Thank you Tom

and what most people ignore or leave out is this severely limits the buyer pool of these planes to those who will pay cash and do not have a creditor/lien holder involved

to shell out 200, 300, or 400k on a mechanical object that cannot be reasonably insured is

i really chuckle when i see a married guy doing it, because a divorce ordered sell is where you find the best deals on these things, they can't get rid of them fast enough, can't lien on them if needed, and usually a family court judge puts some crazy terms on the sale timeframe/terms

I am a capitalist
I.E...Supply and demand
Lower demand because of high insurance means I can purchase a $500k airplane for $250k cash.

As far a divorce potential for me, we put up with each other during the young selfish times.
After 29 years these are the good times!

Yup, I agree, these have much better performance than any other airplane I've ever flown at the cost of being hard to insure. I rave about this airplane: beautiful, fast, economical, fun, sporty, easy to fly, put whatever avionics you want in it, well made and strong. I could go on and on. So, for $200K you can get an almost new airplane that flies circles around a $900K Cirrus.

For the person that doesn't care about financing or insurance (which I admit is a small market), there's absolutely nothing that can come anywhere close to the IV-P.

Remember, these were trading for $400K before the market crashed in 2008. Absolute bargain today.

"You chuckle when married guys buy IV-Ps because you assume they are getting divorced soon and will have to dump the airplane"

That's one of the more bitter things I've read on Beechtalk.

How much of a jump is it to the Evolution? Could the piston evolution be comparable to the piston IV? Same with the Turbo model? That Evo is a sweet looking machine and is what I would build if I have the coin.

i searched the market for years before deciding not to pursue one, it's not an opinion i hold, there are a few guys that even disassembled them as this no longer qualified it as an "airplane" but rather a bunch of parts- just to subvert divorce decrees

While my comments are mostly geared to the IV-PT's, have you sold a IV-P yet?

I think you could buy a used Turbine EVO for a million. Much more docile wing but that's a lot more money.

With that said, I think this is in the future for me. I'm not ever going back to the certified world if I can avoid it.

i searched the market for years before deciding not to pursue one, it's not an opinion i hold, there are a few guys that even disassembled them as this no longer qualified it as an "airplane" but rather a bunch of parts- just to subvert divorce decrees

While my comments are mostly geared to the IV-PT's, have you sold a IV-P yet?

Evo's insurance may be in jeopardy soon, LOBO seems to have a few battle on their hands with one of the major underwriters pulling out of the market

2 EVO crashes right?

Evo's insurance may be in jeopardy soon, LOBO seems to have a few battle on their hands with one of the major underwriters pulling out of the market

I spent my weekend tuning up my baffles on the IV. I drilled a hole in the #5 baffle about in the middle of the alternator area per a SB. This has been my rate limiting cylinder in climb and ROP high speed cruise. I also used a full caulk gun of red RTV and sealed every little crack or gap I could. The result was beyond amazing with ALL cylinders less than 360 in the climb at 2,000 FPM. Cylinder #5 would creep up over 400+ degrees if you didn't really watch it. Oil temp also dropped dramatically. I never would have thought such a little 1.5 inch hole in a precise spot would drop the CHT on #5 so dramatically. I tested it again today with the same result of cool cylinders.

I also hooked the bird up to my 10 gallon shop vac and pressurized the cabin looking for leaks. I definitely fixed some good leaks but more work needs to be done to reach max diff of 5.5psi. I think I'm at 3.8. It's harder to do this on the Lancair because there's a switch in the landing gear lever that dumps the outflow valve open so it's pissing a lot of pressure out the valve in the hangar. Any ideas are appreciated!

The more I fly this airplane, the more I love it. It's the best general aviation plane I've ever owned for my particular mission.

Did I mention this thing is really fast? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cus-Clmx-U

One more weekend pearl. After talking to a Malibu/Cirrus owner with basically the same motor, he suggested running 6 quarts in the motor rather than 9. Sure enough, the Cirrus manual says run 5-6 quarts max.

Are we putting too much oil in our big Continentals? I think so.

My IO-550 C gets 7 quarts for oil change. I add one quart when dipstick gets down to 5 mark