Zlin 142 Owners or Pilots here?
 

Hello,

while looking for a cheap airplane for basic aerobatics, I came to the Zlin 142. There are some low priced planes available in Poland. Build in the early 80's, with 1500h TTSN, engines only 600h since OH. Looks good.
But after some GOOGLE I heard about airframe OH interval of 600h and limited aerobatic times, 150h only, but renewable (which cost?).
There must also be a SB about wing reinforcement.
How reliable is the AVIA 337 engine? I read about 1600h TBO. Does this apply to all variants, or only for the newer ones?
All Infos wellcome.

Greets Joachim