My background is almost exclusively military and commercial, but after a flight with a friend for confirmation, I'm on the hunt for an 8 or 8A to purchase.
I've held off on making an offer on 2 different planes on Bstormers because the logbooks showed what I thought was an excessive amount of time in the hangar with no flying. I've watched all of the Savvy Aviation EAA webinars and am concerned about 15+ year old planes with only a couple hundred hours having issues including corrosion or rust in the engine.
After I see these planes sell, I need to ask...Am I being too conservative?
Should I go ahead and contract up and have it borescoped and have an oil analysis done on the prebuy before I discount the aircraft...or just make sure I have a reserve set aside for a rebuild?
I'm hoping to find the right plane soon and going to Oshkosh for the first time next month. I hope to see some great planes for sale there.
Thanks in advance for any advice!
-Steve
I've held off on making an offer on 2 different planes on Bstormers because the logbooks showed what I thought was an excessive amount of time in the hangar with no flying. I've watched all of the Savvy Aviation EAA webinars and am concerned about 15+ year old planes with only a couple hundred hours having issues including corrosion or rust in the engine.
After I see these planes sell, I need to ask...Am I being too conservative?
Should I go ahead and contract up and have it borescoped and have an oil analysis done on the prebuy before I discount the aircraft...or just make sure I have a reserve set aside for a rebuild?
I'm hoping to find the right plane soon and going to Oshkosh for the first time next month. I hope to see some great planes for sale there.
Thanks in advance for any advice!
-Steve