Glenn Anderson wrote: > > I am always suspicious when I see a plane with a zero time engine for sale. > I suspect a quick cheap overhaul just to raise the selling price. If you buy > a high time engine that is running good and has good compression leave it > alone. If you do need to overhaul at least you can pick the type of overhaul > you want. I would base my purchase on the quality of the airframe. I quite agree. In my experiance I feel uncomfortable seeing less than about 300 or 400 hours on an engine. Even a quality overhaul can be broken in poorly or have some parts problem. I want to see some time to work out and check how things are going to work. Buying a quality airframe with a sound, well running engine with mid or moderately high time has worked well for me. Of course if you put a lot of hours on it and then sell it without overhauling it you will naturally see a lower resale value :-). Another thing to look out for is a top overhaul shortly (less than 500 hours) after a major.
H.L.Price SGS123H, Taylorcraft 12BD, C175A180, C177RG and someday soon Ercoupe.
<<attachment: winmail.dat>>
