Good for you for wanting to go beyond the bare minimum spin training for a sign off. I've seen too many CFI's get signed off by getting into an incipient spin, a rotation, stamp a rudder pedal and a sign off. Duh.
If you want some real spin training and 15 different ways from Sunday to get into a spin that you don't hear about - but one of your students will do to you one day, and more than a few ways of getting out of trouble - go see (member on here) Catherine Cavagnaro at the Ace Aerobatic School in TN. Tell her you are doing it for your CFI and she will go above and beyond to make sure you are well prepped in ways a student might try and get you. Her spin sign off os worth a lot more than many.
I second the recommendation to go fly with Catherine. Since you need the endorsement, you may as well visit some warmer climes and get some true training.
I think the "C" kit includes some of the anti-corrosion measures that were not in the A/B kits and now found wanting. I THINK. But it's still a lot of money.......
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But there is some ruinous inflation going on in aviation.
I sold a wingtip on here a couple of months ago. It was NoS in box with proper paperwork. I priced it on here by looking up the current price - $317. So I put it up at $150 plus shipping which the buyer was happy to pay. And just for fun - as the buyer was close - I delivered it for nothing by flying it to them.
I just found the original receipt from 8 years ago. $58.
Now the buyer got a deal compared to new. But I am a bit embarrassed by how much I appear to have made. Well not completely embarrassed - I flew it in on my dime. But I had fun doing it.... But.... Oh well.
But more to the point - It's not just Ce$$na. That $58 wingtip from 2012 would cost $66 applying the general US inflation rate of 13% since then. How does $66 become $317?
Graeme, The wing tip is painted and installed along with it's $317 cousin purchased new. Interestingly, I found the new and the old do not match perfectly. The one I bought from you was too tight of a fit on the tip rib. I had to file it a little bit to get it to fit. No big deal it, it fits great now. The new one I bought fits a bit loose by comparison and is slightly longer in length. I called Texas Aeroplastics and asked if the mold had changed and they said it did not, and couldn't explain the discrepancy.
I think the "C" kit includes some of the anti-corrosion measures that were not in the A/B kits and now found wanting. I THINK. But it's still a lot of money.......
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But there is some ruinous inflation going on in aviation.
I sold a wingtip on here a couple of months ago. It was NoS in box with proper paperwork. I priced it on here by looking up the current price - $317. So I put it up at $150 plus shipping which the buyer was happy to pay. And just for fun - as the buyer was close - I delivered it for nothing by flying it to them.
I just found the original receipt from 8 years ago. $58.
Now the buyer got a deal compared to new. But I am a bit embarrassed by how much I appear to have made. Well not completely embarrassed - I flew it in on my dime. But I had fun doing it.... But.... Oh well.
But more to the point - It's not just Ce$$na. That $58 wingtip from 2012 would cost $66 applying the general US inflation rate of 13% since then. How does $66 become $317?
Graeme, The wing tip is painted and installed along with it's $317 cousin purchased new. Interestingly, I found the new and the old do not match perfectly. The one I bought from you was too tight of a fit on the tip rib. I had to file it a little bit to get it to fit. No big deal it, it fits great now. The new one I bought fits a bit loose by comparison and is slightly longer in length. I called Texas Aeroplastics and asked if the mold had changed and they said it did not, and couldn't explain the discrepancy.
That's interesting. Did you put the tips against each other? If the tips were dimensionally the same - then the wingtips are different - which would be Cessna build tolerance. If the tips actually were dimensionally different - I wonder if there is some long term post cure makes the tip shrink?
That's interesting. Did you put the tips against each other? If the tips were dimensionally the same - then the wingtips are different - which would be Cessna build tolerance. If the tips actually were dimensionally different - I wonder if there is some long term post cure makes the tip shrink?
I did put them against each other and they are different dimensionally. The new one is longer by about 3/8".
This just got discussed in another thread. I think the resolution was that kit parts ending in A and B have been superseded by by the kit part number ending in C.
SK152-24C "Rudder Stop" kit is $565 direct from Textron/Ce$$n
Holy smokes! I remember when I bought mine years ago when they were first released I paid less than $50. I think I paid around $35. for them. I ended up buying two because the first one was missing a couple parts and I thought I would keep the first incomplete kit for spare parts instead of return it for credit.
Eric Olson Portland, OR N7165F 1966 Cessna C-150F Troutdale, OR (KTTD) Hangar C1 John 14:21
This just got discussed in another thread. I think the resolution was that kit parts ending in A and B have been superseded by by the kit part number ending in C.
SK152-24C "Rudder Stop" kit is $565 direct from Textron/Ce$$n
Holy smokes! I remember when I bought mine years ago when they were first released I paid less than $50. I think I paid around $35. for them. I ended up buying two because the first one was missing a couple parts and I thought I would keep the first incomplete kit for spare parts instead of return it for credit.
When I first saw this issue arise about 12 years ago, I bought the kit because
A. There was the distinct potential for this become regulatory, and
B. I hate spins.
I think I paid $75 plus or minus.
But $525???
Holy cripes!!!
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