Sonex Kit & Info

[dominicelliott]

Does anyone have or know of a Sonex kit for sale ?

Does anyone know of a Completed Sonex owner (preferably around JHB) or , second prize, a sonex builder that I could chat to / look at the real thing ?

Any info appreciated

[Weatherpilot]

Where are you located?

[Bryan Cotton]

Maybe JHB is Johannesburg?

[Weatherpilot]

Maybe JHB is Johannesburg?

Could be. Didn't see anything in ForeFlight for JHB or KJHB

[Pizza Boy]

I was at Jeff Shultz' build site and he mentions you see a lot of "barely used plans" for sale, because I guess a lot of people order plans, see how complicated it is and get scared.

Where is a good place to look for used Sonex A plans for sale?

[Bryan Cotton]

I suspect that is a less common thing now. Most plans are probably sold with kits these days.

If plans are still $600, and the transfer fee is $200, that makes $400 the break even point. Are you going to scratch build?

[Area 51%]

The current plans price is $750. I made a transfer last summer and the fee was $100.
If you get an incomplete set of plans, Sonex will sell you a re-print for $200. Probably after the transfer is complete.

I won't separate them, but I have a fresh set of Legacy plans (only unrolled once) that comes with a largely intact fuselage kit that has the machined angle components that I'll sell.

[Pizza Boy]

I guess I envisioned spending $300 for used plans, only as research money well spent.

It would be nice if you ordered plans, then later ordered the kit, if they gave you a $600 credit towards the kit (although I know plans are only for Sonex-A and kit is only for Sonex-B)

So the transfer fee thing doesn't apply to me.

My plan is to order the plans for $600 (I guess $750 now) but will def like to by used plans if possible, and not bother with the transfer

[BobDz]

I think it might be difficult to avoid the transfer fee. The plans have the aircraft serial number.

[Pizza Boy]

My plan is to buy plans. Then if I want to proceed, to buy a kit. (which comes with its own plans) Meaning I just wasted $600 (or $750), which is not a big deal

So if I could buy used plans for $200, this would be great. There is no transfer fee issue for me