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Quickie insurance
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Troy Zawlacki
Does anyone have recommendations on insurance options for the Q aircraft? The responses I am getting dont look promising and require things like 20 hrs of dual from a CFI who has 10 hrs in a Q (basically impossible). Is everyone just flying without hull insurance for the first 100 hrs? Or do we just realize that hull insurance isn’t worth it for a plane with an upper end value of 30k? Ive never owned before so this is all new to me.
Taz
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Corbin <c_geiser@...>
I was lucky in that my TW CFII worked for a company that has insurance to cover any plane he flies. By the time we ferried my Q home it gave him the 10 hours required by my insurance to instruct/transition me. I was willing to pay the price to “create” that CFII and have since let him fly the plane so that he has over 30 hours experience.
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Since then, I “created” another CFII by paying to get him over the 10 hour minimum. One of them is also a A&P and does my conditional inspections. Like I said. I was lucky. Of course it cost me $$ to make all that work. Corbin
On Mar 10, 2022, at 7:30 PM, Troy Zawlacki <troyzc3@...> wrote: --
Corbin N121CG
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Falcon covered me only after 30 hours with instructor. However, they accepted the builder Bob Malechek to fly those hours off with me. I didn’t opt for hull insurance, only liability. You break it, nobody else is going to be able to fix it. It’s a builder’s airplane, after all. So maybe you might hope for a total write off? This was back in 2004. I got more insurance with Falcon (Global) a few years back and it wasn’t too bad, but again just liability.
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Philip Lankford
On Mar 10, 2022, at 5:30 PM, Troy Zawlacki <troyzc3@...> wrote:
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Martin Skiby
Call Falcon Insurance. They insured both our TriQ and the Q200
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Martin
On Mar 10, 2022, at 7:29 PM, britmcman99 via groups.io <britmcman@...> wrote:
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Michael Dunning
Corbin,
You might want to let those two know that they are now walking National Treasures 😉 -- -MD #2827 (still thinking about planning on visualizing how to finish building)
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Corbin <c_geiser@...>
Haha…every once in a while we do joke a little about his special they are.
-- Corbin N121CG
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Troy Zawlacki
This is good to know and it seems like im getting consistent info from the insurance agent at least.
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I’m getting into exactly the catch 22 I predicted. I’m trying to figure out a place to put the plane for final inspection and phase 1 fly off, and the airports require liability insurance for a tie down or hangar. Then the insurance won’t insure me until after xx amount of hours in the plane… Exactly the conundrum I expected after researching the topic. Something doesn’t add up here. Taz
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Jerry Marstall
Never carried Hull insurance. Essentially, if you break, you fix it. Who else knows how to fix a Q except a Q builder? Jerry M
On Thu, Mar 10, 2022, 8:30 PM Troy Zawlacki <troyzc3@...> wrote: Does anyone have recommendations on insurance options for the Q aircraft? The responses I am getting dont look promising and require things like 20 hrs of dual from a CFI who has 10 hrs in a Q (basically impossible). Is everyone just flying without hull insurance for the first 100 hrs? Or do we just realize that hull insurance isn’t worth it for a plane with an upper end value of 30k? Ive never owned before so this is all new to me.
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Mike Dwyer
Never had hull insurance. I built it and figure that I could fix it myself. 36 years of flight so have saved $72,000 so far. Mike Dwyer Q200
On Thu, Mar 10, 2022, 8:30 PM Troy Zawlacki <troyzc3@...> wrote: Does anyone have recommendations on insurance options for the Q aircraft? The responses I am getting dont look promising and require things like 20 hrs of dual from a CFI who has 10 hrs in a Q (basically impossible). Is everyone just flying without hull insurance for the first 100 hrs? Or do we just realize that hull insurance isn’t worth it for a plane with an upper end value of 30k? Ive never owned before so this is all new to me.
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Kevin Boddicker
I was covered by Falcon from first flight (3/10/06) with hull ins. at $20,000. NOT IN MOTION. No coverage if the engine was running.
