Thanks for sharing and yeah, the Vtail's are a mix of great and oh-no
aren't they. The last annual costed around $850.00 but I intend to what I
can to keep the costs down. We usually pay $100 for ours, unless there is
some problem of course. Have you looked at the project plane I've been
helping with yet? It's a 63 172 with less than 1000TT and has been sitting
outside for 18 years! Take a peek. http://12.151.5.4/172

Wayne

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:9zL%a.167674$YN5.106044@sccrnsc01...
Oh no! I am not feeling cocky at all, excited as crazy but not
cocky.
Tell me about it, maybe it'll make me feel better, or maybe it'll make
me
sweat the days until annual. A friend of mine has a Vtail Bonanza and
the
annual before he got it costed $18,000.00! He paid $55,000 for it and
the
last three annuals were more than that total.

Ouch. Sounds like yet another reason to steer clear of the venerable
V-tail... Too bad, it's the coolest looking thang...