Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Leaseback

TBO figures can be a bit misleading.  While the 0200 may have a 2000 hr TBO it does not mean that it won't need some measure of maintenance before it reaches 2000.  My experience is that it may need a top overhaul of at least 2 cylenders before it reaches 2000 hrs.  Most of this depends on the type of usage it gets.  The lower end should easily make it to 2000 and beyond.  before this time valves and rings will wear and under harsh usage the cylinders may need replacing.

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From: Jay Maynard <jmaynard@conmicro.com>
To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 9:14:13 AM
Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Leaseback

 

On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 02:11:05PM -0000, billhobson@rocketma il.com wrote:
> In trying to evaluate whether or not this option would really work for me
> (seems like a lot of things that work for others often don't for me!) I'm
> trying to determine how many hours/month would really get booked. Does
> anybody have any experience with leasebacks to local flight schools and
> would like to share their info? Also, in evaluating LSA's with either the
> Continental (2000 hr TBO) or the Rotax/Jabiru (1500 hr TBO) it would be
> helpful to learn if anybody knows just how much an overhaul costs for any
> of these engines. (It seems to me that, in a leaseback environment, it
> could be time to do the overhaul before you know it.) Thanks. folks. (By
> the way, planes being considered are the AMD Zodiac 650 (hoping for a
> quick FAA report), the Arion Lightning LS-1 and the Evektor Sport Star
> (used).

This will depend to a pretty fair extent on the level of equipment in the
airplane. The more equipment, and the more mossions it's capable of
satisfying, the more it'll get used.

Of course, I'm still trying to sell my loaded-to-the- gills Zodiac... :-)
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Jay Maynard, K5ZC, PP-ASEL, CFI-SP http://www.conmicro.com
http://jmaynard. livejournal. com http://www.tronguy. net
Fairmont, MN (KFRM) (Yes, that's me!)
AMD Zodiac CH601XLi N55ZC http://www.tronguy. net/N55ZC. shtml

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