There is an amusing, but also scary, auction on ebay. The aircraft is a 1993 Robinson R22 Beta. It has 2235 TT on it.
So what's the big deal?
Robinson helicopters require an overhaul at 12 years or 2200 hours, whichever comes first. This ship is over 12 years and has over 2200 TT.
But if you look at the ebay listing and the responses to questions to the seller (you'll need to click on "more" to get his full response), you'll see an amazing attempt to spin the overhaul requirements.
If the link below doesn't work, just get on to ebay and do a search on "robinson r22".
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1993...009QQitemZ190049816736QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW
The price is interesting too, 85K. My recollection is that an R22 core is worth about 60K!
Oh yeah. If you decide to buy it, don't look to me to test fly it
So what's the big deal?
Robinson helicopters require an overhaul at 12 years or 2200 hours, whichever comes first. This ship is over 12 years and has over 2200 TT.
But if you look at the ebay listing and the responses to questions to the seller (you'll need to click on "more" to get his full response), you'll see an amazing attempt to spin the overhaul requirements.
If the link below doesn't work, just get on to ebay and do a search on "robinson r22".
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1993...009QQitemZ190049816736QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW
The price is interesting too, 85K. My recollection is that an R22 core is worth about 60K!
Oh yeah. If you decide to buy it, don't look to me to test fly it
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