Recent content by MikeAlfa

Thanks. I looked into those. They charge about $400 and I have none in my immediate area. Not the end of the world, but if you keep getting numbers that the seller doesn't want to hear, it could get pretty costly I imagine. I'm using Vref as a guide and then averaging all other similar aircraft...

Take another look this week (it was raining ice today and the cowl was frozen shut) and maybe test fly it.

Saw the plane today Ryan, really nice. Found out that it got a new crank a few years back on a prop strike tear down. So I guess the worn out crank isn't a concern.

This one is going for a little bit more, but I was hoping you say 60. I think that's about right from what I've been seeing out there. My buddies with the retracts are making fun of me as well for wanting something that expensive and so slow as they call it, but I think oddly enough, your paying...

Thanks for the comment Neal. The one I'm looking at seems pretty similar to yours. It has 600 on the engine and a non waas 430. How much do you think yours is valued at? Just trying to get a ballpark of what these birds are going for.

Yeah I should have mentioned that, it only has 590 on a Mattituck overhaul done in 2006. My mechanic has been maintaining the plane, coincidentally, for the past 4 years. And, it's only a 20 minute drive away. Not that that should matter. The price is comparable to other similar Archers for sale...

They are selling and I'm looking to buy one. I'm taking a look at it tomorrow and hopefully I'll be able to tell if it's been abused or not. So far in its life the logs show one prop strike and repair to an aileron. And my other concern is that it also has 6100hrs on the engine over 3 overhauls...

Right now it is owned by 10 people in a flying club for the past 6 years. Not sure about its early life though. Looking at the amount of time it was used per year in the log books (200-300 hrs), I'm guessing it must have been a flight school. But who knows, Ill have to do some research and maybe...

Hey guys. Anyone have any luck using AOPAs Vref tool for aircraft appraisal? So far it seems to be somewhat close to the numbers out there, but it looks like you have to tweek it a bit here and there as it leave a lot of parameters out of the equation. Thanks.

Thanks, I will check the log books and see if it was ever changed. Does the case ever become worn to the point that cracks etc. are more likely in a high time engine?

Hey Guys. Does anyone have a limit on the amount of airframe hours when purchasing an aircraft? For that matter, how many hours, overhaul after overhaul should an engine last? I'm looking at an 1980 Archer II that must have been heavily used by a flight school at one point and now owned by a...