These are the expenses to get her flying below. Since that time I have added dual electronic ignition, a Garmin 430 and CDI, a Dynon EFIS, 2 axis autopilot, and a few other goodies. Want to see a graph? Click here.
| Amount | Item | From | Category |
| $35.00 | Paint, Various supplies to patch walls | HomeDepot | Misc |
| $26.95 | Air parts | HomeDepot | misc |
| $39.75 | Air parts | HomeDepot | misc |
| $75.00 | Air plumbing and other stuff | HomeDepot | Misc |
| $1,603.87 | Empenage Kit | Vans | Air frame |
| $144.95 | 2x rivet gun | Brown Tool | tools |
| $40.00 | Jig Parts | HomeDepot | misc |
| $105.00 | Table sanding station | HomeDepot | tools |
| $340.07 | Band Saw and c-clamps | HomeDepot | tools |
| $9.52 | Jig Parts | Sears | misc |
| $20.27 | Jig Parts | HomeDepot | misc |
| $59.42 | Jig Parts | HomeDepot | misc |
| $47.67 | Bench Vise 5" | Sams Club | tools |
| $49.37 | Air plumbing and other stuff | HomeDepot | misc |
| $17.10 | drill bits and stops | Avery | tools |
| $7.93 | Jig Parts | HomeDepot | misc |
| $426.39 | Compressor | HomeDepot | tools |
| $8.95 | Quick change spring for rivet gun | Brown Tool | tools |
| $42.00 | 2 band saw blades | Keenedge | tools |
| $180.19 | Spray gun | Sears | tools |
| $63.00 | C'Sink cutters and polishing wheel | Avery | tools |
| $133.15 | C-Frame bench riveting tool(dimpling) | Cleveland Tools | tools |
| $29.99 | Air ratchet drive | HomeDepot | tools |
| $4,379.90 | wing kit | Vans | Airframe |
| $156.00 | stick grips (2) | Menzimer | electrical |
| $16.60 | paint, bondo, sheet metal | HomeDepot | tools |
| $16.60 | paint | HomeDepot | Airframe |
| $205.60 | seat belt harness (2) | Vans | misc |
| $169.69 | shipping chargers wing kit | ABF | Airframe |
| $23.79 | misc parts, rivets, platenuts, bearing | Vans | Air frame |
| $12.22 | Electrical Parts | RadioShack.com | electrical |
| $69.10 | mic. Jacks and plugs | Wag-Aero | electrical |
| $610.00 | Garmin GPS III Pilot | Pacific Coast Aero | Avionics |
| $39.29 | Tank Sealant | Vans | airframe |
| $654.85 | light kit w/ strobes | Vans | electrical |
| $23.00 | cleco's | Vans | tools |
| $50.00 | capacitive fuel probe | Vans | fuel |
| $37.53 | inverted fuel pickup | Vans | fuel |
| $147.00 | fuel valve selector | Vans | fuel |
| $121.00 | wire, relays for electric trims | Menzimer | electrical |
| $48.76 | welding supply's | Palmers | tools |
| $430.39 | Mig welder | HomeDepot | tools |
| $107.96 | tank ribs (screwed up first ones!!) | Vans | airframe |
| $79.50 | Ignition switch | Wag-Aero | instruments |
| $229.50 | Verticle Speed Indicator | Wag-Aero | instruments |
| $210.90 | Altimeter | Wag-Aero | instruments |
| $74.20 | Palmers Welding | Palmers | tools |
| $4,508.81 | Fuslage kit | Vans | Airframe |
| $28.58 | Supplys (gromets and fasteners) | HomeDepot | Supplys |
| $92.52 | tools and supplys | HomeDepot | tools |
| $31.45 | misc parts, rivets, platenuts, bearing | vans | Air frame |
| $77.61 | Edge Forming tool, Cleco's | Cleveland Tools | tools |
| $66.14 | Sherwin Williams primer | Serwin Williams | Paint |
| $3,305.75 | NMicroMonitor, Micro Encoder, Probes | Rocky Mtn | instruments |
| $88.00 | cleco's,pitot tube, bushings | Vans | tools |
