Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: lease back

The bottom line is that if you are buying a SLSA and plan to do your own
mx, you should read the mx manual before you buy it and plan to go to
Rotax school after SNF. I know one person who reregistered his SLSA as
an ELSA to avoid all of this.

Helen

On 2/26/2011 2:02 AM, Gary Orpe wrote:
> I guess the truth is when you buy a plane your just making the down payment,
> you never really own it. It comes with lien holders already attached. With
> JQ public, all the parts people, instruction, inspection, repair, duats to
> fly, the FAA departments to keep happy and the regulations, insurances for
> plane hangar, rental, instructions, airport fees and golf clubs, special
> taxes and recalls to aircraft, STC's and AD's; no wonder the population is
> decreasing of aviators. Oh yeah, and the collective bargaining of all the
> above concerned needed services. ROTFL
>
> Wow. I guess I knew all that but had temporarily overlooked most of it.
> Thanks for the reminder. What's a person to do?
>
> Gary Orpe
>
> ->-----Original Message-----
> ->From: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
> ->[mailto:Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Bill Holmes
> ->Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 6:20 AM
> ->To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
> ->Subject: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: lease back
> ->
> ->
> ->Keep in mind that as an SLSA the maintenance and service requirements
> ->are pretty strict. This is even more true when the aircraft is being
> ->used for a commercial purpose. They, of course, require an annual
> ->inspection. They will also need 100 hour inspections when used
> ->commercially. One of these inspections does not preclude or
> ->negate the
> ->other although the 100 hour time may be "reset" at the time
> ->of annual if
> ->doing so is beneficial. These inspections, as laid out by most all
> ->manufacturers, must be performed by a maintenance rated Light Sport
> ->Repairman or an A&P. If the engine in the airplane is a Rotax
> ->then the
> ->A&P MUST have the proper training or experience and the
> ->credentials to
> ->prove it.
> ->
> ->Also keep in mind that if the aircraft is being run on AVgas
> ->that some
> ->of the maintenance requirements are at shorter intervals.
> ->Again, who can
> ->perform these maintenance tasks depends on the manufacturers
> ->guidelines.
> ->A colleague and I currently maintain a couple of SLSA
> ->trainers which are
> ->used on leaseback agreements. These trainers are seeing approximately
> ->100 hours of use per month. It doesnt take long to burn up a 1500 or
> ->2000 hour TBO time on a Rotax engine this way. An overhaul with a
> ->crankshaft can be almost as expensive as a new engine when you start
> ->figuring labor along with the fact that there a limited # of places
> ->allowed to split the engine case and do this work.
> ->
> ->The biggest point I am trying to make here is not to sell the
> ->hourly use
> ->cost to the instructors too low. The kind of rigorous
> ->activity a trainer
> ->sees will require more maintenance than an aircraft for personal use.
> ->
> ->If you need additional info on leaseback agreements contact
> ->Pat Brown at
> ->info@houstonlsa.com
> ->
> ->Bill Holmes SP PPCL
> ->Light Sport Repairman - Maintenance (AP, WSC, PPC)
> ->FAA rated Powerplant Mechanic
> ->Independent ROTAX Repair Facility
> ->Born To Fly& Just Plane Stuff
> ->Huber Air Park (E70)
> ->2475 Rudeloff Rd.
> ->Hangar 1B
> ->Seguin TX. 78155
> ->210-831-7123 ph.
> ->208-279-0283 fax
> ->Billholmes@born-2-fly.com
>
>
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