Well, there's two things here. The first one is that there was a post
refering to TBO of 600 hours. To me, TBO is an official limit, and I hadn't
heard of one announced by Lycoming, so wanted to make sure I hadn't missed
anything. And, with respect to whether engines make it to 1500 hours or
not, you may be on to something in that most of my mates are at Intermediate
at best, and try to keep the gyro stuff to a minimum if they're flying with
metal props. I'm not hanging out with the Advanced and Unlimited guys but I
could see how they'd be shagging their engines a bit more. There's a Pitts
over here that's offered for sale by a certain airshow performer who the
public loves but the aviation community maintain a distance from. He
doesn't seem to be getting much interest because people have seen him fly
and reckon the airplane and engine're pretty much toast.

Shawn

"john smith" wrote in message
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"ShawnD2112" wrote:

Dude, the thing I'm not getting is your assertion about the engine life
and
condition because the experience I'm having with my own engine and those
of
my Pitts colleagues here in the UK is not the same. Engines are making
it
to 1500 hours and are not worn out at 500 or even 750 hours. If you've
got
some genuine information regarding the life of the engine, I'm interested
to
know it. If you don't, you're just speculating on hearsay.

Well Shawn, I don't know how you folks fly, but here in the States, they
don't last that long for Advanced and Unlimited.