| $650.00 | Crank Servo for Autopilot | Navaid | Avionics |
| $26.42 | nuts and bolts for wings | HomeDepot | tools |
| $79.94 | Dremel. Needed for landing light cut out | HomeDepot | tools |
| $111.60 | Tube flairing tool, drill bit. | Brown Tool | tools |
| $52.32 | Dimple dies, drill bits | Cleveland Tools | tools |
| $62.48 | Dremel. Needed for landing light cut out | HomeDepot | tools |
| $226.02 | Heated pitot tube, wire | Aircraft Spruce | Avionics |
| $24.50 | wire, relays for electric trims | Aircraft Spruce | Avionics |
| $24.02 | 22ga shielded wire 50ft | Aircraft Spruce | electrical |
| $146.10 | shipping charges fuse kit | ABF | Shipping |
| $258.65 | Emergency Locator Transmitter | Aircraft Spruce | Avionics |
| $88.56 | Taps and AN fittings | Aircraft Spruce | Fuel |
| $800.00 | Autopilot Controller | Navaid | Avionics |
| $5,002.00 | Finishing Kit | Vans | Airframe |
| $106.95 | Chrome Pitot Bracket | Aircraft Spruce | Avionics |
| $15.87 | Fasteners | HomeDepot | Airframe |
| $11.37 | BSC-44 Rivets | Aircraft Spruce | Airframe |
| $49.61 | PVC, wire strippers | Lowe's | tools |
| $105.86 | nuts, bolts, dimple dies | Aircraft Spruce | tools |
| $66.14 | Primer and reduces | Sherwin Williams | Paint |
| $57.50 | Fuse Videos | GBI | Video |
| $18.00 | electrical, heat shrink, conectors | RadioShack.com | electrical |
| $21.36 | connectors, pins | RadioShack.com | electrical |
| $65.19 | Torque wrench | HomeDepot | tools |
| $422.00 | Attitude Gyro | Sigma-Tek | instruments |
| $11.82 | Wood for wing jig | HomeDepot | jig |
| $339.00 | Vaacuum Directional Gyro | Ebay/Sigmatek | instruments |
| $52.03 | 1/8" dimple set | Aircraft Spruce | tools |
| $31.87 | wood for fusealage jig | HomeDepot | airframe |
| $63.59 | creeper | Advance Auto | tools |
| $37.90 | Wing walk, dual | Vans | Finish |
| $150.00 | Cables, throttle, mixture, prop | Vans | engine |
| $190.00 | cowl baffle kit | Vans | engine |
| $200.00 | Cabin Heater | Vans | engine |
| $386.13 | shipping, finishing kit | ABF | Shipping |
| $84.00 | Gascolator | Aircraft Spruce | engine |
| $250.00 | Altitude hold unit | Cliff Cady | instruments |
| $38.96 | .063 sheet | Vans | Airframe |
| $5.00 | Engine log book | Vans | engine |
| $10.71 | cs govenor bracket | Vans | engine |
| $28.11 | Engine bolt set | Vans | engine |
| $150.00 | 35a altenator kit | Vans | engine |
| $272.00 | Dyna Vibra isolators | Vans | engine |
| $630.00 | Engine exhaust | Vans | engine |
| $18.00 | dimmer control | Vans | instruments |
| $435.00 | Dual fuel gage | Vans | instruments |
| $16.50 | Master relay | Vans | electrical |
| $20,700.00 | Engine, o-360-A1A | Vans | engine |
| $15.92 | Starter Selnoid | Vans | electrical |
| $9.83 | shipping | Vans | Shipping |
| $23.95 | wire twister | Aircraft Spruce | tools |
| $52.21 | rivets, alum sheet | Aircraft Spruce | Airframe |
| $56.43 | spring benders, rivets | Aircraft Spruce | tools |
| $20.00 | rivets, platenuts | Aircraft Spruce | Airframe |
| $128.00 | Video's, Finish, system, interior | GBI | tools |
| $221.00 | battery, fire extinguisher, dimple set | Aircraft Spruce | electrical |
| $26.94 | electrical connectors | RadioShack.com | electrical |
