Whoa, who buys a brand new plane and only flys it for 96 hrs in 18 years? http://www.barnstormers.com/ad_detail.php?ID=817115

Michael Knefley

Been recovered? Only 96 hours In central Pennsylvania, Wonder what the inside of that motor looks like?

Glidergeek wrote:Been recovered? Only 96 hours In central Pennsylvania, Wonder what the inside of that motor looks like?

...but the guy on the phone says it comes with a "Pretty 3 color paint scheme"!

Figure its value then subtract an engine overhaul.

Tim

CamTom12 wrote:

Glidergeek wrote:Been recovered? Only 96 hours In central Pennsylvania, Wonder what the inside of that motor looks like?

So is that a picture of a planet, or the fuel drum in your back yard??

Oooo - a bandwagon, better jump on!

Why the fuselage was re-covered at some point during that 18 years is also a question? Unless it was starting to look a bit tatty after the first 47 hours?

I wonder if it stayed in annual the whole time?? Wonder what 18 years of hangar fees and annuals cost to have a hunk of metal sitting there. Very sad indeed. Probably the only Maule on the planet that costed $10,000 an hour to fly.

Don't fool yourselves....there are a lot of airplanes out there that clock .2 hours between annual inspections....ie: run up time to check compressions and warm the oil.

MTV

Don't fool yourselves....there are a lot of airplanes out there that clock .2 hours between annual inspections....ie: run up time to check compressions and warm the oil.

Yup. Then someone (me) buys them, with the unrealistic expectation of flying for several hundred hours before needing to redo the engine, gets 15 more hours out of the engine, and lands in a field and spends another $23,000 turning the airplane into a powered airplane again.

Cary