I am planning to buy a rans s 6 and would like some feedback from owners.
On paper the plane looks great. How is it to fly? and maintain
Anyone with a Rans?
Moderator: drseti
I'll wager a guess it was this S-7....got a few hours in it myself.jbesper wrote:I can't claim much knowledge, but I was lucky enough to get some time in an R-7 today and loved it. Saw the R-6 but didn't fly it. Both looked very well put together though. I highly suggest you check them out further.
then the S-6 you saw was this one, I think it may be coming up for sale.
The Rans I've been around are nice honest aircraft. The performance numbers put out by Rans are accurate. When 2 of us flew an S-6es from Montana to Utah(Sept '07), it was hot & we were at max weight. It was work to get to 9500', but performed excellent in every other aspect. We even got hit by windshear(est. 4g's) entering Provo canyon, we were pleasantly surprised when it stayed together. Great tuff little planes. Light on the controls, but fairly well balanced.
It just one Dam job after another
Brian
Brian
Brian,
You're exactly right - thanks for the correction. I've gone dizzy over the last few months reading and researching makes/models/specs/prices/ ad naseum.
Those are the aircraft I was in&around, courtesy of Neil at Bueno Aviation in Townsend. Like I said, I only got a tour in the S-7, but it made a great impression!
You're exactly right - thanks for the correction. I've gone dizzy over the last few months reading and researching makes/models/specs/prices/ ad naseum.
Those are the aircraft I was in&around, courtesy of Neil at Bueno Aviation in Townsend. Like I said, I only got a tour in the S-7, but it made a great impression!
Hopefully it was inspected afterwards and stays together next time. Since you say you were surprised it stayed together, means don't be surprised if enough stress was put on the airframe to cause some damage, that could result in a failure later.Hydroguy2 wrote:We even got hit by windshear(est. 4g's) entering Provo canyon, we were pleasantly surprised when it stayed together. Great tuff little planes.
Roger Fane
Former owner of a 2006 Flight Design CTsw
Former owner of a 2006 Flight Design CTsw