| $4,650.00 | Hartzell c2yk-1bf | Vans | Prop |
| $2.45 | touch up paint powder coating | Vans | Paint |
| $7.25 | Dracon surface tape | Aircraft Spruce | Airframe |
| $10.00 | thrott brack, cs gov. brkt | Vans | engine |
| $22.10 | UHMW tape | Vans | Airframe |
| $25.56 | duct tube and sending mount | Vans | engine |
| $28.00 | Epoxy hardner slow | Aircraft Spruce | Airframe |
| $28.06 | cockpit lights | Vans | electrical |
| $35.00 | odds -n ends | Vans | other |
| $45.00 | Volt reg. Adj. | Vans | electrical |
| $49.00 | Taxi strobe | SkySports | electrical |
| $50.00 | quick chg. Oil valve | Vans | engine |
| $230.00 | G-meter | SkySports | instruments |
| $241.00 | oil cooler | Vans | engine |
| $455.00 | Port. Nav/com JRC JHP-520 | SkySports | Avionics |
| $656.00 | Rapco Vacuum Kit | Aircraft Spruce | instruments |
| $1,321.00 | Bendix KT 76c transponder | Ebay | instruments |
| $1,647.95 | PS Eng. PMA7000-MS audio panel | Aircraft Spruce | Avionics |
| $24.72 | Fuel tank drain fitting gascolator | Aircraft Spruce | engine |
| $2,805.00 | Fuel Injection | AirFlow Performance | engine |
| $10.50 | Gascolator drain valve | Aircraft Spruce | engine |
| $26.62 | oil quick drain valve, 4130 tube | Aircraft Spruce | engine |
| $220.00 | Fuel Pump | Aircraft Spruce | engine |
| $111.48 | ign. Sw$lock set, mast sw. | Aircraft Spruce | instruments |
| $203.92 | RV sunshade, drill bits, dimple dies | Cleveland Tools | accy |
| $151.91 | engine shipping charges | Vans | Shipping |
| $1,365.00 | garmin 295 gps | Aircraft Spruce | instruments |
| $251.45 | digital recorder, audio panel | Aircraft Spruce | instruments |
| $310.00 | Airspeed Indicator | Vans | instruments |
| $1,214.28 | Mccauley Prop Gov. | vans | engine |
| $31.69 | .025 sheet | Aircraft Spruce | airframe |
| $18.02 | cockpit lights | Vans | instruments |
| $150.90 | shipping prop | ABF | Prop |
| $210.82 | cabin heater left | Vans | airframe |
| $412.34 | eyeball vent, screws, bat cable, , sound proof, | Aircraft Spruce | Airframe |
| $24.81 | ss pins | Vans | Airframe |
| $97.46 | battery wire and lugs, an fittings | Aircraft Spruce | electrical |
| $680.57 | Lightspeed headsets | Aircraft Spruce | Avionics |
| $10.12 | oil cooler bolts | Live Oak | Airframe |
| $30.34 | electrical connectors | RadioShack.com | electrical |
| $12.21 | connectors, pins | RadioShack.com | electrical |
| $1,376.25 | ICS Nac/Com radio | Wag-Aero | Avionics |
| $36.15 | fuel fittings, scat tube | Aircraft Spruce | engine |
| $16.00 | connectors, pins | RadioShack.com | electrical |
| $400.68 | breakers and switches | Aircraft Spruce | electrical |
| $478.23 | an fittings, aeroquip hose | Aircraft Spruce | engine |
| $18.54 | toggle switches | RadioShack.com | electrical |
| $54.16 | switches | RadioShack.com | electrical |
| $74.36 | crows feet, solder gun | HomeDepot | tools |
| $39.37 | ef-601 channel and master relay | Vans | Airframe |
| $25.83 | piano hinge | Vans | air |
| $64.55 | Aeroquip lines | Aircraft Spruce | engine |
| $184.00 | Transponder rack and connector | Eastern Avionics | Avionics |
| $45.62 | master relay, t-handle control,an fittings | Air | electrical |
| $45.00 | crimoers, heat shrink, switches | RadioShack.com | electrical |
