AVIDSteve

Mate, In my experience premiums don't go down unless there is competition. Insurance is a business not a charity. if a customer is willing to pay X one year, they sure as hell will not lower it for them next year just because others are also willing to pay through the nose. They will just charge everyone the maximum they can until someone undercuts them.

The Viscount lives on. I love it. Caravans near as old as me. I am hoping to leave the wings on as the Avid wings fold easily. But they do make it wide. I'll check the internal width on some old vans. Cheers

Hi all, it took some doing and some great advice from the folks here but hull insurance is possible for two newbies in NZ with a 2 stroke tail dragger. The Crombie Lockwood folks found Agile aviation for us. It's not cheap at 4k a year but I'm sure that would go down after we rack up the appropriate magic number of hours. Their third party is a bit steep at 500 bucks. I hope other newbies can find this thread as I am sure there will be others come along in the same boat and it might help. JENNI HELLYER NZCERTFINSERV BROKER - AVIATION | +64 27 486 4141 | crombielockwood.co.nz [email protected] 211 Commerce Street Kaitaia PO Box 72622, Papakura 2244

Hi all, I need to build a trailer. I'd prefer it to be boxed so it is a portable hangar. Has anyone built one or trailed theirs? I am chasing some true dimensions. It appears that folded the speed wings are 2.43m wide. Some say the fuselage has to be level to trailer . Some say not even when on a flatbed and exposed to the wind. if I can load it level then i can have the box wider at wing height and narrow close to wheels for those narrow New Zealand guardrails on bridges. I'd love to hear from folk who have actually done it. Cheers

For new landing gear Hatz gear

Proof that horsepower fixes everything 🙂

In that thing with blue people. Also the Americans are doing it I saw recently for VTOL

yep. though it is really expensive and not terribly good. It didn't make that much difference to yachts to justify the maintenance. Ships though, another story

Thanks John, I have filled out the form and sent it through. Never know., We need a similar system like Go compare. Fill in the BS once and let them come chase us as the customer.

Scrappy's, fan boat prop certainly looks the meaty. Bit short on top end performance but you can climb a wall by all accounts.

They look very flat compared to the boat props. maybe that makes a difference? I know some talented folks with 4d fluid modelling that could tell us

Yeah mate. Three of them. useless.

It is a very cool idea. If it works in water then there is a chance it would work in air as well. Make it from carbon fiber?

Many thanks for the recommendation Onetrack. I have secured at least third party through these folks for a couple of hundred NZ dollars which at least covers a million worth of damage if I clip a private jet. They won't do hull insurance untill 150hrs which is excessive but at least it is a start. So there you have it folks. It can be done with a little help from the flying community, and looking outside NZ for insurers. If everyone moves their insurance OS then maybe the local companies will come back into line and start covering again.

Thanks very much for that info. I will look them up and let everyone know if it is successful.

Allow me to simplify the post as it seems I was unclear. Does anyone have a solution or practical advice to the following. Does anyone have a company that does insure these aircraft? Do the club planes have it? Someone must have done this recently (last few years) so if they can point me in the right direction I'd appreciate it.

That might be Nev. However they did not even offer on ground. They just blanked it. Some said the tail wheel was scary, some said that was ok but training was not. Some said training and tail wheel was no worries but no way to 2 stroke. Zero consistency. And the 100hours? Anyway. I am not here discuss the virtues (or lack of) of insurers. I am after advice from people who are in the same boat or recently were, and managed to get insurance. Experienced pilots telling me i am a bad risk does not solve my problem.

Hi All, I have done the rounds of several brokers including one suggested by this forum (Thanks IBob). But it appears they will not insure us. They have various reasons. 1) tail dragger 2) 2-stroke 3) Ab-initio training 4) just not feeling the vibe. One suggested they would only look at it after I have 100 hours plus tail dragger endorsement and 10 hrs on the plane (presumably uninsured). (18000nzd min) Does anyone have a company that does insure these aircraft with those, (what I would consider), not exactly far-fetched elements? Do the club planes have it? I don't want to fill out 30 insurers forms that are all identical and I figure someone must have done this recently or have I just stumbled onto a well kept secret? Do I need to point out that the Wright bros managed to survive a tail dragger without training? Yes I know they broke a few but imagine if they had had training. Cheers Steve

Thanks Bob, The sticking point seems to be the training. No idea why. There is an instructor right there to stop you breaking stuff and they won't even do third party for that. I'll check out avsure cheers

Hi Ibob, Thanks for that. I had come across that site but didnt find any avid info, until i searched. What a great resource and history. Our AVID is on there MMP. It is still sitting with Ian while we get prepared to bring it South. Then I will do the training on it (if I can get insurance). Think I will need to make a post about that. See who everyones insured with. it seems to be an issue. Cheers Steve

Hi Paul, That would be great but the plane is still up in the middle of the north island. I am hoping to get it down here over the next few weeks.

Hi, I have just purchased a Avid Speedflyer so have been looking at bits myself. I saw the bush plane gear for the avid on barnstormer for 1600usd that looks pretty good. It has a wider stance than the original and 6 inches further forward. I can hook you up to his facebook page. If anyone has the original plans for the Avid I would love a copy to get familiar with all the bits. Cheers Steve

Hi, Any Avid or Kitfox folks in New Zealand? be great to link up to share tips and tricks etc. I am just getting into ML from a long career in paragliding. Just acquired an Avid speedwing which I plan to move down to canterbury. Cheers Steve