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Paul; I have just the thing for you to solve your $$$$ problem for tie-downs and hangers. Ever consider moving to an airpark? Build the house and hanger you want near a 3000' turf runway. Probably save you time & money in the long run. My new home happens to be at www.lonestar.texas.net/~tmoye located 55 miles south of Atlanta, GA. Plenty of nice lots available to park your Ercoupe. I hope to have one someday. But for now, I'm trying to learn as much as possible about these great little airplanes as I can. Cheers, Fly Safe n Fly Happy, Patrick Paul Tanzar wrote: > Ed, > > I envy you! I'm paying $70/mo for a tie-down. Even if > I could afford the $250-350 for a hangar, I probably > wouldn't live long enough to see my name make it to > the top of the waiting list! Even tie-downs aren't > always available and a list starts for them also. > $150/mo hangars are available if I'm willing to drive > 1.5 hours each way. > > The coupe I just bought was always hangared. > Fortunately, during the ground-up rebuild, they > zinc-chromated the s**t out it, wings and fuselage, so > it should hold up OK. I'll keep an eye on it and I'm > probably going to get on a program of CorrosionX > treatments every other year to keep it corrosion free. > > Paul > > Paul > > --- Ed Burkhead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm > > before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Paul Anton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 7:05 AM > > > To: ERCOUPE > > > Subject: Re: [COUPERS] Ercoupe losses > > > > > > I've not yet heard of an accident caused by > > corrosion. > > > > > > Wasn't a wing failing responsible for the Swiss > > Cheese AD? > > > > > > Paul > > > N2273H > > > > Paul, > > > > A wing READY TO FAIL was the cause. As I recall, > > John Wright, Sr., found a > > wing with serious corrosion on an in-license > > aircraft that had been actively > > flying. The corrosion was serious but had not been > > found by any previous > > annual inspections. > > > > This culminated a period in which he had been trying > > to get a usable wing > > and every wing he got, for sale as ready to install, > > had dangerous levels of > > corrosion. > > > > After finding the corroded wing on a flying > > airplane, he took the batch of > > stuff to the FAA and they insisted we shed some > > light on the subject. > > > > I thank John for doing it. I'm sure that without his > > action, I would not be > > able to say what I can say now: I don't know of any > > Coupe lost in flight > > from corrosion causing an accident. > > > > Unfortunately, a fair number of poorly maintained > > Coupes have been lost on > > the inspection shop floor. <sigh> Better there than > > in flight, for sure. > > > > When I bought my plane there were two for-sale > > Coupes on the field. One with > > a low time engine but airframe corrosion. The other > > with a high time engine > > but no corrosion. I chose the airframe with no > > corrosion and paid for a > > major overhaul four years later. Now, 22 years > > later, I still have a Coupe > > with no corrosion. To keep it that way, I've kept > > it hangared for virtually > > all the 22 years. Thank heavens I hate big cities. > > Enclosed hangar here is > > $65/month. > > > > Buyer beware and buyer INSPECT!!! Trust but > > VERIFY!!! > > > > Ed Burkhead > > N3802H, Ercoupe 415-D > > Peoria, IL > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe from this list please send > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ __________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aVxiLm.aVzvvT Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Learn More. Surf Less. Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Topics You Choose. http://www.topica.com/partner/tag01 ==^================================================================
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