Bushcat - Cost to Own

What does it actually cost to buy and own a Skyreach Bushcat? In this short video we break down the Skyreach Bushcat Cost of Ownership of 4 different replicas and let you know exactly what your get for your money. And how much of your money it will take.

In addition to annual costs, we cover the cost per hour and cost per mile to operate. We also cover key performance stats so you know what you're paying for.

Costs of airplane ownership vary widely from owner to owner. This video takes an average of the various expenses from existing owners and boils them down to simple to digest numbers. Your ownership experiences will be unique.

[bushcatbyskyreach]

BushCat is watching - thanks so much for the interest in our aircraft.

There is a gas lifter kit available for the doors.

Operating the flaps becomes 2nd nature after a few touch and goes - the motion of swapping arms around to deploy or retract flaps is known as “the BushCat shuffle “ - I will ask BushCatTom to consider demonstrating this on one of his videos.

[matt_b...]

"hold on while I flex how many bush planes I can draw...ahh that's better"

[josephd.]

That zebra-stripe paint job is just so striking. Whichever company designer physically threatened the bean-counters to allow for that cost deserves an award.

Hoping for a Republic Sea-Bee episode! I love that little nugget.

[bushcattom]

I bought a “Booshcat” and I absolutely love it! Super sturdy construction, handles great in wind, big roomy cockpit, STOL, inexpensive to maintain. Yes sir, it’s the “Booshcat” for me!😆

[matthayward]

‘Mad Drip’ got a proper chuckle. Thank you!

[Dermochelys]

Attempt #2: Just for fun, let's say I want to buy an Air Tractor! The AT-802F Fire Boss with the floats being a personal favorite, because we all know, the floats make it awesome ; )

[EatsLikeADuck]

"My Bushcat wiggle wiggles, but not fold..."

Yep. I'll have that stuck in my head all day.

[Bearcat]

I really think you should do a “for fun” video on cost to own for something like an airliner 😂

[PetesGuide]

Oh so awesome. You have a magical touch for giving us an intimate understanding of each plane you draw in less time than it takes to soft boil an egg.

[spacewolfjr]

Speaking of wiggly, could you cover the Asso Aerei made of pasta noodles? I believe it's the "Super Spaghetti Sincopato". The TBO is just listed as "al dente".

[JeffPedlow]

Agree entirely regarding the flaps and trim, it'd be nice if it were easily accessible by the free hand.

[Lewthor]

I'm heading up to fly the Bushcat in the next week or so! I haven't seen a Bushcat for sale on any of the usual sites yet and haven't seen a used one either. I was just checking to see if you had a Bushcat walkaround and poof there it is, right on cue!! Thanks for the awesome channel, make more flying vid's too 😇

[spurgear]

Not sure if you will see this but concerning your transmit issue, If it has not done it before I would pull the radios and clean the pins in the radios and the trays. If moisture got into the radios take them out and dry them. I would also check the sheilding on the antenna cable and make sure its not grounding to the inner cable. Have a good look around the antenna coax connections for corrosion. Any green nasty corrosion needs to be addressed as it will screw with everything. A multi meter will be your friend

[Fang]

Hopefully there's something between the aluminum tubes and the steel brackets. Those two metals don't normally work well together.

[xa-]

Would love to see a cost rundown of an xcub, it looks super nice. Excellent video as always

[mts]

As usual, great information with witty humor 👍😂👍

[Boredomboi]

I love your channel dude! Also smooth voice, I like how it's really calm.

[tds]

The planes I fly, ICP Savannah has a build time as low as 100 hours. The guys in the club have put one together to the unpainted state in a under a week before, but they have build double digits of them at this stage.

[JabariHunt]

Another great video! In the spirit of Mosaic, any chance on doing some of the cool options from Europe that may be available "unthrottled" in the coming months (JMB VL3, Magnus Fusion, Risen, Blackwing 635RG, etc)?

[johnschnettler]

Thanks for sharing! Didn't know that this kit was on the market!