Grum.Man
En-Route
Just a hypothetical question. Lots of airplanes hitting the market that have been sitting for very long periods. Old timers that stopped flying but never wanted to sell passing away and families trying to offload them. It's well documented the engine concerns that can come up on a dormant engine. It's just my personal opinion but an airplane that hasn't flown in a year or two without going through preservation process is only worth core value of the parts if that. The only way to determine otherwise is to do a deep dive and inspect the internals which leads me to my question. If you were selling an airplane that has been out of annual for multiple years, would you let a potential buyer pull a cylinder to inspect the engine internals?
If I put my seller cap on my thinking is no way! With my buyer cap on I am going to assume the engine will require overhaul and is only worth $3500 even if it's a low time engine.
If I put my seller cap on my thinking is no way! With my buyer cap on I am going to assume the engine will require overhaul and is only worth $3500 even if it's a low time engine.