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I am seriously thinking about this end of life approach. When you consider the initial cost of the RV, and the low fuel (diesel?) mileage, what does the cost per trip, amortized over the RV's life and resale value, compare to what trips by car and hotels would be? Did you have to sell your primary residence as did another poster? If you did, do you have a trailer to tow behind the RV to hold your RC stuff Thanks.
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I would like to see Saito do a twin based on the FG-40 geometry.
Put a pair of 12 mm FA-220 carburetors on it & it would really howl with 30% nitro!
Put a pair of 12 mm FA-220 carburetors on it & it would really howl with 30% nitro!
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So the FG 90 would fly the 168 rascal with authority but not as good as a da 100. Overall it would be a good fit. I just think that the 100 would be overkill even for me.
I think? Maybe
I think? Maybe
I got a travel trailer, a Coleman 274 BH, which is a bunkhouse model. Sleeps up to 6. I paid $14K for it and pull it behind my F150 Ecoboost. I get about 8 MPG. My 8 day trip from Rockford Il to Bryce Canyon and back cost me about $1400 for gas for two vehicles, camping spots in 3 states for each night, and food. Fuel was the biggest expense, about twice what I would have used if I just drove the truck to Bryce and back, but motel/hotel costs alone would have easily surpassed the $1400 I spent for the entire trip. I would have needed at least two rooms, maybe three for the 5 of us depending on what could be found, and the one place I did look into at the Grand Canyon was over $2500 for a 3 night stay. With gas and food it would have easily been a $4000 vacation. We have also done 2 overnight weekend trips, the first one cost me a half tank of gas and $25 for the site. The last one was further away, so two tanks of gas and $30 for the site. With the trailer we carry and cook our own food as if we were at home, and that is what saves a ton of cash.
State and Federal parks are inexpensive to stay at, but if you want a full hook up with water, electric and waste dump for an extended stay, an RV park is the place to go, but they are triple the cost to stay at. What I prefer a trailer over an RV for is when unhooked I can drive the truck wherever I want, where an RV you have to break camp and trundle around in a huge box.
State and Federal parks are inexpensive to stay at, but if you want a full hook up with water, electric and waste dump for an extended stay, an RV park is the place to go, but they are triple the cost to stay at. What I prefer a trailer over an RV for is when unhooked I can drive the truck wherever I want, where an RV you have to break camp and trundle around in a huge box.
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we are doing the same thing the only difference is , I all ready had a ford super duty with the 7.3 Diesel. I am getting 18 mph on the highway.
Are u pulling it to sig next year.
we are doing the same thing the only difference is , I all ready had a ford super duty with the 7.3 Diesel. I am getting 18 mph on the highway.
Are u pulling it to sig next year.
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I got a travel trailer, a Coleman 274 BH, which is a bunkhouse model. Sleeps up to 6. I paid $14K for it and pull it behind my F150 Ecoboost. I get about 8 MPG. My 8 day trip from Rockford Il to Bryce Canyon and back cost me about $1400 for gas for two vehicles, camping spots in 3 states for each night, and food. Fuel was the biggest expense, about twice what I would have used if I just drove the truck to Bryce and back, but motel/hotel costs alone would have easily surpassed the $1400 I spent for the entire trip. I would have needed at least two rooms, maybe three for the 5 of us depending on what could be found, and the one place I did look into at the Grand Canyon was over $2500 for a 3 night stay. With gas and food it would have easily been a $4000 vacation. We have also done 2 overnight weekend trips, the first one cost me a half tank of gas and $25 for the site. The last one was further away, so two tanks of gas and $30 for the site. With the trailer we carry and cook our own food as if we were at home, and that is what saves a ton of cash.
State and Federal parks are inexpensive to stay at, but if you want a full hook up with water, electric and waste dump for an extended stay, an RV park is the place to go, but they are triple the cost to stay at. What I prefer a trailer over an RV for is when unhooked I can drive the truck wherever I want, where an RV you have to break camp and trundle around in a huge box.
State and Federal parks are inexpensive to stay at, but if you want a full hook up with water, electric and waste dump for an extended stay, an RV park is the place to go, but they are triple the cost to stay at. What I prefer a trailer over an RV for is when unhooked I can drive the truck wherever I want, where an RV you have to break camp and trundle around in a huge box.
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It's actually cleaner than my house! Well, except for my workshop.
No way, I just got it in June and took three trips already that we normally would not have been able to afford when you factor in hotels and meals. Been to Utah and back. Got some really nice pics too.
It's actually cleaner than my house! Well, except for my workshop.
No way, I just got it in June and took three trips already that we normally would not have been able to afford when you factor in hotels and meals. Been to Utah and back. Got some really nice pics too.
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ha ha
I have already sold some of my excessive stock of glow engines and some non-saito unmentionables. And have a few more to unload and I will be close. So a bank job won't be necessary I just might have to break in to the kids piggy banks.
ha ha
I have already sold some of my excessive stock of glow engines and some non-saito unmentionables. And have a few more to unload and I will be close. So a bank job won't be necessary I just might have to break in to the kids piggy banks.
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but not all of them.
That is so cool.
The thing that gets me is there are model airplanes out there with more power. Crazy
hope the kids don't miss there lawnmowering money. That fg 90 is going to be pretty cool on the 168
The thing that gets me is there are model airplanes out there with more power. Crazy
hope the kids don't miss there lawnmowering money. That fg 90 is going to be pretty cool on the 168
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The Zenith CH 750 Cruzer was introduced at Sun’n Fun and was flown to the show by Zenith Aircraft Company president Sebastien Heintz (1,000 miles from the factory in Missouri). The prototype demonstrator aircraft is equipped with the UL350iS 130-hp fuel-injected UL-Power engine and the latest Dynon SkyView glass panel display system. As equipped, the aircraft weighs 780 lbs., providing a useful load of 540 lbs. at the 1,320 lbs. LSA gross weight limit. Cruise speed is 118 mph, rate of climb is 1,200 fpm, and stall speed is 39 mph. The new design utilizes the same firewall as the STOL CH 750 and the low-wing Zenith CH 650, meaning existing firewall-forward engine packages are readily available including the Continental O-200, Rotax 912 series, Viking (Honda), Jabiru, Corvair, and others.
I'd build this kit if I were rich.
I'd build this kit if I were rich.
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You have kids? Hmm.... I wonder what you could get by leasing them out to the salt mines or as field hands? No reason they can't pull their own weight! ;-)
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