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Intresting Ebay

Sat Mar 18, 2006 9:31 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/Cessna-WWII-Airplan ... dZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/WWII-Taylorcraft-L- ... dZViewItem

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Sat Mar 18, 2006 9:43 pm

The UC-78 looks attractive but what would engines and propellers cost that you would go flying with, $125,000 maybe $150,000?

Sun Mar 19, 2006 12:22 am

they use the JACOBs 755. You can find decent cores for a few grand. An overhaul would be in the 15,000-20,000 range. There are alot of prop choices. Some of the had fixed pitch props. But you would want to put the HAMILTON STANDARD 2B20 same as a 190/195. A friend of mine bought a full lengh, overhauled one for 5,000 last year.
The biggest cost will be making all the wood in this thing airworthy. All that and the fabric covering will cost a fortune.

You missed the important piece of information

Sun Mar 19, 2006 10:02 am

most of the wood is good.The rear spar needs an inlay .


If you are good with wood, you can do this. If you are not, you are looking at $15,000 to $20,000 of work. The engines are the least of your problems...
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