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Expanding the fleet.

Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2019 2:45 am
by Nark1
Purchase agreement complete.
Only thing left is the pre-buy inspection, which after just coming out of an annual and a crankshaft replacement (prop strike, tear down after a prop strike, 0 SOH prop and hub) I don’t expect any surprises.
Firewall and right side skin was replaced too.


Re: Expanding the fleet.

Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2019 3:25 am
by David MacRay
Looks nice.

Re: Expanding the fleet.

Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2019 7:26 am
by Eric Janson
You planning on doing a panel/radio update?

Re: Expanding the fleet.

Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2019 9:16 am
by Trey Kule
Hope you get a great deal of enjoyment from it.  It does look nice.

Re: Expanding the fleet.

Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2019 2:05 pm
by David MacRay
[quote author=Eric Janson link=topic=10255.msg29539#msg29539 date=1575703570]
You planning on doing a panel/radio update?
[/quote]

Why? That panel looks pretty good to me.

Re: Expanding the fleet.

Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2019 2:30 pm
by Nark1
I bought this as club aircraft.  A few other 4 bars.  Get them their skills back. 

In due time I’ll add a garmin GPS which will context to a glass of some sort.  Maybe G5’s. 

Next would be paint. 

Both projects are around $15k+, and I’d have to make sure the club is viable, and making money before I put more capital in to it. In the mean time, another plane to fly to Oshkosh and camp with!

Re: Expanding the fleet.

Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2019 3:19 pm
by Colonel
Very nice!  Glad to hear you didn't get rid of the 180  ^-^

I have two very different favorite Cessnas:

1) Citation X (duh)
2) C-185 with G530 & kevlar O2 tank and turbo-normalizer

While (1) is sexy on the ramp and actually supersonic,
(2) could land anywhere and fly 15-17k like the 421 which
is probably my 3rd favorite Cessna, thinking about it.  Marvellous
airplane.

Re: Expanding the fleet.

Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2019 5:04 pm
by Nark1
This is the old firewall:



It didn’t buff right out, so in went a new one. 

Re: Expanding the fleet.

Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2019 8:16 pm
by Colonel
Probably John Hughes's most notable addition to the lexicon.


Re: Expanding the fleet.

Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2019 2:13 pm
by Eric Janson
[quote author=David MacRay link=topic=10255.msg29541#msg29541 date=1575727505]
[quote author=Eric Janson link=topic=10255.msg29539#msg29539 date=1575703570]
You planning on doing a panel/radio update?
[/quote]

Why? That panel looks pretty good to me.
[/quote]

Or you could have a panel like this....

http://www.chiefaircraft.com/avionics-upgrades

No reason not to have a moving map display and traffic and weather information readily available.