We went a little beyond that (to no-one's great surprise, I'm sure). This is the usual pressurization plumbing on a different Evo: I didn't like sceet hose for pressurization air, even though the pressure diff is within spec for sceet. Hose clamps don't fill me with confidence, and when they pop off (which has happened more than once) the cabin pressure rapidly flows out instead of in. Instead we went with thisYou can see in the top view the noisy valve, it's the black T sticking out of the firewall. These hoses are smaller cross-section than sceet, so the airflow is faster, which probably contributes to the noise, although other Evos have this same mod and haven't generated the noisy heater complaints I have.

That's just a cleaner installation, too, Dave. Hope you can get it silenced enough for your liking.

We went a little beyond that (to no-one's great surprise, I'm sure). This is the usual pressurization plumbing on a different Evo: I didn't like sceet hose for pressurization air, even though the pressure diff is within spec for sceet. Hose clamps don't fill me with confidence, and when they pop off (which has happened more than once) the cabin pressure rapidly flows out instead of in. Instead we went with thisYou can see in the top view the noisy valve, it's the black T sticking out of the firewall. These hoses are smaller cross-section than sceet, so the airflow is faster, which probably contributes to the noise, although other Evos have this same mod and haven't generated the noisy heater complaints I have.

I wonder if this might be the perfect legal use of the chinese "fuel filters"? I've seen bleed air heat in old ag planes use small engine mufflers to try and keep the noise down.

that was my thought. Twin cessnas use them, 1 per engine. so they're out there...

Oh, I've got LOTS of photos! These wingtips look amazing at night! They are on 3 Evos The only 3 antennas in the airflow, transponder/ADS-B and two comm. The antennas on the top (GPS, VOR/ILS, ELT) are all hidden Inner gear doors, one of the reasons it's faster and quieter than most Evos We cut back the sheepskin seat covers, maybe too much. The round black things on the floor in front of the seats are cup holders, of course Panel shot. A little fuzzy, sorry.Back seats haven't gotten much use so far

Oh, I've got LOTS of photos! These wingtips look amazing at night! They are on 3 Evos The only 3 antennas in the airflow, transponder/ADS-B and two comm. The antennas on the top (GPS, VOR/ILS, ELT) are all hidden Inner gear doors, one of the reasons it's faster and quieter than most Evos We cut back the sheepskin seat covers, maybe too much. The round black things on the floor in front of the seats are cup holders, of course Panel shot. A little fuzzy, sorry.Back seats haven't gotten much use so far

My lancairtalk account is apparently dead, and I didn't see it covered in this thread, so apologies if this point has already been hit. But what are the maintenance requirements and costs like for the EVOT? Also what's the latest and greatest with the company and insurability? I saw that it is being bought by a Czech (?) company but nothing since then.

There's a very prominent Lancair instructor with 1800hrs in Evolutions, and he's being quoted $50k per year insurance, with only one underwriter in the market

Needless to say, that's a very tough market.....still a fantastic airplane

Easy questions first, insurance is available until you pass 70, but it's not cheap. The only underwriter is taking full advantage of its monopoly.

The new blood is actually a Belgian company, JMB, with a factory in Czechia, and it's not a purchase, it's a joint venture. EAC chips in the molds and IP, and JMB provides the factory, with no money changing hands. Both CEOs and I were in the booth in Osh all week last year, we talked quite a bit, and at that time all the molds etc. were on a boat to Europe, with the goal of flying a new-build plane to Osh '23. I doubt they'll manage that, but having just a Czech-built kit on display would be a big deal.

On maintenance costs, my plane is too new to have a track record, but in general I'll WAG that compared to certified SETP there's more minor things to address but the parts and labor are FAR cheaper, often 10-20x cheaper. Example: A TBM owner on BT said rebuilding a landing gear actuator was about $8K, as I recall. For an Evo, it's about $450.

Dave, the photos you've shared are nice and all but your plane is deserving of some air to air shots.

Good stuff, thanks for the info! It's a seriously cool plane, especially for a couple.

Dave, any idea how far along they are in the build process?

Man that’s a pretty plane.

It just looks fast!