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Well, went over today and there was a new alternator, guess we will see if
that took care of it if it ever gets nice enough to fly. No idea how much the alternator repair will cost.... Wayne "Nathan Young" wrote in message om... "Wayne" wrote in message ... Well, yesterday I paid for my third of my airplane, the 175B that I Congrats! Other than that, the DME is loose but works if you push it in and the com 1 seems a bit weak on transmit. Most avionics are held in place via a single screw that can be accessed using a long (5" or so) allen wrench from the front panel. You may want to get or borrow one of these allen wrenches to verify your DME is seated properly. -Nathan |
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Wayne wrote: Well, went over today and there was a new alternator, guess we will see if that took care of it if it ever gets nice enough to fly. No idea how much the alternator repair will cost.... Mine was about $900. George Patterson Brute force has an elegance all its own. |
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Ouch, I fly once and get 1/3 of a $900.00 bill. Like Jay was saying
.............. Thanks George Wayne "G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message ... Wayne wrote: Well, went over today and there was a new alternator, guess we will see if that took care of it if it ever gets nice enough to fly. No idea how much the alternator repair will cost.... Mine was about $900. George Patterson Brute force has an elegance all its own. |
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Ouch, I fly once and get 1/3 of a $900.00 bill. Like Jay was saying
Ask me about my first annual some day, when you're feeling especially cocky about owning your own airplane... ;-) -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Oh no! I am not feeling cocky at all, excited as crazy but not cocky.
Tell me about it, maybe it'll make me feel better, or maybe it'll make me sweat the days until annual. A friend of mine has a Vtail Bonanza and the annual before he got it costed $18,000.00! He paid $55,000 for it and the last three annuals were more than that total. Wayne Ask me about my first annual some day, when you're feeling especially cocky about owning your own airplane... ;-) -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Oh no! I am not feeling cocky at all, excited as crazy but not cocky.
Tell me about it, maybe it'll make me feel better, or maybe it'll make me sweat the days until annual. A friend of mine has a Vtail Bonanza and the annual before he got it costed $18,000.00! He paid $55,000 for it and the last three annuals were more than that total. Ouch. Sounds like yet another reason to steer clear of the venerable V-tail... Too bad, it's the coolest looking thang... No, my tale of woe annual only added up to $4900. Of course, I only paid $32K for that Warrior, so it was still a "high-percentage" first annual...and it came just months after the SAME shop gave the plane a clean bill of health at the extensive pre-buy inspection. They replaced all sorts of things that, in retrospect, probably didn't need to be replaced -- a piston/cylinder, front fork, muffler, brakes, brake lines -- all because they were (unknown to me at the time) struggling financially. Less than a year after this debacle, this FBO snuck away in the middle of the night, leaving the city of Iowa City in the lurch (and starting the airport down the road toward its current financial troubles) and slithered back up to their home base in Cedar Rapids, where they continue to fleece, er, I mean service the public. So, just make sure you find a quality, honest A&P mechanic, and hold on to your wallet -- it can be a rocky road until you find someone you trust implicitly. (For comparison, my recent annual, on a slightly more complex aircraft, cost around $800.00.) -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Thanks for sharing and yeah, the Vtail's are a mix of great and oh-no
aren't they. The last annual costed around $850.00 but I intend to what I can to keep the costs down. We usually pay $100 for ours, unless there is some problem of course. Have you looked at the project plane I've been helping with yet? It's a 63 172 with less than 1000TT and has been sitting outside for 18 years! Take a peek. http://12.151.5.4/172 Wayne "Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:9zL%a.167674$YN5.106044@sccrnsc01... Oh no! I am not feeling cocky at all, excited as crazy but not cocky. Tell me about it, maybe it'll make me feel better, or maybe it'll make me sweat the days until annual. A friend of mine has a Vtail Bonanza and the annual before he got it costed $18,000.00! He paid $55,000 for it and the last three annuals were more than that total. Ouch. Sounds like yet another reason to steer clear of the venerable V-tail... Too bad, it's the coolest looking thang... |
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Ask me about my first annual some day, when you're feeling especially cocky
about owning your own airplane... Do not ask me about my first annual. I still suffer anger pains. The bill was $14,385.00 afetr the plane was taken apart for the pre buy inspection. Hank N1441P |
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A local at our field put his Baron up for sale... One mechanic that came to
do a pre buy inspection said it was the ninth Baron he had inspected for the buyer, and only the second one he even bothered to open his toolbox for... I chatted with him and he said that you cannot believe the percentage of airplanes for sale that are listed as no damage and rated as a 9 inside and out, that won't pass a walk around, much less an actual inspection... Denny Do not ask me about my first annual. I still suffer anger pains. The bill was $14,385.00 afetr the plane was taken apart for the pre buy inspection. Hank N1441P |
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Wayne, the picture of the panel is priceless...
All you new comers take a look at how it was done before flip flop rados, moving maps, etc... Denny Have you looked at the project plane I've been helping with yet? It's a 63 172 with less than 1000TT and has been sitting outside for 18 years! Take a peek. http://12.151.5.4/172 Wayne |
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