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denverpilot

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Just running numbers here tonight and curious what the times are like on the bird(s) you fly.

My trusty workhorse...

1975 Cessna 182P
TTAF 2653.7
Continental O-470S
SMOH 979.8
 
2009 RV-12 = 265 TTA&E hours, Rotax 912s 100hp

2006 RV-10 = 585 TTA&E, Lycoming IO-540 260hp
 
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I just recently went over 800 SMOH. TTAF is in the 2,700 - 2,800 range.

Oddly, the tach time is 160 hours less than the TTAF. That may be related to the fact that Yellowbird flew as a Cessna demo for the first year or so of her life. Every flight she flew is logged up until the time she was purchased. The total flight time when she was purchased was 160 hours.

There's no mention of an engine change or tach replacement, (there are log entries for all the normal maintenance) but there is an annotation in the logs shortly after she was purchased that the tach time and TTAF differed by 160 hours. No explanation is given, though.
 
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Geico266 said:
2006 RV-10 = 585 TTA&E, Lycoming IO-540 260hp
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^^^^^^^^That is my grail. Its what the Tiger should have been, well 80 more horsepower doesn't hurt either. :wink2:

1978 Grumman AA5B "Tiger"

TTAF: ~3500
SMOH: ~1500

Need to look at my logbooks when I get back home, but those numbers are very close.
 
I think my Cherokee II has something like 500 hours on it now. The engine has 4.6 billion years of continuous operation without a breakdown.
 
1976 Warrior has approx. 4500 hours and 1200 on the engine.
 
The clock in my bird says 7:35, and will continue to do so until I wind it up again.:D
 
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tonycondon said:
I think my Cherokee II has something like 500 hours on it now. The engine has 4.6 billion years of continuous operation without a breakdown.
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The sun is clearly over TBO. You're on borrowed time.
 
tonycondon said:
No overhaul procedure specified, just run it until it blows up. and when that happens, its gonna be huge.
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Over 50% of my students say the same thing even though we spend a lot of time talking about how mass determines a star's ultimate fate and that stars like the sun become white dwarfs not supernovae.

But yes, it's gonna be "huge" someday.
 
i just mean the part in between where it is now and dwarfism. you know the part where earth gets fried.
 
1966 Cessna 172 - just hit 3,000 TTAF

SMOH 1050 on a lycoming O360
 
1971 Skyhawk C-172L(avatar)

TTAF: approx. 3500
Lyc. 0320 -E2d w/ Power-Flow
SMOH: approx. 125

HR
 
Aircraft and engine total times are unknown, but the engine time since major is .2.
 
10,500 TTAF and about 1800 SMOH

1981 C152


A club plane I used to fly had over 13,000 airframe hours.. before someone wrecked it
 
'74 Cherokee 140
~2425 TT
~200 SMOH (Penn Yan)
 
1997 Extra 300L Lyc AEIO540L1B5 ~950TT Since New Airframe & Engine
1960 Cessna C182-Cont O470-R 2348TT, 3900TT on Engine w/453 SMOH
19?? Phantom Ultralight - Rotax 503, 100TT (SWAG), ~60Hrs SMOH
 
tonycondon said:
I think my Cherokee II has something like 500 hours on it now. The engine has 4.6 billion years of continuous operation without a breakdown.
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The engine itself likely has far more hours on it than that since it existed before the Earth accreted.
 
azure said:
Over 50% of my students say the same thing even though we spend a lot of time talking about how mass determines a star's ultimate fate and that stars like the sun become white dwarfs not supernovae.

But yes, it's gonna be "huge" someday.
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"But but professor..... the sun always blows up in the movies...." :wink2::D

Out of the 15 planes I fly I would say the range is between 1100-3000 TT.
 
What I find interesting in the numbers so far is the fairly high number of 30+ year old aircraft with 3000 or less hours on them. (Or 40+ year olds with less than 4000, etc.)

Or should I say, lots of numbers shared which are significantly less than the "rule of thumb" of 100 hours a year for privately-owned aircraft.
 
I fly a 15 or so year old aircraft with over 13,000 hours on it. The other one I've spent a decent amount of time on in the last year is about 20 years old with about 24,000 hours on it.


Edit: And it's tube and fabric and sits outside all the time. :hairraise:
 
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tonycondon said:
I think my Cherokee II has something like 500 hours on it now. The engine has 4.6 billion years of continuous operation without a breakdown.
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No wonder it runs on "Fossil Fuel"!
 
nddons said:
I hate all of you.

Rental 172R - 80 gazillion hours TTAF
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Flying a beat up old spam can - wonderful

Not paying for the maintenance and overhaul - PRICELESS

Be careful what you envy.
 
Henning said:
The engine itself likely has far more hours on it than that since it existed before the Earth accreted.
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according to the interwebs the sun is 4.57 billion while Earth is merely 4.54 billion.
 
1966 Cherokee 180
3700 TTAF
1500 SMOH
 
denverpilot said:
What I find interesting in the numbers so far is the fairly high number of 30+ year old aircraft with 3000 or less hours on them. (Or 40+ year olds with less than 4000, etc.)

Or should I say, lots of numbers shared which are significantly less than the "rule of thumb" of 100 hours a year for privately-owned aircraft.
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Way less.

First flew 1998, now has 430 hours.
Merlin GT with a Rotax 912.
 
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