Pilot135pd
Well Known Member
I have an opportunity to buy a taildragger RV that I was told had a hangar door close on it. It crushed the tail feathers and damaged part of the fuse but everything forward is fine. What would be :
1- Easier
2- Better (safety wise)
3- Correct way to legally do it
It was a registered flying plane so I'm trying to decide if I should buy the entire empennage kit from Van's and try to repair the fuse to keep the AW certificate with the damage history
OR
Use the wings, landing gear, engine, and other parts from this plane as a donor and buy a new fuse (if it can't safely be repaired) and since I'm buying a new empennage kit anyway, use the new serial number I get with it and just make a new plane?
What do you experienced builders and DARs out there recommend?
*I purposely didn't mention what model RV because it's not for sale yet. I've tried to buy 2 other RVs offered for sale here in the last month and something happens that I'm late to the party and miss out on it. I'm afraid that if I make too much noise about this one, someone might recognize it and I might lose the early bird opportunity.
1- Easier
2- Better (safety wise)
3- Correct way to legally do it
It was a registered flying plane so I'm trying to decide if I should buy the entire empennage kit from Van's and try to repair the fuse to keep the AW certificate with the damage history
OR
Use the wings, landing gear, engine, and other parts from this plane as a donor and buy a new fuse (if it can't safely be repaired) and since I'm buying a new empennage kit anyway, use the new serial number I get with it and just make a new plane?
What do you experienced builders and DARs out there recommend?
*I purposely didn't mention what model RV because it's not for sale yet. I've tried to buy 2 other RVs offered for sale here in the last month and something happens that I'm late to the party and miss out on it. I'm afraid that if I make too much noise about this one, someone might recognize it and I might lose the early bird opportunity.