| $505.25 | antennaes. VOR, com, etc. | Aircraft Spruce | Avionics |
| $199.95 | Antennaes, wire | Aircraft Spruce | Avionics |
| $201.54 | circuit breakers, wire | Aircraft Spruce | electrical |
| $152.65 | Emp. Fairing | Fairings Etc | Airframe |
| $15.45 | clamps | Aircraft Spruce | engine |
| $29.65 | terminal blocks | RadioShack.com | electrical |
| $39.00 | Speed control elev. Trim | Ray Allen | electrical |
| $135.00 | Pos sensor, indicator, cable | Menzimer | electrical |
| $38.25 | toggle switches, heat shrink | RadioShack.com | electrical |
| $6.33 | toggle switches | RadioShack.com | electrical |
| $11.31 | rear spkr, jacks | RadioShack.com | electrical |
| $10.15 | es diode for 2nd master relay | Vans | electrical |
| $39.40 | wire twister | Aircraft Spruce | electrical |
| $84.27 | connectors | RadioShack.com | electrical |
| $52.43 | connectors and switches | RadioShack.com | electrical |
| $77.34 | demel (old one died) | Lowe's | electrical |
| $33.20 | Breaker 3amp | Aircraft Spruce | electrical |
| $11.26 | connectors | RadioShack.com | electrical |
| $18.00 | wire | Aircraft Spruce | electrical |
| $16.82 | connectors, pins | RadioShack.com | electrical |
| $54.97 | AN fittings, tube, for instruments | Aircraft Spruce | instruments |
| $32.26 | an fittings | Aircraft Spruce | engine |
| $216.12 | an fittings, knee board, flt bag | Aircraft Spruce | misc |
| $11.56 | vac tees, SS clamps | HomeDepot | instruments |
| $16.24 | connectors and switches | RadioShack.com | electrical |
| $20.15 | switches | RadioShack.com | electrical |
| $1,294.00 | Apollo SL40 com | Aircraft Spruce | Avionics |
| $29.54 | connectors | RadioShack.com | electrical |
| $18.72 | pins, tie wraps | RadioShack.com | electrical |
| $20.23 | relays, diodes | RadioShack.com | electrical |
| $19.17 | wire | Aircraft Spruce | electrical |
| $10.23 | screws, balljoint assy, wire grip ctl end | Aircraft Spruce | engine |
| $77.54 | an fitings | Aircraft Spruce | engine |
| $124.96 | venier cables | Aircraft Spruce | engine |
| $13.05 | t-handle dash control | Aircraft Spruce | engine |
| $174.38 | wing tip lens kit. | Vans | Airframe |
| $791.29 | headset and intercom | Aircraft Spruce | Avionics |
| $19.07 | Eveready 100400 metal glaze filler | L-ville auto | Paint |
| $311.91 | primer | Auto Color | Paint |
| $18.07 | spiral wrap | RadioShack.com | electrical |
| $40.47 | acetone, wood for wing support jig | HomeDepot | Airframe |
| $4,234.74 | Interior | Tim's Upholstery | interior |
| $36.01 | exhaust cowl shield tape | vans | engine |
| $18.83 | N-number decals | Aircraft Spruce | misc |
| $260.24 | vhk antennae avt-4 | Aircraft Spruce | Avionics |
| $1,137.30 | paint, accessories, booth | Georgia Paint | Paint |
| $371.00 | Gift to owner for use of facility | Georgia Paint | Paint |
| $500.00 | Paint expert assistance | Georgia Paint | Paint |
| $545.78 | paint, accessories, booth | Georgia Paint | Paint |
| $43.45 | flap push rods | Vans | Airframe |
| $85,639.94 |
last updated Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Also, here is a pie chart of the % $$ spent on components from a friends RV8
Here is a graph of money spent over time from the same guy.