Reading R.A.O. pays off

Congratulations - I fly in my friends plane - same model.
Great all round aircraft - big useful load, decent cruise speed & range.
Downside - parts cost a fortune - try C$1600.00 for a mixture cable -
ouch! My friend bought a non Beech cable instead (I believe it was
actually a Cessna one) for less that C$100.00.
Fuel selector valve C$2500.00
But I still love it - I'm looking for one for myself at the moment -
with the 200hp. I was told that the 200 hp models were all originally
sold as military trainers - don't know how true that is.

I'm sure you will enjoy it.

Tony

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Tony Roberts
PP-ASEL
VFR OTT
Night
Cessna 172H C-GICE

Downside - parts cost a fortune - try C$1600.00 for a mixture cable -
ouch! My friend bought a non Beech cable instead (I believe it was
actually a Cessna one) for less that C$100.00.

Can you do that? If so, I'm definitely going to go that route!

But I still love it - I'm looking for one for myself at the moment -
with the 200hp. I was told that the 200 hp models were all originally
sold as military trainers - don't know how true that is.

There is one (actually two, mine's one of them) on Trade-A-Plane.
There is another A23 with a 200HP conversion on www.controller.com
It actually looks like a sweet deal, but I needed the third row seat.

Adam

"The Weiss Family" writes:

Downside - parts cost a fortune - try C$1600.00 for a mixture cable -
ouch! My friend bought a non Beech cable instead (I believe it was
actually a Cessna one) for less that C$100.00.

Can you do that? If so, I'm definitely going to go that route!

Get McFarlane's catalog, they have the best cables. I replaced
the push-pull mixture in my Skylane with a vernier control. Very
smooth action. As a bonus, that is one company that is really
into keeping customers happy.

-jav

Yes, you can get field approval for a standard cable from Aircraft Spruce.

Come join us at musketeermail
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/musketeermail as well as the Beech Aero
Club http://www.beechaeroclub.org

Many congratulations on the plane!

There is one (actually two, mine's one of them) on Trade-A-Plane.
There is another A23 with a 200HP conversion on www.controller.com
It actually looks like a sweet deal, but I needed the third row seat.

Hi Adam
I couldn't find the ones on Trade-A-Plane (I'm not a member - strange
that non members can't search, being that their reason for existing is
to sell planes) but I did look at the www.controller.com one and I am
interested - I emailed it to some friends who own that model and I'll
let you know if I pursue it. Thanks for the heads up

Tony
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Tony Roberts
PP-ASEL
VFR OTT
Night
Cessna 172H C-GICE