Jim Franz (Proprietary Software
Systems)
4) Fuel/Water Separator (Lancair)
5) Locking Fuel
Caps (Lancair)
6) Electric Speed Brakes - Bill Maddox (Superior
Aircraft Systems)
7) Static Wick Kit - Bill Maddox (Superior Aircraft
Systems)
8) Winglets (VOR Antennas Installed) (Purchased from Walter
Dodson)
9) 12' Fuel probes & Fuel Gauge (Vision
MicroSystems)
10) Nose gear strut up to date as of
11/01/06
Setting a price is very difficult. I would like to
recover my entire
investment (approximately $116,000), but I know
that is not possible. The
price I have
established is a
starting point. Feel free to suggest what you are willing
to pay for
it. Remember the new price from Lancair is $129,900, and wing
mating,
fire wall prep, Fastbuild Vertical Stab/Rudder and
flaps/ailerons
that are part of the “new” fastbuild cost me
$17,000.
So my initial asking price for everything is
$87,000. If you don't want the
fixtures, deduct $2,000. I am open to
discussion.
The following fixtures are available
as well but are very heavy, will be
very costly to
ship:
Tables - (4) 8 feet x 30 inches
Wing
Cradles
Fuselage rotation jig (built to Bob Pastusek’s
design)
Buyer pays all shipping
costs.
William L. (Bill)
George
8820 Rock Creek Road
Placerville,
CA 95667bgeorge49@gmail.com
530-642-8063
530-306-1922
(Cell)