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Plane has apparently been sitting a long time.
But the owner recently spent a good bit of money on airworthiness items in preparation for sale.

Rocky-is there a link for this bird? I would love to at least check it out. Is it an estate auction?

There have been some field approvals for the 200. We plan to go that route.
Let me know if you plan to bid and i will back off.

Thanks for the information Rocky! Yes, that’s about what I was thinking. I would love to go to a 550 also. Whatever airplane you end up with that is going to be an excellent panel! Is the GFC500 approved for the Meyers? I have one in my 182 right now and love it.

Vref says 55,650. About what i am thinking.
It will likely bring more.

IA said paint very good, needs rubbing out.
Interior excellent
Engine seems good, compressions all good.
He gave plane a thumbs up.
Given engine time and avionics.
I thing 50k plus the vig is my choke point.
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I definitely have an interest in the airplane and considering bidding. I would be very interested to hear what your IA has to say. Thanks for sharing!
It seems with a relatively high time engine and those vintage avionics a guy could get upside down pretty quickly.

Once i saw this airplane on facebook i popped right over here to check for any discussion. Tempting, just not in a position to go after this airplane. I hope you get it! Will they let the IA borescope the engine?

We adjusted low Pitch stop to maximum but no RPM rise. The linkage itself is quite simple to a adjust, but that is not the problem. I will measure the low pitch angle to check for a wear of the propeller. Last overhaul was 2009 and last maintenance was 2020, lubricaction of the hub.

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I have the same problem, but my A&P thinks it is related to the linkage to the governor. Like it is not long enough to get that extra 100 RPM and will need some modification. I am going to address over the winter.

Ed

Thomas,

I was having the same issue with N430DP this summer. I had it removed and sent to the prop shop for bench testing and had the springs replaced. They ran it for 2 hours on the bench with no issues, but I’m still only reaching 2600 RPM on takeoff.

Andy

Well, that was not my intent, but glad you did not spend money on something that was not approved.

I saw the note on your exhaust valve. That’s THE reason for borescopes.

Best-

Ed

Hi Ed, do you see the hole in my foot? I almost shot me one…
No STC for our airplanes and no EASA Approval either. I will have to have him overhauled.

Thanks for pointing my nose to this minor bureaucratic problem…

Thomas.