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I think I had replied to someone privately before with this but: I didn't buy it at all actually I inherited it. I guess a better question for me to ask is what should I look at and take pictures of keeping in mind I haven't seen the airplane in years. I am currently working on my A&P and this project is something for me to do when I finish that but that wont be for a year or two yet. In the meantime it's in storage in the desert which is the best place for it corrosion-wise. Thanks for all your info and to everyone else who responded as well! I welcome advice! At 08:33 PM 3/24/2003 -0500, you wrote: >Mr. Kitchen; I sounds like you bought this project sight unseen. >grin< I >hope not! > In any case, you need to take a very thorough look at everything to >determine what needs to be done to make the Coupe airworthy. Make a detailed >list of those items along with all the "I wants." If you are a mechanic, you >will know which of these items will require FAA approval and which will just >need the approval of a mechanic with inspection authorization. If not, you >will need to get some advice on which ones will need FAA approval. > Next, get all the "paperwork" together. Write up the 337s that need >FAA approval (best to submit copies of previously approved ones as samples) >and get them to your local FSDO for approval. I recommend not starting any >work on those items until you have the approved 337 in your hand. Some of >these items may not look like they need FAA approval, but in fact do so. For >example, you can no longer obtain the original rubber bellows to put on the >nose wheel steering rod. The replacement requires FAA approval on a 337. Go >ahead and prepare the 337s that will need your IA's approval. Now, with all >the 337s written up and pre approved where necessary you will not run into >any difficulties and possible long delays when you are in the finishing >stages. I recommend this approach, because you may find that something that >you intend to do may become difficult to get approved. (I have a Coupe >sitting in my hanger that has over 30 modifications completed during its >restoration. The owner tried for over a year to get them approved through two >other mechanics before asking for my help, and it has take me 2 months to get >approval for all of the modifications!) > You also need to take inventory of everything and make sure of what >you have and what you will need to obtain. If the engine needs to be >overhauled and you are not familiar with that work, find someone who is and >will do the work at a reasonable price. Even if you can do all the work >yourself, you will find that repairing/fixing everything will still cost a >considerable sum for the necessary parts. i.e. just the materials to cover >and finish the wings will run upwards of $1000. So you may need to prioritize >and space out the purchase of needed items. > If you find any items with even minor corrosion, you will want to >remove the corrosion and treat it properly. This may, and most often does >involve removing the skin of the item involved - aileron, elevator, >stabilizer, etc, so you can do the job right. Expect to spend a couple >thousand man hours in this process. > >Good Luck > >Lynn Nelsen Frostproof FL One turn in a hold, $2000. One Go-around, $4000. Spending the day with your co-pilot, priceless. Advise you have yankee. ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers-tech/
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