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BCP aircraft ownership poll

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What kind of aircraft do you currently own?

Single engine
167
30%
Twin engine
4
1%
Tailwheel gear
120
21%
Tricycle gear
45
8%
Aeronca/Bellanca/American Champion
15
3%
Aviat
6
1%
Avipro (or scratch Bearhawk)
6
1%
Cessna
77
14%
Cirrus
0
No votes
CubCrafters
1
0%
de Havilland
0
No votes
Dream
1
0%
Found
0
No votes
Just Aircraft
3
1%
Kitfox/Skystar/Avid/Airdale
5
1%
Maule
23
4%
Mooney
2
0%
Murphy
1
0%
Piper
30
5%
Rans
4
1%
Stinson
11
2%
Taylorcraft
6
1%
Vans RV
3
1%
Zenith/Savannah/other variants
3
1%
Other LSA (Quicksilver, Kolb, Skyraider, Ridge Runner, trikes, Part 103 compliant aircraft)
3
1%
Other Certified not listed
8
1%
Other Experimental not listed
15
3%
 
Total votes : 559
Wed Apr 13, 2011 11:49 am

BCP aircraft ownership poll

Due to some default limits on the poll system, Shortfielder's thread was gimped from the start. I have since changed the maximum poll options and re-added it.

This is for currently owned aircraft, not aircraft you have owned in the past, or have flown or rented. Multiple answers are possible, but the first questions are mandatory: single vs twin and tricycle vs tailwheel.

This is just a snapshot of our current owner community for fun, but the distribution of aircraft type we represent can be pretty interesting. If your aircraft doesn't fit any of the poll options, feel free to report it by posting below. It just isn't practical to list every mfr and type in a poll, but it should be good enough to get a rough idea.
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Wed Apr 13, 2011 12:37 pm

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Somethings not adding up. 28% single engine?
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Wed Apr 13, 2011 1:14 pm

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tcj wrote:Somethings not adding up. 28% single engine?


Yeah, tough to make the poll software work exactly how I want it. It's comparing that single engine option against all other options, including the aircraft types. The votes are clean data, it's just the calculation of percentages that is a disparity among the options. If I remove those options though, the poll will reset.
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Wed Apr 13, 2011 3:28 pm

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You could make this part of the registration process as well. Poll at time of entry as it were.
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Wed Apr 13, 2011 3:42 pm

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:evil: Still gimped I own 2 aircraft and can only vote once :?:
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Wed Apr 13, 2011 4:13 pm

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Glidergeek wrote::evil: Still gimped I own 2 aircraft and can only vote once :?:


Two of the same brand? Yeah, just gonna have to live with it. That's what you get for owning 2 planes.
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Wed Apr 13, 2011 7:26 pm

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I must be in deep @%$#* - I've got eight !!!!
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Wed Apr 13, 2011 7:41 pm

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jcrowles wrote:I must be in deep @%$#* - I've got eight !!!!



Eight is too dang many! I had five once, and that was too many also. Got three now, and that seems about right.

As an aside, Richard Bach owned 9 at one time and said that was too many. He allowed as to how 5 was about right. More than three though, especially if you do most of your own work, seems you're working more than flying.
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Wed Apr 13, 2011 7:46 pm

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Cool poll! Who else on here has a RV?
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Wed Apr 13, 2011 7:47 pm

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Zane wrote:
Glidergeek wrote::evil: Still gimped I own 2 aircraft and can only vote once :?:


Two of the same brand? Yeah, just gonna have to live with it. That's what you get for owning 2 planes.


You own 2 airplanes right now??? I thought you owned just one?? Hhmmm :-k
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Wed Apr 13, 2011 8:34 pm

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missed the DREAM button...click on it for me! Thanks
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Wed Apr 13, 2011 9:12 pm

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58Skylane wrote:
Zane wrote:
Glidergeek wrote::evil: Still gimped I own 2 aircraft and can only vote once :?:


Two of the same brand? Yeah, just gonna have to live with it. That's what you get for owning 2 planes.


You own 2 airplanes right now??? I thought you owned just one?? Hhmmm :-k


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Wed Apr 13, 2011 11:11 pm

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glidergeek wrote:
58skylane wrote:
You own 2 airplanes right now??? I thought you owned just one?? Hhmmm :-k


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Ah man........... How can I be such a dumb ass??? :oops: :oops: Sorry, my bad ](*,) I forgot about the glider :oops:
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Thu Apr 14, 2011 12:09 am

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Taildrager, retractable gear, 50:1 L/D & 0 gph :D thought I was kiddin bout that Glidergeek stuff :?:
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Wed Oct 03, 2012 7:20 pm

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Fri Oct 05, 2012 5:32 am

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I'm part of the 1% :D
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Fri Oct 05, 2012 5:54 am

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I am more elite than that. I listed the Dream Tundra and came up in the zero percent.
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Fri Oct 05, 2012 8:43 am

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lancef53 wrote:Cool poll! Who else on here has a RV?

I want one does that count? That would put me at two planes but unlike some of you I can barely afford my 180........who am I kidding I really can't afford it either.... its that little white lie I tell myself and it seems to keep growing.

3, 4, 5 planes.... Lucky bastards!
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Fri Oct 05, 2012 9:55 am

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lancef53 wrote:Cool poll! Who else on here has a RV?

I'll take one :mrgreen:
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Fri Oct 05, 2012 10:37 am

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dirtstrip wrote:I am more elite than that. I listed the Dream Tundra and came up in the zero percent.


Haha... Sorry Lynn. I think the software doesn't show fractional percentages, so if you're less than 1% you show up as zero. :twisted:
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