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Why would I want to buy an airplane that's in pieces?
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Michael, if you have to ask that question, you just don't understand.
Which, I guess, was the point.
IF the airplane is all there, and just waiting to be put back together, it is pretty much a steal.
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Not if you don't have an A&P or a very sympathetic mechanic. Sorry, the number of people who could realistically respond to that is vanishingly small.
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Around here, I could probably get a handful of A&P's by the end of the week to give it a once over and sign it off. Other than the missing instruments in the panel, it could probably be fully operational and signed off in a week. Maybe A&Ps are just friendlier in Michigan.
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You know, Michael, that is your perspective. Thing is, you aren't interested in that sort of airplane, therefore you see a pile of parts. If you are interested in that sort of plane, you see a real potential.
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If you guys all think this is such a steal and so easily put together, buy it, put it together, sell it and make money.
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Nobody said it was particularly easy. And in this economy, probably not a profit maker. But if someone was in the market for a nice -24, one could buy this one, put in the sweat equity, and have something that will be worth something down the road.
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To some people nothing is worth the time and energy, if it isn't ready to go at a steal, where they can use it and throw it away, they see no value.
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That engine is wild. It's an inverted in-line six. I wonder what keeps the cylinders from collecting oil/gas and hydrolocking.
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Same thing that prevents it in the bottom cylinders of a radial. Good ring seal among other things.
Sometimes it doesn't.
Sometimes it doesn't.
KRyan
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Isn't there a lot of wood in that airplane? That's what would spook me - sitting in a New England barn since the 70's. Could be a lot of bad wood under that pretty skin.
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Length of the cylinder skirt, and a scavenge pump in the lower rocker box.
all oil in the crank case is allowed to drain into the rocker box and be pumped back to the oil tank. there is very little oil in the engine during operation.
lots of smoke on start is normal.
200 horse Ranger powered -24s are a vary good 4 place aircraft that draw attention where ever they go.
Fairchild aircraft have a very active support club provided by the members and the Ranger engine has no problems with parts support, but new Ranger cylinders are difficult to find.
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Yes there is wood in the aircraft, my Spars are 75 years old and are as good as new. they were protected when they were manufactured. and usually have no problems, that said a good inspection is always a good thing.
there could be corrosion in your aluminum aircraft too. and be much more difficult to see.
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unless the barn had a leaky roof it shouldn't be any worse than the plane sitting in a hangar since the 70's. hell the barn very likely could have been drier than a typical T hangar...
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OMG it didn't get 200 per year so it must be a POS.
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I like his line in the ad "assemble, annual and enjoy"
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The reserve may be a deal killer.