I am looking at a Murphy super rebel any comments, anyone have any experience with these planes? Has the 300 hp looks like a great machine. Figured someone here has some opinion.

It's basically the Moose with a regular boxer engine instead of the radial, if I remember correctly. So you may find more info by Googling for "Murphy Moose."

I don't have an opinion but a couple observations. This fast build kit appears to be following the same construction methods as the Tundra, whose fast build kit comes with an industry high level of completion leaving only a single lower skin of the wings and one fuselage section (excluding the interior) to be installed. Flaps, ailerons rudder elevator and stabilizer are all completed and need only to be closed with the last rows of rivets. They are left open for the pre-close final inspection by the CAA, and then the customer rivets them shut. American do not require a federal inspection of interior wing work, control surfaces and hard to inspect fuselage work before closing. The US has only a single completed aircraft inspection before flying which makes US experimentals more experimental by that omission than Canadian ones.

The Super Rebel has moved away from the pulled rivets of its smaller brother, the Rebel, to solid rivets like the Tundra. That makes for a more durable plane.

Be sure to talk with other Murphy owners that are not just chosen for you by the company. I can give you one for sure and he will be the first to say that Direct Factory Tech Support trumps internet builder support groups every time. Support groups can give you right answers and tips too but will not take responsibility for the problems or failures you encounter in your build and give the manufacturer an easy out when the thing does not perform as advertised. Which brings another observation: The performance specs on this plane are "calculated", not demonstrated by the actual aircraft. Big flag. its enough to be your own test pilot and builder but devastating to find after the build that your dream machine's performance was only that, dreams. http://www.pilotfriend.com/experimental/acft6/62.htm


My final observation is that the Canadian dollar has gained so much on the US or should I say the US has fallen by comparison so much the last 10 years, maybe 30% that Canadian manufacturers are making less US sales now and more over seas. In 2001 I bought my first Canadian plane, a CH701 when the exchange rate was about .68 US for one Canadian dollar. My second plane the Dream Aircraft Tundra, also from Canada, was bought in 2006 at .86 US for the Canadian dollar. Now they are trading close to equal. I am sure this has dampened sales to the US market but with you being from Canada you can enjoy the reversal. I say this is in your favor now even though you are a Canadian buying in Canada because many if not most of the aluminum, engines and electronics in both of these planes are imported from US suppliers at today's favorable exchange rate, so your Canadian dollar is buying more when those companies come south for parts and materials even though the final product is built in Canada.

Happy hunting, this part of the search is where you do not want to make a mistake, even though the shopping part costs you nothing. Be thorough.
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Do a search for the Murphy builders group. There are a lot of guys there that will give you the answers to most the questions you have. I would give you the address but I don't currently have it.
Last night when I clicked on the link for the new Long Props video....(Not that it was the problem) my computer was infected with a virus that totally wiped out my computer. I can't even use it....totally infected. I am on my wifes computer currently and trying to survive without all my aviation sites.