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For Sale/Wanted / Re: Thoughts on Varieze's for sale
« on: March 13, 2013, 12:17:11 PM »
I think the corrosion issue is vastly overstated. There has never been a single instance of a fitting failure in flight and only a handful(2 or 3?) found on the ground. I believe that most if not all of those were stored outside. I think a lot of it was "cover your ass" by Rutan. In my opinion Rutan is a brilliant engineer and designer and the fittings are more than strong enough. If you consider how many guys routinely crank and bank their Varieze's at high G's without a single inflight failure I think you will gain a level of confidence.
I also think Varieze's selling for 15K is crazy, I'd take a good Vari over a C172 at 25K any day. They are the buy of the century at 15K.
I also think Varieze's selling for 15K is crazy, I'd take a good Vari over a C172 at 25K any day. They are the buy of the century at 15K.