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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. |
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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 ... In article , "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. |
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"ShawnD2112" wrote: 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. And that is why airshow performers seek sponsors! You fly, they pay the bills. Not only do they pay for your overhauls, they pay for spare engine(s). You cannot display their brand if you are not flying while you wait for the engine shop to finish the job. |
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