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rv-4

Joined: 03 Apr 2008
Posts: 13
Location: Montréal

Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 3:26 pm Post subject: Airpark Living

Hello listers

  

                         I'm in the process of buying property on an Airpark and I would like to have  ideas,pictures, samples of houses/ hangars combinaison that anyone of you living  on an airpark may have so I can summit ideas to the developper on what I'm  planning on building.

  

 Also any infos or do's and don'ts about living on  an airpark will be appreciated.

  

 Thank you

  

 You may reply ''off'' list if you wish

  

 Bruno Dionne 

 RV-4 C-GDBH (Flying)

 rv4(at)videotron.ca (rv4(at)videotron.ca)

  

 Do not archive

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pitts_pilot(at)bellsouth.
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Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 3:48 pm Post subject: Airpark Living

You make me jealous!  I've dreamed of doing just what you are for years ... but moving away from my kids and grandkids isn't worth it to me.  The best resource is http://www.livingwithyourplane.com/ ...... become a 'member' and you'll have access to house plans and all things associated with airparks.

 Linn

 

 Bruno wrote:

 [quote]            Hello listers

    

                          I'm in the process of buying property on an Airpark and I would like to have ideas,pictures, samples of houses/ hangars combinaison that anyone of you living on an airpark may have so I can summit ideas to the developper on what I'm planning on building.

    

   Also any infos or do's and don'ts about living on an airpark will be appreciated.

    

   Thank you

    

   You may reply ''off'' list if you wish

    

   Bruno Dionne 

   RV-4 C-GDBH (Flying)

   rv4(at)videotron.ca (rv4(at)videotron.ca)

    

   Do not archive

    

    

    

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Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 5:02 pm Post subject: Airpark Living

Bruno wrote:

 	  Quote: 	
		  > Hello listers

>  

>                        I'm in the process of buying property on an 

> Airpark and I would like to have ideas,pictures, samples of houses/ 

> hangars combinaison that anyone of you living on an airpark may have 

> so I can summit ideas to the developper on what I'm planning on building.

>  

> Also any infos or do's and don'ts about living on an airpark will be 

> appreciated.

>  

> Thank you

>  

> You may reply ''off'' list if you wish

>  

> Bruno Dionne

> RV-4 C-GDBH (Flying)

> rv4(at)videotron.ca <mailto:rv4(at)videotron.ca>

>  

> Do not archive

>  

If you plan on building/painting/maintaining a plane in the hangar, you 

might want to consider keeping the hangar separate from the house. I 

haven't lived in a combo setup, but my wife has an aversion to all the 

chemical odors I bring back from the hangar so I'm pretty sure there'd 

be major problems if the hangar was connected to the house.

I have 12' eaves on my hangar; one of my neighbors has 14'. He has room 

for a much taller door (a big twin or tall taildragger is no problem) & 

can have a mezzanine with enough headroom to walk around under, under 

the ridge line of the roof. A typical 12' bi-fold door only has about 

10' of clear height & big antique biplanes, twins, etc just barely clear 

them.

If my lot had been wide enough I'd have wanted the hangar & house side 

by side, so I could sit on the deck or at the hangar & not have my view 

obstructed by the other building. (A grass runway is like having a 

really big yard that you only have to mow a couple of times a summer, 

when it's your turn.)

If you have more than one plane or share a hangar, doors on both ends of 

the hangar would make it much easier to move planes in & out (you give 

up wall space, of course).

Lightweight kitchen stuff is useful in the hangar; restroom is essential 

(shower is a good option).

At least a small work space in the hangar insulated/heated (a/c 

optional). Heating the entire hangar for working on small stuff can get 

expensive.

We moved an existing house to our lot. The house started its life as an 

early '50s ranch, with a low pitched roof & 4' overhangs. Great for 

keeping the hot sun out of the house, but not so hot for looking out the 

window at planes overflying the runway. If Ed McMahon comes to visit, 

I'll put a gable roof with vaulted ceiling over the den so we can see 

out & up.

When you plan the deck, make it as big as you can ever imagine needing. 

Then increase it by 50%. Then add another 40 square feet. If  you plan a 

porch, be sure it doesn't block the view from the deck. Our master 

bedroom, den, etc are on the side of the house facing the runway. Little 

used rooms face away from the runway. If the deck is anywhere near the 

bedroom, consider making it at least a couple of feet lower than the 

floor level of the house (helps maintain privacy in the bedrooms).

Big windows with low E coating & argon filled spaces.

Metal works just as well for a house roof as a hangar roof, & helps keep 

energy costs down in summer (if you insulate under it).

If the runway is N/S, try to build on the west side of the runway. Sun 

is nice in the morning, not so much in the afternoon. (We are in the 

southern USA; your situation might be very different.)

If you can afford to just write checks, do so. (I'm 5 years behind on my 

RV-7 project.)

Charlie

Slobovia Outernational Airport

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Ed Anderson

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 475

Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 4:20 am Post subject: Airpark Living

Actually, having spent several visits with Charlie and his lovely spouse, 

Tupper, I can say they have a very nice house and view indeed.  The view 

from their deck over the airstrip is very nice indeed - while his hanger may 

block view of the touch-down point on the South end - most folks land longer 

anyhow.



So if you end up with as nice a view as Charlie has (even if not perfect) 

you will have done well.



Best Regards



Ed

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Matthews, NC
eanderson@carolina.rr.com

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Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 5:13 am Post subject: Airpark Living

Ah, living a dream.  I moved to Buena Terra (33KS)  just North of Topeka, Ks. two years ago.  We started with a house plan both the wife and I liked, then I took the three car garage and just extended it back so that I could roll out the RV-7 and...

  Like anything in life, whatever you do you have to accept certain risks.  The first thing we did was form an LLC (yip, hire a lawyer) and put all the runway/taxiway property into the LLC.  That way, when some goon hits a dog or a hole or whatever, he or his wife can only get what's in the LLC.  I think right now there is like four hundred dollars in the LLC fund.  We use that for runway maintenance and an annual hog roast.  Airpark living has worked well for us.  My wife is a farmers daughter and a social worker so we enjoy the wide open space plus the group of neighbors.



Bruno <rv4(at)videotron.ca> wrote:

   	  Quote: 	
		          Hello listers

   

                         I'm in the process of buying property on an Airpark and I would like to have ideas,pictures, samples of houses/ hangars combinaison that anyone of you living on an airpark may have so I can summit ideas to the developper on what I'm planning on building.

   

  Also any infos or do's and don'ts about living on an airpark will be appreciated.

   

  Thank you

   

  You may reply ''off'' list if you wish

   

  Bruno Dionne 

  RV-4 C-GDBH (Flying)

  rv4(at)videotron.ca (rv4(at)videotron.ca)

   

  Do not archive

   

   

   

	




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