I agree with Mark that Lancair's decision to apply the $300 transfer fee to a credit for parts purchases is a good move.  I thank the new owner for that!  However, in my opinion the $300 was never an issue.  The following is a quote from their resale agreement:

 

 

These two requirements are, it seems to me, potentially very expensive.  An inspection by Lancair's "insurance inspection team" could be thousands of dollars.  The paragraph is awkwardly worded.  It says the buyer must agree to have the inspection, but it doesn't say the inspection has to be completed and it doesn't say the airplane has to pass the inspection. 

 

One of the benefits of building my own experimental airplane is the privilege of using materials and techniques of my own choosing, with nobody (except the FAA, sort of) looking over my shoulder.  Although I'm confident my relatively small modifications from the official plans would be acceptable to Lancair, there's always the possibility that some future Lancair owner (we're now on the third since I've been building) could decide any changes from the plans, no matter how insignificant, must be "corrected" before allowing the new purchaser to register the airplane.  I'm not comfortable giving up that much power to Lancair.  It's my airplane, not theirs. 

 

The resale agreement also says that the purchaser "must also agree to participate in any Lancair endorsed training program."  Holy moly, that's a requirement limited only by the imagination of Lancair. A new owner could also decide, for some insurance purpose perhaps, that the "Lancair endorsed training program" would require who knows how many hours in a Lancair, completed at Redmond. 

 

The inspection requirement, particularly if it includes a requirement that the inspection must be "passed," and the unbounded training requirement, could cost a seller thousands of dollars, and possibly tens of thousands.  And I think the cost will fall on the seller, even if the purchaser is the one who writes the check.

 

Dennis