5 Personal Airplanes You Can Buy For $30,000 Or Less
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- Опубликовано: 20 июл 2022
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When we think of airplane ownership, specifically small single engine piston engine airplanes, you don't thing $30,000 or less as a buying price. It turns out many people can afford to purchase an entry level airplane. If you can afford a brand new honda accord, chances are you can afford to own a single engine airplane.
Three of the airplanes shared in this video are certified, cessna, piper and grumman and two are experimental build, the sonex and Zenith. Outside of the amateur builds, consider these airplanes old and rugged. They are rugged and very reliable aircrafts. The fact that they’ve already made it through several decades and still flyable is amazing.
Here are the 5 airplanes listed
Piper Tomahawk is a great option to start. This is one of my favorite trainer/personal aircraft. It has a similar look with the DA40 with the T-Tail. As far as training aircrafts, Tomahawks rarely ends up in the conversation. That's because of the stigma that surrounds it with the stall characteristics and difficulty to recover from a spin. Best antidote to this? don't stall any airplane you fly.
The Piper Tomahawk featured in this video is well kept 1979 model with new Garmin avionics. So it's fully loaded with IFR equipment.
Range: 400 Miles
Cruise speed: 125 mph
Useful load: 542 pounds
Fuel consumption: 7 gallons per hour
Price: $25,000 - $30,000
Grumman Yankee AA1A: The Grumman is a vintage aircraft still flying today. The best thing about the Grumman is not only it’s handling characteristics but the price. A used Grumman can be bought in today’s market for as little as $16,000. The late 60s models with a nice six pack avionics panel. Low purchase price also translate into low maintenance cost for this airplane. It uses a similar lycoming engine as the cessna 150, thus share some of the same performance. Except the grumman has much better useful load at 1007 pounds.
Range: 400 Miles
Cruise speed: 125 mph
Useful load: 1007 pounds
Fuel consumption: 6 gallons per hour
Price: $25,000 - $30,000
Sonex A Model: Sonex aircraft is an amateur built airplane kit manufacturer. One of the many based in the US. They provide kits for several airplane models, which include a one seater (sonex onex) and a personal jet (subsonex). Amazing right? building your own personal single engine jet for only $100,000. The Model A model featured in this video was built in 2011 and it uses a Jabiru 3300 120 hp engine that propels the airplane to cruise 150 mph while only burning 4.5 gallons of fuel per hour. These airplanes are great entry level aircraft and also cheap to fly and operate. If you're the pilot looking to build time or just want access to an affordable aircraft to fly consistently. This is one you should take a hard look.
Range: 500 Miles
Cruise speed: 150 mph
Useful load: 480 pounds
Fuel consumption: 5 gallons per hour
Price: $25,000 - $30,000
Zenith CH650/CH601
Your fuel capacity in the Zenith CH650 which is in this wing you have up to 30 gallons total so 15 on each side and that probably buy you a good five to six hours worth of flying depending on the power plant and as you see here this particular model they decided not to paint it which i think can be a really nice color if you just leave the aluminum. Another thing I should point out is that when you're building an airplane any airplane whether it be a 650 or any experimental you don't always have to paint the airplane. A nice silver like this also can look good but one thing you would get with this airplane the 650 and all zenith is visibility.
Range - 656 miles
Speed - 155 mph
Useful load - 630 lbs
Fuel consumption: 4 gallons per hour
Price: $25,000 - $30,000
Cessna 150: The cessna 150 is what you consider your modern day light sport aircraft. Except the model is about 50 years old. And unlike modern light airplanes, cessna 150s are fully certified aircrafts. Both for VFR and IFR flying if fully equipped. The best thing about this airplane is the low entry cost and low cost of maintenance. Also the cessna 150 is one of the most forgiving airplanes in General aviation. Very reliable and slow to fly. Great airplane to learn and build some time for new pilots.
Range: 400 Miles
Cruise speed: 90 mph
Useful load: 303 pounds
Fuel consumption: 5 gallons per hour
Price: $25,000 - $30,000 
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Still love my 58 Cessna 150. Have had it since 74. As I get older and wider it seems to be shrinking inside.
If you ever want to sell it send me a message please!
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There's buying one, and then there's operating and maintaining one. Most people could not afford operation and maintenance costs even if they were given one for free.
Unless it’s experimental! You can take a class and do tour own annual which to have a liscenced A&P is only 800 yr. The TBO you save up for. The storing fee if you find a small airport you can share a hanger for 100 a month. The purchase price is the big kicker. Everything else is manageable (experimental) anyway. If you buy a factor built aircraft then yes it’s expensive for maintenance. I agree with you and disagree with you because if you love to fly you’ll find a way to make it affordable. But i definitely understand what you’re saying. You shouldn’t just jump in thinking its cheap cause its definitely not
I bought a zenith 601xlb tail drager in November for 29k, it’s my first plane and I soloed beginning of this year. I’ve been watching your channel since the beginning. Thanks!
