Well my quest for a -6/7 continues. A few deals fell through but something will break soon I'm an optimist and I'm not giving up yet !
I saw a nice -6 for sale. It was flying but had some damage to the rudder and a little to the fin from a hanger related incident. It's grounded at the moment. The price is good and I am considering it. It would need a new fin/rudder so I called Van's. The fella there said that they don't make/sell the original -6 fin/rudder any more. I found that surprising. He admitted however that he wasn't a "full blown" tech guy and was helping out the tech dept. for the day.
Anyways..... he recommended using a fin/rudder from an -8 as a replacement. The price is only $500 which is nice as I thought it would be more. I find this quite ironic seeing as I have a few postings inquiring about the original -6 tail vs. the larger -6 tail. Irony Who knows, maybe this is the one !!!
So what's the consensus. Is the -8 fin/rudder a good idea or go on the Classifieds and find someone who has an original -6 fin/rudder for sale and buy that instead ?
Thanks,
Darren
I saw a nice -6 for sale. It was flying but had some damage to the rudder and a little to the fin from a hanger related incident. It's grounded at the moment. The price is good and I am considering it. It would need a new fin/rudder so I called Van's. The fella there said that they don't make/sell the original -6 fin/rudder any more. I found that surprising. He admitted however that he wasn't a "full blown" tech guy and was helping out the tech dept. for the day.
Anyways..... he recommended using a fin/rudder from an -8 as a replacement. The price is only $500 which is nice as I thought it would be more. I find this quite ironic seeing as I have a few postings inquiring about the original -6 tail vs. the larger -6 tail. Irony Who knows, maybe this is the one !!!
So what's the consensus. Is the -8 fin/rudder a good idea or go on the Classifieds and find someone who has an original -6 fin/rudder for sale and buy that instead ?
Thanks,
Darren