Hallo Mike, I love your Rans! Looks so solid with the big tires! I'm looking for one too. Can you reflect on how your ownership went so far in terms of reliability and availability of spare parts. I heart rumors that the support from Rans recently has gotten a little bit tricky... Greetings from Germany and always happy landings!
Hi mate, love the RANS especially after the tyre upgrade. Made my dirt runways feel like tarmac. I have found RANS really good in terms of tech support and parts. My model hasn’t been available for over ten years yet I can still get parts from the factory for it, also when I needed tech support investigating the gear upgrade Randy himself was the one replying to me. I think the last 2 years every where has struggled with parts availability due to many reasons, shipping and material availability etc. If RANS don’t support their older models no one would want to buy a new model as it to will be old one day. Thanks for the appreciation comment
It’s my first fixed wing I have owed, I did a lot of research and asked some knowledgeable people a lot of questions too. They aren’t aswell known as the kit foxes I’m guessing because they haven’t sold as many and Randy designed and sold quite a few different models they are quite different to each other. Where as kitfox has just upgraded and evolved the one model i guess. I do like the kit foxes too. If I was gonna build a plane it would be the RANS S21
@@SKYHILLMIKE Yeah I saw you did a lot of hanggliding! I'm a glider pilot until now. So quite a similar origin we have there 😁 I chose the Rans over the Kitfox I guess about 5 years ago but since I'm still in my 20's it obviously took some years to have that extra money to buy and operate a plane. Kitfoxes are sure great planes but for me a bit overhyped. The Rans are less known and underrated underdogs I would say.
Great idea, nice build.
Thanks mate
Nice! A top idea
Thanks mate, your sharing of your craftsmanship ship of your build is one of my inspirations to share my aviation journey and adventures.
@@SKYHILLMIKEcheers mate. It’s a two way street really. I love watching you trip about. Keeps me focused on the end goal
Hallo Mike,
I love your Rans! Looks so solid with the big tires! I'm looking for one too. Can you reflect on how your ownership went so far in terms of reliability and availability of spare parts. I heart rumors that the support from Rans recently has gotten a little bit tricky...
Greetings from Germany and always happy landings!
Hi mate, love the RANS especially after the tyre upgrade. Made my dirt runways feel like tarmac. I have found RANS really good in terms of tech support and parts. My model hasn’t been available for over ten years yet I can still get parts from the factory for it, also when I needed tech support investigating the gear upgrade Randy himself was the one replying to me. I think the last 2 years every where has struggled with parts availability due to many reasons, shipping and material availability etc. If RANS don’t support their older models no one would want to buy a new model as it to will be old one day.
Thanks for the appreciation comment
@@SKYHILLMIKE
That's exactly what you want to hear when considering to purchase a certain type😁
Thanks a lot man!
It’s my first fixed wing I have owed, I did a lot of research and asked some knowledgeable people a lot of questions too. They aren’t aswell known as the kit foxes I’m guessing because they haven’t sold as many and Randy designed and sold quite a few different models they are quite different to each other.
Where as kitfox has just upgraded and evolved the one model i guess. I do like the kit foxes too.
If I was gonna build a plane it would be the RANS S21
@@SKYHILLMIKE Yeah I saw you did a lot of hanggliding! I'm a glider pilot until now. So quite a similar origin we have there 😁
I chose the Rans over the Kitfox I guess about 5 years ago but since I'm still in my 20's it obviously took some years to have that extra money to buy and operate a plane. Kitfoxes are sure great planes but for me a bit overhyped. The Rans are less known and underrated underdogs I would say.
Very Aussie, I like it ha ha!
Thanks mate