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Save money you say? The first thing I noticed was the $2500 sq. ft. minimum for the houses. That's about a half million dollar house, give or take. Let's see... $200/mo. for a hangar vs. ~$5000/mo. for upscale airpark house. Nice, but not a place for many Ercoupe owners. That seems to be the problem with most airparks, or for that matter most new construction housing. A contractor will spent almost the same amount of his time building an expensive house or a cheap one. He makes a lot more money on the big one. So almost no one builds moderate income homes. Especially near large cities where the good jobs are. Another bad thing about most airparks is the fighting over whether someone is complying with the covenants, or wanting to restrict something new. ----- Original Message ----- From: Patrick Fisk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 2:01 PM Subject: RE: [COUPERS] Tie-down & Hangers solution? > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > 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! 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