My dream plane, with 30 gallons and wing lockers
Learned to fly in my barn door flap 150. N3377J was as great fun for just puttering around without much expense.
I miss these videos but I'm definitely excited for the new things your bringing to the channel. Let's gooooooooooooo!!!
I was camping with the owner of that 601. Great guy. That plane was meticulously built. Has the corvaire conversion in it.
Looks like it was a nice trip, thanks for sharing!
Great video. Thank you for sharing this.💯
Love my Piper Tomahawk PA38 112. The TCO is amazing and flying it is simple 😍 🙌 👌 😀.
Awesome bro!
Thanks for the upload! Always look forward to them:)
谢谢🙏，wonderful introduction !
Excited that you launched the site!
I joined the wait list pre-launch, didn't get an email so this was a pleasant surprise
More emails and updates coming
@@mojogrip Awesome news, 👌.
You inspired me mike! Currently in the procees of launching my own startup.
Maybe I missed it but I've never seen a video with the Beechcraft Skipper. It's similar to the Tomahawk in price and performance. Would like to see a video on this plane.
Yesssssssss I love these!!!!!!!
Great video Mike, this was one of the videos (previous version) that helped me make the decision to become a pilot. I'm not there yet, but still working on it. I absolutely love the Piper Tomahawk.
Its my favorite also i had lost a clyinder and tried to land on a road i was almost at stall speed i did a late turn to miss the power lines and i turned into a head wind felt like i hit a wall the plane sits in storage its not totalled needs repair but its been sitting since 98
@@steveburlingame1935 Where are you located? I'm in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, if you are close I can help get it back in flying condition.
I would LOVE to have an old Lake.
I’d get a 150. It’s a good plane and it’s what I learned to fly in.
Sonix is my number 1 at the moment for the plane I will build. Lancair is another great plane with a lot of value/$. Maybe on a 50k or less list it could make the cut.
I assume you mean a Lancair IV-P? The plane with such terrible stall tendencies that former fighter jet pilots sold them because they were deathtraps. Good luck getting insurance, and good luck staying alive. If you have less than 1000 hours, you're on borrowed time in a Lancair. Even airline pilots and former military pilots crashed those things. Last time I checked they're also not that cheap.
Now if you mean one of the fancy, re-winged Lancair-derived RDD Enterprises planes, then sure those are great planes. RDD actually put some engineering time into the new wing so it stalls relatively nicely. Those planes go for around a million dollars if I'm not mistaken, though.
Very Nice Bro! Get Good People/Pilots!
My starter airplane is a Cessna 188. Starting my own business as a contract sprayer for my employer.
I love the piper traumahawk would live to get one again
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Would it be possible to create a video featuring a list of aircraft under $50,000 which can also be flown IFR, specifically IMC? This is one challenge i'm having right now, finding an "affordable" airplane which I can also use for IFR. I like some experimentals, but the rules are weird for some of them when it comes to IFR flying.
Noted. Will work on it.
I doubt the list would be very long. A second radio, an ILS receiver, mode S and a GNS430 alone would already put me at half that
I would love for you to feature the SonexOne and the SonexOne with the jet engine.
As your reader or those who interested in your article could also from Asia and Europe, whereas we are using metric in measurement, could you perhaps mention the Speed in Kilometers per hour and Kilogram payload.
We do sometimes get confuse by using miles and pound, that aplly in US and England only. Thank you
Pick the AA1B, then you can move up to the AA5A (Cheeta ) then the AA5B (Tiger)
THe Grumman Yankee is a hot little number to fly, 90 knots in the pattern, and you best be carrying some power on final. Not your float and dive 152 / 172 friends. Great memories of the Rockwell Flying Club in the LA basin.
The club also stocked the Rockwell Commander 112, TC & retractable lots of class, lacked the horsepower.
WAS over my budget. Get this the AA1A was $16.00 per hour wet. in 1976.
Mike, love your channel
I have to write this Mike. As a new pilot I would stay away from the Grumman Yankee. Haven’t flown in years but after learning in a 150 my FBO decided to buy one of these. I got checked out and hated flying this. Flaps were all but useless. Things happened very quickly especially for newbies. Actually my instructor and another licensed pilot were killed in this thing. Can’t go wrong with the 150 or the piper. Checked out in both and loved them.
