Jonathan Baron
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I've recently relocated from Snohomish, WA to Charlottesville, VA. My buddy, Russell, was going to ferry my RuseMaster here, as I did not have the time to do so (starting a new job and all). The "new" power pack failed...this time with the gear stuck DOWN thank goodness. It seems the pack I bought had been fooled with before and cannot be rebuilt.
Lesson here - once again I tried to save money in a stupid fashion. Power Packs Plus had a 750N overhauled pack. I didn't buy it because it cost 2200 bucks. Then again, the pack I purchased could not have passed muster as a core, thus adding two grand to the total but I could not have known that at the time. My original pack, a 750B, was useless as a core anywhere.
Okay...I guess that's not really the lesson. If your pack quits either get it overhauled or, if you buy a used one, get it overhauled. Anything less is simply a false economy. The fellow who sold me the used pack was not to blame here. He sent it to me without requiring payment unless I could make use of it. Had I sent it to an overhaul shop, rather than relying on shop mechanics to test it, I could have resolved the problem and sent the pack back.
Poor Russell is now stuck with getting my Bellanca repaired. He found a place - Oregon Air Parts (although they're located in California) that has cores. It sends them to an overhaul shop in Canada and gets a three day turn around.
Or so they say....we'll see. Me, I'm feeling a bit stupid yet again, yet I cling to hope that one day I'll be able to just fly the danged airplane
Jonathan
Lesson here - once again I tried to save money in a stupid fashion. Power Packs Plus had a 750N overhauled pack. I didn't buy it because it cost 2200 bucks. Then again, the pack I purchased could not have passed muster as a core, thus adding two grand to the total but I could not have known that at the time. My original pack, a 750B, was useless as a core anywhere.
Okay...I guess that's not really the lesson. If your pack quits either get it overhauled or, if you buy a used one, get it overhauled. Anything less is simply a false economy. The fellow who sold me the used pack was not to blame here. He sent it to me without requiring payment unless I could make use of it. Had I sent it to an overhaul shop, rather than relying on shop mechanics to test it, I could have resolved the problem and sent the pack back.
Poor Russell is now stuck with getting my Bellanca repaired. He found a place - Oregon Air Parts (although they're located in California) that has cores. It sends them to an overhaul shop in Canada and gets a three day turn around.
Or so they say....we'll see. Me, I'm feeling a bit stupid yet again, yet I cling to hope that one day I'll be able to just fly the danged airplane
Jonathan
