Ailerons out of balance from painting
whats that all about, and how did you fix
that ?
--- James Lilly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
---------------------------------
Oh yes, I found a "deal" too! rebuilt engine with new
paint job and could fly faster than a normal coupe
with great climb characteristics. I jumped on it,
drove 1500 miles to fly it and tear it apart. It all
looked good, but 6 hours into my flight back I landed
and the engine made an abrupt SQUEAK and stopped. That
was the sound of a cooked crank and bearings and an
extra $10,000 leaving my pocket. The engine comes
back and the shop cannot put the bolts back into the
frame...its bent. Then they noticed the firewall was
bent. Okay, so a rebult engine, new frame and new
firewall...$20,000 in parts and labor for a plane that
cost me $25,000 and purchased from a person who
doesn't need the money, so I do not know what the
motivation was on his part of dumping this plane on
me. Oh, the ailerons need to be balanced as well as
the paint job was not done properly also the trim was
stuck and the cable broke in flight. When I fix her up
she will be my last plane. I can't afford any m! ore
mistakes like this!
Jim
---------[ Received Mail Content ]----------
Subject : RE: [ercoupe-tech] Re: Lawsuit?
Date : Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:25:32 -0500
From : "Tommy Terry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To : <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
<[email protected]>
There's a lot of truth in that!
We found a "deal" on a coupe in Oct 2003. The books
were good and the
airframe was solid. However, the first annual, with a
minimum of labor
costs was almost 3000, then we added a transponder,
then we added a
transponder that worked, we thought we had just about
been nickled and dimed
as far as the plane could go. Then we rebuilt an
engine.
All told, we have just about put double the purchase
price into the plane.
But, it's the plane we want and there really can't be
many more surprises (I
hope).
Put the money in the inspection, get a good airframe,
expect to spend some
money getting it up to your standards, and leave the
lawyers to feed on
doctors. :-)
Tommy
N93929
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 8:12 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [ercoupe-tech] Re: Lawsuit?
In a message dated 4/29/2008 8:32:02 P.M. Eastern
Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Next, legal crusades seldom accomplish anything,
except to enhance the
revenues of some lawyer.
Boy I'm glad that you said that! I was going to say
it, but I was afraid
some lawyer would jump down my throat!
:>)
Lawsuits are like tic-tac-toe. The only way to win is
not to play. Unless
you are a lawyer, and then you win even if you lose.
As far as buying an airplane goes, potential buyers
would be a lot better
off if they just figured right up front on spending an
amount equal to half
of what they paid for the airplane over the first two
years of ownership to
fix stuff and upgrade stuff. Especially in the case
of these low priced
airplanes that we fly. Just because you only paid
$20,000 for the airplane
doesn't mean you won't be paying for a $12,000 engine
overhaul a year later.
Just my opinion. But I have the receipts to back it
up.
Best Regards,
Wayne DelRossi
Alon Aircoupe N5618F
"Nobody has ever scientifically proven that life is
supposed to be serious."
_____
Need a new ride? Check out the largest site for U.S.
used car listings at
AOL Autos .
