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I too am about to order a IO550G Lancair Legacy 2000..  (or a non-turbo
IO550G, non-p lancair4) Looking at Noah Forden's numbers:

38k kit
6k kit options
5k paint
4k upholstery
40k Avionics
48k Firewall forward
3k tools
2k shipping
2k shop rental and extra stuff
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148k

they seem about right (I might spend alittle more on the pannel)...  but
Noah's 1year @ $30k build time seems short/cheap..  I intend to work on
my l2k during the weekends, but I'm hoping to contract out alot of work
durring the week days.  If it takes 4000+hrs to build a safe 4p with its
more advanced builders assistance program and firewall forward kits, how
can one expect to get a l2k done in less than 2000hrs?

The prototype was 1350lbs of carbon.  The current max landing is 1900lbs
with 100lbs of takeoff gas..  (it holds 66gals) Kim said that 2200lbs at
takeoff is doable under "normal" +3.8 -1.9 but its been challenging to
get get more weight for landing (call with kim 11/16) Yea, that's an hr
reserve, but who wants to put just enough gas in for the flight every
single time you fly?

Compairing a IO550G, non-p Lancair4, to a Legacy with 440lbs of stuff
and 4hrs gas what's your guess on these:

1) Which aircraft will be able to take off on a shorter field?

2) Utilizing *all* programs (builder's assist & firewall forward, arn't
avalible for the smaller l2k) which aircraft will come together faster?

Rob

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