FlyingDiver
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Picked up my fuselage today, ordered April 21
What year?
Picked up my fuselage today, ordered April 21
2006 with 227k miles The crate in the back is worth more than my daily driver. Do I have my priorities right?What year?
2006 with 227k miles The crate in the back is worth more than my daily driver. Do I have my priorities right?
For those who have recently received kits, did you have many parts backordered?
I meant, when did you order your kit? Because if it was only last month, something is very wrong in Aurora.
Missing the brake master cylinders,, vent bracket and F-1204Z bottom stiffener.For those who have recently received kits, did you have many parts backordered?
Fuselage kits being shipped now were ordered last year, around March. Mine is missing (backordered) all four Matco brake master cylinders, and the F-1086 vent bracket.
Missing the brake master cylinders,, vent bracket and F-1204Z bottom stiffener.
That's great Jeff! I ordered my empennage 9/21 and have the same crating date. I guess Vans is finally starting to get caught up on parts.
Sounds like they're getting confident in their ability to produce batches of similar kits. I ordered my wings and fuselage back in August and have had crating dates of 6/20-7/18 and 6/27-7/18 for a couple of months now. Good to hear that others are joining that group. I'm still waiting for the "it's time to pay the balance" email, though, and I wonder if that means I'll be late in that window? (I'm hoping both kits ship together to maybe save a bit in shipping.)
What I’m curious is if I were to place a fuse order now, would I be on the “fuse train” that has everyone on a June/July crate window?
I ordered the Fuselage in May of '21 and the Finishing in July. For several months, my status page has been showing a Jun/July crating for the Fuse and July/Aug for the Finish. I've just finished the Wings and am studying up for the Fuselage - it looks like I better get used to nut plates!
I'm curious about whether it's better (easier) to do the Avionics before or after the Powerplant Kit.
Noticed my wing kit status changed from “parts being produced” to “assigned to crating”. Getting excited! I’ll probably call tomorrow to make sure they note to include the hardware kit with the wing kit if they ship it before my Emp kit. Or do they automatically do this?
-Jacob
Interesting. Did you receive a message asking for the balance payment, or had you paid the full cost of the kit already? I put a deposit on a wing kit last August and have a similar crating window, but haven't received the expected email asking for final payment yet. Moreover, I wrote to Van's last week asking about this and have heard nothing but crickets. Seems a bit odd to me.
I'm opting to install the engine first. You cannot complete the finish kit without the engine installed. Then I plan to have the aircraft painted. After paint then I will install the avionics.
A few days before my crating window was scheduled to start… I made an online payment for the balance and received an email from the kits department with a receipt of my balance payment. I didn’t wait for them to email me as their emails have been going into my spam and didn’t want to miss an email. FWIW, I paid a 50% deposit when placing the order and full payment before they asked… not sure if coincidence or not, but I have a change in kit status a week after final payment.
Does anyone else have recent experience with kit payments they'd like to share?
I'm in the same window for wing and fuselage kits and sent an email to Vans on Monday asking about final payment. Got an email reply the same day saying that they would be sending out payment notices shortly.
Anybody recently received or still waiting for avionics kits? I’m Curious of wait times of those in front of me.
I ordered dual Dynon kit Jan 3rd 2022
paid in full last week of May 2022
order sent to Steinair first week of June 2022
I figure I have at least a few months to go
Thanks
Anybody recently received or still waiting for avionics kits? I’m Curious of wait times of those in front of me.
I ordered dual Dynon kit Jan 3rd 2022
paid in full last week of May 2022
order sent to Steinair first week of June 2022
I figure I have at least a few months to go
Thanks
I have a Finish kit that is promised to crating in the Mid July to early august time frame. There seem to be others with the same schedule - does that mean that Vans has the "batch crating" process implemented?
Sounds like kits are moving! I just received a shipping notice for my fuselage.
First post:
On day 3 at Oshkosh 2021, I ordered the Emp and Fuse Kits. Two days later thinking the impending gloom of the supply chain and employee shortages would make getting kits take a bit longer than the estimated 4-month shipping promise (Was I ever right!) I went back to the Van's tent and ordered the wing and finish kits. The following month I ordered the powerplant kit and the next month I ordered the avionics.
Almost a year later still no Emp kit, usually the first or "starter Kit" to arrive!
But on the bright side, A week ago I received my avionics package, followed by an email from Vans that my wing and fuse kits were being forwarded to the crating que, and later that evening another email arrived stating the powerplant kit was in the crating que!
Yesterday, the email came stating the emp, fuse and powerplant kits were processed and ready for pick up! WOOHOO!
Sunday I'm making the trek to Aurora to stuff the van full first thing Monday am.
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