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Only stuff like fire, wind, building failure were covered… Did drop hull coverage last year. Seemed like a waste as Mike said in his note. Just got the renewal policy yesterday. My agent is Kris Abernathy. Great guy to work with. I had 5 hours in type, logged. At first flight. It is a Tri Q however. That probably presents less risk in the ins. companies eyes…???
Kevin Boddicker
TriQ 200 N7868B 571 hrs Luana, IA.
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No hull here, either. When I first looked into it, the insurance company wanted 10% of the aircrafts value, whatever I declared that to be. So, I just fix it myself, and fix it, and fix it, and fix it. Sam
On Fri, Mar 11, 2022 at 6:37 AM Jerry Marstall <jerrylm1986@...> wrote:
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Easy solution.. do as Charlie Johnson did for his Dragonfly and BUY the airport.. or a piece of it. Then tell the municipals to jump off a cliff!
From: main@Q-List.groups.io <main@Q-List.groups.io> on behalf of Troy Zawlacki <troyzc3@...>
Sent: Friday, March 11, 2022 3:12 AM To: main@q-list.groups.io <main@Q-List.groups.io> Subject: Re: [Q-List] Quickie insurance This is good to know and it seems like im getting consistent info from the insurance agent at least.
I’m getting into exactly the catch 22 I predicted. I’m trying to figure out a place to put the plane for final inspection and phase 1 fly off, and the airports require liability insurance for a tie down or hangar. Then the insurance won’t insure
me until after xx amount of hours in the plane… Exactly the conundrum I expected after researching the topic. Something doesn’t add up here.
Taz
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Robert Cringely
There are no easy solutions, but there are solutions. Mine isn't easy but it works, sorta. I run a little startup company that owns several difficult-to-insure aircraft, none of which I am yet qualified to fly, by the way. The two 1980s Falcon 10s aren't difficult to insure (yet -- they are about to be recertified as Experimental R&D, which I am sure will bring new insurance headaches) but the five Lockheed F-104s are another matter altogether. The only way to insure the Starfighters is by reinsuring them, much as many companies do with their health insurance. The planes are "insured" by AVEMCO, but they are actually insured by our company (self-insured) backed-up by a reinsurance policy from Lloyds of London. Reinsurance is insurance for insurance companies. So AVEMCO administers the coverage for a fee but pays no claims, just passing them through to us. If there are any claims (none so far) our little startup pays for the first $1 million, then Lloyds picks-up anything above that amount. We have a separate corporate liability policy that covers the liability portion of all claims with a $100,000 deductible. So to be perfectly accurate we are on the hook for about $600K per airplane taking into account hull value, all for under $100K total per year. What does that have to do with little experimentals? I use my Thorp T-18 for work so my employment contract includes as a fringe benefit covering my airplane insurance, which so far has been free for the company. Just to be completely transparent, the insurance is bundled into my hangar benefit (we already had a couple hangars full of jets, remember). Doing it that way allows me to get reimbursed for standard IRS car mileage for my business use of the plane, which I guess in this instance is considered a flying car? I actually make a small profit on the mileage. When I get my turbo-diesel Q1 in the air I'll make an even bigger profit. Bob
On Fri, Mar 11, 2022 at 1:55 PM Frankenbird Vern <smeshno1@...> wrote:
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Mike Dwyer
Best not to tell the airport manager that your test flying. I was near finishing my 40 hours when another experimental crashed. I was asked to leave. I just let the hour meter run to 40 hours "taxiing around" and got my faa signoff. Problem solved. Mike Dwyer Q200
On Fri, Mar 11, 2022, 4:55 PM Frankenbird Vern <smeshno1@...> wrote:
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Vern,
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I did not buy the airport! It is a municipal airport. I did buy into a hangar group. The only insurance co that would insure my Dragonfly is Avemco even with 500 hrs in type. Liability is as much as liability and hull combined on the Tri-Pacer.
