Survey: which business

I've never flown in an RV, so I have to ask this question: Do they
have sufficient baggage area to use effectively for business? Sure
most of us only require a suitcase, laptop, and projector these
days... I just imagine stuffing more than that in an RV would be
difficult.


The baggage area is a pretty good size; you could get more than that
inside it. Maybe two suitcases if they aren't too big, or definately
2-3 duffel bags, a tent, and your laptop. And if you don't have to
take a passenger along, you can remove the seat back and lay things
down in there too. Some guys have even made modifications to the aft
bulkhead (extending the baggage compartment some more) so they can
carry their golf clubs with them. But yes, the things you mentioned
above would fit comfortably, at least in a 6/7/9. The 10 has even
more room, being a 4-seater and all.

I know a guy that used to use his -6A for business; he was a state
representative and used it to fly from his home district to our
airport near the state capitol.

As far as costs, an RV-6/7 would run about 45-50k to build yourself.
Not sure what they go for completed. If you build it yourself, you
can do your own annuals, and I'm not sure how much of the maintenance
you can do if you aren't the "primary builder."

On 27 May 2004 14:34:34 -0700, (Bob Martin)
wrote:

I've never flown in an RV, so I have to ask this question: Do they
have sufficient baggage area to use effectively for business? Sure
most of us only require a suitcase, laptop, and projector these
days... I just imagine stuffing more than that in an RV would be
difficult.


The baggage area is a pretty good size; you could get more than that
inside it. Maybe two suitcases if they aren't too big, or definately
2-3 duffel bags, a tent, and your laptop. And if you don't have to
take a passenger along, you can remove the seat back and lay things
down in there too. Some guys have even made modifications to the aft
bulkhead (extending the baggage compartment some more) so they can
carry their golf clubs with them. But yes, the things you mentioned
above would fit comfortably, at least in a 6/7/9. The 10 has even
more room, being a 4-seater and all.

I know a guy that used to use his -6A for business; he was a state
representative and used it to fly from his home district to our
airport near the state capitol.

As far as costs, an RV-6/7 would run about 45-50k to build yourself.
Not sure what they go for completed. If you build it yourself, you
can do your own annuals, and I'm not sure how much of the maintenance
you can do if you aren't the "primary builder."

Yeah, I've seen some RV-6's in the $50K-$60K neighborhood, but they
usually have O-320's and are VFR only. To get a well built RV with an
O-360 and IFR capability, you're looking at $100,000+.

As far as building vs. buying... It's 6 of one, half dozen of the
other. Either you spend more money with annuals or you spend more
time up front building. I'm more of a pilot than a builder, I'll buy
my time with paying more for a nice, ready to fly, airplane.

-j-