That was because it didn't fly like a 150, and flight schools didn't take that into account. But these problems were figured out decades ago. If you get proper training, the Yankee is an excellent, safe airplane, and is much more fun than something like a 150.
You should mention at least briefly, what to look for in those adds for used aircraft. Or actually a whole segment? Like how close to required TBO (required Overhaul) & last Annual.
A deal @ $25,000 may cost another $25 in a year or less.
Should read another $25K
How are the 172s for learning? I came across a 1958 Cessna 172 for about the same as most Cessna 150s. ($35k btw)
hey moj why didn't you buy one of these instead of building the black sling?
Hi. Can you please provide any link from where i can buy a plan 10K to 20K...?
Thank you Mike
I want to buy a Cessna 150 to train and build time in.
I hope to get my pilot license soon, I have been looking at the old Cessna 140. Love that classic little plane.
Though another possibility is one of the cheaper kit planes.
Love those early Cessnas.
Did you get a plane? What did you get?
@@necromax13 not yet, still want a 140 though
Get your A&P too, in either case. You'll need it!
Might want to mention accident statistics, AD bulletins, who's gonna fix it? Real easy to say "don't stall"; you make it all sound better than it is actually. Sound like a salesman. Pilot since '75
what happened with airmojo? still not up and running
I'd like to see some more sport 2 seaters available under 30k,because I just want to get my sport,because of my age
They told me I’d die in one of these. God is great
There could be a real market for rotational oilfield workers who want to fly their own planes in and out of west Texas
Nice vid mojo🇩🇿🇩🇿👌🏻✌🏻
I learned to fly in a Piper Tomahawk in 1981.
Thank Bro 👍
In today's economy Most people can't even afford the fee to get their pilot license
How about the Taylorcraft? Have you flown in one of those?
As in tailwheel? Are you kidding? 😉
Tail draggers are cool, & bush pilots love them - But insurance companies do not - especially if you are a new pilot and no time in model. That said, I grew up in the back seat of tail draggers, & I never remember my dad having a problem (ground loop).
At 3:08 you said Grumman Tiger**
What happened to the radial engine aircraft?Maybe they are a lot cheaper.
NOT for maintenance - IF you can find a mechanic that knows how to work on them.
Not in this market, but soon I feel.
trauma hawk have spin problems. yankees are very expensive
This is how ur channel was born by reviewin airplanes. Revival of it. Lol & Airmojo should become tha name of an airliner, corporate, & cargo jets. 😁😄
Fly safe. #salute my gud brotha!!!!!!
Cessna 150 for under $30K? I’m looking to purchase one but I haven’t seen any worth buying yet
I've found several under $30K if you don't mind older and not totally rebuilt to a cream puff and old gauges. Several used models he listed under $30 you have to look at how close to required rebuild or major maintenance.(TBO) Local A&P or AI gonna do it? Or do you swap for a rebuild from a major company? Not hard to double that price at TBO hours.
I have doubts about reliability of 30k cars, let alone plane for that price😅
How can I buy 35K plane
usa have lot used cessna 172 less than 30K dollar too, have many million used cessna at market, privaty can buy cheapen than many dealer keep same plane price high about dealer cessna cost 50K and privaty same plane cost less than 30K this is real life normal in usa.
Regarding the Sonex and all Experimental aircraft: You said, "Not fully certified by the FAA."? In that case, neither is your airplane. "Experimental" IS a certified aircraft Category. How do you not know that?
Experimental aircraft aren't certified by the FAA, it's issued an airworthiness certificate under the "Experimental Amateur-Built" category.
@@e28powerm30 If you're referring to Part 23, Airworthiness Standards, then true. By definition, "certificate" IS a certification. The Category is "Experimental", not "Experimental/Amateur-built." In the FAA World, words matter.
@@EJWash57 True, words do matter, but you will be quickly corrected by the FAA if you simply use the term "Certified" when referring to an experimental aircraft. The term "Certified" almost always means Part 23 certified.
ALHAMDULILLAH(SWT). ASTAGHFIRULLAH(SWT).
silly. old banged up planes that are single seat or will kill u like the traumahawk.
One could buy 3 Cessna 150s in fairly good condition for the price one of these kit aircraft since most kit aircraft of this kind end up costing a minimum of $80K.
Don't allow yourself to be fooled by the deceptive title of this video --- 5 Personal Airplanes You Can Buy For $30,000 Or Less
Six figures or bust. That's about it, even for a sonax.
Face it, PPL flying today is a rich man’s hobby. A normal working man can not afford that kind of money on a toy. If your trying to build hours, just fly the ink pen, fake your hours like everyone else.