UPS just delivered a
brand-new Sensenich 69CK-0-50L!! Just in time for my annual this weekend. Woohoo, I'll be back in the air!
I checked around on the internet and found out that
Tiffin Aire [
tiffinaire.com] in Tiffin, Ohio had new ones in stock.
Better still, since they're an overhaul shop they could repaint the propeller in white with red tips (if I'm gonna spend all this money, I wanna see a difference). I asked them to paint the spinner red, too. Mike at Tiffin Aire started to balk, saying that he won't be able to match my plane's color, all reds aren't the same, etc. I told him my plane was no prize-winner, that any red was red enough, and if he didn't paint it, I would - with a spray-can. With a chuckle he said don't do that, he'll do it professionally.
All told, the new Sensenich prop, new bolts, new spinner, custom paint, and shipping (Ground-COD) came to $2830. That is cheaper than direct from Sensenich, only a little more than Aircraft Spruce. And both of those would've been stock gray paint and certainly not 2-days delivery time.
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