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"Kev" wrote in message
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karl gruber wrote:
The landing gear springs on my Cessna are titanium.

Holy smokes, I just read that those are over $11,000 a set !! Pardon
my asking, but I just have to know why someone would spend that much on
a set of Cessna legs. Is it a bush pilot kind of thing or do you
cycle landings every few hours or ????

Thanks!
Kev


Well, I bought the first set. At the time they were less than half the
present price. And, I got about half the rest from the sale of the original
steel gear. The cost of raw titanium has gone through the roof since then.

Maybe more money than brains, but they did cut 25 pounds off the empty
weight of my 185. Plus they look great and next to nobody has them.

And contrary to "news," there are no used ones out there. I doubt if more
than 10 ever sold and they've only been available for the past three years.

Someday some archeologist will come upon a pile of aluminum oxide with some
weird shiny new looking titanium springs sticking out and will wonder what
the hell is THAT?

Best,
Karl
"Curator" N185KG