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Old 07-22-2013, 01:00 PM
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I feel your pain, Neal!

Two weeks ago today, I called Van's and ordered my Hartzell BA prop. I put over half deposit on it, and they told me 2-4 weeks lead time. Last monday, I got a call saying Hartzell was ready to ship my prop and could I please remit the balance due

Prop arrived on thursday. I'm not quite ready for it yet, but it sure is pretty! My bank account is still mad at me though...

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Well, I just pulled the trigger on a new prop. Don from Sensenich was able to arrange for a white one with red tips to get shipped here by this Friday. I know it won't be the same shade of white and red as the rest of my plane, but it'll look better than the normal black blades with white tips.

My poor credit card is screaming in agony and I have that unpleasant feeling in the pit of my stomach that always accompanies making very large purchases.

Oh well... buy once, cry once, eh?

I guess I must recite my two rules about money and aviation...

1) Never ever try to cost-justify owning and flying a small aircraft. It's impossible.
2) Never ever add up all the money you've spent on owning and flying small aircraft. You don't want to know.
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Old 07-22-2013, 02:40 PM
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Sorry to hear you went to the dark side, but I look forward to a report on performance.


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Well, I just pulled the trigger on a new prop. Don from Sensenich was able to arrange for a white one with red tips to get shipped here by this Friday. I know it won't be the same shade of white and red as the rest of my plane, but it'll look better than the normal black blades with white tips.

My poor credit card is screaming in agony and I have that unpleasant feeling in the pit of my stomach that always accompanies making very large purchases.

Oh well... buy once, cry once, eh?

I guess I must recite my two rules about money and aviation...

1) Never ever try to cost-justify owning and flying a small aircraft. It's impossible.
2) Never ever add up all the money you've spent on owning and flying small aircraft. You don't want to know.
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Old 07-22-2013, 03:02 PM
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Sorry to hear you went to the dark side
Every month when I make that big credit card payment I'm going to be thinking that for less than half the total cost I could've had one of your beautiful new wood props that would probably have been just perfectly fine for over 90% of my flying

But I will definitely be reporting on the performance of this newfangled hi-tech prop as it compared to my old wood prop.
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Old 07-22-2013, 03:12 PM
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My poor credit card is screaming in agony and I have that unpleasant feeling in the pit of my stomach that always accompanies making very large purchases.

Oh well... buy once, cry once, eh?

I guess I must recite my two rules about money and aviation...

1) Never ever try to cost-justify owning and flying a small aircraft. It's impossible.
2) Never ever add up all the money you've spent on owning and flying small aircraft. You don't want to know.
Who are you and will you please stop reading my mind?
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Old 07-22-2013, 03:20 PM
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I was installing a repaired ($11K) Lycoming last week when one of my clients friends remarked "oh the joy of spending money on an airplane, isn't that what life is about?
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