C130jake
BENEFACTOR
Four Corners Wyoming
Well the insurance company decided to fix and not total our non flapped PA12. (We had a nice replacement ready to go in Iowa if it was totaled)
Dan at HO Aircraft in ANE is doing the recover. Got it to the shop and uncovered. Wings were in better than expected shape but the fuselage not so much. Dan says about 10k in welding to make it right and thinks a new fuselage might be the way to go.
This fuselage is just the basic PA12 for the most part. Things we would like are the GW increase, extended baggage, gull wing or two piece door, X brace, 18 gear. Don't want to go too crazy and turn a 60k Pa12 into something we can't afford. The recover estimate was 40k.
We are thinking of putting on Oratex since it will live outside all summer.
If we buy a new fuselage, where and what mods? I talked to Charlie Center about the gross wt mod and 18 gear when we bought it. He suggested a new fuselage vs fixing a 70yr old one.
Any advice from the gallery would be appreciated.
Jake
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Dan at HO Aircraft in ANE is doing the recover. Got it to the shop and uncovered. Wings were in better than expected shape but the fuselage not so much. Dan says about 10k in welding to make it right and thinks a new fuselage might be the way to go.
This fuselage is just the basic PA12 for the most part. Things we would like are the GW increase, extended baggage, gull wing or two piece door, X brace, 18 gear. Don't want to go too crazy and turn a 60k Pa12 into something we can't afford. The recover estimate was 40k.
We are thinking of putting on Oratex since it will live outside all summer.
If we buy a new fuselage, where and what mods? I talked to Charlie Center about the gross wt mod and 18 gear when we bought it. He suggested a new fuselage vs fixing a 70yr old one.
Any advice from the gallery would be appreciated.
Jake
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