Thinking about buying a DG400

No lifetime limit on the PIK20E. From 2011:

Dear sir,
There is no life limit for an airframe of PIK-20E. However, there is a standard inspection procedure, AIR T6-1, for aging sailplanes which shall be carried out after 3000hrs and every next 1000hrs.
The AIR T6-1 is published in Finnish Civil Aviation authority circular advisory (http://www.ilmailuhallinto.fi/files/...t/ait6_1e.pdf). The special inspection procedure can be found from chapter 5.
Kind regards,

Vesa Räisänen
Technical Trainee
Finnish Transport Safety Agency
Kumpulantie 9, P.O.Box 320, FI-00101 Helsinki
tel. +358 (0)20 618 500
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internet: http://www.trafi.fi


On Sunday, May 28, 2017 at 4:59:29 AM UTC-6, wrote:
Third and last point. I´ve also been thinking about buying a PIK20E. I´ve seen one with 1500H and 147 engine hours. It is cheapper than the DG400 but the drawback is that it has a 3000h limit which cannot be extended because the manufacturer no longer exist.