Airframe Life Span?
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 454
Likes: 3
From: Georgia, USA
...However the frame time has me thinking:
What is the max time for a Cessna frame?
Can they go on forever as long as they are inspected?
If it was used by a flying school might it have suffered from the intermittent hard landings?
Is it a worthwhile project if the purchase price is right?..
What is the max time for a Cessna frame?
Can they go on forever as long as they are inspected?
If it was used by a flying school might it have suffered from the intermittent hard landings?
Is it a worthwhile project if the purchase price is right?..
Joined: Jul 2001
Posts: 4,960
Likes: 17
From: Australia
ABX,
There is a thread about the proposed Cessna SID for some singles, and a number of posts about corrosion in strutted Cessna wings.
Read them carefully.
Just about any aircraft will have corrosion, if you didn't find any, you didn't look hard enough. Expect to pay a LAME about the cost of a 100h inspection to do a proper pre-buy --- because it will take as long as a 100h. --- any less will not be thorough enough.
Re. overhauling engines in Australia, where you have the overhaul done is the most important criteria, not the size of the overhauler's advertising budget. There is a rather disquieting variation in results.
Tootle pip!!
There is a thread about the proposed Cessna SID for some singles, and a number of posts about corrosion in strutted Cessna wings.
Read them carefully.
Just about any aircraft will have corrosion, if you didn't find any, you didn't look hard enough. Expect to pay a LAME about the cost of a 100h inspection to do a proper pre-buy --- because it will take as long as a 100h. --- any less will not be thorough enough.
Re. overhauling engines in Australia, where you have the overhaul done is the most important criteria, not the size of the overhauler's advertising budget. There is a rather disquieting variation in results.
Tootle pip!!
