$16500 Luscombe; Too Good To Be True.

mcrit · Mon Nov 07, 2016 2:57 am

Saw a Luscombe on Barnstormers for $16500 in Quebec, Certified Aircraft. Seems too good to be true; Thoughts?

Chuck Ellsworth · Mon Nov 07, 2016 3:27 am

The Luscombe is a great little airplane...period. :)

Colonel · Mon Nov 07, 2016 5:26 am

Damage history? Groundloop?

Corrosion?

David MacRay · Mon Nov 07, 2016 11:04 am

Prix pour vente rapide. Is that "dollars american?"

http://www.barnstormers.com/classified_ ... combe.html

Strega · Wed Nov 09, 2016 2:31 am

Might be good, might be bad..

Earlier this summer I had a friend almost die in a luscombe due to a severely corroded main landing gear strut....

I would bring an ultrasonic wall thickness gauge to check for corrosion... but Im a bad person...

Colonel · Tue Nov 15, 2016 2:34 am

Just heard from new owner:

Has rare Lyc 235 STC. He peeked inside the
low-time cylinders, no corrosion, cross-hatching.

I am pestering him to install a new tailwheel,
to avoid shimmying which is a piss-off during
training.