Joepilott
I'm New Here
Hi,
Another newbie here.
I used to own a Piper Lance (short time) and a Baron. Over the past couple of years I've looked into various planes...Controller and a glass of wine can be very entertaining! Anyway, I've spent time on some owners forums researching and learning about various makes. Seems many planes have their issues; corrosion, expensive limited parts from bankrupt companies, spar cracks, AD's a mile long, leaky fuel tanks, expensive mx issues on overly redundant SE planes, etc. But after surfing around this forum, I'm not seeing a common weakness/expense in Van's planes. At least don't see many folks complaining about the same thing.
I'm definately not going to build, so am I right believing the biggest can of worms for me would be the build/builder? Would a typical prebuy from an EAA member/Vans's expert catch the big things?
Thanks guys and gals! Learned lots of stuff here already!
Joe
(first post)
Another newbie here.
I used to own a Piper Lance (short time) and a Baron. Over the past couple of years I've looked into various planes...Controller and a glass of wine can be very entertaining! Anyway, I've spent time on some owners forums researching and learning about various makes. Seems many planes have their issues; corrosion, expensive limited parts from bankrupt companies, spar cracks, AD's a mile long, leaky fuel tanks, expensive mx issues on overly redundant SE planes, etc. But after surfing around this forum, I'm not seeing a common weakness/expense in Van's planes. At least don't see many folks complaining about the same thing.
I'm definately not going to build, so am I right believing the biggest can of worms for me would be the build/builder? Would a typical prebuy from an EAA member/Vans's expert catch the big things?
Thanks guys and gals! Learned lots of stuff here already!
Joe
(first post)