On Friday, March 11, 2022, 2:55 PM, Frankenbird Vern <smeshno1@...> wrote:
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Ya.. I know..we have a similar deal here in Oklahoma at the Municipals. A bit like "buying" a property in the State of Hawaii. 99 year lease for the dirt under and the hangar is added on by your own dollar. Ok..it is just the way it works; unless the coin in
the bank account is large enough to buy the acres for a Private field out in the sticks. I live out in the Sticks of Oklahoma, and it was not because I was forced to..
BTW.. I am soon on another gig at the Lazy B. This time I'm assigned into the black hole stuff. Tinker AFB. :-/ They are saying at least a 2 year Contract, and expect 3. I sure hate those briefings but I'm terminally greedy.
The premium on an Experimental is obscene. Not like a Certificated is any safer.. as we all know any of these machines will kill you given the chance.
Vern,
I did not buy the airport! It is a municipal airport. I did buy into a hangar group.
The only insurance co that would insure my Dragonfly is Avemco even with 500 hrs in type. Liability is as much as liability and hull combined on the Tri-Pacer.
On Friday, March 11, 2022, 2:55 PM, Frankenbird Vern <smeshno1@...> wrote:
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Now that is tragic Mike!! WHAT? I see.. so the Cessna 150 at my first airport location, that the pilot died in because he WAS STUPID and continued performing a go around even
though the engine was cutting on and off at the midpoint,..so my 150 has to leave? ALL Cessnas maybe? Same logic.
But I will remember that one. Good point!
From: main@Q-List.groups.io <main@Q-List.groups.io> on behalf of Mike Dwyer <q200pilot@...>
Sent: Friday, March 11, 2022 5:33 PM To: main@q-list.groups.io <main@q-list.groups.io> Subject: Re: [Q-List] Quickie insurance Best not to tell the airport manager that your test flying. I was near finishing my 40 hours when another experimental crashed. I was asked to leave. I just let the hour meter run to 40 hours "taxiing around" and got my faa signoff. Problem
solved.
Mike Dwyer Q200
On Fri, Mar 11, 2022, 4:55 PM Frankenbird Vern <smeshno1@...> wrote:
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Chris Walterson
I'm in Canada so it doesn't apply to most of you, but my insurance is around 600 bucks per year for basic coverage. No hull. The best thing is it is my insurance and not the airplane insurance. The company I deal with insures me for basic coverage so I can fly most small airplanes and still be covered for basic. Because I have more than one airplane I can use the same policy to cover them, plus, anyone with a pilots license living under the same roof is also covered. My wife flew back then so it worked out well.
For another 100 bucks I get Liability coverage on my hanger. When I first test flew my Dragonfly, I saw that I needed 150 hrs to do the testing. They mentioned "type" but figured on a 150 Cessna if you push forward you go down and pull back you go up, so it is the same type as the Dragonfly . That was thirty years ago and it worked out well, mind you I did taxi a whole bunch. In the states you need a tail dragger rating in Canada, you just need big balls. The question is, what does type really mean? I used to ride a KZ1000 turbocharged and also a 60 CC Yamaha with my standard motorcyle license. My A license let me drive a pulp truck with 220,000 lbs gross and a basic truck/ trailer with air brakes. My approach may not be for everyone. Take care--------------- Chris -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
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Pat Weaver
I ran into the same issues. I noticed the previous owner had his aircraft in his LLC. I am assuming the reason being that if anything happened in his experimental aircraft they could only come back on the LLC and not his personal property? May not be a bad idea.
On Sat, Mar 12, 2022, 2:32 PM Chris Walterson <dkeats@...> wrote: I'm in Canada so it doesn't apply to most of you, but my insurance is
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Robert Cringely
Don't buy the airplane, buy the LLC that owns it. No sales tax for one and reduced liability as you note.
On Sat, Mar 12, 2022 at 11:56 AM Pat Weaver <pweaver311@...> wrote:
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