Qalupalik wrote:
Here’s the proof
Just in time for Easter ;-)
Old wives’ tale.
OWT?
@Jacko wrote:
“I was tempted to buy a Rallye once, but a former owner warned that spares can be scarce. Is that an OWT? If she was fibbing and spares are readily available then it’s only the shape and training wheel that ought to put god-fearing folks off.”
OWT. An amazing number of parts are available new from Socata parts dealers at a price. Much of the plane is bog standard. But that’s not critical. There are lots of dead Rallyes in salvage yards. The only problem I ever had (and I have renovated much of the plane) was with parts for the brake system (finally solved).
Snoopy wrote:
So I take it Maules are great?!?!!
Didn’t you know Jesus has come back as Jacko in a Maule? Here’s the proof:
Jacko wrote:
It might be worth enquiring about bulk prices then.
Not allowed here. The regulations here are inverse to the countries size (basically the regulatory machinery is still the size adequate for when this country was a lot bigger).
JasonC wrote:
That by the way was Australian sarcasm.
You know what they say to „I’m from Austria“?
„Oh wow Australia, always wanted to go there“
;)
So I take it Maules are great?!?!!
I’m trying to escape the 2,5-3€ p.L. Avgas craziness around here
It might be worth enquiring about bulk prices then. Either delivered into 205 litre drums or a bowser or a fixed tank. A second hand bowser is an investment which won’t depreciate. I’ve seen cheapskate farmers in England who don’t receive our nice LFA payments make fixed Avgas tanks for a few hundred euros using an ex-forecourt pump, some pipework and a steel tank from a scrapyard.
