Henryrifle
Member
As a new aircraft owner, I am quickly realizing that ownership requires, at least at times, a tremendous amount of knowledge that you aren't taught in flight school or as any part of flight training. While I understood that all of those obligations had to be met like annuals, static tests, insurance, hanger, avionics checks & etc. As a flight instructor and corporate pilot I was somewhat insulated from all the tasks and arrangements required.
I do hope to be a contributor to this site at some point in the future but all of my recent posts have been questions and this one is no different.
I have RV-6 with a 160 HP Lycoming O-320 D2B engine and a fixed pitch prop. It may be time to consider overhaul or replacement. Can you help me understand the practical options and recommend some good ones?
For the sake of this discussion let's assume there is an expensive issue with my engine.
Lastly, I am satisfied with the performance of the plane with the current power. I don't want a solution that would limit the plane's appeal to potential buyers in the future and I would like to optimize the cost to reliability ratio.
The mission for this plane is VFR short duration (<2hr.) flights for 99% of the flying I will do in it. I expect my flying time to be in the normal range for a general aviation pilot per year--somewhere between 25 and 100 hours per year in this plane.
If there is cost neutral or low cost upgrade that you would recommend like maybe an O-360, then I wouldn't want to be myopic by only focusing on O-320s.
Thank you in advance for your help,
Hank
I do hope to be a contributor to this site at some point in the future but all of my recent posts have been questions and this one is no different.
I have RV-6 with a 160 HP Lycoming O-320 D2B engine and a fixed pitch prop. It may be time to consider overhaul or replacement. Can you help me understand the practical options and recommend some good ones?
For the sake of this discussion let's assume there is an expensive issue with my engine.
Lastly, I am satisfied with the performance of the plane with the current power. I don't want a solution that would limit the plane's appeal to potential buyers in the future and I would like to optimize the cost to reliability ratio.
The mission for this plane is VFR short duration (<2hr.) flights for 99% of the flying I will do in it. I expect my flying time to be in the normal range for a general aviation pilot per year--somewhere between 25 and 100 hours per year in this plane.
If there is cost neutral or low cost upgrade that you would recommend like maybe an O-360, then I wouldn't want to be myopic by only focusing on O-320s.
Thank you in advance for your help,
Hank