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VANS RV-4

Name: VANS RV-4
Brand: Experimental
Price: 75000 USD
Availability: InStock

1988 Experimental RV-4

Montfort, WI Listed today

About this aircraft

$75,000 · FOR SALE · Beautifully built and maintained 1988 Vans RV-4! Meticulously detailed log books and record keeping. I am the second owner and purchased from a local builder. 1,354 TTAF 254 Lycoming O-320 (Times will increase as the airplane gets flown about an hour each week) ADSB In/Out, Hooker harnesses, FlyBoys Taildragger Max lighting, Whelen NAV Strobe POS lights, Smoking Airplanes 3.5 gallon smoke tank with dual injectors, Bruce's Custom Covers canopy cover, and so much more! This is a well built airplane with continued meaningful upgrades. Happy to answer any questions and share any additional photos.

Specifications

Year: 1988

How this stacks up

1 to ask about

Listed today
Fresh to market — early in the listing cycle
1/5 key specs
Key information is missing — ask the seller about hours, engine time, and registration

This summary draws on signals shown in detail below — price comps, listing age, maintenance and engine status, and key specs. Read each section for full context. Not an appraisal.

Cost to own

Rule-of-thumb estimates — insurance ≈ 1% of price, hangar $7,500/yr, annual inspection $2,500/yr, fuel + oil at your selected hrs/yr. Your actual costs will vary.

As a sole owner

$1,896/mo$22,750/yr

≈ $228 per flight hour at 100 hrs/yr — flying fewer hours raises this (fixed costs spread over fewer hours)

$75,000 to buy (the asking price)

At 100 hrs/yr, renting at $150/hr would be $7,750 cheaper annually — fly more to see ownership savings.

Ownership	Buy-in	Monthly	Annual
Full ownership (sole)	$75,000	$1,896/mo	$22,750/yr
1/2 share	$37,500	$1,448/mo	$17,375/yr
1/3 share	$25,000	$1,299/mo	$15,583/yr
1/4 share	$18,750	$1,224/mo	$14,688/yr

Buy-in is the asking price split evenly across partners — what you'd each pay to acquire the aircraft (the real figure is negotiated). Fixed costs (insurance, hangar, inspection) split equally by number of partners; fuel/oil is per-pilot since each partner flies their own hours.

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Price

$75,000

Listing trust

1/4

Complete detailsYear, registration, make/model, and a full description.
Maintenance disclosedAirframe (TTAF) and engine (SMOH) times are listed.
Transparent priceA real asking price, not "contact for price".
Posted by a memberListed by a signed-up ClubHanger member, not a scraped aggregator.

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