Old light aircraft
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Old light aircraft
Hello everybody,
I'm considering buying a share in a rather old aircraft (1940's piper cub). With bigger craft metal fatigue and possibly other problems can make the flying dangerous and expensive. Does the same apply to light aircraft? Should I be checking anything in particular?
All comments appreciated. Thanks.
Mak
I'm considering buying a share in a rather old aircraft (1940's piper cub). With bigger craft metal fatigue and possibly other problems can make the flying dangerous and expensive. Does the same apply to light aircraft? Should I be checking anything in particular?
All comments appreciated. Thanks.
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Find out when she was last re-covered (this aircraft has a metal frame with a fabric skin) and see what structural inspections were done at the time; there's a good chance that some NDT inspections (x-ray and the like) would have been done, and the whole frame sand blasted and reprotected.
The Cub's a good, simple little aircraft and shouldn't give much trouble. You may also find some good info from the PFA ;
http://www.pfa.org.uk/
The Cub's a good, simple little aircraft and shouldn't give much trouble. You may also find some good info from the PFA ;
http://www.pfa.org.uk/
