mkjprice
Active Member
Has anyone ever bought an older plane with mid time engine, and parted it out as a donor plane for their own project?
I was looking on Ebay and a local Online Classified site, and there are several onlder Cherokee's out there with mid time 180hp engines, and some with Garmin Instruments for around $30k. What would be the downfall of taking a certificated and flying airplane apart to make an RV fly. I even saw and Aztec for $45,000 with 2 O-540 that were less than 500 hours TSMOH and 150 SPOH. I though that would be a good donor for a Rocket or Super anything. I have since ruled out a Rocket build, but it seemed like that would be a reasonable and economical route to go.
Just thinking out loud here.
I was looking on Ebay and a local Online Classified site, and there are several onlder Cherokee's out there with mid time 180hp engines, and some with Garmin Instruments for around $30k. What would be the downfall of taking a certificated and flying airplane apart to make an RV fly. I even saw and Aztec for $45,000 with 2 O-540 that were less than 500 hours TSMOH and 150 SPOH. I though that would be a good donor for a Rocket or Super anything. I have since ruled out a Rocket build, but it seemed like that would be a reasonable and economical route to go.
Just thinking out loud here.